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A Realistic View at 2023: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
You realize Dalbec is the Opening Day third baseman? The Red Sox just won't announce it until about a week left in Spring Training, after they've sold as many Fenway and Jet Blue tickets as possible -- and then they'll dump Devers for a prospect to an NL East or NL West kajillionaire powerhouse, who will immediately sign him to a 20 year contract for $400,000M. -
Xander Bogaerts has signed with San Diego Padres
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Didn't you hear Kennedy at the press conference tell you they lost Bogey because they wouldn't go 11 years? Like anyone last Spring and all Summer anticipated these big time free agents getting Winter contracts into their 40s... MLB channel also told us they learned one thing yesterday: "that Rafael Devers will not be playing the rest of his career in Boston." How can they be sure; the Boston br*******s didn't give Raffy their official send-off yet by anointing him their new Number One Priority. -
Dangyo.
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I admit my posts have been too long lately, so I'll keep this one short.
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That's Ceddanne Rafaela! ... double D's for Gold Glove defense in CF and SS ... double N's for Not Now
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Xander Bogaerts has signed with San Diego Padres
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
We all did the math at the time: 6 for $140M for Story's $23.3 AAV, 4 for $90M for Bogey's $22.5 AAV. Maybe fans weren't insulted, but I know a few who were indignant that the Red Sox valued some outsider more than their hometown hero who helped win two World Series for Boston since he was 20 year old. -
Xander Bogaerts has signed with San Diego Padres
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
For those convinced the Bogey bull was as much Boras' fault as Bloom's as the media's... just remember, no posters were actually crying about it -- though most of us are disgusted -- by the entire process, and not by the total he's getting from San Diego that Boston never offered. And that includes just about anyone vocal in Red Sox Nation (sure, talk show callers complain about everything, but do you think anyone is quietly happy X will no longer be here?). If there is one person who seemed on the verge of tears, it was Xander, if you watched his reaction in an interview after the initial one-year offer. That was the sound and look of resignation, so Boras must have even connived his own client. In the end, the front office got what they wanted: Story at exactly half the cost of Bogaerts. -
He's a freak because he didn't pitch for two years and then came back to have a career year pushing 40. But of course a lot of guys have TJ because it ideally makes the elbow joint stronger after recovery. Sale's delivery and body type aren't the same as Verlander's, but we can only hope he returns to '17-18 status.
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You guys do realize that Verlander is a freak of nature (and weighing 50 solid pounds more than Sale, maybe more durable). I know young guys that had Tommy John surgery and were never the same again, and whose careers in pro ball ended quickly. Maybe even Eovaldi is unusual, since he had two TJs and a lot of serious workout rehabbing before finally putting it together in his late-20s... and because he's found that place where he knows how to maintain success, Nate's a better bet to contribute.
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The Red Sox aren't worried about starting anyone's clocks -- not if the new strategy is to only spend medium on signing good homegrown players to longterm buyouts that pre-empt free agency. Fans certainly could care less about four to six years from now, since some of us might not be here. But if the Sox suck, and because of that refuse to promote good young guys from the minors in their development as future stars -- and as a preview of hope for the fans -- then Henry needs to hire that guy from Bar Rescue to run the club. It's a business, but first and foremost, it's an entertainment business. If the front office isn't going to treat it like that, then they better start a new app. that will alert Red Sox Nation when the team is good again, so we'll know when to start watching again.
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Sometime during the season, the odds are that any and all the rehabbing pitchers coming off injuries and surgeries may have to scale back. Sometime during the season -- which about 99% of fans right now expect to be a lost season -- the team will need more pitchers. When that happens, who would a fan still watching a last place team want to see: an up-and-coming young arm with upside or Jeurys Familia?
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The opposite outlook may be more appealing for fans not looking forward to spending another summer in suckitude. Why not just form a rotation of not-ready-for-primetimers -- go with Bello and Crawford, and bring up Mata and Walter... that way, there's no pressure on Whitlock and Houck's surgery comebacks (and we can stop pretending about Sale and Paxton). Fans may even watch, because it represents hope for the future. At least it's preferable to rooting for the Yarboroughs or Kluber twilights...
