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  1. notin
    So you’re saying you meant “Bloom was just trying to do his best” during the call that he traded Betts to put his stamp in the organization. Because I have to tell hou , when I read it felt like accusing the guy of putting his ego ahead of the team…
  2. notin
    His bWAR is 1.3. I thought you were down on fWAR…
  3. notin
    Once the 2019 season ended without Betts signed, he was hitting the market. No player even a tier or two less than his caliber extends after 5 years. Juan Soto wouldn’t extend during the fifth year. Manny Machado - not at all. Not for the Orioles. Not go out the Dodgers. I would argue the crime was not having Betts locked up by then end of 2017 season. Once he absolutely destroyed MLB pitching throughout 2018 and ticked away some MVP hardware and was only two seasons from free agency and still young for that service time, he became very tough to sign…
  4. notin
    My theory is they left room to add at the deadline (when you know what your needs are). But when the deadline came, they felt the line odds of making the postseason (or winning it all?) made any further investment risky. And I think part of Henry’s goal was not to have a top tier baseline payroll…
  5. notin
    Or making him 119, which is actually more impressive…
  6. notin
    Not sure why any GM would want to reduce payroll…
  7. notin
    Blaming Bloom is like blaming the Union privates for the Civil War. They didn’t send the orders. They weren’t even surround when it all started. But hey, they had guns with triggers…
  8. notin
    If Pivetta was being Good Pivetta, I let him get Muncy. But as he wasn’t, I think Bernardino makes sense given Muncy’s .615 OPS vs LHP. Of course, what we fans almost never consider is thst Chris Taylor (.807 vs LHP) hasn’t played yet and very likely comes in to face Bernardino…
  9. notin
    Errors - that’s on the players. But baserunning - the Sox do have two coaches on the field supplying help. Granted there isn’t one at second base for Wong Turn, but he should know by not to look to the third base coach and runner and see what McGuire is being told to do…
  10. notin
    1. Please name one MLB executive you know. 2. If Betts was a generational talent and a future Hall of Famer (which he is), he should have been extended before he had FIVE YEARS of service time. A player like that is extremely unlikely to sign anything with only one season left…
  11. notin
    What did Crawford have to do with that trade? Or were you referring to Crawford retiring Betts first two times?
  12. notin
    Also because they got sick of paying Price…
  13. notin
    Yes, it was clearly all Bloom. Henry and Betts were both begging him to get a deal done - each side rapidly conceding to the demands of the other. But Bloom chose to rise above theee negotiations, as the rife surrendering just muddled the picture, and rid himself of Betts altogether. You finally figured it out…
  14. notin
    So… fungible left-handed relievers and injury-prone starters are at risk…
  15. notin
    But you provided two examples of him doing it. And how one year deal players did he let walk that he shouldn’t have?
  16. notin
    And then we traded Tony Armas for Pedro!!! (How many posts before corrections?)
  17. notin
    All along I’ve believed the “$300mill/10 year” offer. More I’m wondering what exactly Dombrowski did to keep him. Makes the whole David Price scenario even worse in my mind…
  18. notin
    With only one year left, Verdugo might not bring back much in trade…
  19. notin
    I’m taking the under on 270 RBI for Abreu…
  20. notin
    Assuming you consider that a call at all…
  21. notin
    Reyes might not have 4 years left on him, especially as a starter. He’s the New Pedro Ciriaco…
  22. notin
    And until Rafaela’s begins…
  23. notin
    Duran’s control also makes him a more attractive trade piece for other teams. If Abreu can stick, the Sox do have a good problem. Of course they might keep everyone just like they kept Duran, Verdugo and Duvall this year. It’s actually not hard to envision a Duran-Abreu-Verdugo OF with Yoshida at DH and Rafaela at WOO waiting for an injury (or Abreu struggle).
  24. notin
    Abreu was just making a statement “So do you still think I’m only worth two months of Christian Valdez??!”
  25. notin
    I’m positive I’ve see it. Not mid-inning, however. But if you like position player pitching trivia Former Marlin Jon Mabry pitched one game in 2005 and was so bad he was relieved by RHP Vic Darensbourg. So he got relieved by a pitcher. Back in 2000, former Rockie catcher Brett Mayne came into the game as a pitcher - and earned a win!!!
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