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  1. Hugh2
    One thing I always thought would make this place better is if threads stayed on topic. Like, we can talk about all the stuff we talk about now, nothing changes but like….organization. Lead by example…which I’m NOT doing right now. Damnit!!!!! We haven’t gone completely off the rails, I think we are ok.
  2. Hugh2
    There are no Bloom supporters. Just sane people who don’t conclude that everything and anything is Blooms fault just because the Sox aren’t great. When you really think about it, your mentality is the definition of a “cry-baby” which is fine, to each their own. All opinions matter, even if expressed like a baby crying.
  3. Hugh2
    Hold on a second, this needs critique. Grooms was no longer a prospect, he was a bust. He’s 24, in AAA rocking a 8.29 ERA. Song. Unprecedented situation, and a total dick move by DD possibly messing up the kids career. Also, he ain’t the same guy. He touched 99 with the Sox, he’s sitting at 90 now. He’s not the same guy. Ward - I’ll give you this one. He should have been protected. But he’s not exactly lighting the world on fire either with his 7.12 ERA, walking over 7 batters per 9. None of those guys are burning us.
  4. Hugh2
    Most people drafted in the first round do not end up being top 100 prospects. Especially outside of the top 5 picks. Those guys get ranked, everyone else has to earn it. Between the draft and IFA you have close to 1300 guys entering a mature ball every year. Between every teams system and complex leagues there’s well over 7,000 players out there who qualify. Being in the top 100 is impressive. Especially in a 5 round draft. Speaking of which, all those kids who didn’t get drafted and just went to college because of COVID? Yeah, guess what, this is their first draft eligible year. I predict an infielder first round, but once you get to rounds 2-5 I think you will see a lot of pitchers there.
  5. Hugh2
    BA has him at 96.
  6. Hugh2
    Imagine trading in your 1999 Honda accord valued at $1,000 dollars and demanding the dealership pay $10,000 for it. “Sir, your car is only worth $1,500, yes it’s in good condition and a Honda, but you have 325,000 miles on it.” “Yes, but you could put a new engine in it, a new transmission, a new paint job and run this car for another 325,000 miles, I think this car is worth $10,000”. That’s what it sounds like to think .3 years of Mookie demanded the value he’s equal to through out the life of his contract signed post script.
  7. Hugh2
    This is fair
  8. Hugh2
    How many? That’s a great question, allow me to answer it for you. If you continue to follow amateur baseball and the draft you will see this is the norm. Most position players are up the middle. The best player on your high school team is almost ALWAYS a short stop. The vast majority of MLB infielders were drafted as SS, the vast majority of LF/RFers were CFers in high school and college. Sometimes infielders move to the outfield as well. If you can play a good SS, you can transition anywhere aside from Catcher and Pitcher. Take notice on who most of the position players are on other teams as well.
  9. Hugh2
    What was inaccurate about that statement?
  10. Hugh2
    I don’t, because it’s reality. Be angry they traded him, I am.
  11. Hugh2
    Great ideal, can’t play Kike if he’s not on the team. Duran should be playing everyday
  12. Hugh2
    Agreed, but I think teams boards can vary wildly, they’re all probably the same if close to it for the top 10-15 players. Most teams probably have the same guys in there in varying orders. But the further you go down, the more they vary. This is something I always try to remember. If the Sox pick someone at #14 who is ranked 20th that doesn’t mean they made a bad pick. It just means he was the best player left on their board while Someone else didn’t have him there. The rankings we see is just several boards, what we don’t see is the 30 boards of every team. So we don’t see the vast majority of the rankings out there.
  13. Hugh2
    There seems to be some confusion over the difference of a bad trade vs. the decision to trade someone. Mookie Betts was my favorite player, I knew he was going to be a star when he was in Salem. We can say the decision to trade him was the worse decision in a very very long time. But that should stand alone on the return, think of it as a sunk cost. Reality is you were trading what ended up being a 1/3 of a season of Betts. Players without team control, no matter how good they are, are only going to bring back so much. Yes trading Betts was stupid, and it f***ing sucked, but the return was fine. If Betts had 2-3 years of control left I would have expected a MUCH higher return. This is how these things work.
  14. Hugh2
    Exactly! Big decisions like that are at the ownership level. Henry traded Betts, Henry was the cheapskate
  15. Hugh2
    Because Verdugo was under team control for 5 years and Betts 1/3. That’s how you evaluate value. That’s exactly how you do it
  16. Hugh2
    Let’s keep the conversations about the 2023 draft, if you want to go off topic and bash Bloom let’s keep it to the “fire bloom” thread.
  17. Hugh2
    Yes Bloom only took Mayer because he fell and anyone would have done that. Before Mayer fell Bloom was going to cut a deal with Matt McLain (which means they would have had a better draft elsewhere, still pretty good). McLain is batting .301 with and .880 OPS with plus defense in the major leagues right now. Roman Anthony he took last year and is already a top 100 prospect, the year before Mayer he took York’s #1 who is also a top 100 prospect. Look I won’t argue against the various blunders Bloom has made, but drafting isn’t one of them. Let’s get the conversation BACK about this draft
  18. Hugh2
    No but 5 years of Verdugo is > 1/3 year off Betts. Over and over and over again.
  19. Hugh2
    No, but guys often do, odds are at least one of those guys will stink coming back, aside from Story it’s not like any of those guys are coming off a big surgery. It’s very logical to expect those guys to improve this team. It’s totally fair however to speculate additional firepower added.
  20. Hugh2
    Yeah, I did. I would rather sign a Yama, Giolito, Ohtani, Urias, or Nola to headline the group. With a strong preference for Nola. On top of that I wouldn’t trade him. I’d take offer the QO and take the pic. Sox could get hot down the stretch.
  21. Hugh2
    Sox have a horrible record of drafting pitching in the first round too
  22. Hugh2
    Bloom was rumored to be picking Matt McLain and sign him to an under slot deal. Obviously things changed when Mayer fell. McLain fell to #17 currently sporting a .880 OPS and plus defense at SS at the MLB level in Cincinnati. I don’t think anyone would have complained about that. This is the draft class where the high schoolers who didn’t get drafted because of Covid are eligible in the draft. This will be the deepest college class in the draft ever. Position players are 5x safer. I have zero problem going way later in the rounds in pitching. If you have the right scouts and department developing them, that’s a wining strategy. If your first pick busts, it can really blow up your draft.
  23. Hugh2
    As bad as Bloom has been, his ONE strength has been his drafting. Also, if you look at pretty much every mock draft out there, there’s almost no pitching talent around where the Sox are pitching. This is one of the most position heavy drafts we’ve seen in a very very long time
  24. Hugh2
    It’s been rumored the Sox are going to go under slot at #14 and cut a deal. Names being thrown around Tai Peete Colt Emerson
  25. Hugh2
    Weei they’re talking about not trading Paxton and signing him to help with this young rotation. I could not disagree more. I’m all for keeping Paxton if the Sox want to stay in it. I’d rather try to make a run this year and just offer him a QO
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