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  1. The Red Sox have won enough to advance to the postseason in half of the years this decade, capturing two World Series titles.
  2. Can the Red Sox squeeze another $200+ million contract into their budget?
  3. According to this website, the surplus values of Mookie Betts and Andrew Benintendi would not be enough to offset the negative trade values of David Price and Nathan Eovaldi: https://www.baseballtradevalues.com/trade-simulator/
  4. One website gives current negative trade values of $24.8 million and $25.8 million, respectively, to two iconic Red Sox teammates, born 25 days apart, who led the Sox to two World Series titles: https://www.baseballtradevalues.com/trade-simulator/ Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury.
  5. The Red Sox reportedly sign 20-year-old Taiwanese righthander Chih-Jung Liu:
  6. That's backwards. The "freefalling" Rangers and Angels were 35-32 (.522) against AL East teams and 63-89 (.414) against AL West teams.
  7. Precisely. Good (and mediocre) teams in the AL East inflated their records playing upwards of 18 games against the Baltimore Orioles. The Rangers and Angels experienced a free fall by going through the second-half meat-grinder of the Astros (50-22, .694) and the Athletics (46-24, .657). At the end of the day AL East teams were .500 in intradivisional play but below .500 outside the division. AL West clubs were .500 in intradivisional play but 34 games above .500 outside the division.
  8. The "AL east meat grinder" finished with a cumulative record below .500 this year while the far tougher American League West finished 34 games above .500. AL West teams scored more runs than their AL East counterparts.
  9. One website gives Jackie Bradley Jr. a surplus value of $1.8 million based on an adjusted field value of $12.8 million and his projected 2020 salary of $11 million: https://www.baseballtradevalues.com/trade-simulator/
  10. MLB Trade Rumors columnist Steve Adams hinted that his site may project the Red Sox landing soon-to-be 40-year-old lefthander Rich Hill: https://www.jotcast.com/chat/ch-6267.html
  11. The Red Sox are unlikely to tender Jackie Bradley Jr. a contract unless the Sox already have a trade in place. Bradley probably is worth his projected 2020 salary of $11 million to some teams but not to the Red Sox because of the luxury tax restraints. If a trade has not been prearranged, a potential trade partner would have the leverage of the Red Sox pressure to get under the luxury tax threshold. The Sox don't want to be in that position. Then again, the Red Sox may simply to decline to tender a contract to Bradley.
  12. The St. Louis Cardinals never had a lead in the 2004 World Series: https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2004_WS.shtml
  13. MassLive speculates on next head of the Red Sox front office: https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2019/10/boston-red-sox-gm-candidates-whos-left-with-andrew-friedman-other-top-experienced-candidates-unavailable.html
  14. According to one website, Gavin Lux has a surplus value of $85.1 million, Alex Verdugo $55.8 million and Dustin May $63.9 million: https://www.baseballtradevalues.com/trade-simulator/ Mookie Betts has a surplus value of $51.4 million and David Price a value of a negative $69.9 million.
  15. A career public defender concedes that he wants eyewitness testimony on his side despite its lack of reliability.
  16. Don't confuse reliability with persuasiveness. Eyewitness testimony may be highly persuasive with a jury despite its documented lack of reliability.
  17. With a three-week gap as the Yankees swept the Twins in the postseason.
  18. The Red Sox reportedly have spoken with former Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price about their pitching coach opening: Which raises the question of who is speaking on behalf of the Red Sox.
  19. In 2018 the Red Sox won 108 games while the Houston Astros won 103 games playing in a tougher division. The Red Sox were 3-4 against the Astros in the regular season before eliminating the Astros 4-1 in the American League Championship Series.
  20. As an insightful (or inciteful) poster wrote in August, in the cold, dark nights of a postseason-less October, Red Sox fans will always have warm memories of the 2018 World Series run. Or not.
  21. The Yankees had a good team that lost to a better team (from the tougher division that includes my favorite team). Nevertheless, this poster will pull for the Washington Nationals in the World Series because when the Nats were struggling in April I saw two games in DC where my daughter works. No hate anywhere.
  22. This poster is happy the Yankees lost but holds their 2019 club in high regard. Remarkable season. Hate should be reserved for matters more important than sports (or avoided altogether).
  23. A Red Sox fan taunting a team that finished 19 games ahead of the Sox would be like a Seattle fan taunting a Red Sox club that finished 16 games ahead of the Mariners. That would never happen.
  24. And some posters are most prominent only when the Yankees lose.
  25. When was the last time the Red Sox signed a 28-year-old righthand-hitting free agent outfielder who last played for the Cleveland Guardians?
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