Hugh2
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It's all about the optics my man, do you really think the fans performing all their mental gymnastics really decide to have more sympathy for millionaires because they're not billionares?
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It was an unusual year. There was no Juan Soto, Ohtani, Sasaki, etc. Not anyone close. There a difference between what I think, what other people think, and what the consensus thinks. The way I see it is the players will get blamed, actually It might end up being closer to both sides being equally blamed but I seriously doubt the players will get any sympathy from the general public when teams are spending over 500-600 million in payrolls (high end I know)
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Not my personal take, just how I see things.
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Heyman is reporting that clubs have "never been more united" on wanting a salary cap. Every other sport has a salary cap.
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IDK......I think the players are going to get blamed more for this one. Maybe I'm reading your post wrong, but if not I think you're totally off the mark on this one. I think A LOT of people have a problem having to take a second mortgage to take their family to a game while players get 40 million plus a year. I think a lot of fan bases are also sick and tired of seeing the same two teams soak up almost all the elite free agency talent year after year. The biggest demands from ownership appear to be a cap, and baseball is the only sport without one. I do take this away from your post.......a stoppage is 100% coming. So enjoy this season folks.
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Injuries can change a lot for a lot of teams too. What happens to the Yankees odds if they lose Aaron Judge? If they lost Aaron Judge that would literally drop them 20 places in offense projections. It really makes you realize how much a big season can not just do for a player but for a team. What if Duran has another season like his 2024 and hits for more power? what if Abreu starts hitting LHP and just becomes a monster, what if Roman Anthony looks like guy who was ranked the #1 prospect in all of baseball last year and puts up 8 WAR??? It's easy to be pessimistic, because injuries happen and guys underperform, but 50% of the time the exact opposite is happening, teams stay healthy and guys performances evolve and peak.
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Oh yeah, I wanted it open right up until opening day. I figure it fair for people to change their mind as spring training advances.
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Probably, or might not?
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Well, at least Anthony will be around for a few extra years.
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Why are you the way you are?
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18 90 win teams have missed the playoffs since the wild card was introduced. 210 90 win plus eams have existed since then. So, if you win 90 games you have a 91.5% chance of making the playoffs BUT WAIT! hasn't the wildcard expanded? Yes it has so intuitively the odds of making the playoffs with 90 wins is much higher than 91%
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who are these "dregs" that you speak of?
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There you go, that's all you had to say. Bold take.....bold take indeed. Not completely unprecedented......but bold. Like, somewhere at sometime on earth some guy said "hit me" showing 19 and pulled a 2. You could end up being a genius but saying they could win 90 games and miss the playoffs is historically a BAD bet
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That's all nice, but the point continues to be if they win 90 games they're almost certainly making the playoffs. That's what I, and everyone else is saying in here and you keep on ducking, dipping, dunking, and diving over here about that. A 90 win team is a playoff team, heck in the new format most teams winning 88 games are making the playoffs. In the same statement you said they will win 90 games and miss the playoffs. It's just odd to us that someone would have an optimistic take on the win total, seemingly, but then turn around and poo poo the team as not being good enough to make the playoffs. Like.....pick a lane bro.
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That’s what I thought. so saying the Sox will win enough games to make the post season every year in the 3 WC era and NOT make the playoffs…..is certainly a hot take
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I’m not sure if a 90 win team has ever not made the playoffs in the wild card era?
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If the Sox win 89 games they’re very likely to be a wild card team. if you think they’re going to win 89-90 games why are you so dead set on them not making the playoffs?
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A Realistic Look at the 2026 Red Sox: Part I
Hugh2 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
$6 million is not high for a bench player. IKF has been worth $10.25 the last several years -
Ahh ok, gotcha. I can’t not miss everything
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So if they win 90 games they’re a playoff team? but yeah, it makes sense under the old format, when only 4 teams made the playoffs that 90 win teams missed the playoffs
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Not that I agree with Fred, but I think the spirit of that argument is unchanged. The Sox need to hit.
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Has a 90 win team ever missed the playoffs? Maybe in the pre wildcard era. Admittedly I didn’t go back very far after looking over the last few years. I determined it abused and not worth exploring further
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Posting a win total isn’t mandatory and Fred did vote in the poll. So let’s give him credit here. although he did vote less than 88 wins and then say they’d win 90 so I think he is a little indecisive
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Ok this is what I get for trusting AI Interesting enough the offense had a few blowouts, they scored 18 runs a game twice tha month. you take out those two games the average drops by a whole run scored. 4.4 I’m not denying the pitching was a large part of the collapse, I don’t even want to argue that it wasn’t the main cause. But the offense was t exactly showing up either
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I mean, the offense did average 2.9 runs per game in September. But I do agree the pitching was a major major part of that collapse.
