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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I still say the Mets are the bets -- for those who think they'll never give up one of their top-10s, why not? They're in total go-for-it-NOW mode, can easily extend Devers to a contract through 2050, and who cares if they lose a prospect, when Cohen can just buy more established players at the same positions next year.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    All good points, but the most chilling is #3... what if our guy in charge won't make risky moves because he knows he'll still be here?
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I meant about Yoshida... who I'm still in favor of signing.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They'll never give him the years and he probably won't sign for any number these guys calculate he's worth, anyway. But just be ready to read and type futile speculations and disillusions on this forum and elsewhere for the next three months, because they will certainly draw it out as painfully long as possible.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Correct, and they lost their three best from last year's cellar dwellers. Is it coincidence that Eovaldi, Wacha and Hill are among the last remaining decent unsigned starters? The Sox have a ton of money coming off the books and are intent on adding 4 or 5 more guys to make them a lot better next year...
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    At this point, if another team instead of Boston had made the offer, gotta wonder if Boras would've started barking his auction to the big money clubs... ... but since the Red Sox are now an industry punch-line, he maybe felt that killed any demand for the player, so he closed the deal.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The always phlegmatic Bloom will wait until the last possible second to trade Devers, soliciting and contemplating the best possible package from 29 other clubs to end the the worst possible winter that defined his career. Then, moving like a sloth, he'll use those reluctant claws to deal the third homegrown fan favorite that will be listed forever in the lowlight of his obituary. When Kennedy said the Red Sox "will make the right decision" on Devers, he meant they won't dump him until after Christmas. Not when there's still a chance someone might buy '23 tickets for stocking stuffers...
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's fair, but how do you think Xander or any loyal company man -- you, me, Swihart's ectoplasm -- would feel when offered less money to stay than a newly recruited outsider?
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We know, we know -- the only mistake they're not making this time is to give him the kiss of death as their Priority (now their priority may be to trade him for more than a bucket of BP balls)... ... because the Bloom Era never gets their man. Just remember -- as viable free agents sign elsewhere daily -- this is the offseason when "the Red Sox have over $100 million to spend, and will add 8 or 9 new players to compete for the postseason in 2023." Now that they couldn't even spend $13 million AAV on a new starting pitcher (the going rate for a Quintana or Thor), we're told the new strategy will be the trade route. We know there's no way Bloom is dealing any decent prospects, so what can we get for Verdugo, Pivetta or even Kike???
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    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.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    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.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Dangyo.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I admit my posts have been too long lately, so I'll keep this one short.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's Ceddanne Rafaela! ... double D's for Gold Glove defense in CF and SS ... double N's for Not Now
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    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.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    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.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    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.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    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.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    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.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    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?
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    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...
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He couldn't even defend himself when he was whacked at a clam house at age 43.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Haven't you been reading this forum? The Red Sox aren't good enough yet to pay good money for good pitchers!
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    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?
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    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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