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The bullpen in heel has been great all year… -
Still looking for examples of the need to upgrade the defense?
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Well, my repeated proposal of Matt Chapman isn’t exactly one for a one dimensional minor leaguer…
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The best stategy is to avoid their targets altogether. Bulk the bullpen. Improve the defense. Trade for or sign lesser SPs whose role is going to be marginalized anyway…
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Story was clearly about the defense. Some of his other moves that looked defensive (McGuire?) simply have not turned out that way. And really, we don’t know what he saw in Wong…
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I agre on trading for starting pitchers. Free agent starters are quite often simply just bad investments. Relievers are the place to spend, on the other hand. But a bullpen upgrade or two!!
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If Chapman can be had for Story money, is it really out of character? Since, you know, we have Story. In fact, Chapman profiles as a Bloom type signing. Since Matt is a metrics darling who doesn’t always post “back of the baseball card” numbers. Will Bloom sign Chapman? Probably not. Of course this applies to every free agent from every GM. There are no locks. But Chapman really should be his primary position player target this off-season…
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1. None of us have anticipated any moves beyond maybe signing Kluber. 2. Should they be done, is the question. Not will they be done. Only discussing moves the Sox will make is just playing a guessing game. It’s not your job to be there forum police and limit topics to do not approve of. 3. Last off-season I said the Sox should sign Joey Gallo. That would/should have meant an OF alignment of Verdugo-Hernandez-Gallo, which is most definitely in the running as the best defensive outfield in MLB. The Sox did not take my suggestion. So fill out here - do they put do they not have defensive issues?
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100% dependent on the pitcher. And the round they get taken in should be a consideration…
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Did Foulke’s deal get longer with inflation?
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This has been the consensus for 3 years running now…
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Interesting that you consider dealing Jed Lowrie, who played parts of 4 different years in Boston, to be a prospect, but don’t consider Andrew Bailey to be acquiring one. Melancon himself was part of two of those deals. Granted he was sent away largely with the spare parts from the Punto deal, and the Sox did get a talented young Brock Holt in return as well…
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Exactly. And the one that has stabilized now is shortstop. The corners are the weaknesses now. That’s why this team needs Chapman…
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If the Sox want to improve defensively - and hopefully they do - they really should not bring back Turner and use the DH position for either Yoshida or Casas/Devers. Yoshida does seem the likeliest fit. But even then the Sox (if Duvall returns) have a bit of an outfield logjam. Probably either a Verdugo or Duran will be dealt. Since Duvall is more than capable as a RF, it actually could be either one. Now if Turner would accept a potential part time role, that’s one thing. But if he is looking for the full time role he does deserve, the Sox might not be the best fit . Or at least they shouldn’t be, assuming no roster overhauls this off-season…
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No. It’s a sweeping generalization rooted in the belief that DH is nothing but a career extender for aging union ball players. Shohei Ohtani has been a career DH. Yordan Alvarez as well. Other young hitters like Nolan Gorman have spent significant time in the role…
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Most of those were 4 years or less. Counting the 3 year deals to Victorino and Napoli as “major outlays” just highlights this. When you look at Epstein’s major contracts, how far down the list is Foulke?
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My bad. That was fake. I need more coffee…
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Bizarre way to answer that question…
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No. Theo occasionally traded prospects to fill needs.
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WTF are you talking about? Cherington was a complete Prospect Hoarder!! At problematic levels!!
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I disagree virulently with that statement. In fact, I also disagree with it violently, vividly, and, what the heck, voluntarily. When Cherington took over, spending also disappeared. Remember when he had to waive Marco Scutaro just to squeeze Cody Ross on to the roster? Not to mention, at one point Cherington has to trade away lots contractual deadweight and get back under the tax threshold, which might sound familiar to Bloom critics. Cherington good have a couple years in which he was allowed to bring in free agents. The first year was wildly successful. But everything after was an absolute disaster.
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Of all the reasons to avoid a player, “unproven” is the most meaningless. And it’s not even very good. I mean, is Rafaela “unproven” defensively?
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Did Verdugo get cut?
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Moving Yoshida to DH or moving Casas to DH and Devers to 1b are both good methods of tightening up the defense. And while the rotation is the biggest problem, simply throwing money at it might not change this. Or at the least stands to be a bigger deal down the road. I’d be ok with a 3-4 year deal for a pitcher, but there will be a few on this market looking for 7-8 year deals that hopefully the Sox have learned their lesson on…
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Turner is a good player, but with the Sox’ defensive issues and numerous questionable defenders still under contract, theyshould be using someone else as the primary DH, hopefully either Casas or Yoshida. I have repeatedly stated it should be Casas, but the Sox will probably give him a chance to improve and grow into the position (and maybe he will). If they move Yoshida to DH, then it helps with the outfielder glut. But keeping players capable of handling CF and RF at Fenway is essential, which is certainly a point in Duvall’s favor…
