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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not if the Red Sox sign 4, 11, 15 and 26...
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm not arguing against the guys we got from LA, just about the Red Sox celebrating their reset. It's misleading to their fans if the Sox don't reinvest in the product they're selling. And like Shaughnessey today and some others here and elsewhere have been saying, "After 20 years of pedal-to-the-metal, the Sox are downshifting in urgency and expectations." At least Kennedy finally admits that Boston isn't actually going "all-in" this year. Whether someone is an optimist or a realist, we're all diehards if we post here, and the glaring changes are unsettling to longtime fanatics.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I said it for months last winter when hoping against hope they'd keep Betts: the Red Sox can be as frugal as possible for only so long, before bad PR -- or irrelevancy -- eventually forces them to spend their savings on players not as good combined as one Mookie. Either that, or Henry is selling the team. Instead of either, I'd prefer they rebuild respectability by adding full-time position players and major league starting pitchers and relievers to the roster. Soon.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Kennedy: "We're looking to build this thing the right way, brick by brick." Fans: "Can you frame out a few stained glass windows, so we have something nice to look at, before the mortar dries?"
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Scott Boras has a 3-inch binder of Bradley data for you to look at.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'd welcome both Odorizzi and Teheran. But I just don't see Bloom spending even $10 mil on any pitcher right now. Look at the starters that have already signed; average cost was around $10 or $11 mil -- if Bloom was really desperate to add arms, he could've had any of them. Quintana just signed for $8; Bloom chose to keep Perez at a little over half that. Might as well forget about a top reliever, too. Hendriks got a ton, so Hand will benefit from the losing bidders. But Yates just signed for $4.5 plus incentives... what price stability?
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    For those who still think the Red Sox may re-sign JBJ: since Springer is now a $25 mil per-year-man, how much does Scott Boras demand for Jackie? 2020 bWAR: Springer 2.2, Bradley 2.1. Even if you think Springer is twice as good as JBJ, shouldn't the latter be getting around $12.5 mil per? Boston has put Benintendi, who makes $6 mil, on the trading block. Do you think Bloom is willing to pay Bradley twice as much to keep him around?
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Can't step much further back than dead last, but they've definitely stepped aside...
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Springer got a lot more than I predicted; shows how two bidders can drive up the price ebay-style (sorry Mets). But DJ at $15 mil per is a lot better value than George at $25 mil per. Now watch Jackie Boras Jr sign for way more than anyone here thought...
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Value also has to consider context -- Schwarber's power bat and poor D are a better fit for Washington's strikeout pitching staff. But on a pitch-to-lots-of-contact staff like Boston's in 2020, the ball would find him too many times. If Beni can revert to 2018 Andrew, he may be more important to the Sox than Rosario, as well. Bloom and the FO surely have more info than we do about his skillset going forward... and may want to salvage something in return before it's too late.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'll believe 3. when I see it. I'd welcome Ozuna, but expect Eddie Rosario at about half the cost.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm not sure you realize WAR totals profess to be estimates, so they look pretty equal based on quantitative projections. Schwarber can hit home runs, but isn't a base-stealing threat and has never had a positive dWAR in six seasons. Beni has had two seasons with 20 or more steals and was a Gold Glove finalist.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Schwarber just signed to play leftfield in Washington for $10 mil, so Beni (a player with more tools) doesn't make a ton of money, and he's only 26. And yet, Bloom's plan is to trade him for even younger players who may never even make it? We'd all love to strike it rich and nab an Austin Meadows just before his career takes off. But isn't Benintendi -- coming off a miserable, injury-shortened summer month -- exactly the type of bounce-back candidate that a guy with Bloom's rep should be looking to add?
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Cole was campaigning in the streets with a sign he made as a kid saying Yankee Fan Forever.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Even writing done in the third-person point of view is driven by subjective reality. At least, 5GGs thinks so.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom's current demands for 26-year-old Beni: "a younger corner outfielder along with a minor-league pitcher not necessarily on the 40-man roster." Bradford: "The belief is that Bloom's motivation isn't all that dissimilar to what we saw with some of his moves in Tampa Bay, dealing more experienced players (Benintendi has two more years before free agency) for the upside and contractual control of a younger player at the position." How in the wide world of Red Sox Nation can writers still be pushing this narrative? Bloom's been here a year-and-a-half!
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    People keep saying #1, even though no one has ever said otherwise. But a team doesn't have to be one player away in a rebuild to pursue the best available talent. You may be right about #2, but is any free agent a year from now worth a bigger investment by the Red Sox? I'd argue a few middle infielders may be more worthy, but they don't fill a major need by Boston... unless it's a splash -- someone who can make an impact on and off the field, change the clubhouse culture, and put actual fans in the seats. When the Rangers signed ARod they were a losing team in fourth place. He was great, but his chemistry didn't enhance the team enough. The 2002 Marlins also finished with a losing record in 4th place, and the following January signed future Hall of Famer Ivan Rodriquez. That signing seemed odd, since IRod replaced Charles Johnson, also a Gold Glove All-Star catcher. Then the Fish won the World Series. When Dombrowski signed IRod for fourth-place loser Detroit in '04 it seemed even stranger... but two years later he was in another World Series.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You're helping to make my points the past two days a bit clearer. In order for the last place, rebuilding Red Sox to recruit a top player, they are going to have to outbid all other clubs, especially those that have a better chance of winning. For many reasons -- some we think we're sure of -- Boston has basically said and shown they're not going to do that. And if we believe what many actual players say of wanting to win, it is a Catch-22 because really good players help a team get really good, and thus attract more really good players.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Admittedly, there are other factors. Clemens refused to play for a team that made him carry his own luggage. Adrian Gonzalez couldn't tolerate a big market so popular that national TV forced him to play on Sunday nights. Cut these guys some slack.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Easier said than done; last year Number 22 was worn by Chris Mazza...
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You may think it's funny, but few of us have ever gotten paid for taking selfies.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mike Lowell, as quoted today by Rob Bradford, about the recruitment of free agents: '"It’s the winning," said Lowell regarding one of the chief factors when it comes to free agents choosing their next homes. "The fact that you’re kind of projected to not be one of the better teams, and you’re in that market, it does affect you. How do you change it? Get the good players and start winning it will be a snowball effect, trust me."' Let it flurry.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Colon reportedly had a 30th birthday party the year before his 31st. His claim to fame as a Red Sox was throwing out his back swinging from his ass, then turning in his uni and going home.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe on a splash position player, but I just don't see many key pitchers out there next winter under 30 beyond McCullers -- unless we want to invest in another TJ-recovery in Syndergaard. The best of the other 29-year olds may be Dylan Bundy and our own ERod. If the latter proves healthy, we better lock him up before the comp gets fierce. There will be Hall of Fame starting pitchers available, but most are pushing 40, like Scherzer, Greinke and Verlander... and all make at least $33 million per.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Could it be that teams aren't offering much beyond '21 with an eye on a restructured CBA and lower paydays?
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