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Watching the Cubs-Rockies. First career start for Cubs’ top prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong and the kid just put on a defensive clinic…
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Weird it was lower in 1999, when the Sox had Pedro, Manny, Nomar, and that series was an ALCS preview…
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Tend to think Henry thinks wanton spending isn’t the best way to run a team. That said, I’d be very happy if the Sox at least got someone who makes even a half-ass effort to improve the team at the trade deadline..
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He doesn’t exist. He’s like Randall Stevens in The Shawshank Redemption…
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I’m on board with Gray, Matt Chapman (Not to be confused with fellow free agent and not his brother Aroldis), and a solid bullpen arm that throws from either side. Or both sides. I’m not particular. So maybe Aroldis Chapman? Gray, Chapman and Chapman? Not only good free agents, but also a mildly effective law firm…
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I wasn’t a Duquette fan, but in hindsight he was ahead of his time. When he signed Offerman to replace Vaughn, and sold it with “Jose Offerman is one of the best offensive players in the game”, he took a lot of abuse, including from me. But Offerman. But Offerman was coming off a .403 OBP and posted a .391 his first season in Boston and was absolutely an underrated offensive talent. This was before anyone was really valuing OBP. Of course Duquette seemed to make some stupid moves just to spite manager Jimy Williams. Reportedly Williams was excited about having a potential middle infield of Adam Everett and David Eckstein. Duquette then traded Everett (for a much, much more volatile Everett) and released Eckstein. Adam Everett had a long career as the best defensive shortstop of his era and Eckstein had a good career himself and even took home a World Series MVP…
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Who isn’t better out of the bullpen?
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Do teams even believe in this “window” concept? MLB itself has enough parity that the “window” is really always somewhat open. Do teams really look at their minor leagues - where the attrition can be massive - and still think “wait until THESE GUYS get here!!”?
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I have my doubts on that theory simply due to the lack of drafting pitchers. Some pitchers might be acceptable via trade, but having an internal pipeline was supposed to be the entire point. If the Sox are going to add pitchers “right before the window opens”, where are these pitchers coming from? Kidnappings?
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And yet you chose those words anyway…
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Bloom let Mookie leave?
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At a minimum he gets more than Rodon, who got a $27mill AAV. Take home that second Cy Young, he might be a $30-33mill AAV pitcher…
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Right. So clearly Snell will be looking for a one year $10mill contract…
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Especially if he wins his second Cy Young. I do have my doubts a pitcher with even one Cy Young is willing to settle for Chris Bassitt money…
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Then DFA him. Designated For Affliction…
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In my world, common sense tells me it’s not vital to trade all the 21yo players who aren’t in MLB yet…
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Only if it’s labeled “Crunchy Style”…
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Devers signs 11 year $331 million extension
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Tomase is the King of Overreactions. The dude wore a whole article on how poor the Sox roster construction was because Dalbec played one game at shortstop. One can assume he drafts articles about how the whole bullpen is suspect every time a position player comes in to pitch… -
Agreed the results are mixed. But not every free agent has to hit to get into the post season. Even the teams that get in have lost more than 40% of their games…
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The Jays have avoided long term problems by going after mid-to-lower tier SP and gotten mixed results from them. Gausman has worked out quite well. Kikuchi has had his moments but was a struggle most of last year…
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“Most folks” don’t matter. No one knows if Bogaerts would have accepted it. It is a safe bet that his agent, whom he pays for the advice of, would very, very, very likely have said “they didn’t pay you enough last time. Let’s see what the rest of the league has to offer.” I might need 3 or 4 more “very”’s in there…
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And my point was maybe they were in on Scherzer. A lot of negotiations and offers go unreported. And, at least according to Mookie, some reported offers never happened…
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We have no idea if the Sox ever talked to Scherzer. For all we know, he might have been very high on their radar. And that contract Washington gave him looked absolutely deadly at the time, so I’m not surprised the Sox (or anyone else) didn’t try to top it…
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Wacha was asking for 2 years $30mill, at which not only did Boston pass but also several other teams, becsuse per MLBTR, that’s actually a lot for a 2 year deal for a SP. Sam Diego came along with this heavy incentive multi-year deal that could be worth up to $41.5mill over three. But Wacha is really just another one of those players where talent isn’t the issue and chances are pretty good he finishes with less that 130 IP again for the sixth straight year (although counting 2020 is not entirely fair). This situation is not likely to change as Wacha gets older…
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That’s been my gripe multiple times. Bloom clings to pitchers who clearly have no business being in MLB. That the Sox still control the rights to Kluber, Ort, and Jacques is just embarrassing…
