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Only if it’s labeled “Crunchy Style”…
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Devers signs 11 year $331 million extension
notin replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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…
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Surplus of OF + shortage of pitching. And just saying, the Marlins have the opposite…
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Or… the Sox could extend Verdugo. Unlike the last guy, Verdugo has reportedly approached Boston about getting an extension and might even want to play for the Sox. Trading Verdugo solves what? One year with of rotation? Or a mild prospect who might morph into Kutter Crawford 2.0 as his ceiling? It’s not worth it at this point. Duran will bring back a better pitcher…
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You cited you wanted mid-range signings and accepted they are not guarantees. So they’re essentially a gamble. If you accept that you have to gamble, you should also accept that you will occasionally lose. I’m all for the “mid range” signings, because they don’t require 7-8 years of commitment. But some of them are simply not going to work out and a big part of that is predicting the future just isn’t the exact science many want it to be…
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But your argument against Kluber was his poor bWAR…
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With Duvall, it’s a matter of determining if he is back next year or they let him walk…
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If I use fWAR as criteria, signing a Kluber was the right move…
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I can accept the results that happened…
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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)…