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He couldn't even defend himself when he was whacked at a clam house at age 43.
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Haven't you been reading this forum? The Red Sox aren't good enough yet to pay good money for good pitchers!
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This is why the Mets are the most likely trade partner for Devers, because they might not mind giving up a prospect of actual value(Chaim) -- since why care about the future, when they can just buy more good players?
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If Henry won't open the safe I still don't feel sorry for Bloom. He signed on during this time period, agreed to the inevitable consequences and is steward of this mess. Bloom's latest comments on the shortstop situation provoke more angst... not just about his ability to BS, but on face value, to assess talent. He dismisses the concerns about Story's arm strength to play short by extolling Trevor's elite range -- really? Is Story so fast that he'll run the ball over to first?
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By now, we all expect that. Remember the last three offseasons, when we wasted all that time speculating on which free agents could be added to make the Red Sox better? And then we watched haplessly as each prize signed somewhere else... Same with trades, when players we know would help the Sox fill areas of need become available. I'd argue the best trade Bloom has made in Boston was getting Schwarber for a minor league pitcher... and maybe his worst non-action was not even trying to resign him. But that unexpected deal happened because other clubs stayed away from Kyle since he was injured at the time. Which prospect will Bloom be willing to part with to trade for anybody substantial at this point? Considering he just gave away Thad Ward in the Rule 5 draft, maybe it will be someone better than Aldo Ramirez...
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Then here's the really scary part: if the Red Sox were sincere, someone in charge actually thought it was a good idea to offer Boras a one-year extension last spring that, when combined with the three years remaining on Xander's previous contract, equated to less AAV than what they just gave to newcomer Trevor Story. If the Red Sox were sincere about keeping Bogaerts, that stunt was abjectly incompetent. Don't you wish they were just lying and intentionally trying to piss off his camp to make it easier for him to agree to a midseason trade (which they also blew)?
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Doesn't it seem like it should be no professional OFer in the Sox' system is worse? Unless, it's a guy who can run faster or hit the ball further or jump out of the Polar Grounds in a single bound... or triple bound.
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Imagine that household on Christmas morning. Watch out, kids -- make sure you wear your rubber boots so you won't step in it. Thanks, Mom. Hi, Dad. Happy Right Decisions, everybody!
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Good point. A lot fans in New England are currently incredulous they "let" Bogaerts leave, while most of us here knew it was happening since -- some will say when they signed Story; I said it the day last spring they offered Boras a one year extension. We all know Xander would have signed for a lot less than $280M last summer if the Sox stepped up. My frustration has been since Bloom started shopping Mookie. Now I have absolutely no hope whatsoever he'll sign Devers or Correa or Rodon or even Eovaldi.
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Most of us are diehard Red Sox fans who care way more about the Red Sox than the players waiting in the various dumpsters, bargain bins and flea markets who have yet to don a Boston uniform (nothing personal with them -- they just a want to get paid to play baseball). As for the front office, wouldn't it be remiss if it didn't pay attention to the different vibes of Red Sox Nation -- at least for PR damage control? Of course you know we vent because this is a milieu where blokes of our ilk gather because of the addictions we share. I complain all the time about the Bloom Era because of what it has represented from the beginning for fans young and old. But lately, there have been more and more posters who are outraged, bitter, disconsolate and depressed.
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If you were a Red Sox intern typing this, what do you think would be the percentage of Red Sox fans replying that could care less about the budget -- only on exactly who it was being spent on?
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WHAT? It's not the weekend! Sa-tur-day... in the Park... I think it was the... Good-bye, Ruby Tuesday... Tuesday's gone, with the wind...
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All you impatient posters -- just because other big market teams are signing stars, and mid-markets are signing consolation prizes and making trades. Only a few have convinced themselves they have it figured it out: why spend money or prospects on a really good player when we're still going to suck? We all just need to bide our time, but still get to watch or attend big league games, because whomever the front office allows to wear Red Sox uniforms is literally in the majors. Trust Chaim Bloom, who repeatedly tells us in interviews he will never rule anything out when it comes to his roster. It only looks like he won't pay market rates to homegrown fan favorites in their primes. After all, he paid Matt Barnes.
