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Pedro Ciriaco was certainly a past recipient of the Jeff Bailey Award. Also Chris Carter…
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Also possible that Tapia gets placed on the 40 man roster once Story is eligible for the 60 day IL
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It’s February 6. Who is the biggest surprise of all free agents still available? I’ll start the bidding with Jurickson Profar. MLBTR had him in their top 50 at the beginning of the off-season. Some big spending teams (Rangers, Yankees) have question marks at his best position. He hit at the top of the order for a playoff team last year. I think I’m mostly surprised the Rangers haven’t signed him, given their void in LF and that they shouldn’t know him quite well. Any other thoughts?
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But who will be the winner of this year’s Jeff Bailey Award? You know, for that guy who has a hot start in spring training and it generates serious buzz about how he deserves to be starting on the Sox this year and they need him NOW?
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What was wrong with Shaw? I didn’t think he was ever even going to make the team, let alone have an MLB career…
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So at a time like this do I play your childish reminder game? Or do I point out that no matter how many times denny insists Bloom traded Betts by choice, that’s simply not reality and it doesn’t matter how many people believe it?
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That’s fine. But the numbers don’t mean they’re correct. Just like they vast numbers pre-Columbus who believed the Earth was flat…
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No. It doesn’t, Flat Earther…
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He’s talking about “posters” because that’s whose making the commentary - another poster. It’s not about assuming whose opinion is more widespread offline…
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The team is not a democracy…
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“More” doesn’t make them “right”…
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That’s why at best I had him as my wild card. But it’s more likely he never sees Fenway without a ticket…
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Yep. Great analogy. Unless you’re running a baseball team with a high payroll and weak farm system. But if you’re talking about ranching it works…
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I do. Not because I want him to, but because I think Henry will be more patient about building up from within…
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Early prediction is Machado will be the first player to sign two $300 mill contracts…
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Very possible, but IMO not likely. I think Bloom will get more leeway than Cherington got, simply because the rash change in direction last time has some serious financial implications…
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Manny Machado accepts your challenge after this season…
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To be fair, that one might still work out. Scott Kingery, on the other hand…
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It’s a lot harder to lock up players in their 4th and 5th years. I agree Bloom has failed at a lot of things, but holding trading Betts against him is just foolish. I’m not sure he wanted Bogaerts (not that I agree) but he really shouldn’t have had the choice. How does DD give an injured Sale a better contract than a healthy Bogaerts? I don’t like watching the Sox go crazy spending unless it’s on (preferably pre-arb) extensions for homegrown players. Dig back up 2016 on this board and you can find posts about me saying ditch Price and extend Betts…
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I wouldn’t think so. But yet somehow Bloom was supposed to extend him? Or not trade him and let him walk away for nothing?
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Do you remember what you thought at the time? And he had one year to go until free agency
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Agreed. But also arguable both could have been locked up before Bloom was hired…
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It was longer. AAV differed by $500K. Bear in mind that unlike Bogaerts, Story was a free agent and free to seek other offers at the time…
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I was surprised he took an AAV that low, even in 2019. Yes…
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“Slightly lesser” is tap-dancing. The difference between Story and Bogaerts over the 3 previous seasons was about 1fWAR…
