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  1. Nick
    Boston selected Whitlock from the Yankees in December’s Rule 5 Draft. The 24-year-old righty has a 1.63 ERA in 27 ⅔ innings (15 relief appearances). The Red Sox view him long term as a starting pitcher. Right now, he’s a perfect high-leverage, multi-inning bullpen option for Cora. Few have asked...
  2. Nick
    Whitlock and Ottavino doing it to their former team......we also picked up a minor league rule 5 guy that's pitching well for us...
  3. Nick
    I'm back on Dalbec bandwagon....
  4. Nick
    lets pinch hit or not...lol
  5. Nick
    See I told you he'll thrive not leading off....
  6. Nick
    He was a starter...
  7. Nick
    All kidding aside, he has good stuff. He's working on a slider on his off days..
  8. Nick
    Can JD pinch hit for Kike, Vaz, Whitlock, or Santana? Please....
  9. Nick
    I predict he'll be a starter next year....
  10. Nick
    Whitlock, rule 5 guy from the Yanks...I'm the president of his fan club....under used...he pitches couple of times a month
  11. Nick
    Brock would have made contact.
  12. Nick
    We gave this guy 2 year $14M deal...he can't even make a contact with runners on 2nd and 3rd, one out.
  13. Nick
    At some point, Santana's .114 BA has to be a concern. Let's give him 5 at bats and see we can get him going.
  14. Nick
    I'm officially resigning from Dalbec fan club board. It's really embarrassing to watch him swing.
  15. Nick
    He has great speed according to Cora.
  16. Nick
    My bad...I did not read that....
  17. Nick
    Kiké Hernández is not leading off in a game he’s starting for the first time this season. He had batted first in all 39 starts before Saturday. Cora has moved Hernández to the seventh spot. Santana will bat first. Hernández did not play Thursday and Friday. He took some time to work on his swing with hitting coaches Tim Hyers and Peter Fatse. He is batting only .228 with a .284 on-base percentage and .383 slugging percentage. Cora can be very stubborn. I wonder if he ever considered maybe Kike is uncomfortable leading off. Wouldn't it be great if Kike can kick ass hitting 7th in the lineup? If the batter order doesn't matter, why insist on batting the guy first?
  18. Nick
    I was just summarizing some of the posts.....you only mentioned my idea of trading E Rod when Sale returns was little far fetched....you're probably correct. You do know that my hair brain idea is to bring in a $30M Ace instead of signing E Rod, despite saying that's not in Bloom's DNA. I want Bloom to continue what he's doing. But if we have chance to go for it, I'd say go. As long as we're not trading away our young talent, I guess I don't really care how much money they spend. I don't feel this is the year to GO. Our pitching is very above average but I don't see a stud.
  19. Nick
    Nope not really. So this is what I hear all of you will do. Sign Barnes to 3/4 years at almost $20M adding delta of $14M for possibly next 4 years. Sox will sign E Rod to 5 year $100M deal. And call it a 'steal'. Xander if he opts out after 2022 while making $20M will be extended for 6 years at $150M. Delta is only $5M. Hoping to get a home town discount, Devers will be signed to 6 year, $150M deal this winter. Verdugo in two years will require sizable raise. My hypothetical has chance of happening.
  20. Nick
    One thing Bloom does well is not to get attached to a player. There's always someone else. Suppose Sale comes back and he's back to pretty much his old self and say E Rod is still no better than Richards, Eovaldi, Privetta and Martin. Sox at the point has no upside with E Rod. Why not trade E Rod and get something in return? Even with E Rod out, other five will return in 2022 and Houck and Whitlock can add depth along with Seabold. That's what Bloom does. From where I sit, he'll do a bang up job with developing organizational pitching depth. He's doing it right now.
  21. Nick
    I just don't see Bloom signing a reliever, no matter how good, to a 3-4 year deal for $19M per year. I just don't. He'll find a solution another way.
  22. Nick
    You first need to see what happens this winter based on how the teams are recovering from shortened 2020 season and limited fan capacity early in the years. Yankees, who probably needs the least money, just bumped the capacity to 50%. Xander, as a shortstop will be 18 months older, or 30. Wildcard in all of this Bloom's tolerance for higher, longer term deals. Devers maybe a high priority than Xander. You can't have bunch of $30M players on the same team. I thought that's how we got into trouble.
  23. Nick
    $30M, 3 years maybe low, but I think 3/60 is too high. I'll take that bet.
  24. Nick
    I also don't see Xander opting out. Counting the opt year, 2026, he'll be leaving $80M, 4years on the table. How much more can he get? Xander was signed as a 16 year old by the Sox. He's team captain. I just have the feeling he's a Sox lifer.
  25. Nick
    I doubt it. I'll bet $100 on that!!!!
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