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Everything posted by notin
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Getting older but he’d be a good 1-2 year solution. Might even solve the Sox leadoff problems…
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Carvel cakes are made from space age polymers
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Revisionist history. Story and Barnes were both signed after resetting the tax limit. If the Sox needed the money to keep Betts, they shouldn’t have signed Sale ($145mill) Land Bogaerts ($120mill). That’s EXACTLY what Mookie accepted. But even that is slightly revisionist. DD signed both of them after negotiations with Betts broke down. They were the consolation prize for not signing Betts.
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But the important thing is we don’t go out and make abrasive posts about other forum members and then follow up with posts about our exemplary treatment and respect of others. I do the first part. I’m no saint. I also don’t pretend to be one…
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At least it want Fudgie the Whale…
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The postseason is largely a crapshoot. Philly was definitely helped by San Diego taking down the Mets and Dodgers. But again, the two teams have basically the same record over two seasons. Neither team was in some elite starting point as good or bad. (It’s blatantly false to say Bloom tore down the 2018 champions.). Both teams have had one good postseason run. Phillies got one round further. But Recency Effect and biases make up the difference…
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And they really didn’t draft all that well. They had the number one overall pick 3 years in a row and totally flopped on two of them…
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Last year it was practically the opposite. The real bottom line is both teams have fared similarly over the past two seasons. The only difference is the biases…
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Not my numbers. Actual MLB records. And the Phillies watched the Sox in the ALCS just one year ago from their couches. Both teams have fared similarly over the last two seasons. That is a fact. And last year’s 82-80 Phillies wouldn’t have look so good playing in the 2022 AL East, where 82 wins is a last place record compared to those other 4 teams.
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If it was Cookie Puss, I shudder at the thought of a 3 hour drive…
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Misleading? Bloom took over a team that was 84-78 in 2019. Dombrowski took over a team that was 81-81 in 2019. (He wasn’t in charge for 2020 yet, but those 60 game seasons don’t tell you much. Philly finished 28-32 that year, but that’s not a far cry from the 2022 team’s record of 30-30 after 60 games.). Bottom line - Dombrowski wasn’t taking over some last place team that couldn’t compete. Not sure why the starting point is so different. Unless all of that “all that matters is wins and losses” is only used when it fits one side or the other. What is misleading is saying Bloom was tearing down the 2018 team. He tore down a 2019 team that got 24 games worse in the standings and was saddled with a slew of questionable contracts…
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Even if it’s a Bundt cake?
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What kind of cake?
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Waste of Mookie’s arm and an unnecessary risk for him getting Machado’d. Bellinger is leaving. Put Mookie in CF…
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There are conflicting reports?
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Do you have one of him in Dodger Blue?
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The point is Verdugo was already in MLB. The Sox didn’t take a bunch of A ball players for Mookie. Did they? See, when teams are actually rebuilding and looking years down the road to win, they tend to acquire minor leaguers and hope they pan out. Like the Orioles did (poorly) with Machado…
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Of course, lost in all this Dombrowski Love is that during his tenure in Philadelphia, Bloom’s Red Sox actually have a better won-loss record. Boston: 170-154 Philly: 169-155 Who knew?
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No one inside the Sox organization has set that timeline. In fact, the goal has been stated to be competitive every year (except 2020, which was an intentional step back). That Bloom is acquiring controllable MLB players and numerous prospects above A ball does show that they have designs on the present. You don’t acquire players like Story, Verdugo and Pivetta with 2027 as the goal…
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Really I think the biggest pieces he traded away might have been Andrew Miller and Curtis Granderson. Miller took a long time to really discover his niche, but he did excel in it. And Granderson became a terrific all around player in New York. But DD also acquired two future Hall of Famers in those trades. He also dealt then top prospect Cameron Maybin in one of those deals. Maybin tells the story about his reaction about hearing he was traded and how he was shocked and angry and just yelling at everyonet because he thought the Tigers had given up on him. Then he was told he was traded for Miguel Cabrera. His reaction? “Oh. That makes sense.”
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Diaz is certainly on the “highly unlikely” list, but Judge would be my choice for Least Likely. The Yankees certainly can’t afford the PR snafu of letting Judge go to Boston. Cashman would be fired before the ink dried, and then repeatedly hired and fired multiple times over the next week just to drive the point home. Followed by being burned in effigy. Hopefully in effigy. The other way might not be legal. Now not to mention having to outbid the Dodgers. Judge’s chances of manning RF in Fenway next year are roughly the same as mine…
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The Fielder contract looked like a massive overreaction to the knee injury to starting DH Victor Martinez, especially since it lead to one of the worst decisions that FO made - returning Cabrera to 3b the following season. Fortunately the damage was short-lived as they were able to pawn off the overpaid Fielder to Texas for the overpaid Ian Kinsler…
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DD did do a nice job in Detroit, although even at the time many questioned that insane extension he gave to Miguel Cabrera (which will still be in place in 2023). Certainly Cabrera has declined to the point where he is not an asset at $30mill per, but I do think the PR for having him conclude his HOF career and collect his 3,000th hit in Detroit has been one of the few things Tigers’ fans have had to watch…
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Be fair. Bradley was net $5mill
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(I’m also betting Old Red forgot how badly the 2019 underachieved and that they had a losing record in the division despite playing two truly horrible teams 38 times.)
