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  1. notin
    Slight misquote on my part, but it’s not like I was comparing him to Bill Gates. Ohtani will be limited to the top spending teams like the Dodgers, Mets, Padres, Angels, Yankees, and maybe the Cubs. The Red Sox just don’t do that anymore. But then over 3/4 of the league won’t be able to fit Ohtani in the budget. Of course if his WC preference is true (and non-negotiable), Dodgers, Angels, Giants and maybe the Padres are really the only options. If WC is important to him, Boston was never a candidate anyway. I’ll include the Mariners, too, just in case Ohtani idolized Ichiro and wants to follow in his footsteps. But I don’t consider this a likely result.
  2. notin
    So where is your Reese McGuire Tin Foil Conspiracy hat? Why did the Dodgers and Braves give up on him to replace him with, well, anyone? I mean, it’s been two years and the Dodgers still don’t have a closer!
  3. notin
    I do like that about them. Also while Jansen gets all the love, the bullpen overall (in this case, the word “overall”meaning “everyone but Ort”) has been very effective…
  4. notin
    “More money than anyone in history” severely limits his options. He’ll be a Dodger…
  5. notin
    Murphy is better at showing up for work…
  6. notin
    Easily believable given how he signed with the Angels in the first place…
  7. notin
    Clearly why he signed with the Angels. Ohtani doesn’t care how the Sox “treated” Betts and Bogaerts. He’s going to take the largest offer. He didn’t hire an agent to get him to a “star friendly” team, because that won’t matter. His contract will be guaranteed. And if he for some reason neither of us can comprehend decided the Sox were unfair to Betts, or, as I’m recently hearing was a star, Christian Vazquez, his agent will deftly explain how that benefits Ohtani, by freeing up more money. Or maybe Ohtani will talk to the one star on the Sox he knows - Masataka Yoshida. I’m sure Yoshida has plenty of tales of mistreatment. I have extremely serious doubts Ohtani signs in Boston for one obvious reason - they simply don’t pay the most to star players anymore. Having Yoshida is really the only thing that keeps them in the running, but even that operates on the assumption the two actually like each other..
  8. notin
    I can see your point, but will he be from 31-40?
  9. notin
    A handful. Darvish, Nomo, Tanaka, Maeda (when healthy) Maybe another. Senga might join that list. Or he might be another Daisuke, Kikuchi or Ohka. Certainly Daisuke and Ohka had good careers, but neither was really irreplaceable…
  10. notin
    Not many Japanese starting pitchers seem to have even reasonably long effective careers. There are numerous reasons, like 1. Most are pushing 30 when they come over 2. Five man rotations and 162 game seasons are a big change. But probably worth noting, only 16 Japanese pitchers have made as many as MLB 20 starts in their career…
  11. notin
    The Sox went to the WS with Tony Armas in CF. Duvall was better than Armas, who was also not a CF…
  12. notin
    “Averages” 88. No need to make it worse. And this is from the guy who said it was 73…
  13. notin
    I think at that time they hadn’t given up on Goodrum yet. At this point, Dalbec has played 22 innings in his career at SS. A little over two games. Maybe things can pan out somewhat. Or was his one error just too many?
  14. notin
    Ok but it’s closer than it should be…
  15. notin
    I didn’t get the Mondesi acquisition. I assumed/ hoped it meant he was expected to play immediately or close to it. He didn’t have any setbacks after the deal that I know of. Andrus made more sense, even with his weak start…
  16. notin
    2019 was good, exciting baseball?
  17. notin
    73 is also Kluber’s fastball…
  18. notin
    Because he was a clubhouse cancer bringing the team down from the inside due to his incessant toenail clipping that launched shrapnel all over the dugout. That’s why the Sox traded Babe Ruth…
  19. notin
    Probably won’t see Ceddanne until the Portland OPS vaults up over the .600 mark…
  20. notin
    He was killing that team…
  21. notin
    I think even 1% on Youk might be a bit high.
  22. notin
    Or 1) Bloom doesn’t fill out the lineup cards. 2) Dalbec has two starts at shortstop that were roughly 45 games apart. The pattern here might not be as strong as you suspect.
  23. notin
    I think the Dalbec thing might be a bit overblown…
  24. notin
    Like punters in the NFL…
  25. notin
    Did you know that in Dombrowski’s tenure in Philly (2021-22), the Red Sox actually have a better record than the Phillies. And the Phillies are off to a worse start this year. Despite all the complaints on this board about the Sox, I do find it hard to believe the Phillies are excelling at hitting, fielding and pitching on their way to a 4-8 start. Dombrowski inherited a .500 team, and turned it into an 87 win team. They won 5 more games in his second year than before he got there. They had a good postseason run, but they weren’t a great team…
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