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These players represent multimillion dollar investments and GMs are held accountable for them. While some players who do have successful postseasons get generous contracts, I'd be willing to bet there were many other factors in play. Pablo Sandoval is an example we can all identify with, as he had some terrific postseasons, and his deal certainly looked questionable (at least to me) at the time. But he was also just 28 years old, which was young for a free agent, and scored very well on a lot of defensive metrics. His post-season numbers certainly did not hurt him at all, but no one commits $90mill based solely on 167 PA spread out over 5 years. If teams did, free agency would have been kinder to David Freese, Steve Pearce, David Eckstein and Adam Kennedy...
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Of course, for the overwhelming bulk of that post-season structure, there was no TV money and teams only played during the day....
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His lackluster second half did not go unnoticed by other GMs. Perhaps staying is less of a gamble than we realize?
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But the most important question of the off-season - what will JD Martinez do? - is now on the clock. I think, in the absence of a new CBA, he would be unwise to opt out. But we shall see what Scott Boras advises him on. Boras does have a history of having these clauses put in primarily to exercise them if the player is still any good...
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Even fair/foul calls cannot be challenged unless the ball was a home run. And they won't be, because there are no guidelines for what to do with baserunners. I think baseball has done a pretty poor job overall with instant replay. It works out pretty well for safe/out calls at 1b, but far too often it is used to reverse calls on baserunners because they separated from the bag for a frantion of a second during their slide...
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Ditto. I was on bard with the idea, but his asking price just might have gone up a tad, nd OF is really not the Sox biggest need right now, unless they do move Kike back to 2B. But even then, Rosario is not a good mix because he would necessitate moving Verdugo to CF, where he is a question mark...
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And added a second wild card team into the mix...
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Neither player was even on the Braves on July 29. And as many people pointed out last off-season, Rosario just seems to be one guy who gets overlooked far too often. He was a terrific player in Minnesota for several years, and garnered almost no interest last off-season...
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And that is the closest thing there is to a "magic formula" for winning the World Series...
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Well, they don't allow challenges on balls and strikes.
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THe wild card in all this is the success of Akil Baddoo. AS noted on the other thread, we think the sudden need is to emulate the current winners. Well, while teams rarely reconstruct their roster to mimic the last champion as best they can, we do see teams trying to emulate lesser strategies. Baddoo was a pretty weak hitter in A ball, where he had a sub-.600 OPS. But he panned out in MLB somewhat. I would not be surprised if a team or two just grabbed a toolsy player struggling in A ball on hopes that something blossoms in a new organization. This is why I think there is a better chance Jimenez gets taken than most of the othjer available players in the Sox system. Of course, the occasikonal unprotected player with some MLB experience (re: Franchy Cordero) might appeal to some teams, too., like when the Sox took Josh Rutledge. Although I think the Sox might have to bring Cordero back first. I'm not sure what his status is. But if he does get taken, I won;t sweat it too much...
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That did help. but still, while that helped the get in, they still had to play the games. Score one more point for randomness in the postseason...
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If "loading up on studs" worked", the Yankees might be the ones planning a parade. The bottom line is there is no magic formula...
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It strikes me as childish. The only thing worse is when the umpires themselves get childish. (I'm looking at you, Joe West.)
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Certainly would not have been my pick when they were 52-54 at the trade deadline. A lot was made of their deadline acquisitions' play throughout the series, but really, the question of "why were they even buyers?" should have been part of it...
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I've seen some of the coaches go after umpires who were just 12 or 13 yo kids. Off course, there will never be robot umpires at the 10U and 12U level...
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The Braves approach was to develop young starters. They basically went all year long without their best one, but still had Anderson, Fried, and even Kyle Wright, who had one outstanding game for them. And they even dealt away another starter with potential in Bryse Wilson. Every team tries this approach. Most fail. It's simply not as easy as saying "let's try the Braves approach" just because it worked this time. The Sox have not been doing this and have won 4 World Series in between the last two Braves' titles...
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I try to provide names or list of names as targets, which hopefully then negates a need for these type of blanket statements…
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Will JD Martinez pick up his player option for $19.35M?
notin replied to mvp 78's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I have argued for both sides. There are just obvious reasons to opt out and obvious reasons not to. In the end, I think my final vote is he stays. And I’m saying this solely because the expiring CBA situation probably makes it the right call for him… -
Nice shot by Swanson. But hey, maybe Arizona is still enjoying Shelby Miller…
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Officiating just isn’t part of any sport I want to enjoy. I just want them to quietly make calls correctly, equally and fairly and be non-factors. And ball/strike calls are just a ridiculous task to ask any human being to perform…
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They might be projecting Houck as a starter and Whitlock as a closer. Makes a substantial difference. A 2.5 fWAR starter is acceptable; a 2.5fWAR closer is elite…
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Exactly, especially given how unlikely they’d be to claim them anyway…
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Will the Sox give Eduardo Rodriguez a Qualifying Offer?
notin replied to mvp 78's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Big deal. ERod is good, but if the Yankees don’t sign him, they’ll just sign someone better… -
If Potts and Rosario have any value, they would get claimed before Oakland had a chance to claim them off waivers, since Oakland was actually a fairly good team last season. Also, they would have a lower Rule 5 pick, and if Jimenez is on anyone's radar, they might miss him as well. The counterargument is that they will receive better offers for Bassitt and Trivino. Puk is less valuable than the orthopedic surgeon any team acquiring him will suddenly need... .
