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  1. notin
    I don’t think they’re going to fire Bloom while the team is winning. You do realize the Sox have a winning record, right? Kluber didn’t work out, but that’s not exactly trailblazing in MLB. He’s actually not much off the pace of Nate Eovaldi in 2019 (5.99 ERA), but he doesn’t have the additional years attached…
  2. notin
    1. Just because he hasn’t, does not mean he doesn’t and never will. Really what low budget starter should he have gone long with so far? 2. Garrett Whitlock disproves this.
  3. notin
    1. $10mill down the drain is hardly insurmountable in today’s MLB 2. He’d be a bigger detriment if they kept starting him. We’ve all seen less effective pitchers given longer opportunities. Like Lackey. And Lackey wasn’t dragged down by having to throw to Reese McGuire
  4. notin
    Lackey was proof that when it comes to judging contracts, it’s not how you stats; it’s how you finish…
  5. notin
    Yes, but it still only helped the Sox get Joe Kelly and Allen Craig’s contract…
  6. notin
    Especially since Max was right, but that also means the label gets applied in hindsight…
  7. notin
    I mention Marquez because he might be in line for one of those injury deals, like he gets a 2 year $20mill contract that pays $5mill for the first year in which he recovers and watches lots of baseball. And then pays $15mill as his one year pillow contract to rebuild some value. And if he gets a deal like that, certainly Boston is a candidate to offer it. But I think - despite not bringing in as many ex-Tampa players as I thought he would - Bloom will target Blake Snell if he goes for any of the better pitchers in free agency…
  8. notin
    Very likely. Still his first 3 years in Boston were awful. If we give injury excuse, does Kluber get a pass if he’s hurt?
  9. notin
    1.5 good years, but it was a 5 year deal…
  10. notin
    What GM doesn’t?
  11. notin
    Well, most likely it was his willingness to accept a one year deal while Wacha probably prefer something longer…
  12. notin
    Thanks for the answer. A romantic description that I can see. I think of an ace as a top tier pitcher, but certainly a marketable one. But using this criteria, who is an ace today? Heck the durability portion wiped out a ton of candidates…
  13. notin
    John Lackey was an ace? In 4+ years in Boston, Lackey was 47-43 with a 4.46 ERA. Those are Nick Pivetta type numbers…
  14. notin
    But what is an ace?
  15. notin
    So $26mill? Lucas Giolito or Tyler Mahle? I’d add German Marquez to that list, but he’s probably out most of next year…
  16. notin
    There won’t be a lot of opportunities…
  17. notin
    Aces are overrated. I mean, what exactly is an ace anyway?
  18. notin
    It takes a slow baseball day to get me to look up Worcester’s latitude
  19. notin
    Trade for Soto. San Diego can’t extend him…
  20. notin
    But saying Worcester is south of Boston is like saying Oregon is south of Maine. I mean, Worcester’s latitude is 42.26 and Boston is 42.36. That’s pretty damn close north-south wise. I think 5Gold simply made the mistake of thinking “Pawtucket”, which made more sense and is perfectly understandable…
  21. notin
    And body odor…
  22. notin
    I think the kid is right. St. Louis has been vastly overrated for the most part due to a weak and advantageous schedule…
  23. notin
    Follow up St Louis record overall and minus those teams 2022 93-69 / 62-43 2021 90-72 / 52-53 2020 30-28 / 13-15 20-9 91-71 / 55-50 Outside of 2022, she may not be wrong…
  24. notin
    My daughter has theorized St. Louis has always been a mediocre team, but this year is a victim of the new balanced schedule. And that their successes in recent years were built on playing 57 games (over 1/3 of their schedule) against the Cubs, Reds, and Pirates…
  25. notin
    The only team the Sox have played so far that’s over .500 whose wins against Boston make the difference is Pittsburgh, who is 25-24 but 3-0 vs Boston. And Pitt was white hot at the time, beating up on lots of teams…
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