Hugh2
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Ok, I get it now. I don't disagree. What I mean in my original comment was that the future looks brigther today than it did a year ago. And I realize that's little consolation when everything sucks
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I get that you want to go by record alone, but I still feel this organization is in better place today than they were a year ago. They have work to do. But there is less to do between 2024-2025 than there was between 2023-2024. I get fan frustration, but that's not a scam that's my opinion.
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correct, but irrelevant. Sox didn't know that was going to happen at the time of the trade.
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When I hear people say "that trade is ridiculous" I think they mean no way that ever happens.
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Wheres the scam? everyone plays a 162 game schedule.
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I think this season will be the true testament if we are "setting the bar lower" Better than not chance they don't make the playoffs, but they have been playing meaningful baseball into september for the first time in a while with a younger roster and guys coming up. This is offseason would be the time to "raise the bar" I could justify them not spending after the 2022 season, but this year is a compltely different animal.
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Time to trade our talented young pitching for some hitters. We don't have anything coming up thru the pipeline!!!!!
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I never understood this. I get you NEED Raffy, but if resting him for one week did the trick then just sit the man. He's not helping the team with his .480 OPS. The team is better with a healthy Devers, but they would obviously be better with him resting up right now. Heck, they might have an extra win or two if they just gave him some time off.
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I don't believe this one bit, the Sox don't have to trade abreu, and the Sox have the leverage of going to any other suitor. If you have an asset, you can easily put it out to bid. I don't think Seattles abundance of pitching hurts their trade value one bit.
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I am of the assumption that any player that isn't a first round draft pick, or the top $$$ signing in IFA is purely or at least almost purely the work of the scouting department. A CBO often doesn't know most of these guys. Take Wilyer Abreu for example, Sox had a deal with him in 2016 in the international free agency system but they lost the ability to sign anyone that year due to penalties. Yes, Bloom traded for him, but the Sox scouting and developmental department obviouslly really liked him. It seems logical that they were the ones telling Bloom "this is the guy, this is the guy we think is going to be good" years after the fact. Bloom, Dave D, Theo, Breslow, whoever.....they all do the same thing. They're making decisions largely based off the scouting of others. What seperates them is their ability to swing a trade, negotiate, bring in the right personel to scout and develop guys etc etc etc.
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I know it was ridiculous. You could say the Yoshida and Castillo contracts cancel each other out and the $41 million is subsidizing Raffy for them by about $5 million a year. Not trying to justify a crazy trade here, but the $41 million alone isn't unrealistic. Perhaps THIS TRADE IS, but the money isnt'. Didn't the Sox send $48 million to LA to get David Price off the roster????
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I did say "in a pinch" I don't want him to be the everyday shortstop. I've seen him there, it's not elite defense but he's fine there too. Campbell seems to have the special ability of moving around the diamond and playing multiple positions. Usually a player with versatile defense has been taught to do so to add value because they can't do so with the bat. From what I gather 2nd seems to be his best position, but he can play at least average seemingly everywhere Could Campbell be our Ben Zobrist????
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Sometimes I like using BTV just to show how ridiculous it can be. For example: Seattle gets: $41 million cash/Tanner Houck/Rafael Devers/Masataka Yoshida/ Sox get: Luis Castillo and George Kirby. Sox go out and sign Burnes. Rotation: Burnes/Kirby/Bello/Castillo/Giolito Line up: C-Wong 1B-Casas 3B-Story SS-Mayer 2B-Campbell LF-Duran CF-Rafaela RF-Anthony DH Refsnyder/Abreu Your DH is also your 4th outfielder.
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Good managers should still get a ton of credit for winning the world series even if it's true they were gifted with talent. Winning a 7 game series against another team who beat everyone else to get there is much more impressive than winning 100 games with a loaded roster. Every pitching change, every at bat, every shift, every moment matters.
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I'm not trying to take away anyones thunder, and I'm certainly not old enough to have more any real memories of anyone before Butch Hobson and even that's vague but to a large extent these managers get judged by the talent they get to manage. I think Alex Cora is a good manager, I think the Sox would have a much worse record with the White Sox roster, he'd probably still lose over a 100 games. Which is a crazy thought. Sox are on pace to lose 126 games this year. What if a really really good manager could manage that team to something like only 100 loses? a 26-game swing would be insane, but no one would ever call him a good manager.
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He may fine there, and I'd be comfortable with him getting time there. But if the arm is weak I'm not so sure that's the best place for him full time, especially if 2nd is more of a hole than 3B.
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Campbell doesn’t have a strong arm, probably the one weak link in his armor right now. I think he can play SS in a pinch but that arm won’t play full time at 3B
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If you told me at any point in the season we'd go 4-3 against a tough stretch I'd be more than thrilled. Take 4 out of 7 all year long and you win 92-93 games and you're in the playoffs. The problem is the Sox have run out of time. They have to be better than a playoff team right now, they have to get scortching hot.
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Yeah, there's not going to be any comp picks. Comp picks are given to teams who extend a qualifying offer to a player, said player turns it down, AND signs with another team. A Q.O. will be apx $20 million dollars. I'm not sure there's anyone on this team they offer that too. Maybe Piveta, not because you want to pay him $20 a year, but if you did want to sign him to 3-4 years and you wanted to kill his market then maybe..maybe??? If a QO scares off other teams, I can see him getting a 4/50. $12.5 million a year is a good deal for even a back of the rotation starter. I'm also not 100% unconvinced he can't be dominate in a bullpen role in a few years and those guys get $20+ in FA in todays game.
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You lose an extra year, but you worry about that 6 years from now, you possibly gain a PPI pick, maybe two given Anthony's talent. The Sox thoughts on this could be a driving force towards any possible trades this offseason. I think it's going to be interesting.
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That's my point, givin recent precedent, it doesn't seem like the Sox are going to hold him back unless he really struggles in ST. If he's mashing they're going to look at starting him. Perhaps, if they don't trade any outfield depth and theres a full bill of health I could be wrong. But I think there's a very good chance he starts.
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I mean, I don’t want to advocate trading Duran. They certainly do have plenty of other assets to acquire pitching. But I certainly would NOT complain if they parted with Jarren for a young ACE. sox have lots of OF depth. sox have very little high end pitching. the math adds up.
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I think it’s very possible this is Jarren Durans best season. but he adds value in so many ways that his floor is high. I can see him easily being a 3 war player every year for the next 5 years.
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Sox didn’t hold back Rafaela last year, if Anthony is mashing and they think he can help them on day one, why would they do that with him? P.S. Anthony has no splits, he mashed both LHP/RHP with Caminero graduating Roman Anthony now sits as the #1 prospect in all of baseball. The offseason may be very interesting
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Talk Sox Prospect voting is complete!
Hugh2 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Red Sox Minor League Talk
I’ll always root for the home team, but Detroits and Minnesotas top 7 are pretty formidable as well.