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Chris Sale flopping against the Yankees in primetime a week ago meant the Sox couldn’t finish a sweep and the team has stumbled since. The rotation has been a major liability, with David Price’s seven runs in 2 2/3 innings Sunday night putting the rotation’s ERA at 10.61 over the last eight games (44 runs in 37 1/3 innings). “For myself and the rest of our starters, it’s been a tough stretch for us for sure,” Price said. “We haven’t thrown the ball to our capabilities the last eight or nine games and for the most part this season. That has been tough for us.” Who to blame? We led 2nd wild card spot by 1/2 game. Then this. Rotation ERA of 10.61. Do you really have to look elsewhere?
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Moon, it's almost time for Realistic View at 2019 Part III It's time to follow Kimmi's approach and rebuild...... I'm excited about Dalbec moving up to AAA. I'm excited for our young/veteran talent under contract/control, led by Xavier, Devers, Chavis, Hernandez (both). Mookie and JBJ are rentals as far as I'm concerned. Let's rebuild. Quit starting guys like Johnson. He's got no future, no ceiling. Mediocre at best. I rather see younger guys get his opportunity. This organization need to have a Jesus meeting and discuss its failure of developing young starting pitching. What the hell? If we're going to lose, lose with younger kids. Thank Moreland and Pearce, let them sit this one out. It's time to move on.....
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You realize that we have dead money included in AAV calculation long after he retires, right?
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Our starters can't keep us in the games.....that's when you have .500 club.
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I'm not sure what you're saying but for 2019 we simply picked up his option from previous contract for $15M. His new deal kicks in next year but it's partially deferred thus lower AAV for 2020 and thereafter. Never mind, I think that's exactly what you are saying.
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Are you sure it was all PEN? Sounds to me like our offense didn't contribute. You know the position players....Mookie making $20M by himself, more than half of pen payroll.
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I'm still convinced that you need top of the line starting pitching. On paper, we had it at beginning of the year. They are just not performing. Then get above average players at each position. Moreland/Sam Travis combo doesn't do it for me. I'd rather have Holt/Chavis at 1B and Marco at 2B.
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I'm grateful that we didn't extend Rick Porcello. I'm also grateful that we kept all of our prospects. Last year we added pieces to win the World Series. We could have signed Greinke this year and THAT would not have assured us getting into the wildcard spot. We did the right thing by sitting tight. We've already improved our pen by activating Eovaldi and calling up Hernandez. Maybe it's time to sit Porcello and try Johnson/Wright when they get healthy.
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Chris Sale $12M, $12.5M, $15M. No way I compare him to Sandoval. We need to wait and see if he's able to reinvent himself next year when he's costing us $25M. We've certainly gotten more out of him than say fan favorite Dustin Pedroia over the last three seasons.
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So, my question is why should we waste our precious young talent to get a mediocre talent in return for the team that will be in a one game playoff situation at best?
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Maybe the men on Red Sox team earning $243M combined should man up and start playing better. What are they? Bunch of pussies?
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I want him to be our starting 2B next year. I think he's solid.
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If you read some of the posts here a week ago, you'd have thought this season was "the cliff." Moon Week is a long time for some of us. Sale and Xander's new contracts will be taken care of by Sandoval. Porcello, Nunez, Pearce, Moreland and Thornburg will yield approximately $42M. If we're now at $243M, we'll be at $200M before arbitration raises for Betts, JBJ, Beni and E Rod to name big ticket items. IF JD opts out, then maybe we trade JBJ and reset.
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I just don't see JD opting out. He's taking a chance in my mind. Why not opt out after 2020 instead? I've come around on Brock Holt, only because he's shown he can be productive. He's a nice piece to have for any manager. He can play multiple positions without weakening the lineup, unlike say Sandy Leon. We have gone withoud Pearce and Moreland for most of the year. No reason to bring them back. We have cheaper options. With Rick, it all depends on what he's asking. Can he go along with the line, "hey, you'll have chance to improve your value in 2021". One year deal no more than $9M. You bring everyone else back and go for it again in 2020. There is no such thing as cliff for the Red Sox. We are converting every f***ing pitching prospect into a reliever. You'd think we'd be all set there.
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Offense has carried the Yankees this year. Yankees just doesn't seem a lock to win the World Series. Pitching matters in playoffs and they are struggling. We've been there but our guys are coming around. I think about our Yankee fans on this board....I hope they are not out on the ledge.
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Not to be an ass (yeah I am), to my Red Sox... YUCK!....YUCK!....YUCK!.. Our offense is that fighter keeps hitting the guy after he's knocked out but soon as we take a blow from a good fighter, we quit punching. YUCK!
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Well done, sir.
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We give Porcello 5 run lead and now it's tied. It has nothing to do with our bullpen. We're paying this guy $22M a year. Let him walk. Quit hanging onto to has beens. There is no way we're going to go 500 vs Rays and the Yankees. Our starters are struggling. One step forward, two steps back.
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Original post was how to reset after 2019. We had $12M to take care of arbitration raises for Mookie, JBJ, E Rod among others. No way to do it unless we get rid of one OR JD Martinez opts out. Personally, I don't see why we reset or target the first barrier of $228M to stay under and not the initial $208M. Moon thinks we'll reset, I don't think so.
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We're at $241M. $208M is the magic number. How to shed $33M. Sandoval will take care of Sale's and Xander's pay raises. Thornburg $1.750M Cashner $1.577M Nunez $5.000M Moreland $6.500M Pearce $6.250M Holt $3.575M Porcello $20.625M Total $45.277M That gets us to $196M, $12M to take care of all the arb raises, biggest being Mookie's. That won't be enough. No guaranty the JD will opt out. Plug in Marco at 2B and Chavis at 1B. Or it could be Chavis at 2B and Dalbec at 1B. Easiest fix would be to trade away JBJ and his $8.555M salary. That'll give us $20M to take care of arb raises.
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You're missing Hernandez...I think he'll be in the mix. Too much talent. Now that he's pitching strictly from stretch, his control seems better.
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Happy to be wrong!
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As bad as Sale has pitched this year, today's game is another example of Sox not doing Sale any favor. He's pitched scoreless 4 innings. Sox has not scored in first 3 innings. Nine strike outs after 4. He can't seem to get a break even when he's pitching well. He'll give up a homer or two and lose 4-2 today, my prediction after 3 1/2 innings. Edit; Sandy drives in Travis...1-0 Sox.
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Yep, we're not getting any quality starts.
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Hernandez up, Brasier sent down. I love the move from perspective of we are not playing with sense of urgency. We'll replace you if you're not getting it done.
