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But does she have an opt in? Or can the Red Sox issue her a blue-and-yellow card so she can stay city connected when she's a non-resident? Look for these questions and moron 5G talksox posts... while we anxiously await the next signing of another Triple A back-up catcher.
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Reality?
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Another reason for the Red Sox to sign a good starting pitcher NOW longterm -- besides, you know, making them actually better -- is it would not only show players and alumni (blabbing in the media) that they're serious about improvement... but that it would show future free agents that Boston is a viable option. And don't just say it's all about the money, since Yamamoto was always set on being a Dodger -- if reports are true he was offered more by the owner of the Phillies, an actual World Series contender. The Red Sox have to change the perception in the industry that ownership will no longer pay market value for top free agent talent. It's probably already too late to even expect a guy like Roki Sasaki to come to Boston; no one is looking forward to signing with a last place club. But there will be other Rokis in the future...
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Imagine how many Red Sox fans would condone taking back Betts, Bogaerts, Schwarber and Eovaldi (to name a few) and their existing contracts right now -- today -- and even acknowledge that the club would have to pay kajillions of taxes for years. What do you think that number of fans would be closer to: 1). a handful of forum posters or 2). the majority of Red Sox Nation, who would welcome the return of star players they recently rooted for who won in Boston, and would give them a better chance of winning again while they have some time left on this earth.
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Only those on social media when the Red Sox bragged about resetting -- but then deleted the post before the rest of us could have a party.
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"How can anyone pay ___________ (fill in the blank with any dollar amount since the beginning of recorded history) someone to play a child's game?"
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Tomase wrote a column about how great the Red Sox would be if they kept all the talent they allowed to leave Boston. I refused to read it, since we've all basically been living it for the past half decade. But as a fan who could care less about billionaires' budgets and "overpaying" market value for longterm contracts -- to those who care more: what good has it been for the Red Sox not to pay most of their best players, since they barely ever use the savings to recruit and sign other stars... legitimate reinforcements that address obvious needs? How can fans celebrate staying under the luxury tax if their team refuses them the luxury of optimism.
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But if he's good, trade him at the deadline with Giolito -- if he's good, too... (because a good Gio is as good as gone in '25).
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A Realistic View at 2024: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Stack -- as in a stack of hotcakes? Right at the bottom of the stack, the coldest flapjack initially out of the pan, before it was at the right temp... a little raw for the kids, but dad will still eat (pay for) it, if it's drowned in enough syrup (PR dept). -
It's not the budget, silly. It's all about control -- why sign a good pitcher for seven years? What, and waste the last three seasons of Raffy's contract?
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A Realistic View at 2024: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I'm not worried too much about our lefty-heavy order, since most pitchers are righties. Plus, bullpen match-ups in the late innings usually mean the games are at least close. But I do not want a big righty whiffer in the middle, sandwiched around our best batters -- Devers and Casas. So what if they walk a lot getting pitched around; it won't matter if the next guy strikes out. Basically, my ideal line-up has contact men like Yoshida -- and Grissom, if his rep translates to a full MLB season -- on base in front of Story and O'Neill. Duran Devers Grissom Casas Yoshida Story Abreu O'Neill Wong -
Game Day: Red Sox vs. Northeastern 1:05 pm! Pros to watch: anyone wearing the laundry; it's baseball season! None of the players trying to become second basemen will be named Mookie or Xander. Students to watch: potential first-rounder Mike Sirota (who already turned down Dodgers in a later round to attend college). Sirota is a nephew of late Hall of Famer Whitey Ford. Also, starting pitcher Aiven Cabral -- who went to the same high school as Tony Conigliaro. Huskies are managed by Mike Glavine, brother of HOFer Tom.
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Watching a little LA-SD ball today, reminded of the trade where the White Sox traded for pitcher James Shields and gave up prospect Fernando "El Nino" Tatis -- and actually kinda glad Brez hasn't made any "painful" deals yet. He has said he's looking for young, controllable pitching (not 34-year old big game hunters)... Back to Bloom not even trading his James Shields Paxton guys: it makes sense if he was hired to keep the Red Sox competitive while cutting costs and reseeding the farmlands. Since Bloom basically failed for the most part at fielding a winner, maybe ownership realizes that plan -- THEIR PLAN -- was doomed... ... and thus we have this winter -- where they're all in on Breslow's Sandlin acquisitions... and all out on spending or even pretending to be good in the meantime.
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I just hope they're not offering their best homegrown pitcher since Buchholz multiple years at what amounts to below-market value for the top pitcher in a rotation (whether that's a #3, #2 or #1 -- depending on which game he starts in each series). The Red Sox front office has a recent history of outsmarting itself when it comes to player agents... although maybe that will finally change, now that a former player who had an agent is CBO.
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Keller is 27, so this 5-yr extension keeps him in Pitt through age 32. Bello's going to be 25 in May. A 7-year contract keeps him through age 32. Can we agree 25-32 is usually a starting pitcher's prime years?
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Mitch Keller signs a 5-year extension for $77 Million... with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Age 27, made his first All-Star team last season... Red Sox better know if they lowball Bello this Spring and he has an All-Star year, the price he'll extend for maybe just doubled. Feel free to debate current and future market values, but Bello may be looking for a bit more than a Whitlock contract: 4 for $18.75 M
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All four made MLB Channel's Top 100 list... all four are still unsigned. Is winning really more about the laundry than the faces? Since 2018, every team that has won it all had at least five players from the Top 100... This year the Braves have nine guys. Boston has Devers #32 and Casas #97. The Yankees have three in the top 10: Judge #3, Soto #7, up from #12 (those magical pinstripes), and Cole #9. Four ex-Red Sox stars they let leave also made the list.
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This could be totally wrong again, but there is a chance Sam is finally getting tired of shoveling stalls in the horse stable. And maybe when he uses the l-word about anyone who doubts the passion of those who run the club, he's really defending his colleagues -- and not the guy who signs their paychecks. They're all in it together, they're all embarrassed... and they're all just as helpless as us.
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But do we really think Henry had Sam tell us about Pedroia's demands to sign better free agents? Why would Kennedy of all people share a dinner story where the organization is the punchline? Maybe it's something more than just Good ole Pedey, still intense after all these years...
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It's happening -- but I'm not so sure anymore there is an "& Co" NBC Sports Boston -- 98.5 The Sports Hub -- is just hammering the organization today.
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Papelbon: "They have to go get this kid Montgomery -- he wants to play in Boston."
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Do you care if Rafaela strikes out in every game, like 70% of his teammates do? I don't, and I hate strikeouts. Last year's Red Sox may have been better than half the teams at making contact, but Verdugo and Turner were certainly a big part of that. But I can live with Ceddanne if -- as every prospect report indicates -- he'll have more positive impact on defense than everyone else on the roster (except maybe Story). Playing Rafaela in CF all season is one easy way to improve the horrid D, for the cost of a league minimum salary. His bat isn't going to make or break this team either way.
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Of the projected starting line-up, here's what fanbases watched last year: Wong and Story struck out 1 of every 3 at bats, Casas, Duran, O'Neill 1 of every 4, Abreu/Rafaela in between -- so all those guys whiffed at least once a game. Only Yoshida, Grissom and Devers had less than 1 K for every 5 ABs... Let's just say we're used to it.
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I'm wondering why Company Man Sam would even volunteer the anecdote to the media -- unless it's a subtle way to show he actually agrees with Pedroia, Devers, Jansen, Cora, Breslow, local and national reporters, and MILLIONS OF RED SOX FANS.
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Favorite shape shifting: bat that feeds on cows, wolf that feeds on sheep, mist that feeds on moors (or less)?
