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  1. notin
    Reluctantly or happily?
  2. notin
    The shift actually started in the 1920s, although it was usually reserved for special hitters. The Williams Shift was actually used long before Ted Williams’ debut, and was named for a different Williams - Frederick “Cy” Williams. The nicknaming of star players “Cy” is just another tradition that died off too soon…
  3. notin
    At the very least, I wanted Houck’s vacated spot in the pen fillled. I get that the remaining starter options were a step below exciting…
  4. notin
    Losing Eovaldi, Wacha and Hill while adding his Marlins’ starter, Kluber, and a full season of Bello certainly has a legitimate chance to be an improvement. Not to mention, replacing Bogaerts, Cordero/Dalbec, and Bradley/Refsnyder with Yoshida, Casas, and Andrus, not to mention Avisail Garcia, also has a legitimate chance to be an overall upgrade. Right or wrong? And there there’s the bullpen…
  5. notin
    Let’s not forget last year’s rotation was never set either. Once Sale went down, we had Eovaldi, Wacha, Hill, Pivetta and then one of Houck or Whitlock, with roles changing all over the place…
  6. notin
    What if the big issue with Bogaerts’ contract negotiations was his refusal to eventually move off SS? You still give him what he wants because: 1. You don’t care about defense? 2. You are willing to let him play out his years at a position he will not be able to handle in the (potentially very) near future? 3. You plan to move him to a new position behind his back and have an unhappy albeit well-paid player?
  7. notin
    How do you know why they signed him? Not to mention, it’s ok to change plans as things change our S you learn new things. For example, learning Story is a GG-caliber 2b could and should be a factor…
  8. notin
    Likely, but not necessarily definite…
  9. notin
    So you’re not for bringing back Chavis?
  10. notin
    So… innings. The other two are less quantifiable…
  11. notin
    We won’t be the Marlins. The Marlins have pitching…
  12. notin
    The irony there is the shaky 2015 rotation featured the 2016 Cy Young winner…
  13. notin
    I know there is a good chance Houck goes to the rotation. I personally don’t like it because in don’t like the idea of starting 2033 with 3 SPs that ended 2022 on the Injured List. Also I just like Houck as a reliever. But as of now, there are far more options for building the bullpen than the rotation. I’m also mildly intrigued by this guy the Rangers DFAd in Nate Mears…
  14. notin
    He certainly could have, and had that left no room in the budget for Sale, it would have accomplished two good things. But considering a Bogaerts had one season left until free agency , it’s really shocking he signed anything at all..
  15. notin
    If we got in we did. Maybe not a good chance, but absolutely had one. The Phillies were the last team eliminated, but they only won 9 more games than the Sox and were the last team into the NL playoffs…
  16. notin
    At this point, certainly still possible. Heck signing Greinke, Wacha and Fulmer is still possible, although I think/hope they save something to spend on a SS. Of course right now we’re only talking about the free agent market. A trade for a SP is also possible. Certainly the Marlins have available arms, and the salary dump trade market includes pitchers like Patrick Corbin, Madison Bumgarner, Yusei Kikuchi, Carlos Carrasco and old friend Eduardo Rodriguez…
  17. notin
    Not locking up Mookie was on Dombrowski, who had 4 years to get a deal done…
  18. notin
    At the time they weren’t that far out of the third wild card. But they didn’t know Eovaldi would only make two more starts all year and that Devers would be in an injury-induced funk at the plate for the bulk of August…
  19. notin
    Wacha is another option, but there is nothing wrong with Greinke, who did throw 137 IP last year with an ERA+ of 111. Mata will be a depth option as their will be plenty of IP for him, Walter, Crawford, Murphy, etc.
  20. notin
    True. But none of us had Wacha or Hill in mind last year. (And several have called for bringing Wacha back, and he remains an option.) I have no idea who Bloom has in mind. When the off-season began, I didn’t peg Eflin as a target, either…
  21. notin
    I know at some point this is not going to work my more, but it is still December. It would be nice if he brought an SP on board by now, but not essential yet. Eflin didn’t work out, so Bloom is also not working from what many might look at as the top of the free agent list…
  22. notin
    Stories about any team being interested are clickbait. I’d bet it’s often as little as a two sentence discussion…
  23. notin
    I do question who is calling these the top priority. The Sox have signed 5 free agents after all…
  24. notin
    Just sign Andrus, Fulmer and a SP…
  25. notin
    The MLB Network talking heads thought he would move to third next season when Machado opts out. When I heard that, I couldn’t help but wonder if Bogaerts was on board with that plan…
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