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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It does seem like a potential double standard for him, since he stated he's dug in at short in Boston... but may have to change his tune in negotiations with another club willing to give him his proper respect...
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If that happens I predict there will also be a new third baseman in Boston. The Sox won't pay both Correa and Devers, who will also fetch the best trade return of any Sox MLBer this winter. Plus, Correa may be amenable to moving positions eventually, as he already played third for Cora in international ball in the past ; this will make for smoother transitions in the future.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Spotrac's market value for free agent pitchers, with approx AAV: Verlander and deGrom, $41M; Rodon and Kershaw @ $31M Nola @ $26M, Bassitt @ $21M; Eovaldi @ $16M, Thor @ $15M Taillon and Walker $14M, Tyler Anderson @ $13M; Manaea and Wacha $12M, Heaney @ $11M Which guys -- if any -- make sense for Bloom? The Sox really need an ace, but age and health issues make one Verlander or one deGrom less sensible than a trio of Anderson, Manaea and Wacha...
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I have no reason not to think he's gone, no matter what Bloom said the day after the season. Even if in the past month the Red Sox already made a fair offer to extend Bogey, the fact there's no news can only mean that he (and his agent) are intent on testing the market.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Right. And while the timing of injuries may be unpredictable, some are more inevitable, especially considering the age and history of individuals. Franchises with foresight and the resources to stockpile sufficient depth are better prepared than those that wait until the last minute at the trade deadline... and then change direction in the final 30 seconds.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But what was so predictable in '22 was at the end of a great June, with a killer sked coming in July... the Sox needed major league reinforcements -- not minor league prayers -- a month before the deadline. And this isn't hindsight, because we all read the schedule at the time and knew what was coming.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Only if they modify it with a seatbelt to keep him from falling... for when he gets mad and rips the monitor off the handle bars.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Is biking safer in the countryside? Or do city bikers have to weave to avoid timber rattlesnakes, chupacabras and natural selection deniers?
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But is it really cheating (on a spouse, girlfriend, significant, etc) being with a business woman, whose very business is to be with a business man who can afford her, technically speaking...
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Once all those guys are history, I got your consistency right here... in the cellar. I was going to say finished basement, but Bloom's was unfinished this season. Remember he told us he was going to install a woodstove, and drilled the hole for the stovepipe, but it never came. Sam Kennedy had to ducktape it, but is still telling us they have every intention of staying warm this winter. (I still got two months of '22 to go, right Bellhorn?)
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I agree with every point in this post. The extreme and blatant part is really what bothered opponents. It has always been my opinion that the MLB didn't discipline any players because they were only doing what many, many others on every team have always been trying to do since organized baseball began. Manfred had to suspend a few in management to save face in the public eye, gestures for the sake of fans and media who never played the game much past the Little League level. No ballplayers have ever been suspended for stealing bases, either.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You can't keep Sale's seat warm or he could burn a glute and miss another entire season.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They won, so the league made an example of only them, and not the many other clubs trying similar schemes (including the flagship franchise occupying the same city as the MLB offices). The Astros also admitted to having an entire front office department dedicated to their system before they hired their new bench coach to apply it.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Just with fans who don't even realize there are only five players left from that infamous club. They're the same fans who also don't understand that what the Phillies discerned vs. McCullers is part of the same culture of baseball since it was invented. Paying attention to details.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Be wary of an old guy out of the loop for very long. When he tries to come back, it may feel like someone vying for a comeback...
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Here is my thought when I first read Hill's idea to stay home with his family and work out on his own in preparation for a '23 second-half: Good luck, Rich, nice knowing ya. Red Sox fans have had enough of waiting for pitchers to join the club midseason... and hearing management insist, He'll be better than a trade deadline addition! Plus, if Hill does get his way, wouldn't he want to join a contender with a last shot a ring? He's not turning 30-something soon.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sure is: movement, location, deceptive delivery, etc. The Astros R & D departments might not employ all geniuses, but you can't say they're all lucky, either.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Astros complete shutdown of Philly after a five-homer barrage the night before was painful to watch for both Yankees and Red Sox fans. Javier and Co. combined for a second no-hitter this year, while the Houston staff repeated what it did in the '21 ALCS, when it silenced Boston's grand slammers for good. The worst news for the Sox is that the best offseason acquisition is already gone: Oz Ocampo has been signed by the Marlins... Ocampo was the Astros' exec responsible for international signings of pitchers Javier, Framber Valdez, Garcia, and Urquidy, among others. I would say Bloom blew it by missing out on Ocampo, except it probably didn't "make sense" for the budget...
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nice job on the prospects who may contribute soon. Maybe the best bets will be high velo arms like German and Wallace. Disappointments -- or suspects -- on the mound so far show a lack of wipeout stuff (Wink, Seabold), or at the plate a lack of discipline (like Downs, even at Triple A). This is why I expect Bello to be the real deal; he dominated peers or older guys than him at every level getting to the bigs. Bloom's make or break -- at least with the Nation -- may come at the next trade deadline when his team is either contending or on the fringe of contending. If he can just secure legitimate help in weak areas, then the clubhouse, the press and fandom will get behind him...
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Do their pontoons keep telling them they need to do better?
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... unless Bloom is forced to trade Devers because it "makes sense" for the franchise... then he gets at least one more year for the trade return to deliver or at least show promise and progress in the system. And imho, every move Bloom makes and especially doesn't make is partially his fault and Henry's -- because any madness has been by design, the very reason Chaim was hired in the first (and last) place. If the moves mostly backfire or just suck, that's on the entire organization, which has been entrusted with this industry-trending business model.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bottom line: every franchise that actually won it all had a significant contribution from a free agent in at least one championship... and arguably would not have a ring without him. (except the Reds, who refused to partake in free agency)
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nitpicking? On talksox? Noooooooooooooooooooo......... I do think Dye was a prime FA, because in '05 he was 31, which falls under the parameters of a player's prime (generally accepted from ages 28-32). He also proved to be a primetime guy by being voted World Series MVP, and continued to be a prime rib choice cut of beef the following year, leading the Sox in HRs, RBIs, for 5th in AL MVP as an All-Star and Silver Slugger.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I never said Dye was a big FA signing. But as the WS MVP, he was a prime player in helping his franchise win. And I said "every franchise that won a World Series," not every World Series that every franchise won. From 1980 to 2019, franchises that won at least one ring received ample contributions towards a world championship from a free agent it signed.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nobody -- the '76 Reds were literally the last of the reserve clause winners. The Free Agency Era began after the '76 season. In the first rules of free agency, interested teams were required to draft players in a “re-entry draft” for the right to offer bids. Eligible players could be drafted by a maximum of 12 teams. Only one club chose not to draft a single player: the back-to-back world champion Cincinnati Reds. Instead, Cincy was forced to dismantle its club in the next few years, similar to the great Oakland champs.
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