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  1. Hugh2
    What role do we think Andrew Bailey will have in the organizational? Hard to believe Breslow won’t bring his boy in. Pitching coach?
  2. Hugh2
    The answer to this question should be yes, I'd rather trade Mayer to have another shot at a ring. The problem with this question, is it doesn't point at that their are just as many, perhaps more permutations of the future that lead to Sox rings with Mayer at SS.
  3. Hugh2
    I agree, I believe this. I just think it's also true they've talked the talk and not walked the walk before. It's like "trust but verify" I cautiously believe them, and optimistic wait with anticipation. But show me the money!
  4. Hugh2
    Yup, I messed my years up, so he actually did trade for Kimbrel before his first full season here, but Sale came after one year. I expect Breslow to make changes, I just think the team needs something a lot bigger than trading for a closer, even if that closer was elite. The Sox need two elite starters. The circumstances are certainly right for me to be wrong and Breslow to be the exception, it would be pretty exciting if that's the case.
  5. Hugh2
    It feels like everyone is a left fielder. And here we have a likely GG right fielder for one more year with an average offense. That's a rock on your roster. Not your #3 hitter but you plug him in RF and go look to upgrade elsewhere. I get the desire to trade him. I get the argument, and I don't 100% dispute it. I just prefer to keep Alex for one more year.
  6. Hugh2
    Looking at the history of GM's don't be shocked if Breslow doesn't go all out, often they get into an organization for a year first. Even DD lived with Farrell for a year before he fired him, and he traded for Kimbrel and Sale after being here 1 and 2 years. then again nothing surprises me nowadays. I'm prepared for anything this offseason.
  7. Hugh2
    Historically there’s a lot of action going on before then during the winter meetings. Regardless I wonder how many free agent signings elsewhere it takes until people start complaining about BresBlow doing nothing.
  8. Hugh2
    I think the plan was for Story to play 2nd. When Bogaerts left the plan was for him to play SS for 1 to 1.5 years and then Mayer takes over.
  9. Hugh2
    Blooms gone, we are talking about Bresblow now.
  10. Hugh2
    I'm certain posters like OldRed are at least curious about putting Bloom back in the box and seeing how fun a nice shiny new Breslow toy feels.
  11. Hugh2
    Maybe, maybe not, doesn't change that Breslow may or may not be given a longer leash to operate under when it comes to financial decisions.
  12. Hugh2
    I like Breslow.
  13. Hugh2
    One man's trash is another man's treasure. Ask Philly and the Dodgers. If you ask me that's not Blooms problem, Bloom's problem was his apparent allergy to star players and pulling the trigger on trades.
  14. Hugh2
    I think those things absolutely 100% matter and they make Breslow an exciting guy here in Boston. BUT he hasn't done crap yet, and it's also true that having resources helps no matter what your background. They have indirectly eluded to Breslow having more resources at his disposal. He talks a good game, his smarts + baseball experience + track record in Chicago have me thinking he's 10000X better than Bloom. But his job will be tremendously easier if he's allowed to go out and spend whatever it takes to bring Ohtani, Nola, or Yama in here.
  15. Hugh2
    Yeah, I was one of those people. I actually was arguing that Bogaerts and his agent were asking for 300/10. I didn't think he would get that, but I figured it would be the starting point for Boras. Figured someone would come in and say..."Yeah.......I'll pay $30 per but not for 10, maybe 6-7 years), the AAV and years would get split somewhere. The guess I stuck with all last offseason was $217/8. I knew I was high, and I was banking on it being higher than what most people were guessing because that's almost ALWAYS the case. I did not think it was going to be that, that was just insane.
  16. Hugh2
    It's such an interesting argument because using hindsight anyone would take Bogaerts now BUT, anyone could be forgiven if they took Story over Bogaerts if they were building a hypothetical team back in 2020. The size of their contracts still gives Story time to be a better deal, but he has to come back strong, and Bogaerts has a lot of years left on his deal.
  17. Hugh2
    And one got $110 dollars more. I suppose Story's elbow is what drove his price down. Could end up being a bargain if he comes back full strength this year. To date, that has not been the case. We will see.
  18. Hugh2
    If you factor in a 5% mob inflation rate, and consider Story WAS of equal value to Bogaerts, then Story would have been worth 258/11 back in 2022. Which ironically is almost the exact AAV Story has now…..minus 5 years. If Story has healthy he would have been opting out. That only works out for the Sox if he’s healthy going forward. Which isn’t terribly unlikely.
  19. Hugh2
    The argument will always be there that up until 2021 Trevor Story was just as valuable and arguably more than Xander Bogaerts, afterwards.......up until, not so much.
  20. Hugh2
    That's still not a significant difference, and I'm not sure it makes up for the defensive gap. The point was, is and will always be that at that point in time, Story was just as valuable a player as Bogaerts was. since then is different.
  21. Hugh2
    By 5 basis points? for all intents and purposes that's equal.
  22. Hugh2
    so the career AWAY OPS for Bogaerts vs. Story being equal amounts to Story just being a better RHB vs. LHP. WHich....kind of fits the roster much better right now. If healthy, Story would have been the better deal at SS. He could make a lot of people look bad if he could ever stay healthy.
  23. Hugh2
    Worse on O? I never bought that story, ehhh? never bought that Story!!! hahaha Ok, at the time of the Trevor Signing here is his career slash line vs. Xanders. TS .276/.341/.537 OPS .878 XB .293/.354/.460 OPS .814 Now everyone at the time cried "it's all coors field" Ok, lets look at their career AWAY splits at the time. TS .751 OPS XB .755 OPS Xander had a little bit more OBP and Story more SLG, when you took away Coors field they were almost IDENTICAL in OPS. With the plus glove, you could have made the argument that at THAT point in time Trevor Story was the better player.
  24. Hugh2
    Yama + Gray.
  25. Hugh2
    I nominate this for dumbest post of the month award. Good luck Stork.
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