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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If the Yankees are actually very close to the top, which players would give them a better chance: Torres at short or instead, Castillo on the mound, and say, Semien or Didi at short?
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Epstein and Bloom actually have something in common -- they both began second jobs on teams that got rid of Andrew Cashner. Of course, Theo got back Anthony Rizzo. Chaim had roster space freed up for, uh... lots of guys.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No doubt. Mine was that it also helps to have really good players when trying to recruit and keep really good players.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I read way back to this past weekend that Kluber chose the Yankees because his personal trainer is their team trainer and because he wanted to play with a team with a good chance to win a ring. We don't know if Boston even made an offer -- if they did, I doubt it was $11 million like NY's -- but this isn't rocket Roger science. A lot of players say winning is a factor when deciding where to sign. Some of them may actually be telling the truth.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I never said significantly less, but whether they're posturing or not, many good players -- once they're about to be rich beyond their ability to spend no matter where they sign -- often utter the word winning. It actually matters to some guys. Pete Rose signed with the Phillies for less than he was offered by Atlanta because he wanted to play with Mike Schmidt and win another ring.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Players have influence, and top players' input is often valued by management. It's not all bottom-line dollar signs... or warm weather climes. Competitive athletes actually like to win.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I think the entire term is forbidden in the Steinbrenner book of ownership. Alex Speier today reiterates why the Red Sox -- and I'm paraphrasing -- aren't ready to acquire any really good players yet because they're not really good enough yet. A point that hasn't been covered this winter is the effect that one really good acquisition can have on building back better. Good players want to win, and will recruit other good players. New players will want to join, and old players will want to stay. None of this is a revelation, but it's never noted when discussion is predominantly financial.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Reds would never do that because then they'd have to pay six more players instead of one.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We're definitely spoiled, and loving it. But that's what makes posters like us keep caring when so many band-wagoneers already tuned out before the pandemic.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Agreed. Yet our resident Bronx saluter has been "advising" us to trade off every single MLB player since the Betts' polarization; most likely, to make it easier for under-performing pinstripers to get closer to that pinnacle they've been slipping away for over a decade now.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    There is no desperation, no ego-feed running the show, and no rich owner transforming from buyer to seller -- there is only speculation... because nothing else has really happened in almost a year worth talking about that improves the Red Sox big league roster. There's also no disputing the Sox need legitimate starting pitching to even be worth watching again. Just because a team isn't good enough to contend for a ring doesn't mean it's not worth it to add someone good enough to expedite the time it will take to being good enough to contend for a ring. If Luis Castillo is available -- as has been reported -- he is exactly the type of pitcher this team needs going forward. What prospects should the Reset Sox be willing to part with to make it happen?
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Complete tanking.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A past-prime Porcello is also a guy you may want to avoid if you're a young Baseball Officer trying to establish your own legacy by building the first winning club you were actually in charge of...
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I knew this would be coming. So let's not forget, either, that Porcello was the leading winner on Dave Dombrowski's Legacy Team in 2018.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    While all Sox fans hope you're wrong, it appears there are two camps in Red Sox Nation: those who keep using the past to feel good about the future, and those who can't help but worry about what is not happening now.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Porcello was a Dombro guy; Perez is a Bloom guy.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... selecting and connecting consecutive talksox posts out of context, forwarding to Boston Red Sox PR Department...
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Stumbling upon Koji after three other established closers couldn't get it done was one of the luckiest finds in Sox history. Signing a past-prime Dempster helped, but signing one guy or even two guys like that isn't going to lead Boston to the most wins in the majors ala 2013 -- not when we don't have anything close to a healthy Big Three of Lester, Lackey and Buch ready to open the season. The only sure thing the staff has right now is Martin Perez.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sure does, and if you want you can probably find a handful of exceptions to the norm, maybe even five worsts to firsts out of hundreds of division winners, pennant winners and ring winners. Some of them even began the season with three other All-Star starters and added a closer who had a better season than any in Mariano Rivera's unanimous Hall of Fame career.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The surest way to make a team competitive is to add quality starting pitchers on the mound. This is no mystery, and no modern stats can supersede the history of the past 120 years. Trading prospects for a guy like Pedro or Sale in his prime or signing a guy like Scherzer or Bauer in his prime should be the goal of every able baseball organization. Top starters can make a bad team relevant, and a good team contenders. No matter what, an ace sells more tickets, providing the club with more profit to invest in more talent to make the roster even better.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    At least we know what we're getting in Perez: 5 innings per start, with a career 4.71 ERA. Kluber could be good, bad or injured... In Perez starts, the Red Sox just need to score a run per inning to win.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    While Perez isn't quite an innings-eater, he's not an innings-bulimic, either. Martin is more like an innings-acid reflexor (his, yours, mine...). How many more months before we can all sit back and watch games again, with a cold one and a Pepcid?
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ha -- three +++ In the meantime...
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    When they go to robot umps, all stadium seats should have a series of color-coded buttons for fans to react to calls. If the majority agrees with a call, the green button turns the robot green and he smiles; majority disagreement turns him red with a frown... and one lucky fan with the winning ticket stub gets to decide at the end of each game if the robot dances around the bases or explodes in centerfield.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Some posters forget Bloom was never actually in charge of the Rays, so all we can do is speculate how much input -- and pull -- he had in decisions that were made regarding trades, drafts, signings, etc. All we have to go by is what he's done since he's run the Red Sox. I like the focus so far on signing and stockpiling prospects. Not a fan of the bargain bins. Still waiting on impactful MLB acquisitions... Verdugo looks good, but the rest -- Perez, Pillar, Pivetta, Renfroe/Andreise -- were either average and expendable or have the potential of useful roster parts. And I refuse to mention the scroll of openers.
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