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Or… any of them..
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Gausman posted 11.5 bWAR total over the first 8 years of his career. He was rewarded for his one stellar ninth season in MLB. Is this really the type of gamble you think the Sox need to take? Remember you’re consistently very down on a similar gamble in Yoshida. There was plenty of reason to think the Gausman deal wouldn’t work out, and it still might not. But it was far from an obvious winner…
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Then why doesn’t Bloom do it?
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Gray is 33, and is very very likely to require less than 8 years on his deal. Possibly only 4… If
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Dugo is late for two games and he is labeled a cancer and needs to go. Meanwhile others are suggesting buy low candidates include serial wife abusers Julio Urias and Wander Franco, accused of having an inappropriate relationship with an alleged 14yo girl. What’s the logic there? “At least their ON TIME!”?
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One third of those eye opener games, something we had 0 of in 2019…
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Just like the Yankees did?
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Imagine if the Sox traded Manny and Lester for ARod and Brandon McCarthy. Especially if Manny had any influence on the Ortiz signing. That deal could have stripped away at least three World Series titles…
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With the YEARS Nimmo got, I’d take Yoshida. Eight years for an outfielder who had only tipped 92 games twice in his career (although his 55 games in 2020 did suggest he had a chance that year as well)…
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Trade Duran. Duran’s five remaining years of control greatly trump Verdugo’s one. Trading Verdugo at this point isn’t about fixing the pitching staff; it’s just hoping to top the draft pick compensation (if any exists)…
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MADSTORK cannot even predict the past. He’s still clinging to Bloom’s mistake in not trading Duran for Berrios (which was a scenario I made up and never a possibility)…
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If you look at June, July and August - whenCrawford joined the rotation and pitched his regularly scheduled turns, Crawford made 15 start before running out of gas. In those 15 starts, his ERA was 3.74 (3.92FIP) and OPSA was .691. That absolutely deserves another look…
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Crawford improved light years between 2022 and 2023. I’d give him another shot at starting. “Just add some task starting pitcher.” Like Kluber? Good starting pitching in free agency is a bad idea. Did you miss Sale today? Or realize Price’s deal just ended last year? When was the last time Price there a pitch for Boston? Or anyone? Sure, Scherzer turned out to be a good signing 8 years ago. Around that same time Baseball Prospectus wrote an article about how all free agent pitchers are very likely to be busts. Now, eight years later, pitchers are more expensive and contracts are longer. Are pitchers more durable and aging better as well? (Hint:no). The Sox are better off billing up their bullpen and giving Crawford a legitimate shot at the rotation…
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EVERY PITCHER is better in bullpen than in the rotation. Ever heard of a pitcher struggling as a reliever getting “banished to the rotation”? Crawford just finished his first full season and is in the “stamina building” phase of the season. With not much rose going on, he absolutely deserves another shot…
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Some of us who are on the Early Nimmo Train last off-season wanted to see a return to OBP hitters. Back before Nimmo was earning Manny Ramirez money. Yoshida started off that way, which was good…
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Why put Crawford in the bullpen? They do need a starter at some point…
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True, not one of the 14 pitchers to average 6 IP per start pitched for the Red Sox this year. Also, do not confuse averages with minimums…
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I did like the Houck-Whitlock bullpen tandem back in 2021 and really wish the Sox would go back to that. Couple those two with Jansen, Martin, Schreiber, Winckowski and Bernardino and you have the potential for one of the best bullpens in MLB, if not the best. Shortening the game to 6 innings is better than signing an ace…
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They’re not getting Yamamoto. I think Shota Imanaga is far more likely…
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But he makes actual moves then. I think inactivity is definitely his biggest issue. I don’t mind giving a shot to someone like Joe Jacques or Kyle Ort. But at some point, pull the plug…
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That’s one season. I used career numbers
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Also not necessarily how it went down. I think it was Story instead of Suzuki…
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Especially in late July/August…
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Or is he a 5 inning pitcher? His ERA in inning 1-5 is 3.38…
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9/8 Orioles at Fenway
notin replied to Maxbialystock's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Jacques new nickname is The Human White Flag…
