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Dude, you literally out of the blue start chanting the praises for Dombrowski and defend him from any and all criticisms while simultaneously making sure no other Sox GM gets any praise. Heck you even lower the standards you hold other GMs to just to make sure they align with Dombrowski’s accomplishments…
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So then what you’re saying is the Sox need is a GM who can ignore all that noise and build an organization using his baseball acumen. Sounds like a good idea to me…
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Maybe your creative accounting skills exceed those of the current front office….
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Because baseball is played so differently in Boston?
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It’s ironic the same people criticizing folks for never blaming Bloom are the same ones who never let anyone criticize Dombrowski and rushed to his aid on their white horses. And also probably fail to acknowledge DD’s hand in the Sox current situation…
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Hanley was on the $240mill+ 2018 payroll, but not the $240mill+ 2019 payroll. But I was counting Sandoval, as he was on both. And while not part of the payroll, Rusney Castillo was still an expense…
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I also think you underestimate the bullpen plan. Given the Sox entered the lockout with 5 starters, both Houck and Whitlock were clearly destined for the bullpen. Add to that that despite man fans having done so, it’s possible the Sox had not completely given up on Barnes just yet. His collapse last year, no matter how much confidence in him you lost, still only spanned 9 innings. If I told you one year ago that on June 3, 2022, the Sox closer situation would be a season-long mess, your first thought would have been “what happens to Barnes? Injury? Trade? What?”
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Keeping Mookie, Xander and Devers would have been nice, but even the Sox most freewheeling GM/President was unable to pull that off. I don’t think keeping Mookie was as simple as many Sox and wish it was. Possible that without COVID, LA might not have been able to either…
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How much more would Henry let him spend? He was up to nearly a quarter of a billion dollars for 25 players. That’s an average of nearly $10mill per roster spot. And (I think) he only had the one bad inherited contract…
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This coming from the President/Founder of the “Dave Dombrowski Positive Legacy Only Society”…
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Not if you’re cloning nerds…
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You sign players when they’re available, not when the farm system makes it convenient. You can always trade lower level minor league talent for players closer to MLB, and this gets done more easily with teams having 40 man roster crunch issues…
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Blaming the medical staff is a cop out. For all we know, they said “don’t extend him!!! Stop!! Bad idea!! His tendons are weaker than overcooked angel hair pasta!!”
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Red Sox trade Hunter Renfroe in trade involving Jackie Bradley Jr
notin replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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They did. And it explains why Sale took such a cheap deal…
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Those are usually put in before the season when players are more willing to talk and the only trade deadline is several months away. A team acquiring him in July would have a built-in window of exclusive negotiation from whenever their season ended until free agents can officially declare…
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That was also 3 years and one TJ surgery ago…
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Come on now. What team doesn’t want to pay $55mill for the exclusive privilege of putting Sale on the IL for the bulk of 2023-24?
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I doubt they trade him anyway. The return on rental position players isn’t always that great and they might find the extra exclusive negotiating time and potential comp pick to be more valuable than any offers they get. Lou Merlonii does think they’ll work out a deal before he opts out FWIW…
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Because it’s embarrassing that Winckowski hasn’t punched his ticket to Cooperstown after 3 career innings?
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Good thing the Sox won a ring because the Dodgers gave us back NOTHING in that deal. The best player we got back turned out to be James Loney…
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Bring up Bazardo, Kelly and German and DFA/demote Brasier, Robles and Barnes…
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And there are lots of fans out there who think left-handed pitchers have a natural biomechanical advantage because they throw across their bodies. I’m sure Whitlock would be a terrific closer. But this is probably true for nearly every starting pitcher in MLB. But to call him an average starter - as if that is somehow a detriment - after 7 career starts is extremely premature. Even if it ends up being true, it’s an uncertainty at this point…
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Barring some unforeseen development, I doubt the Sox trade Xander. Teams are not likely to get a top tier prospect for 2 months of him and most teams in the hunt are set at shortstop. The Cardinals are the lone exception but certainly they won’t trade Herrera with Yadier months away from hanging up his spikes. The exclusive negotiating period and draft pick comp (if negotiations fail) are probably more valuable than anything they’ll get in a trade…
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I disagree that Whitlock is an average starter. He’s been treated with kid gloves because of his injury history and career IP numbers, but his only bad start was against Seattle, where he gave up 5 of the 14 ER he’s allowed in that role. Houck on the other hand, is just being used in a way I will never understand. His role should be expanded into more games and higher leverage situations. If the Sale injury bumped Whitlock to the rotation, that’s fine. But the continuous use of Houck in this fashion while Diekman, Robles and Barnes flummox through high leverage situations seems inexcusable to me…
