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Deal I’ve always wanted to check out a sea dogs game in Portland. I try to see them as often as I can when lever they come to Hartford.
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Or maybe I’ll just buy the Yankees and make all the wrong moves
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If I could jump in a time machine with the power of knowing the future you better believe I’m playing the stock market. Then I’m buying the Red Sox and taking a super hands on approach to who we draft and who we sign. Super team after super team after super team
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It’s called hyperbole.
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FWIW some of ya’ll do, and I respect that.
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There should be a new law. You do not get to criticize without offering your own solution, or outline what you would have done. Otherwise your opinions are just complaints and not critique. Here it’s easy I could do it. Bloom bad, bloom no pitching good, bloom no guy home runs, people hurt bloom bad don’t get good guys. Talk is cheap.
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To also be fair, you can overplay your hand. A strong farm coupled with money to spend should equate to an a better product on the fields It would certainly give us more interesting things to argue over in here.
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This is fair, but if you play your chips correctly, a strong farm typically precedes results.
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Agreed, Sox would need to make improvements to their pitching staff if they want to move up in the rankings. What free agents would you sign to strengthen Bostons pitching????
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He will probably come close to 100 IP this year, you hope he can get close to 115-130 next year.
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Exactly which will drive up the price even more, and they’re all 30 and older. The one thing we seem to agree on here, is it seems optimal to explore the trade market to upgrade the rotation.
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No, but If there’s no one you like on the FA market then you trade for them. So I’ll ask again, what pitchers would you sign in FA????
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This is exactly what I’m talking about, why not SUGGEST a FA pitcher we go after.
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Wow….so insightful. FWIW I’m talking about trading Mayer for #1 starter ace. Last time we did that we gave up TWO prospects Mayers caliber plus more. It’s so funny how people can criticize the FO but yet their concept of how much a FA should be paid, or what we should pay in a trade is so lopsided and devoid of any realization that there are other GMs on the other side of a deal and other teams bidding on players. Or they think we can trade a large number of garbage prospects for a premium player, like would you do that? Would you take 10 garbage prospects for Rafael Devers? Then there’s the other group who have the mantra of “well it’s not my money” or say they’re just prospect and would gladly trade the entire farm for a rental. The biggest weakness on this last place team is pitching. They desperately need pitching. So let’s hear your genius plan to strengthen the pitching staff.
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Also, and I’m not GM, but as a general rule I don’t think you ever plan a MLB roster with anyone below AA in mind. They’re years away and So so much can happen. It’s like, I wouldn’t let Myers stop the Sox from resigning Bogaerts. (Or signing another top prospect). If Bogaerts is full performing at an all star level and Mayers looks ready to produce it’s a good problem to have.
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I’m not sure how confidence I have in Valdez and his .700 ops below average D profile. IDK, maybe Arroyo stays healthy at 1B.
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All those guys might not even hit enough to be MLBers, maybe Kavadas, but he’d still be a below average defensive profile.
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Yeah, I’m good with that. A three way platoon sounds more like a tape job than a plan.
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And I think it’s worth noting, I’m not dead set on trading Mayer, I’d prefer not too, but I wouldn’t hate it for a TOTRS type.
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Sale cost the #1 prospect in baseball plus 3 more. Effectively two mayers. Lopez isn’t exactly Sale, but Mayer isn’t exactly Moncada/Kopech either. I’d also expect to get more than Lopez back in a trade, with more moving parts, maybe even a third team to bring in a closer type or someone with closing potential too. Also, with Mayer, you. An shoot a little higher than Lopez maybe.
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3 guys platooning are 1B? What happens if Franchy is a black hole? arroyo gets hurt, or even Hosmer? Who’s playing first base then? Franchy full time. I suppose you could say the same things if Casas goes down. It just seems un necessary. Why trade Casas when you don’t have too? And that actually gives you more money to spend next year. Also, starting Casas gives them a shot at earning a draft pick.
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I would expect Hosmers platoon split reversals fo end. That’s an anomaly And I’d expect regression towards the mean next year. Also, do we really want another platoon spot on this roster? Who are we platooning him with? Franchy? Dalbec? Guys who don’t have much value anywhere else. Or someone else we have to buy in FA instead of paying Casas the minimum. The reality is there are plenty of trade deals we could make for pitching, good pitching that don’t involve Casas.
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And Lopez has more potential than Casas, I don’t care what BTV says. I’d be willing to bet by years end he out values him. How often do they update their values? Lopez is putting himself in the convo as a top 30 pitcher in all of baseball who could be even more than that next year. Remember a bird in hand is worth two in the bush. The other side has to like the trade too. As fans our trade proposals are often biased.
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BTW if you trade for a SP and keep Casas without signing a 1B you have even more money.
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Yes I’d trade Mayer for him In a heartbeat. I’d expect a prospect back with Lopez and other working pieces, but he’s not going to be a MLBer for several years. And if we’ve signed a Dansby type our infield is set anyways. We’re also flush with up the middle talent now too.