Hugh2
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am I missing a joke here, or are you guys saying that despite reporting to the contrary that Levine has declined an offer to interview?
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I was going to say, I trust speier, and in this case, the globe.
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It also does not sound like they're going to flip Mayer with Anthony. I also don't think they're going to move Abreu up, I think they already did since the season ended, I think he stays at 12, maybe he moves to 11. Not sure what they do with Bonaci, we don't know how serious this is or isn't. Also no way Monegro makes that kind of jump. I don't think we see a lot of movement at all, outside of the AFL not much has happened since the last rankings.
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Breslow is considered the front runner currently. Looks like I might be batting at least .500 https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/23/sports/red-sox-reportedly-narrow-field-candidates-head-baseball-operations-job/?event=event25
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No it's not, but hypothetically you could sign him and still have 30-40 million to spend. I don't know how to best spend $80 million dollars per annum, only that I would love to have that much money in my budget.
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Given the recent trends of last place finishes and the pathetically massive gaping hole that exists in what is supposed to be an MLB rotation, I'd be very disappointed if the Sox didn't spend a decent chunk of that $80 million on pitching. I want talent. Not back of the rotation starters, or guys who have pitched more than 113 innings one time in their careers and are in their 30's but that's just me. Yama/Ohtani/Snell/Nola/Montgomery. Not saying it's realistic but I want two of those, I think we are spoiled enough as fans of a large market team to expect the Sox to go after one of those names. Damn the past 4 years, John Henry needs to be slapped in the face and reminded that 3/4 of his World Series came with a top 3 payroll.
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Grow up Robert Gronkowski.
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Hey put whatever names you want in there. My point is, Sox could have around $80 million to spend if they want.
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SO the Sox have 69 million to spend, hypothetically. If you assume they will go over the luxury tax and are willing to go up against the next threshold that's their top budget. Probably need a few million to account for promotions, trades etc etc. Call it 60 million. Depending on how you spend that money and other transactions you make, that $60 million grows. If you're signing Yamamoto and Aaron Nola (for example) you can make the argument to trade away Nick Pivetta, and if you end up trading for a guy like Soto, or some other move that involves moving Verdugo that's another $9 million off the books. Also, I think there's a good chance that the Sox non-tender Urias. Now you have more like $80.00 to play with.
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brevity is the soul of wit. f*** John Henry
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Maybe they can make a reality tv show about it. Who wants to be the next Red Sox G.M.
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I’m not saying I was the only one but I remember taking a lot of flake for even suggesting Nate get offered a QO. I would have preferred him back on a 1 year anyways if he did accept. Would have been a good deal
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Sh shh shh shhhhhh 🤫 let him sleep.
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I would have been ok with it. There’s more than one way to skin a cat. But, hindsight again is 20/20 Dalbec was looking pretty good at the end of 2021
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I’m also not so certain anyone on this site has said defense doesn’t matter. As a matter of fact the people salivating over Schwarber are the ones who don’t value defense enough because he was literally the worse outfielder in all of baseball the past 2 years.
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Would still rather have Schwarber than Yoahida at DH. But that means trading JDM in the 2022 offseason. Which seems fine in hindsight
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Dude, back In august of 2021 you were leading the charge against the trade. Bloom was dumb, gave us crap, and trades for Injured garbage. It’s almost as if…..:peoples opinions are emotionally charged because they watched a game last night.
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For those who think you can live with the bad defense. And this comes on the heels of the worse defense team I’ve seen in a long time. Schwarber is dead last in all of MLB in defensive value and first in defensive runs saved. At -35 since he left Boston. Her be nice on one side of the ball. But to say his home runs make up for the defense, just realize we aren’t talking about bad defense we are talking about the worse. He’s still a valuable player because of the monster bat. But we’ve had 30+ homer in guys here in the past who only hit home runs, strike out, or walk and it feels that the people who magically love Schwarber all of a sudden want that profile. Think of it this way. Schwarber is literally only worth a 1/2 a war more than Yoshida. And it’s not like Yoshida added value on defense, he just lost less. Now this last point is very special so pay attention here. If we had a player here who batted .197 led the league in strikeouts 215 and negative runs saved he would not be popular here. Saying otherwise is just dishonesty.
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According to Rob Bradfords latest tweet this appears to be exactly the case, which does make me feel a lot better. Perhaps Henry is finally able to see the Forrest for the trees. Or not.
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John Henry also lives in a different world than he did a few decades ago. There’s more money in baseball in other markets. It’s easy to spend big and when when there’s only a few other teams doing it. But the number of big market teams has easily doubled this century. Sox have seen their revenues expand with new media as well. Henry has to realize whoever he hires, can only be so successful if he doesn’t open back up the spigot. Don’t try to compete with Steve Cohen, but be time every three years you can be outspending everyone else. Boston is supposed to be a big market. Henry is forgiven if he starts acting like it again.
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He’s more David Ortiz than David Ortiz in these ALCS
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I’ve been the biggest advocate to move Yoshida to DH on this board. But he was much better out there than Schwarber was
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.957 OPS in Boston. Vs career .831 Bloom got him at his absolute best. Legendary
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At DH, sure. In LF? I might prefer Yoshida.
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Absolutely.