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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... preferably, if they turn out special in Boston, and the Red Sox complete the original plan and hang onto them with longterm contracts while they're young (or -- depending on whether some are actually traded this winter as promised -- their return counterparts are kept around as part of a new core of sustained contenders).
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Cohen, circa 2023: "Remember, you can only sign two pitchers pushing 40 years old for $40 million AAV apiece -- just two, no more!"
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Was it ever proven as fact that Bloom's budget was limited or that he even spent right up to the limit? Is it possible he was just more bad than good on what he spent it on? Did he even care about limits; after all, he chose to stay over the tax threshold at the '22 deadline... For all we know, maybe it was just Bloom's personality or professional approach that often saw the Red Sox interested in free agents, but outbid at the last minute -- except for the quick strike on Yoshida. We do know he was always hesitant to spend prospect capital and make trades. Still hard to believe he refused to sell high on Paxton and acquire more prospects...
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    All three for nine years of Mookie?!?! "Freidman's doing alright," typed posters on leavedodgerstadiumearly.com
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was happier as a fan rooting for Bellhorn's 87% of Red Sox winners from '66-'11, compared to Bellhorn's 50% of Red Sox losers from '12-23. Each span includes two Boston World Series champions. You can ride the roller coaster. I got seasick on a freshwater lake (maybe since it connects an AL East rival's state to another's province).
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Honest answer, thanks. Making the postseason is always a goal -- can't win if you don't play -- and wild cards win it all sometimes. But this Sox team the past year, even if they squeaked in, was still one of the thinnest, mismatched globs of one-tool fools that I can ever remember rooting for (and that's a memory that spans at least four summers). Going back to your comparison of the '79 Sox, I can honestly say I had more fun cheering for a 91-club loaded with All-Stars, including the best player in baseball that year, that led the majors in team home runs, batting average and OPS. Compared to rooting for Chris Martin... Meanwhile, the M's just traded Kelenic and are letting Oscar walk... sounds like a team in need of at least one decent outfielder. Maybe a club with a surplus can pry a pitcher loose...
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Here's HOW you answered -- you completely made s*** up, because I never said I'd be happier if the Sox didn't win a WS. I directly responded to the two eras Bellhorn posted -- when the Sox had winning teams 87% of the time (including rings in '04 and '07) and 50% of the time IN THE PAST DOZEN YEARS -- and said for me PERSONALLY I was a happier fan in those decades when Boston didn't have a losing record half the time, like they have since 2012. I referenced '67-'03 because it was a time without a world championship, to show how a fan can NOT be elite -- compared to the past dozen years from Bell's post (and not '04-23, that you assumed) -- and said for me PERSONALLY I was happier rooting for a club that has winning seasons 87% of the time compared to a span of only 50%. You could have just given your opinion, and talked sox, like others have... instead of taking words out of context and pasting them onto your own conclusions about one poster you've decided to group with being part of a "crowd" or "people" because of "all that crap."
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You're still stalling. Answer the question.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I knew I could count on two typists who thrive on picking apart an honest post, but I didn't expect them not to actually answer the question I posed: HERE IT IS AGAIN: Were you happier as a fan of a team that was a winner 87% of the time over 46 years -- or one that was a loser half the time in the past decade?
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But there's no qualifying offer attached to her...
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Great perspective. The question for longtime posters to answer honestly: in which era did you feel more happy as a fan? For me, it was the near-half century when the Sox were winners 87% of the time -- certainly not when they were losers half the time. To look at another way, consider '67 to '03, before any rings -- no one can say Boston fans were en-titled then... but personally, I'm more entertained when my team is mostly good, because there's always hope following winners. Over the past decade, a lot of us pretended we still had a chance while looking up at all the other clubs in the division. Ya, the wild card exists, but most of us are also realistic to know when the glass is half-suck.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Except no one ever said a team finished dead fourth.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Red Sox fans really want to believe that. But do posters on the realistic thread really believe two good pitchers are all it will take to make Devers, Casas, Yoshida and Duran good fielders, or Wong and Story hitters who won't strike out in one of every three at bats... or anyone to claim second base... or a rightfielder who'll stay out of the doghouse? Many changes need to be made, but all can't happen at once. Looking forward to the winter meetings...
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Recruit and develop pitching, and fill the roster with a supporting cast of position players skilled on both sides of the ball that supply the manager with personnel good enough to collaborate on a winning team? It would sure help that cause if the CBO worked for a big market team owned by a billionaire...
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What do we call it when our team fires its failed CBO and hires a new one to purportedly revamp the starting rotation, retool the entire organization's pitching development, and somehow refurbish the defense? Reports last fall are that some Fenway season-ticket holders refused to attend games and even lost money on Sox-Yankee tickets. If Breslow isn't exactly rebuilding, he was definitely brought on board for some serious resuscitating.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Agreed. Here's a question for team sports fans who care about a billionaire's budget: is it possible to overpay for stability?
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Even 6 years at $27M AAV is $162M total. Let's assume he is productive for the next four -- say 30 starts per in his age 31, 32, 33 and 34 seasons... before injuries and IL stints inevitably take their toll. That still equates to around $40M a year for the next four -- because that's basically what a team will be paying for... and it will be worth it to them.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Monty waits until Yama signs with whoever wins a NY bidding war, then a desperate club like Boston will give the big lefty $30M AAV... ... which will be worth it to a rebuilding team like the Sox, because no Qualifying Offer attachment means no lost draft pick.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Of course not. The top starters will wait until the Yamamoto bidding breaks the $300M barrier, then the rest will "settle" for $200M.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What's a long time? He's going to get five years -- say for $100M -- so is it worth it if he produces another three like his last three? Is anyone a $33M AAV guy? The Mets thought a couple of 40ish were $40M men a year ago...
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And yet, that's never been the plan in Boston this century, in the Land of Buchholz (the Sox' last homegrown All-Star starter). Wonder: if Leiter was still on the board in '21, do the Sox take him over Mayer? Texas did, and instead of drafting a guy described to have Seager-like talent, the Rangers signed the real Seager...
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Unless someone is complete damaged goods -- which is highly unlikely with modern due diligence on medicals -- free agents are really just pays... The biggest mistake media or fans (who care) make when dissecting contracts is obsessing over the years; no player is ever literally paid to produce for the entire contract, because all GMs and depts. know attrition is inevitable with age. Some clubs will always pay big for the front end of long contracts because they want to be good now.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I think in WAR it's Darvish, 31 bWAR and counting...
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Agreed, but Dice K's stuff was billed as mythological during the bidding. We're still waiting to see (or not see) the gyro-ball... And he turned out to be an injury-risk, as well -- as any MLB org should've suspected with a guy whose pitch-count in Japan tournaments was 250...
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Especially if it's just Yamamoto, who'll be joining the majors a year younger than the similarly-hyped Daisuke Matsuzaka (but most likely at a lot longer contract). The Sox inked Matsusaka for six years. Boston got 9.5 WAR from Dice K in his first two seasons, then -0.3 WAR over his last four...
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