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We each come from different backgrounds. As an adolescent sportswriter I learned early on to never use a personal pronoun to associate myself with a team. I chuckle when forum posters respond with “you” in reference to the Seattle Mariners. But it’s all harmless.
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Jake Marisnick, whom the Mets acquired via trade, can be traded at any time.
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Does the AAV calculation reset after each opt-out decision (because only guaranteed salary counts)?
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MLB Trade Rumors examines the pitching market: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/12/taking-stock-of-the-starting-pitching-market.html
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Cincinnati’s signing of Japanese center fielder Shogo Akiyama could impact the market for Jackie Bradley Jr.: Or ... never mind.😊
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David Price reportedly was upset about his third drug test this offseason:
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Conversely, does Cot’s offer the best-case scenario?
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Serous question: Why trust Cot’s over Spotrac (or vice versa)?
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If the Red Sox were not concerned about the CBT penalties the Sox would have aimed higher than Jose Peraza and Martin Pérez so far this offseason.
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The Red Sox can ill afford the status quo because of the luxury tax implications. That places the Sox at a disadvantage in relation to most clubs.
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Potential trade partners have good reason to believe the Red Sox want to get under the luxury tax threshold, leaving the Sox in a difficult bargaining position. The status quo might be less acceptable to the Sox than to the trade partner.
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Why not Eric Thames after we Dump Price ?
harmony replied to Swiharts Ghost's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Wil Myers could probably match Mitch Moreland’s production (although as a righthanded first baseman without Moreland’s pronounced platoon splits). -
Why not Eric Thames after we Dump Price ?
harmony replied to Swiharts Ghost's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
The Red Sox need to shed salary before they can add a three-year, $18 million contract for a player whose last team paid a $1 million buyout instead of exercising a 2020 team option for $7.5 million. -
The intentional redundancy was a humble acknowledgement that it’s just one fan’s speculation. Or not. Thank you for the feedback.
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The Red Sox have probably exchanged firm offers with multiple teams without reaching a meeting of the minds. Or not.
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Boston Globe columnist Alex Speier writes of the "short shell life" of a homegrown core: https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2019/12/28/taking-closer-look-baseball-unusual-offseason/e5gtbQLYtEN6aKacuPuHAP/story.html?event=event25
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As Nathan Eovaldi starts the 2020 season on the downside of his 30th birthday, the righthander could bounce back to the career ERA+ of 94 he's posted over parts of eight seasons (a marked improvement over the ERA+ of 81 Eovaldi posted in limited action this year).
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2022
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On the 100th anniversary of this deal, we can say some moves don't work out: https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2019/12/babe-ruth-was-sold-by-red-sox-to-yankees-100-years-ago-this-day.html
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And Yankee fans would prefer 1995. Or 1923.
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Even so the Orioles have one division title and three postseason appearances in the past decade (only one postseason appearance fewer than the Red Sox over that period).
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Teams are unlikely to tank in the sense of manuevering for higher draft picks (which do not carry the weight the picks do in the NBA or NFL). Some teams have the vision to look beyond the next season. Their goal is to win at some point in the future even if that means competitiveness is postponed for a year or two. In a world of immediate gratification, that strategy does not play well with some fans.
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San Diego fans generally don't like a proposed trade of Wil Myers for David Price: https://www.eastvillagetimes.com/is-a-wil-myers-for-david-price-trade-beneficial-for-padres/ Scroll down to comments.
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The Texas Rangers probably need Rougned Odor more than Nathan Eovaldi after acquiring Corey Kluber, Kyle Gibson and Jordan Lyles this offseason. https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/rangers Other than that, the trade would represent only a minor overpay by the Rangers, according to Baseball Trade Values (and would save the Red Sox nearly $9 million AAV for three seasons).
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In 2018 Nathan Eovaldi posted 2.2 fWAR in 111 inning while J.A. Happ posted 3.0 fWAR in 177.2 innings. Over the past two seasons Eovaldi has posted 1.9 fWAR in 178.2 innings while Happ has posted 4.2 fWAR in 339 innings. Baseball Trade Values gives Eovaldi a negative value of $29.5 million and Happ a negative value of $9.1 million. Eovaldi is unlikely to command a better return than Happ. However, Steamer projects Eovaldi with a 2020 WAR of 2.1 in 148 innings and Happ with a 2020 WAR of 0.9 in 87 innings.