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Perhaps top free agents are pushing back against increasingly wealthy owners.
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For example, Seattle looks to replace the 3.2 fWAR posted in 162 games last year by third baseman Eugenio Suarez, whom the Mariners traded to the Diamondbacks in November. Enter third baseman Luis Urias, whom the Mariners acquired in a trade with the Red Sox. ZiPS projects Urias with 2.0 WAR in 119 games but projects Suarez with 1.3 WAR in 136 games. Did the Mariners downgrade? Urias is expected to platoon with Josh Rojas at third base.
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This poster has tentative plans to watch the reigning World Series champion Texas Rangers play a scheduled (!) doubleheader in Oakland this May. The second game may be skipped. The same 12-day trip tentatively includes three San Francisco Giant games, one Cal baseball game and one University of San Francisco baseball game. Plus commencement ceremonies for two daughters.
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In 2019 the reigning World Series champion Red Sox opened the season 2-6 with four games at Seattle and four games at Oakland: https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/2019-schedule-scores.shtml ... and 3-8 after three more games at Arizona. In 2019 this poster attended the Sunday game in Seattle but can't find anyone to attend this year's Red Sox game in Seattle on Sunday, March 31.
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This poster likes his daughter’s neighborhood in Oakland. I’ve walked all the way up to Berkeley without worry.
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FWIW FanGraphs gives the Texas Rangers a 1.7 percent chance of repeating as World Series champions while giving the Red Sox a 1.3 percent chance of winning the 2024 World Series: https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds The Rangers are assigned a 36.4 percent chance of advancing to the postseason and a 10.7 percent chance of winning the AL West. The Red Sox are projected with an 82-80 record, a 29.2 percent chance of earning a postseason slot and a 7.0 percent chance of winning the AL East.
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An analogy may be drawn with the choice between socially conscious investments and investments that provide the highest rate of return. The goals of winning and being socially conscious may be honorable but the bottom line often carries the day.
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Because they had overspent on free agents the Arizona Diamondbacks declared bankruptcy one year after winning the 2001 World Series, according to the textbook in my current Sports Finance course.
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Veteran left hander Tommy Milone is still available (and looked solid in a start this poster witnessed last July): https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/milonto01.shtml MLB Gameday: Mariners 0, Giants 2 Final Score (07/05/2023) | MLB.com WWW.MLB.COM Follow MLB results with FREE box scores, pitch-by-pitch strikezone info, and Statcast data for Mariners vs. Giants at Oracle Park
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Columnist Brittany Ghiroli at The Athletic offers her take with "The Red Sox need to get their message straight": https://theathletic.com/5222001/2024/01/24/red-sox-craig-breslow-tom-werner-messaging/ Subscription required but the headline provides the gist. The lede:
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Alex Wood would give the Red Sox a lefty candidate for the starting rotation: https://www.fangraphs.com/players/alex-wood/13781/stats?position=P
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Honorable parties to contract negotiations don't leak offers to the media. "These guys" may have numerous offers and the agent may be quietly playing the suitors against each other. Or not. A high-performing stock portfolio may have a stock or two that underperform. Likewise, Scott Boras clientele should do well in the aggregate even if one or two fall short.
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And Anthony DeSclafani!
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Columnist Enos Sarris at The Athletic concluded his answer to a mailbag question about the Red Sox with: https://theathletic.com/5209431/2024/01/19/eno-sarris-mailbag-red-sox-juan-soto/?source=freeweeklyemail&campaign=602288 Subscription required.
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The Just Baseball Fans podcast offers its take on the Red Sox:
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In only 96 games last year 26-year-old Minnesota catcher Ryan Jeffers ranked eighth in fWAR among catchers with at least 300 plate appearances: https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?stats=bat&lg=all&type=8&season=2023&month=0&season1=2023&ind=0&pos=c&qual=300 Another Minnesota blogger wonders whether Twins closer Jhoan Duran could move to the starting rotation: Unexpected Offseason Trend Re-Opens Questions Surrounding Jhoan Durán - Twins - Twins Daily TWINSDAILY.COM Could an unexpected offseason trend affect the Twins' bullpen hierarchy (and their starting rotation) in the near future?
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A Minnesota blogger proposes a trade of Kenley Jansen for Christian Vazquez: Twins Could Swing Blockbuster With Red Sox - Twins - Twins Daily TWINSDAILY.COM With time running out for each team to fill some vital needs, could the Red Sox and Twins get together on a trade?
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https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/latest-on-red-sox-pitching-trade-discussions.html
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Should the Red Sox invest more in the international market? https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2024-international-prospect-rankings-and-scouting-reports/
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MLB Trade Rumors had projected Marcus Stroman and Lucas Giolito each with two-year, $44 million contracts: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/11/2023-24-top-50-free-agents-with-predictions.html One team went tall and one team went short.
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Did Shota Imanaga get advice about Boston from Masataka Yoshida?
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This poster holds Nick Pivetta and Luis Urias (and others) in higher regard than many on this forum do.
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Chris Cotillo of MassLive reports that the Seattle Mariners have claimed righthander Mauricio Llovera from Red Sox: After trading Isaiah Campbell to the Red Sox, the Mariners this offseason have signed or acquired a boatload of relievers: Brett de Geus Jackson Kowar Cole Phillips Carlos Vargas Tyson Miller Cody Bolton Cory Abbott Kirby Snead Jhonathan Diaz Mauricio Llovera The cost-conscious Mariners have a history of successfully rescuing relievers from the scrapheap.
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The Red Sox promote Paul Toboni to assistant general manager: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/red-sox-promote-paul-toboni-to-assistant-gm.html The Hot Stove is heating up.
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The positional adjustment would significantly lower Jarren Duran's value: https://library.fangraphs.com/misc/war/positional-adjustment/