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Everything posted by notin
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As Soto is only 24, they’re a lot of good hitting left in him. Even a 14 year extension only takes him to the same age the Sox signed 31yo David Price to. Heck Soto could take a 5 year extension and still be one of the youngest and best free agents on the market when that expires…
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It happens. And sometimes misunderstanding is on the poster and not the reader. Essentially I was saying you do not avoid a hitter like Soto because of what side he hits from. He’s going to be a great one. Probably similar to what I said before. But it’s all I got…
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With hitters like Soto, you don’t get hung up on which side of the plate they hit from. When the Dodgers acquired Betts, they didn’t like balk and say “wait. Wouldn’t we be better off with a lefty?” And you sure as hell do not avoid Soto because you already have Verdugo, Yoshida, Duran and Abreu. That said, Soto would be awesome. But it’s not very likely…
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Check it out. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sotoju01.shtml That doesn’t mean he will become the next Frank Robinson, but even the mention is lofty praise…
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A lefty bat whose similar hitter on baseball reference are Bryce Harper and Frank Robinson. Not all lefties are Eric Hosmer…
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Some team should just hire Alfonso Soriano. The man is fluent in English, Spanish and Japanese. There are very few plates he cannot talk to…
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Actually BTV has proven to accurately assess trade value well over 50% of the time. I wouldn’t dismiss their system so hastily. Not like either of us could do better…
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Despite the Sox long history of trading with the Padres and hiring their front office folks, any trade for Tatis will be open to 28 other teams. Granted he is too pricey for several already. But it only takes one to beat the Sox offer…
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Definitely. Soto has one year left. Tatis is under control for another decade…
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If we keep Cora, no one plays 155 games. Except maybe Winckowski…
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I agree. Limit the rookie OF to whoever wins the job. If the Sox are adding a RH bat, get one that can play RF at Fenway. Sign two SPs. And play ball!! (Assuming no ST injuries, which there usually are.)
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Maybe we see an Abreu/Rafaela platoon in CF. I hope we don’t. If either one isn’t starting in Boston, he should start in Worcester…
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So you’re saying Cora is stupid…
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Well, they are down 0-2…
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Seriously? Is there a point here? Are we desperately trying to prove defense doesn’t matter by citing the rotation and performance of ONE PLAYER and stating team record hinges solely on that? Hey here’s some stats Triston Casas first half OPS: .728 Sox first half record: 48-43 Triston Casas second half OPS: 1.034. Sox second half record: 30-41 By that logic, offense doesn’t matter!!
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If they fire Cora, he’ll cheat against the Sox…
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Agreed. Errors and fielding percentage only count the balls your players actually get to. If Cora told his infielders to only catch pop ups and let all the ground balls go through, his team would have a great fielding percentage and very few errors. Would that mean they had better defense?
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Talent does no good when it is sitting on the IL…
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And if that’s the case, it never should have given that far. Betts should have been locked up long before Bloom got here…
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Except Dalbec. Because nobody wants Dalbec…
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I figure they get a 2b in a trade for an OF or sign a cheap stopgap like an Adam Frazier or Tony Kemp. Or they simple tender Urias an offer and go from there…
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I have a very strong feeling the most interest Chapman will receive related to the Red Sox is on this message board and from me. I’ll put his file next to Paul Blackburn (who had a very good second half) in that regard…
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Maybe not total money. But he probably won’t see another 15 year offer either…
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I think he wanted a better AAV. And with 2 1/2 years to go figured he has time to work something else out. The offer was well under the $30mill AAV threshold people are saying was simply not enough for Mookie 5 years ago. In fact, if the Sox offered/floated that extension it looks very much in the area of the offers Judge and Soto received. Not to mention roughly the same as what Mookie actually settled for in LA. So my thoughts are if the Sox offered/floated/discussed a $30mill AAV offer to Mookie, they did their due diligence and Mookie simply wanted to see what was out there. If it never got the that far, that is a blunder and it happened before Bloom’s watch. If Henry nixed any attempt to spend that after letting Price get approved at a higher AAV, then not sure what was going on there at all…
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Ok. And the Sox had to pay him more than that allegedly offered / floated to Betts. If anything Devers does support it looking like the Sox needed closer to the $420mill to sign Betts. Matt Olson also works but I don’t put him in the same class as Betts either. And Olson looks like an insane bargain right note…
