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Agree that we should get them NOW. Salaries may never be lower -- assuming there's not another pandemic and that most baseball fans survive this one; also, who knows what the new CBA will bring... maybe tax penalties that favor more free agent signings. Even if the Sox suck this year, adding guys like Odorizzi to the depth of our injury-prone rotation can't hurt our chances in '22 or '23 -- unless he does...
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There's always a lot of talksox talk about trading just about any Sox at the deadline (granted, the chorus is led by our resident Bronx cheerleader, who wants always wants the Sox to deal away quality so they'll remain a non-factor in flux). Have to wonder if some of these Bosox actually turn it around -- and Bloom moves them for prospects -- how that will go over with players' Manager Cora...
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There are contradictions: some posters remind us that Tampa isn't Boston, and the Red Sox will never be the Rays. But then there also are a lot of assumptions that Bloom was hired to replenish the farm, find bargain gems and trade veterans for prospect value... "just like he did in Tampa". Then again, though he was a big part of the Rays' front office, Bloom was never in charge like he is now in Boston. And as for spending or not spending, he has maintained since he got here there are "no mandates". Employees and fans both talk about a goal of building and watching a franchise become a sustained contender... but who wouldn't want that? Really good teams need really good players -- whether developed or acquired -- but should projected records prevent either from happening? Maybe we'll never know who Bloom really is as a Commanding Officer until/if his club starts to win, and he decides whether to keep a star core together or turn them over on a revolving roster.
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I've had arguments with a pitcher before that if he makes an error, then the runs he gives up because of that are on him. Technically, they're unearned, but "pitcher" is a position -- and if someone on the mound is a crappy fielder, smack-dab in the middle of the damn diamond, then he's just not as good at the pitcher position... especially a guy who can't throw to a base; accurate throwing is supposed to be his job.
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He didn't run the Rays when Kiermaier was inked. But Bloom was hired to run the Sox in 2019, and now it's 2021, a week away from February, when training for the next season begins.
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Nobody seeking four- or five-year deals is getting signed here. Not when the longest in the Bloom era is Kike's two-year contract. If Beni is traded -- for minor leaguers -- then the Sox will sign Rosario. The other outfielder will be Marisnick. Their salaries will combine for what JBJ gets somewhere else.
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A Realistic View at 2021: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Whew... had to bold "still"... as in the future. Mark McGwire's not here to talk about the past; but I will... in the future. -
A Realistic View at 2021: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
My goal as a Red Sox fan is to still be around when they acquire a star player that they want to keep. -
I was the opposite. My thinking at the time: no rush to extend fragile Sale, but definitely sign our postseason hero before he wins the Cy Young! And I gotta say -- again -- neither signing made it necessary to trade Mookie... Mookie made it necessary to trade Mookie. The Red Sox entire front office and owners are almost as smart as us, and even they could recognize Betts as the best Boston player in half a century. I'm not Dombro's advocate, but just look at his history if you think he preferred Sale and Eovaldi over paying Mookie market value. Dave loves his Hall of Famers, and locked up Miggie Cabrera -- overpay, some would say -- and offered (and was spurned) $144 million to Scherzer... which at the time was probably a more commensurate bid for his value than the lowball $300M offer to Mookie years later.
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I actually wanted the Sox to sign him before '19... but then I remember he was the missing piece that gave New York the greatest bullpen of all-time that never even made it to the World Series.
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But we already have a converted closer -- Mary Richards. She's gonna make it after all.
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JD is doing somersaults -- that's one less righty slider he has to flail at.
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Hey -- we saved $1M rather than sign Hand. Now we can use it to sign Marisnick!
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Sparky Lyle and Mike Easler.
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Sam Kennedy told us: "There is a way to keep both Mookie and JD..." ... but he got cut off before he said, "Dali masks and the Bank of Spain."
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Bloom just read your post and had a seizure.
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I know this may be squirmish for any Baseball Officer concerned about Service Time, but there are legitimate reasons to give Duran a shot sometime in '21. He won't cost anything... except an extra year of control. But that may be expendable because Gilberto Jimenez is already rated as a better prospect. Duran is 24, Jimenez 20... and after him are Juan Chacon 18 and Miguel Bleis 16. Then my son, who turns 10 in a month!
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I'd argue that Boston (or anyone) could have packaged together four very young, low-level minor leaguers -- unrated or not projected as future stars -- for a guy who didn't even pitch in 2020 like Taillon. For those who may argue the Red Sox just aren't good enough yet to be making such a move, I'd counter that I cannot imagine a time that Chaim Bloom would trade four prospects for any one pitcher... ever.
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Obvious post, obvious source. Sox fans will never get to will a winner in Boston just because they want one, and Yankee fans will never get to will a winner in NYC just because they want one. Like notin has pointed out with W-L records, there's not much difference between winners and losers, especially clubs that added recently-injured veterans this offseason they're hoping will give them a boost. Teams with young, healthy talent stand to make the most improvement. Some of it can be sudden. Jarren Duran was the Winter League playoffs MVP this past weekend.
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Keith? Coming off the DL, good candidate for a bounce-back flyer. Red Sox reportedly interested.
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The inanity foisted upon fans by the Red Sox -- which we embrace, laughing at our own fanaticism, ever unappreciated by the franchise -- has always been just a consonant away from sheer madness... of a duel meaning (homophone pun intended).
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A Realistic View at 2021: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Not even Yankee fans feel that way. None are big-time prospects we hear or read about for NY, and as far as I know, only one has even made the majors, so far. The other three may not ever make it. Considering their ages, it seems like a lot of other teams could have also put together a package of low-level prospects for Taillon... if they were good enough to go for it. -
A Realistic View at 2021: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
The one spot I think most likely to change in your lineup is shortstop. The only way I see Bogie sticking around is if the Sox are contenders and Cora is still here. Unfortunately, if this team flops again I think Cora will be a convenient scapegoat (again) and the front office will be compelled to make a splash -- and the best free agents a year from now are all shortstops. Those who crave offseason action may see a blizzard next winter when Boston has to actually worry about filling seats again for a full season... -
Sox sign Garrett Richards, pending physical
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to illinoisredsox's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
If we don't see most of them by '22 it means the Sox either suddenly spent big on others, or most of the injured/ill/"potential" players on the '21 roster stayed healthy and had breakout seasons -- simultaneously... -
You may be assuming a lot from a guy who has had only one really good season in the majors and didn't even pitch last year. Is Kluber that much of a question mark that Taillon -- another question mark -- automatically slots into the #2 spot in the rotation?
