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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bunt?
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And I'm sure the front office envisions this, as well. And again, it costs nothing more, since Kike is already under contract.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was thinking more about position players, like when they traded Beni because he was due for $6 or $7M, and just traded Hunter because he was due Beni bucks. And now I need to walk my dogs, Beni and Hunter...
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Meanwhile, an average righthanded hitting outfielder like Tommy Pham still seems to fit the Sox... but he made $8.9M last year, and would have to take an Ottavino paycut to prove he actually is better than JBJ in a big market (like he claimed a few years back).
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I keep reading he has a no-trade clause, so he's not going anywhere this season unless they totally piss him off. As for Story, if we're honest with trying to think like the front office instead of as sucker fans, why create any lineup strife with X and blow all that dough when there's already a capable and totally inexpensive guy at second in Arroyo?
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Paxton will be this year's Sale, coming back in the second half as the designated pitcher to face the Orioles. This is an important role that the Sox now see as a legitimate annual strategy: allowing the key staff members to rest up before facing rivals for wild card berths. Sale will be this year's Price in his LA twilight role, transitioning into an occasional bullpen piece, an inning a week, then two, slowly stretching out for an ultimate spot start in the nightcap of a late-summer doubleheader.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That is interesting, considering the Sox haven't even paid anyone as much as Atlanta did to Eddie Rosario -- a mere $9M AAV for the NLCS MVP. But at least Bloom leads all chiefs in stockpiling pitchers who either weren't in the majors the past two years or are recovering from operations.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    With the cost of ground chuck these days? We'll be signing Spamloaf...
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Pablo actually asked me to have lunch with him, but with so many Kennedy quotes I lost my appetite.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was waiting for someone to jump on me; I meant the Angels also signed Archie Bradley... we're all a bit dizzy with so many new players going to every other team but one. And before someone else says They paid Ottavino $8 mil last year, remember it was more like They took Otto's crappy contract so they could buy prospect Frank German. This explains this FROZEN Stove Season -- Bloom can't accept paying the price for anyone good unless there's a prospect attached. It's all part of the plan.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Angels, who just traded for Amir Garrett, also just signed Ryan Tepera for two years, $14 mil. Another actual good reliever... but $7M a year is too costly for the Red Sox? I know, let's find someone coming off TJ surgery who hasn't pitched for a year or two...
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They need to market a pitcher ("70% of the game"), but I doubt kids would like the big money guys projecting grumpy personas on the mound (albeit contrived in the Bob Gibson/Randy Johnson mode).
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Thanks for the perspective. It shows that Bloom hasn't even paid anyone as much for as long as Ben did for Victorino 10 years ago! Three years for $39 million... a decade of added revenues ago.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'd pick Soto and Ohtani before Acuna, Tatis and Buehler. Raffy and Vlad are always smiling, too.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ...the Gospel of Billy Beane: thou shall not deter from the plan. Such sacred blueprints, known locally as the Shroud of Jarren Duran, have guided young disciples in small market front offices everywhere... (and even big markets acting like small markets).
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Freedom's just another word for playoffs left to lose... (updated for MLB, apologies to Kris and Janis).
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not bad. Fans like me are dupes. Gotta wonder if Mr. Brightsides was really organic or part of the conspiracy. A bipartisan committee should start subpoenaing texts and emails now. Or what I've suspected from the beginning of Bloom County -- that Henry is planning on selling, and Kennedy is the Red House Press Secretary.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... wait, was it the one that broke Sale's rib? At the bag JD tripped over?
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They're reportedly interested in all the songs. "We'd be doing our fans a disservice if we didn't take the time to listen to all the genres," said Jack Clark's Uncle Dick. "Except rap -- those guys don't sing; they just yell."
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Toronto is automatically better than Boston by planning to play its full team in every game; Sox still have players banned from Canada.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The part I can't figure out is letting all the good available players join other teams first, and then saying, the other teams have improved so much that we should wait until we're good before we spend big. How can the Red Sox become sustained contenders without good pitching? Are they waiting for Glavine, Smoltz and Avery to get promoted before they sign Maddux?
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'd say the price of a beer and a pretzel, but it's probably a Coke and a dog.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If we all can accept the market rate for good starting pitchers in their primes -- whatever that is, $20M or $25M -- then I would have no problem if Bloom had signed Ray, Gausman, Stroman or Rodon. I'm just not into old Scherzers at $40M+ though or one year for Thor because neither are investments that cover both now and the future. I also think most here would admit that Eovaldi at $17M per is at least a fair rate for an ace the past two years; that's the kind of guy any team should invest in to stabilize its rotation. I'd take another Eovaldi over a combined Richards and Perez any day.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm calling BS on the terms "desperation" and "splash." I just don't believe a team that brags about resetting, and "opportunities", "flexibility" and being "nimble" should stand pat or rely on cheap fill-ins -- especially for the pitching staff. A ballclub doesn't have to be all-in to spend on a good starting pitcher. Don't tell me the time isn't right to go for it, maybe next year. When a team sucks or is just mediocre, the first way to improve is to stabilize the rotation. I'd gladly invest in five years for Robbie Ray or Kevin Gausman at market rate than blow 10 one-year contracts on broken down past-their-prime pitchers; the latter, to me, is what smacks of desperation. A lot of posters hammered the Eovaldi signing at the ungodly $17 million per year. Where would we be without him now? Invest in what matters. Maybe Bloom and Co. truly believe Bello and Groome will become the next Gooden and Braden. In the meantime, legitimate big league arms like Manea and Montas are available -- and we all found ways on Trade Values to get them without giving up Casas and Yorke.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Houston: Framber, Luis the dancer, McCullers, Odorizzi, Verlander Toronto: Gausman, Berrios, Ryu, Manoah, Kikuchi ... which one of these guys isn't as good or better than Pivetta, Hill, Wacha and half a Paxton? At least we've got a guy who had a perfect game going against the team with the best hitter... until they yanked him after five.
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