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A Realistic View at 2022: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Is it logical for a team that offered a guy $300 mil to be happy they didn't have to pay him $27? Most people here, at least, assumed -- and applauded -- trading Mookie just so the Sox could get bodies back before he walked. Price was the most overpriced (some would argue since the day Dombro signed him). -
A Realistic View at 2022: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Re. JBJ -- Bloom doesn't seem like a guy so quick to change his mind; but I'm only basing this on some painstaking and deliberate (they don't have to be redundant) transactions late in the offseason or at the trade deadline. Then again, maybe some guys in the analytics dept. had data on the D he couldn't ignore... or Cora begged him to bring back Jackie. As for Price, I've said it before, I think his addition by subtraction wasn't just to save half his salary or because his pitching wasn't worth it any more, but because his public perception with the media and by many fans was such a drag on the franchise. And while I agree one of the reasons Bloom was hired was to trade Mookie, I also think dumping Price was the first priority in the mandate to dip payroll below the tax line. -
A Realistic View at 2022: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Red, we don't know for sure what Bloom was thinking, so is it possible he didn't want Bradley, either, but just agreed to take him back in order to add two guys he really coveted: Pinelas and Hamilton? If that was the case, it was never a Renfroe-for-JBJ plus deal... in effect, Jackie was like Bloom's Price as the price to pay for LA to get Mookie. -
I got a good Val moment: loudest Fenway crowd I ever witnessed live. Game 3 ALCS 1999... Pedro vs Roger... first two batters, bottom of 1st... Offerman triple, Valentin homer... 13-1 Boston.
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A Realistic View at 2022: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
It's hard for me to think there will ever be another deal with the potential to nuke Bloom's face more than the Mookie trade. People can point to Betts' bum hip last season, but he's already won the World Series for the Dodgers, has been great in two postseasons, and very nearly won another MVP (second to Freeman in '20). Meanwhile, Verdugo looks pretty good; the other two, meh... Right now what is more likely: that Verdugo will someday have a year like Mookie's 2020, or that Mookie will have another one? Before people complain about the cost of Betts or that they know personally he was definitely going to leave Boston no matter what, I'm just looking at the exchange of talent. For me, the best part of the trade will always be that Bloom got rid of Price. -
Maybe Jetes will finally admit that Knoblach didn't come within three feet of tagging out Offerman in the '99 playoffs; there's gotta be footage on a Jeter Cam tape stored somewhere in his wine cellar...
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A Realistic View at 2022: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
He's better than Clint Frazier, ha. But without looking at data, most eyes might agree with mine that Duggie was not as good in CF than the corners last year... -
It's like a mediation between two kids at school, who lack the maturity to consider the other's position, and the emotions to resolve the issue -- so they get up and walk out. Except these kajillionaires won't even allow a guidance counselor in the room. And we're all disgusted because we can't wait to give our money to them.
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A Realistic View at 2022: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
JBJ is the best defensive centerfielder on the Red Sox roster. Kike had a great year in '21 -- after he learned CF in Fenway (he got mediocre jumps on some deep drives early) -- and was excellent coming in on the ball and robbing liners. But no one saves more extra base hits in Boston than Bradley; I don't ever remember Jackie catching up to and then dropping a ball like what happened in the last game of the ALCS. Also from my observations of Verdugo the past two years, his best outfield position is RF. -
It's going to take at least three more months just to arrive at a middle figure for the new money pool for good first or second-year players. And this is just for one issue between owners and players. That is, if both sides keep counteroffering in $5 million dollar increments... ... or they can logically decide to compromise soon, so we can all stop being diverted from our diversions!
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... Juan Soto just got the most offers, but Scott Boras made him turn them down.
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Certainly -- I got a repeating decimal on my calculator: 31.18181818181818... I figure that will eventually reach a million digits. Maybe Juan couldn't make everyone in the DR millionaires... but he could definitely afford to buy everyone a pretzel and beverage of choice at a Nationals game (and that ain't cheap).
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... someday when it's hot outside, but long after actual fans stopped caring.
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"90 percent of the fish are caught by 10 percent of the fishermen" said Dad. My father never played sports, but he fished a lot. No trolling though; the man could cast.
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He did that for the younger players... er, wait -- he's the younger player. So he's probably considering his family; they can't live on $350 mil... ... that would be all his countrymen, one big unhappy family -- the population of the Dominican Republic, approx. 11 million people, divided by $350 million dollars = almost $32 mil each. Over 13 years, that's less than $2 1/2 million per. What man, woman or child can possibly live on only $2.4 mil each per year?
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The players have a right to seek as much as they can make while they can, but there must also be plenty of young guys on the verge of making the majors or hoping to taste more than a cup of coffee that aren't too happy they're turning down a half-million dollars or more right now to play baseball. The owners are counting on that, though there'd be a lot more young guys with aspirations to make minimum wage, if the owners weren't so intent on cutting even more minor league jobs. The owners have always had their way, except for when Marvin Miller headed the charge into free agency, but that historic change was long overdue, bringing down an archaic unfair system. More than anyone else, this sucks for fans, who the owners don't give a crap about because they know we always come back, and always will.
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Which team is stacked besides Toronto? New York has Judge and Stanton, Tampa has Randy and Wander, and Boston has five 2021 All-Stars. On the mound, NY has Cole, Rays have openers, and Sox have wily old veterans.
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One of the ironies is older players wanting more for younger players. If they get their way, more old guys could be out of jobs. This may not be a bad thing for them or fans, because most veteran players will become even more embittered that their game is "just a job", plus a lot of them have already earned a lot of money. More focus will then be on the really hungry players -- the guys who aren't rich for life yet. And owners will love it.
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And any time they use the word "respect."
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Staying healthy is what will determine everything. So best bets may be the youngest with body type most suitable longterm (not too slight, not too wide): Soto... Acuna and Tatis have already been injured. Ohtani also has the physique, but not for double duty...
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Maybe Judge will look at Boston as a "can't-beat-em, join-em" scenario. But not judging by the Judge Cam that follows him around on every nationally-broadcast game; I've never seen so many sour scowls than on the Judge Cam in the '21 Wild Card game.
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The question persists: who will be a better investment? Harper? Machado? (neither were better all-around players than Betts at the time of signing...) Some of us might not be around another decade from now to find out. In the meantime, the Sox will most likely spend big on someone else... as they have since the first days of free agency and Soup Campbell.
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Marketing may dig Blaze Jordan: great name, 500-foot dingers... artists should already be busy designing iconic posters for bedroom doors all over New England. But imagine the buzz if Nick Yorke comes up and delivers a big hit to beat the Yankees. Can you hear the Fenway organ playing the Sinatra walk-up song (with lyrics flashing on the scoreboard): Start spreading the blues... it's up to you, Nick Yorke, NICK... YORKE!!!
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Cole is awesome, the Yankees are going all the way, preseason oddsmakers know, they win every year
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Not as good as Mookie? Then again, we all knew that Boston would eventually spend big on someone not as good as Betts. A question for the board: if not Correa, then who -- including any player in the majors, even those under contract -- is worth it? Would anyone prefer Lindor or Seager instead? If your answer is Soto or Franco, just remember, everyone will be available someday, either as a free agent or because his team can no longer afford to keep him... Is Trout already too old and already damaged goods to commit another decade of gold?
