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  1. notin
    You might be reading too much into some warped interpretation of stat types. After all, Bloom did go acquire Schwarber in the first place and ignored that he was injured at the time. Reportedly the Sox were in on Schwarber and had interest in bringing him back. It looks to me like the primary reason they didn’t is Philly outbid them. And with other holes still left to fill, it may not have been the wrong move…
  2. notin
    Huh?
  3. notin
    He pays attention to TV ratings and attendance numbers. He doesn’t know this site exists and wouldn’t (also, shouldn’t) care about what we had to say even if he did…
  4. notin
    Did you ever for even a millisecond think differently?
  5. notin
    It wasn’t even all that fluke when you look at how he was pitching by the end of the season before…
  6. notin
    Not to mention, in the era where 200IP is getting rare, Porcello threw 791 IP on a 4 year contract…
  7. notin
    I will admit that I showed very little interest in any Sox season before my parents met…
  8. notin
    The Sox could have gotten MLB players Wil Myers, Joey Lucchesi and Manny Margot plus one prospect for Betts. I suppose it might be better than what they got, but that’s basically a bunch of mediocrity with little hope for improvement. Plus - and I might be wrong - San Diego was no so keen on taking back Price, which sort of ruined the entire point of the deal…
  9. notin
    1. I don’t think the Sox view that as a problem. 2. When teams are acquiring upgrades in talent, they’re typically doing so with an eye on the postseason. Teams doing so do not want to break up their team. 3. Why take downgraded MLB players who have less control left, cost more money, and are less productive?
  10. notin
    The problem isn’t that the Sox always pay low or don’t give out long term contracts. The problem is long term contracts, by definition, take a long time to expire. And sometimes they keep teams from adding other long term expensive contracts until they do expire. This is especially true for teams that keep trying to reset tax limits
  11. notin
    Well then they’d probably tell you they were straight up going for it for one year. If the Sox deal Devers this off-season, the logical landing spots are the Phillies (because of Dombrowski) and the Mets (who want to keep him away from Dombrowski)…
  12. notin
    Bloom will get all the flak. Replace the name “Devers” with “Betts” and it's a show we’ve seen before…
  13. notin
    That’s their problem; not mine…
  14. notin
    Sure they could deal Devers to Miami for RHP Edward Cabrera, LHP Jesus Luzardo and CF JJ Bleday. (Yes, BTV accepts it.). Would you boo Chaim or like that as a starting point?
  15. notin
    Why not? If nothing else, it helps the Sox retain him by eliminating any team that won’t give up a draft pick. And even if he accepts, they could negotiate a multi-year deal instead…
  16. notin
    There’s always some team looking to shave some salary that will let an expensive star player go. Best bet right now is San Diego…
  17. notin
    It’s not like resting your pitchers helps….
  18. notin
    You need yourself, me and Didi Gleyborioys to win. That’s not too outrageous…
  19. notin
    I don’t think it’s that simple. If, say, ownership doesn’t give him the approval to meet Devers’ contract demands and Bloom has to trade Devers, should they still fire him?
  20. notin
    It there something along with biased commentators? Was I so wrong all those years watching the Celtics with the TV volume off and the radio cranking the cigar-frazzled dulcet tones of Johnny Most and his unbridled enthusiasm?
  21. notin
    It frees up so much more for Juan Soto!!!
  22. notin
    I think the massage in that post was “if you eliminate most of money the Sox are spending, then they aren’t spending much”
  23. notin
    Well, anyone still complaining about the Betts trade, for one..,
  24. notin
    I don’t think they traded Lopez silent because that had Bautista. More likely they traded Lopez because the closer role was going to make him more expensive in arbitration than they thought he was worth. Having Bautista ready to step in just made the decision easier…
  25. notin
    And sometimes it’s even also why a veteran pitcher gets a longer leash on the roster. Even with the younger starters, I think the Sox potentially showed us the good ones this year in Bello (especially Bello), Crawford and Winckowski. But fans soured on both Crawford and Winckowski already, seemingly because they failed to maintain perfection. But both are also approaching their career highs in IP, and doing so against MLB hitters. It could be their simply worn out…
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