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Apocalyptic?
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On BTV, Eovaldi has the roughly the same value as Cody Bellinger. Bellinger is a bizarre case as he has gone from MVP to non-tender candidate. The Dodgers might actually consider moving him. (Might? Yeah right! If they find a taker, he gone.) But would/should the Sox even bother? The cons (pricey, non-productive) do outweigh the pros (former MVP capable of monstrous numbers and short term deal)….
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Refsnyder strikes me as the type of player we look at today and think “he needs to be back next year!” But by June 2023, we might just as easily think “why did this team keep Refsnyder again?” He’s a fungible bench bat having a good season. His future with the Sox won’t faze me either way…
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I like Verdugo far more than Duran and I think people just gave up on him in RF too quickly. He won’t be Mookie but he will be better than a lot of other options, including the dear departed Renfroe. But Duran’s defense has been a massive disappointment. I’m ok with the up and down offense at this stage. I like the speed on the bases. But I’d rather see Franchy in CF than Duran, and I’m not at all advocating the Sox give CF to Franchy…
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Research? Do you think MADSTORK researches stuff? Just make up stuff and criticize everything ….
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I think he’s a good player with the ability to become a much better player…
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It had ramifications from April all the way to October!! If that isn’t “long term”….
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So….. I should be on other message boards trying to influence other GMs? Nice try!!
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The Sox shouldn’t just hold Verdugo for the sake of making the trade look better. But it’s also too early and IMO easy to just write him off based on some superficial stats….
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I don’t get giving up on 26yo Verdugo while relying on 31yo AAAA journeyman Refsnyder….
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It will probably be a largely uneventful deadline, but Bloom has apparently yet to wave a white flag. While I’m for dealing away Eovaldi and Martinez while simultaneously working on deals for replacements with more control (Christian Walker? Pablo Lopez? Luis Castillo?), I have my doubts Bloom’s overall vision syncs up with mine…
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So would you extend Devers for $300mill? Bear in mind there is no wrong answer. Not like Bloom and Henry scan these boards looking for ideas or support for their plans. I like to think Bloom is debating about Bogaerts saying out loud. “ Should I just trade X? Or extend him? For what? $125mill? $150mill? $200mill? I need notin’s take.” But I doubt that happens. Not with that level of specificity anyway…
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We did. For 5 years…
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It’s so cute that you’re proud of yourself. Also it shows how you fit into my sweeping generalization…
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Even citing he lost the Mookie trade is a bad example. Verdugo is no Mookie, but not extending Mookie does keep Devers in play for now. I’m sure some people would rather have Mookie over Devers and Verdugo, but I wouldn’t call it a slam dunk obvious choice…
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If the hosts of a local sports radio show are calling out the Sox for not extending Devers and Bogaerts while also saying they could easily acquire and extend Soto, I think calling them out for their fantasy world isn’t necessarily the wrong side. I do think the Sox could have all three, but the supporting cast would be, to be kind, deeply flawed. The pitching, for example, would be pretty weak. Especially if the Nats insisted on Whitlock as part of the package for Soto. Which is extremely likely given his ability and contract…
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Yeah NE sports radio and journalism in general is atrocious. Too many of them adopt the attitude that complaining is a sign of intelligence, and therefore they dump all over every move and non-move the Sox make. Like Tony Massarotti, say. Also I’m roughly 110% positive Gerry Callahan is one of those high school jocks who thought he could have gone pro, but he “banged up his knee right before senior year” and then never got that scholarship blah blah blah. So now he writes everything not only from a point of jealousy, but sometimes, FROM VENGEANCE!!!
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Scott Boras can’t turn down the offer without Soto’s permission. Boras works for Soto, not the other way around. If the East Coast was all that important, Soto could simply sign with Washington regardless of what Boras says…
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Undoubtedly all of us Baseball Junkies have already seen this, but it’s official. Xander is staying this season. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/07/red-sox-inform-xander-bogaerts-they-have-no-intention-of-trading-him.html
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7/28 Cleveland @ SOX 7:10PM ET
notin replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
And the original criticism was extreme and unwarranted. Whitlock did fine in the rotation… -
I don’t think Friedman would return your calls…
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Why not? It’s hard to imagine them paying Machado, Tatis and Soto all at once but I don’t think Soto would have an issue with it…
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Binelas is 23? Hamilton is 25?
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Coming from someone who has advocated for Puig more than once, HE HAS BEEN OUT OF MLB FOR THREE YEARS!! Curtis Granderson has played in MLB more recently than Puig…
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Trolling a rival board with the goal of reigning in enthusiasm by injecting a dose of reality is typically done by stupid people trying to make themselves feel smart…
