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Red Sox interested in Matt Carpenter. Dodgers interested in signing J.D.M.
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How does Bloom keep Kaleb Ort on the 40 man and leave Thad Ward exposed? 31 years old vs 26 (by start of 2023 season). Ward has had injuries but has been successful in minors when healthy. Ort had a 6.75 ERA last year. I don't get it.
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Devers=9 years/300 million
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Xander Bogaerts wanted to re-sign with the Red Sox. But they made it impossible. The Red Sox’ final reported offer to Bogaerts was a six-year deal worth roughly $160 million — well short of the Padres’ 11-year, $280 million deal. Per WEEI. Ownership wouldn't spend the money. Depending on who else they spend it on and Marcelo Mayer, we will see how smart that was. I don't think Xander is going to be elite during the last 6 years of the deal. Padres will probably regret the deal but it certainly hurts the Sox in the short term and it hurts the brand. The Sox need to go back to being big spenders if they want to keep the fans engaged. I saw a lot of fans disguised as empty seats at Fenway all year.
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But you can't find guys who can hit 40+ homers who are also good in the clubhouse and help other hitters by teaching them the strike zone. They don't grow on trees. The Sox could still have Schwarber to DH for 3 more years. They could have ate some of JD's money and sacrificed some defense for one year. Schwarber wouldn't have been worse than Franchy at first base.
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I would much rather have had Schwarber than Wacha, Hill and Strahm.
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At least Bloom didn't get suckered into signing Nimmo. The guy has only played more than 100 games twice in his career. Mets are idiots.
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And lets not forget one of Bloom's biggest mistakes, he let Schwarber walk. The NL home run champion. He could have dumped J.D. last off season and signed Schwarber. And then there is the Hunter Renfroe/JBJ trade. What a joke that was.
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Yes, I know. Just tired of the Texas genius thinking he is so much smarter than anyone else.
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Blooms huge mistake was not trading Bogaerts, J.D., Nate and Wacha at the deadline. He could have got something for all of those guys. He listened to the fans who wanted the Sox to go for the playoffs. As a very smart coach once said, "If you listen to the fans, pretty soon you will be up there with them."
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All of the international scouts quoted in the article had nothing good to say about the signing. Read the article, genius.
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All of them in the quote is what I meant.
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The point is, the Sox are taking a huge gamble on a Japanese player with big money. He hasn't played at major league level. It may work out or it may be a disaster for Chaim. If it doesn't work out it will probably be the straw that broke the camel's back for him.
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No kidding Sherlock.
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"Nothing," replied one international scouting director. "Overpay for me ... too rich imo," from another scouting director. A third exec: "I have no idea." A fourth: "Nothing ... I wish they and him luck." A fifth: "We thought he was worth less than half of what they paid." A sixth added, "I have no words." These are anonymous quotes from international baseball scouts in an ESPN article when asked what they thought about the Sox signing Yoshida for 90 million. Not very encouraging. Sox must think they are smarter than all of them.
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Bloom traded Mookie for a poor return and loses Xander for nothing. Sox should have traded Xander and got something for him if they weren't going to give him a competitive offer. He also loses two good prospects in the Rule 5 draft while keeping some other bums on the 40 man roster. Fire Bloom now.
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Sox lost two good pitching prospects, Ward and Song, in the Rule 5 draft. Hope they don't stick all year in the majors. Song isn't even cleared of his military service yet. Hopefully, he doesn't get it this year.
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Has nothing to do with baseball.
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Whether he wants in or not, he is a Hall Of Famer or they might as well not have it.
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I know, and thats what really sucks. Hypocritical voters!
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Never used steroids.
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Allowed 2 earned runs or fewer in 16 of 19 post season starts.
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He played 20 years in the majors and finished with a 3.46 ERA and 3,116 strikeouts. He is one of 19 pitchers to record 3,000 or more strikeouts. The only retired pitchers in the club who are not in the Hall of Fame are Schilling, Clemens and CC Sabathia. Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer are still playing.
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He was a six-time All-Star, three-time World Series champion, World Series MVP and National League Championship Series MVP. He finished runner-up for the Cy Young Award three times. He led the National League and American League in wins one-time each.
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Contemporary baseball committee does not vote Curt Schilling into the Hall Of Fame. Ridiculous! Fred McGriff gets in instead. Pleeeeeeeaaaseeee!