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Everything posted by notin
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It’s every GMs job. Fans like the “quick fix heavy spend types” because of the immediate results, but when all the bills come due and the players age, suddenly they conveniently forget 7 year contracts last for 7 years, and they want more quick fix heavy spending…
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The players all admitted it was their job to avoid the firesale…
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The GMs job is to worry about those other years as well. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t change that…
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Boras wouldn’t have countered any offer unless it was the number Bogaerts wanted. That’s how he operates. Also - other ways Bloom alienated the clubhouse?
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Maybe not in 2022. Do you think it never will?
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A big chunk of that money ($104 mill) is tied up on Sale, Price, Eovaldi, Bogaerts and Martinez, none of whom Bloom signed…
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Ok, I’ll bite. What other things did Bloom do to alienate the clubhouse? And we don’t know what Bogaerts asked for because there was no counter offer, something you defended because you perceived X to be insulted, but in reality is a years-long Scott Boras negotiation tactic…
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The defensive upgrades meant nothing? Bradley was an upgrade over Renfroe. Story was an upgrade over Arroyo/Chavis/Iglesias. Story’s RBI pace (58 in 81 games) was an upgrade over Renfroe’s numbers…
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Arroyo in RF wasn’t nearly the disaster that Duran in CF was. I get why Duran isn’t vaxxed; he’d just misplay the virus and watch it get behind him. Now I get it’s more complicated and intricate in MLB, but I have had to coach girls softball and keep it simple. The simplest way to describe the job of an outfielder is - keep one runner from advancing one base. (Granted at the ages I was coaching, you assume any and all flyballs will not be caught.). I told them I don’t care which runner - but stop one of them. Not the best metric but using it, I’ve seen good outfielders actually fail. You know the type, strong throwing arms and well aware so they try to dupe runners into taking another base. (No, Brad Hawpe. Not you. Really.) I don’t think that experiment was so horrible given that Arroyo is talented and the weak side of the platoon. But I would have been fine with JBJ everyday batting ninth and making outs on both sides of the ball…
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Schreiber was claimed off waivers after being DFAd by the Tigers…
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On Arroyo to RF, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if that was Cora’s plan all along. As in: Bloom: Do you want a right-handed hitting outfielder to platoon with Bradley? Cora: No. I want to find ways to get Christian more involved. Boom. That was the whole discussion. Not sure why some people think Bloom 1) announced in the press he needed to acquire a right -handed bat to platoon with Bradley and then 2) didn’t acquire one, and instead forced Cora to play Arroyo. But the latter is the plan I see people think happened. But if it actually did go down that way, I don’t fault Cora at all. Arroyo is a good player the team has always needed him to be more involved, and if not for his questionable durability, Arroyo is easily a starter full time. Not sure why people think this one is such a big deal…
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Since starting out 50-17 (.746), Yankees are 24-31 (.436). The biggest lead over second place this year was 15.5 games. Sox fans will tell you just one game less isn’t safe…
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I was thinking more like Mitch White…
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I usually start them out slowly, with “Woburn” and “Billerica”. The thing is, they should be able to handle Leicester, as there was a pitcher named Jon Leicester that pitched for the Cubs back in 2004-2005. Of course, another similarly named replacement came long a few years later and got more famous…
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Yes, the entirety of the last 3 years. The plus side is none of his recent injuries have been to the important pitching joints. The downside is, he still got 3 years older in that time frame…
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I live in Illinois and am therefore the only citizen in the entire state capable of pronouncing “Worcester”. Except of course for illinoisoxfan. But he feels my pain…
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Best case? Absolutely? Most likely case? I’m not on board with that anymore…
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Won’t he do that as a closer as well? The differences are: 1) you never know when you’ll need a closer whereas openers can be scheduled, and 2) you don’t know what hitters a closer will face when the game starts and therefore you can waste your best reliever by using him against the worst hitters. You always know who an opener will face..
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If the Sox sign Kolten and then Connor makes the team as a BUC, we’ll have two Wongs!! That’s gotta make a wight!!
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Cora’s piggybacking was ill-conceived, poorly done and backwards What if Sale came in and through 2 IP twice a week as an opener, and then, say, Crawford and Winckowski took over one game each as if starting? Get 5 or 6 IP from each and it’s the 8th inning, baby!! Whitlock and Houck Time…
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In fact, why does it need to be a last ditch option? He could close games in 2023 and return to starting in 2024. There is no point of no return…
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As 6 year old Notin used ask his mom every 15 minutes on a drive from Worcester to Albany to see grandma - “Are we there yet?”
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Make him an open and use him 2-3 times per week in that role. That way he’s always facing the better and best hitters on the other team and (hopefully) neutralizing them for at least one turn…
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For that to continue, 2b has to just be a starting point, like an entry level position…
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Yep. Too bad it will never happen. And that’s because even 50% of Sale is a valuable commodity as a starter. If anything, he might become an opener…
