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  1. notin
    Unfortunately there were only two reported offers on the table for Mookie. The Dodgers offering of Verdugo and Graterol (which I ripped Boom for rejecting but reality is he did work out a better deal) and the Padres offering some crappy package involving Wil Myers (the dealbreaker), and a choice of Joey Lucchesi or some other mediocre arm, and then a choice of one of their two remaining prospects, and Campusano was not on the table. The real blame goes to Henry for insisting Price had to be included, which completely hamstrung Bloom on getting any decent return at all…
  2. notin
    So you read a post that says the Sox still haven’t disproven the conspiracy theory that the entire scenario was merely an elaborate plot to trade Rafael Devers and his contract, which has been productive to date, and you thought “Meh. Ok.” And moved on. Then you read another post that said the Sox did sign this deal in the first place as their legally binding agreement , which they never had to do, and that should constitute proof of their interest, and your first thought was “Holy s***! Thats such a stupid way to look at it!!” And then for proof supplied unproductive contracts garnered through free agency that were therefore completely different on multiple fronts. Yeah. And then you call other folks stupid. Oh the irony…
  3. notin
    Although his time there was brief, I thought nobody looked more smooth and flat out better at third than Jose Iglesias…
  4. notin
    I think Gray and Chapman. I could see leaving Willson off because Rice and Aranda are right there with him and everyone can’t go. Also because he would probably start a fight…
  5. notin
    Buyers remorse is one thing. The charge was the Sox orchestrated the entire plan as a giant conspiracy to trade Devers’ contract, and that the Sox still haven’t supplied any proof to the contrary. Learn to f***ing read.
  6. notin
    Wanting to unload a contract is one thing. Orchestrating a plan to anger a player to then justify trading him is another. Crawford spent his time in Boston screaming, complain it and not producing. Devers at least quietly produced for the overwhelming majority. Crawford supplied his own reason. The charge here is Devers was tricked into supplying one…
  7. notin
    You have got to be kidding. Want proof the plsn wasn’t to unload his contract? How about the fact that they signed his contract in the first place! They could have just traded him away before/instead of extending him…
  8. notin
    No one says anything nice about Breslow, but that doesn’t excuse Devers…
  9. notin
    Sure but all that’s ever happened is you making excuses for him, and bad excuses at that. If he could wear a first baseman’s mitt in SF, there is no reason he couldn’t have worn one in Boston. It really is that simple…
  10. notin
    Where did you hear about it? You’ve cited it repeatedly, saying it didn’t matter that Bloom made the promise and it was from the Red Sox…
  11. notin
    Maybe Bregman did. He did offer to move to 2b. But isn’t it Cora’s and Breslow’s job to put the best team on the field? Then when Casas Sox best lineup didn’t have Devers over Bregman at first
  12. notin
    Very much agree…
  13. notin
    And yet he did it in San Francisco. Sort of makes that point moot…
  14. notin
    Apparently.
  15. notin
    No but it did look like Cora refused to talk to him about changing positions. We all know Devers made Bloom promise he would play third. Then when Bregman rumors started, Cora, a major analytics guy, wanted reigning Gold Glover Bregman to move to 2b rather than move Devers off third despite his being the worst 3b in MLB by multiple metrics. Then when Casas got hurt, Cora refused to talk to Devers about moving to 1b at all. If Devers wasn’t difficult, Cora certainly refused to talk to him a lot…
  16. notin
    Ok. What is your label for a player asked to change positions due to injury to a teammate, but refuses?
  17. notin
    I like star players. But I prefer not getting free agents. Most of them are over 30 and have less star left in them than I prefer given the years on many deals. I like seeing guys like Betts and Devers come up and be the stars. I think Anthony can be that guy, as well. And I haven’t given up on Mater and Campbell (but I would trade Mayer in the right deal)…
  18. notin
    No they didn’t. They let the Yankees pay him heavily to sit out games…
  19. notin
    I would have been more understanding of Devers except asking him to move was due to Casas getting hurt. Sorry, that’s just not forgiveable. Your team has changed and you need to help out…
  20. notin
    Breslow isn’t trading FOR Devers. He didn’t unload Rafael because he was a pending free agent or some inevitable roster crunch. He dealt him because he wanted Rafael gone…
  21. notin
    I am resigned to sell mode. Figure Chapman, Gray, Duran and maybe IKF have all entered their final month as members of the Red Sox…
  22. notin
    Stop. We all liked Devers until he showed how difficult and selfish he was. No one hated Cherington after 2013, either. But after 2014 and 2015, many did. Things change over time…
  23. notin
    Just because he’s hitting doesn’t mean he was happy. There were lots of stories about how miserable Ellsbury was, but he had a stellar career in Boston…
  24. notin
    Brett Harris is a right-handed bat, so we can check that box. Also worth noting he has only played in 73 MLB games but he has 70* career home runs. *Total includes not only Major League, but also all minor leagues, college games and backyard whiffleball games pitched by his mom.
  25. notin
    While it’s not an obscure reference, it’s probably not recognizable, especially since I had to change the original from second person to third person. But it’s mostly Rip Torn explaining to Will Smith how he will become one of the Men In Black. Felt right at the time…
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