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  1. notin
    The thing is, it’s not a democracy; it’s a dictatorship. I look at it this way - Henry has shelled out well over $1billion on my entertainment, and done so successfully. He still wants to keep me entertained, but for (much?) less money. I can let him give that a try. Four WS titles far outweigh 5 last place finishes, especially since the Sox (per your post) tend to be one of the more successful last place teams…
  2. notin
    No. But if we’re going by actual firings, Cherington quit. DD wanted to stay him every article at the time. Everything else about that situation, while potentially true, is still speculation. Also the simple way to look at it is, if the GM goes, the manager is going, too. So your 50/50 split is: 1. Cora gets fired 2. Bloom and Cora get fired
  3. notin
    If you’re going that way, it’s time to finally acknowledge that your GM count is off…
  4. notin
    You’re more likely to see Bloom get fired than Henry sell. And you’re more likely to see Cora get fired than Bloom…
  5. notin
    So let’s get this straight - you think Duran, who is under team control for 5 more years, makes no money, and has been worth 1.2 fWAR in 220 PA (putting him on pace for a 3+ fWAR season) will NOT get any pitching back? But instead the answer is to trade away Kluber, Jansen, Pivetta, Dalbec, Duvall - and for what? You’re not even getting salary relief because only one of them is under contract for next year anyway…
  6. notin
    And what philosophy would that be? We know it won’t be “spend, spend, spend”…
  7. notin
    Sox are 15th in payroll. I think the point was to not be a big market…
  8. notin
    They’re on a pace to win 99 games and no one can name 3 of their starting pitchers. Even Brandon Hyde has to look up their names on Baseball Reference…
  9. notin
    On BTV the Sox major leaguer with the most trade value is Jarren Duran. A surplus value of $42mill. With Ceddane Rafaela in Worcester and a dearth of pitching right now, should Duran be the player to move for MLB or MLB-ready controllable pitching? Is this a Sell High opportunity? Or is Duran a star in the making? Will waiting to find out delay the improvement of this team?
  10. notin
    I actually don’t care if they have star players or not. (And worth pointing out they didn’t win any with the combos you mentioned, and even had to jettison Nomar to get the first.) I want a competitive team. I think this team is probably better than most do, but I don’t think they’re making any noise after September…
  11. notin
    Bard got 2 wins against us a last week…
  12. notin
    Lamet is 10 pounds of talent jammed into a 5 lb sling. Great move if he can stay healthy. But he can’t…
  13. notin
    Practically what Tampa does…
  14. notin
    Valid point. Starters on bad defensive teams give the defenses more time to let them down…
  15. notin
    But that reliever average includes all the Justin Garza/Kaleb Ort types that simply are not good enough to be starting pitchers, barring the occasional opener role, which isn’t really the same. I will challenge you to find a single pitcher with reasonable experience in both roles (and opener starts don’t count) that doesn’t have a wider disparity than 10%…
  16. notin
    This is unfortunately a streaky team and the mood swings to the current streak…
  17. notin
    You are clearly repressing the Butch Hobson as Manager years. It’s understandable…
  18. notin
    So he’s already a bust? I think he’s been better than I thought he would but never thought he would be Ichiro 2.0. But if he’sa busy already, who was the last free agent the Sox signed to a multiyear deal that wasn’t a bust?
  19. notin
    True but unfortunately true for most (if not all) pitchers. Pivetta, this year for example. Starter - 6.30 ERA Reliever - 2.16 ERA
  20. notin
    Agreed. Just like Zack Littell and Matt Dermody before him. Which was my point. DFA Scott and trade for Flexen, which odd having a rough year but does have two good years of MLB success recently, and has 3 arb years left. Per BTV, Flexen has a surplus value of $-0.3 mill. Basically means Seattle’s primary need here is a player not requiring a 40 man roster spot…
  21. notin
    I don’t think this plan is conducive with ownership. Bloom isn’t the reason they’re not spending…
  22. notin
    Sell who? You’re not going to build a rotation by trading away Paxton, Kike and Duvall…
  23. notin
    The mlb.com roster only has 39 players on it…
  24. notin
    He’s on the 40 man. At least according to soxprospects.com. https://www.soxprospects.com/40man.htm
  25. notin
    I think that’s why the focus has been on hitters in the drafts, IFA. Build up the total prospects and deal some for pitchers…
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