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  1. 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)…
  2. notin
    Bloom will get all the flak. Replace the name “Devers” with “Betts” and it's a show we’ve seen before…
  3. notin
    That’s their problem; not mine…
  4. 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?
  5. 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…
  6. 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…
  7. notin
    It’s not like resting your pitchers helps….
  8. notin
    You need yourself, me and Didi Gleyborioys to win. That’s not too outrageous…
  9. 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?
  10. 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?
  11. notin
    It frees up so much more for Juan Soto!!!
  12. 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”
  13. notin
    Well, anyone still complaining about the Betts trade, for one..,
  14. 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…
  15. 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…
  16. notin
    I’m not even sure it’s about better scouting. Lopez was probably scouted every year by every team, if only by the advanced guys. If anyone saw a breakout coming, they likely try to buy low on the guy. But the reality is some (re: lots of) young pitchers are like hurricanes - very unpredictable. Someone like Darwinzon Hernandez, written off by many already (including yours truly), could have some epiphany that allows him to harness his 102mph velocity and become a useful, and possibly even dominant, MLB pitcher. And while half the board reading this is saying “No f***ing way.,” you’re probably right on my specific example, but this kind of thing does happen every year, be it from Jorge Lopez or Tony Gonsolin. Only 390 pitching spots are available in all of MLB. The level of talent any pitcher has to possess to even be considered for one of these roles is infathomable to most of us. And yet somehow even when it comes to narrowing down thousands of pitchers into the best 390, and hundreds more into the best 13, we as fans demand perfection and anything else is intolerable…
  17. notin
    Isn’t is $32mill/3 for his AAV if they pick up the option? So he counts as $10.67mill towards the tax calculation?
  18. notin
    Like Cordero, he’s arb-eligible. He’ll still be cheap, but not a minimum wage player. Still his glove does keep him in the picture…
  19. notin
    Disagree. Cordero has shown he can’t play 1b. But as a hitter, he’s still only had 395 PA across two seasons in Boston. Some people might not think that’s enough to decide either way. If you’ve given up on the season, there’s no harm in seeing if Cordero can take the next step or two and become a reasonable hitter worthy of a bench role. Or if he can turn himself into a decent trade chip…
  20. notin
    Sportrac had no incentives on Sawamura’s 2022 contract and $400k on his 2021 deal. He did have a team option for 2023 for $3mill with a $600k buyout. By DFAing and presumably releasing Sawamura, the Sox still have to pay his buyout. In short, they save no money unless someone picks him up, and even then it’s just a pro-rated portion of the league minimum. They released both because both have been awful. Now if another team claims Sawamura, the new team assumes all his money…
  21. notin
    The closest in Portland might be Cedanne Rafaela with his .851 OPS at age 21. Or, at age 26 if you go by MADSTORK evaluations…
  22. notin
    Absolutely. Even if Paxton did pitch this year, he would have had a very limited pitch count for each start…
  23. notin
    I can see either or both getting hurt
  24. notin
    Players I’d like to see play themselves on to or off of the 40 man 1. Cordero 2. Dalbec 3. Downs 4. Kelly 5. German 6. Familia 7. Bazardo 8. Norwood
  25. notin
    Why would they DFA D. Hernandez? You can always find a taker for a 102 mph fastball…
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