Hugh2
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I think we can easily assume John Henry is going to mandate Bloom gets under the cap this year, and if he doesn’t he has to get under next year.
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Given Blooms payroll flexibility he could take on payroll to bring in a high caliber arm at low cost without any top prospects involved. E.G. someone give Miami a call and offer to take Soler/Garcia. Casas, Mayer, Bleis, Bello, Yorke, and Rafaela saved.
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Well that's the problem. It's the easiest thing to evaluate a trade in hindsight. Some prospects bust, that's why the old saying "a bird in hand is worth two in the bush" is very relevant when it comes to trades in involving prospects. But in hindsight the two in bush end up both becoming more valuable than the one in hand, or none of them at all. We easily could have traded Devers and Benintendi instead of Moncada and Kopech for Sale. It's just the way things work out.
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I want too, but I don't think it will either. And personally, I don't want it to be contingent on a guy who plays into our plans the next few years. Rafaella and Casas to me are almost as untradable as Mayer, who I would trade for the right guy. A lot of value is still tied up in the Sox minor league system, the closer those guys get to the MLB the more value they hold. Next year might be a better year to trade for an ACE, also with such a weak FA class the market for trading for a starter might also be higher as other teams looking to acquire pitching look to the trade market. I'm not against it, but there's an argument either way and I'm not sure I see Bloom going that route. But I could be wrong here.
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I think Rafaela needs to be included into our future outfield plans. His defense is amazing, JBJ level and he can do it at CF and at SS. If he an at least be an average hitter that's going to be a tremendously valuable guy. With the new rule changes, up the middle position players are going to be as valuable as ever. The time to go all in, may be next season. I hate to say it, but there's too many holes to fix, it might take a cleaner bill of health and luck to go all the way next year but I think it's reasonable to assume they should compete. I also want to see how this young pitching pans out. Having a clearer picture of what guys like Houck, Whitlock, Bellow, Crawford, Mata and others can provide and what roles they may play will make investing in closing the gaps that much easier.
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Probably a lot cheaper, because he’s probably not worth it. Velocity is gone so he’s probably not worth, certainly he isn’t worth $21 million. But would you take 5 million dollar flier on him? Maybe an incentive laden deal? That, perhaps might be worth exploring.
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Call it a HARD maybe
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So these new rules probably only make games 15 minutes shorter or so. I think they will have a much larger impact shortening those long rivalry games that take 4 hours ++. You know, the Sox/Yanks relevant September games, with pitching changes, throws over to first endlessly, batters stepping out of the box on every pitch. Nope, just a 2.5-3 hour game. When you think about it, the actual game will not be shortened at all. Just the time inbetween the game. I’m all for this
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If he can ever hit at the MLB level, maybe he develops into an average defender in LF.
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I think with a guy like him, if you can get him cheap on one year and you like the medicals it's a low-risk high reward scenario.
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Maybe, but if you're letting Wacha/Eovaldi go (or at least one of them) how many pitchers do you have locked down? Pivetta? if you count on Sale being healthy you still have 3 open slots. Maybe Bello locks one of those down, maybe not, maybe he gets fatigued at the end of the year. You know what they say (you can never have enough pitching). Sox have a lot of money to spend, but they also have a lot of holes, So even if they did go out and spend 40 million a year on DeGrom they still need help. If Noah is super cheap, why not take that flier? you know what they say....you can never have enough pitching.
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Duran is not Ellsbury, I doubt he will ever have the glove for CF.
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No, but he's also only 29, and his struggles was attributed to injury. One has to wonder if given a clean bill of health if he could become that dominate pitcher again. He could be had on a 1 year deal to re-establish his value, and if he does, someone is going to get a steal out of him.
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If the batter steps out with 8 seconds left on the pitch clock they will be charged a strike.
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What starter?
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And trading away a top prospects who can play RF/CF at that. Houck also might be closer in making. I'd eat socks if we made that trade.
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Hard pass on Yelich who is in decline, and even if the decline of the bat slows down or he bounces back a bit I still think the defense is going into a tailspin. He's a left fielder, we don't need a leftfielder. Our biggest problem in the outfield is we have effectively ALL left fielder on the roster (Verdugo is passable in right). WHy, why would we trade for another left fielder????
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I wonder if this puts more value into speed on the bases, and into strong-armed catchers. One thing worth noting, the young guys coming up are already used to this. Bodes well for guys like Bello/Casas on the roster. Also, if the run game is about to become more valuable, then so is controlling it. Which makes a McGuire/Wong catching platoon more valuable. I wonder if Bloom had this in mind when acquiring McGuire.
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irrelevant, point is he has decent (not great) power, if anything that's a knock on his ability to stay healthy, and while he has spent some time on the DL the major reason he hasn't played over 100 games more than twice is because he's only been an established Major leaguer for 4 seasons where he could possibly have. He was an up/down guy until 2018 and no one could have played 100 games in 2020.
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Nimmo averages about 17 HR's per 162 games. That's not a power hitter but that's not a slouch either. That's above average.
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Imagine if David Ortiz was born 15 years later, and got to hit without a shift?
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I like Nimmo over Conforto, not sure how I feel about a guy who has been sitting for a whole year. Then again, maybe he takes a one year to try and rebuild his value. Or maybe they can sign him to a low AAV contract with an opt out after 1 year. But Nimmo is a guy who can lengthen your lineup, has high OBP, and can play in both CF/RF. Which this team desperately needs.
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Winc strikes me as the guy who is up/down, provides bulk relief and depth but might have a season or two in his peak where he's just on and can pass as a #4 or 5...retired by 30. The complete conjecture here...predicting his career.
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It's way too early to give up on any of those guys, but if we want to talk about what they could be.....In order of how good they can be I'm excited about Bello/Crawford/Wink. Bello I think could develop into a #2 if everything breaks right, maybe more of a #3. Crawford could be a back-end guy if everything breaks right but his stuff might play up better in a pen role/swingman role. I see Wink in a similar role.
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Players almost ALWAYS go for the more guaranteed money. The vast majority of the time. Also if the Sox use the QO as a precursor to sign Nate or Wacha, they might be able to get them for 2-3 years at a LAAV