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The MLBTR article about Bogaets signing with San Diego mentioned a 6 year $162mill offer…
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This reports were apparently thrown out there by Boras to drive up the price. The Sox has apparently already realized no deal would take place…
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Until a deal is in place, I don’t make much of these. If true, at least it means pitching is a focus…
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By 2021 to 2021, I mean 2021 to 2022. Sometimes the Edit feature just didn’t work…
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It all comes down to hire one defined “competitive.” Bloom’s job hinges on Henry agreeing with his definition…
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Well, that article says the Marlins want Casas. Nowhere does it say Boston is amenable…
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That’s just recency. Two facts: 1. The Sox dropped off by a larger margin from 2018 to 2019 than they did from 2021 to 2021. 2. The Sox have a better W-L record during DD’s time in Philly than the Phillies do. The big change isn’t just replacing DD with Bloom. I’d say there’s a whole different change in the approach of the team regarding how money gets spent…
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So what about playing out the season? At what point do you decide the fire sale begins in February?
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I think there is also some vast differences of opinion on the definition of “competitive.” The Sox were 3 games out of the last wild card on July 31. Is that competitive? Some will say yes, but others will not, and might even add on additional factors. As it stands now, it’s very possible the Sox view last year as a success in that they helped grow the farm while meeting their definition of “staying competitive.” All a theory, but hardly a ridiculous one…
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I put zero faith in power rankings, but I would have had to lower it even more if the Sox had been ranked highly right now. But it’s not like the season begins tomorrow…
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They’re looking to sneak people through waivers and keep them. Like they tried with Park and Downs. Zero chance Brasier clears waivers. Mills? Probably not. Ort and Taylor or Darwinzon. A trade of Dalbec for a non-40 man player is also possible…
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Most likely the Sox DFA two players they think will clear waivers. Candidates include: Ort Dalbec Taylor D Hernandez Mills Duran
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But what hasn’t changed in the effectiveness of unloading players for prospects. It does work sometimes when you get major leaguer future talent, but other times you just get minor leaguers…
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So you think the Sox should prioritize maximizing trade value over playing baseball? The Sox made a lot of noise in 2021 and probably expected to do so again in 2022. One bad season is not a reason to rewrite history and retroactively dump everyone…
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Nomar barely played SS that year…
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Cabrera was actually a step down defensively. His Rtot/yr of 2 and Rdrs/yr of 15 were a far, far cry from what Pokey Reese game the Sox (37,27) in the exact same number of games…
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I suppose one could take the view of Canseco and his Jr. Oppenheimer Chemistry Kit as being very helpful to some of his teammates. Do you think he traded steroids for cocaine with Dave Stewart?
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Cabrera was OK. He was better than Nomar defensively by that stage in Nomar’s career, which was two Achilles’ injuries too long already. But the contributions from Mientkiewicz might have been a bit overstated…
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That’s the big difference. Both Dodger trades were straight up financial decisions. But only one of them allowed to re-use that money to better the team…
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So you’re saying Nomar didn’t meet your standards for a good teammate? At least not when on camera? That would be like me adding he must have been a good teammate because there were no stories from his teammates about how glad they were that he was gone. By your logic, Jose Canseco was a great teammate with all the Bash Brothers stuff and high fiving with forearms. And then we can ignore Canseco singing like the Tabernacle Choir when it can time to name the names he needed to in order to get his book on the New York Times best seller list…
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But just looking at the trade itself, the Sox got back nothing. They just saved a lot of cash. That’s all…
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Exactly. Look at the AGon trade. Who did the Sox get back? I think the best player was James Loney. But they won a World Series 14 months later. So it was a good trade…
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Was he really better in the dugout? The whole “Nomar sulking in the dugout” appears to be not only massively overblown, but potentially completely false. I don’t know what Cabrera was like in Boston, but he eventually made his way out to Chicago, and he wore out his welcome FAST with a reported selfish attitude. And remember, Chicago is a city that loved AJ Pierzynski. But not Orlando Cabrera…
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Ownership learned a long, long time ago that winning fixes everything. How many people have ever looked back at the Nomar trade and thought “So we gave up one of the Holy Trinity of shortstops and got back an ordinary starting SS and a good glove/no hit first baseman? And we included the prospect?!?” And you know why we don’t look at out that way? Because winning fixes everything…
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It stopped making sense to call Boras insane for that asking price once San Diego met it…
