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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Reportedly, the Sox are. Kim's age, skills and pricetag make him a potential longterm asset -- and not one to be dismissed by resetters who are more than "a player away from the top". I know Kim is not a pitcher, but last place teams need to add a lot of good players to climb back up.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The American League champions traded their ace in his prime for prospects. What a great time it must be to be a Rays fan!
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    While we don't know if stardom in the KBO will transfer to the MLB, it would seem Kim is exactly the type of player Bloom would be all-in on -- if the Red Sox are actually committed to upgrading this winter for the long run. If salary projections are true -- 5 for $40M or even $50M -- Kim is a 25-year old gold glove infielder who can hit at half the cost of what Semien is seeking. If another club outbids another one of Boston's "aggressive strong interests", then you can trust there will be and should be discussions here and elsewhere about the definitions of trust...
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Kike's got a surprisingly quick bat; at least, I was surprised when he hit a freaking blast off Kimbrel in the World Series.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Hurdle, ha. That metaphor collapses to the height of an ant-hill (and not fire ants). Tunnel?
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Well, starting to sense a trend. That's twice in the past week Boston's efforts to sign a pitcher has been described as "aggressive" -- after the guy signs with someone else. All that flexibility with all that Mookie money and they still get outbid by Texas (watch, someone will now bring up ARod, circa two decades ago). Maybe Bloom and Co. have a list of names on a large whiteboard with dollar limits on each... or they're not as desperate as those of us who choose to watch this club, since perhaps they're waiting on bigger fish to bite?
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... according to Gammons (sorry, no link).
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It doesn't make sense that Bloom would view Semien as the new shortstop for the club he's resetting for years of sustained contention. The guy just isn't a huge upgrade defensively over Bogaerts; if the Sox are seriously going to upgrade at short, bump X to another infield position -- and make the splash the Nation will be demanding after another year of mediocrity in the standings and remotes (we can't even say turnstiles at this point) -- then there are superior options soon available in Lindor, Story, Baez and Correa. Semien doesn't make sense, but maybe he makes cents. I hope I'm wrong, and Boston is hoping he'll play second.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Just don't ask me what I had for breakfast yesterday.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Piniella saved that Yankees' season at least twice, with his blind stab in the sun to stop Remy's rip off Goose, and a wtf basket catch running to the corner off Lynn with two outs and two runners on. Both plays were bigger than any Jeter flip or face-whomp. Lou also caught Rice's drive at the bullpen wall in the 9th. Reggie maybe would've missed them all.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You're probably right. But I'm none of those... especially trying to get older during a pandemic.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's what he looked like when he ran out of room at the wall on Dent's pop-fly. At the plate that day, I also remember Yaz pulling a home run off Guidry, the best pitcher in the world in '78, and a drilling an RBI-single off Gossage in the 8th.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But to CP's point, fans are initially pumped by new seasons when new impact players make an impact. Initial success often wears off, but by then casual fans or front-runners are already invested in advance ticket sales... and actual hope.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Thanks, 75, for providing thoughts upon which to reflect. Fans through the decades have no choice but to move on, but some cases are never easy... or like you suggest, some are just never, period. Posters can insist and implore we move on, but it's not an instantaneous process for everyone. Especially while we languish in suckitude, and our ex is dating the quarterback of the football team, parading around the class party. That's a scene best to not attend. In the meantime, we research the rescue sites, looking forward, to get a new dog -- not to replace an old bud who passed on, but to get back that old sense of companionship... and familiarity.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't forget Ned Martin, quoting Hamlet: "... when sorrows come, they come not as single spies but in battalions.” I'm nostalgic, but I'm refuting Springsteen: "Someday we'll look back at this, and it still won't be funny."
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good effort, Moon. The Rays might do it, but Ben would just be basically replacing Tall with Baz, and Bell with Chavis. I don't know if the money numbers would be worth it, or if he could get more for those Pirates. I can see Bloom swinging some sort of deal with the Rays this winter, based on his deep knowledge of their surplus, sleepers and needs.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Forget it; LA wouldn't even give up a Double A pitcher for a Hall of Famer who's worth 350 million dollars to them.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ya, I wouldn't give up a promising young pitcher for any of those Red Sox players, either. We're pretty much screwed. The only prospects close to the bigs from Boston's entire system I'd insist on right now are Casas and Mata. Lower down -- and here's where Bloom has an edge over Dombro (as in push "end-call") -- I'd suggest Lugo, Yorke or Juan Chacon... as a throw-in.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That had to be an alias. In college my pal Phil was given the last name Dubowl -- Phillip Dubowl... please.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's ok, not a lot of other Sox talk to talk about lately... except the signing of a hitter who batted .156 last summer. Of course, this article was gleefully written on a Dodgers site. But it got me to wondering: was the LA outrage over the way the Cora-led Sox supposedly won the '18 World Series ever addressed with their new superstar? We never once heard or read anything about the losers pointing fingers or asking for clarifications or explanations from Mr. B, once he changed sides... (maybe it was done in private, but some local or national reporter must have questioned the bowling elephant in the room).
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Especially since the Reds already dumped Downs once before in the Puig trade. They're not taking him back for an ace pitcher. Yet, J.Downs (can't say his first name) would be the first prospect I'd part with. Casas is maybe the last.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    My legs feel that way from too much sitting; the winter of our disconnect. But ah, the days when Epstein or Dombrowski would target someone in the autumn, talk turkey, then outbid themselves to make things happen. For the record, the only Dombro deal I was really against at the time, besides the Price contract, was Pomeranz for Anderson Espinoza (but only because from what I read, the guy was supposed to be the next Pedro). He isn't even the first Anderson Espinoza to make Double A.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    All the more reason to strike this winter, when the Reset Sox can really outbid and outspend those hurting mid-market clubs... instead of acting like one. Bloom may just be very, painstakingly deliberate... but wonder what a young Epstein would've done at the helm in this kind of opportunity (assuming the curse was broken by someone else, and Theo was just getting his first chance at assemblage).
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Again, depends on your definition of "better" or "value". I'd take the guy who was a top 6 Cy Young vote getter and All-Star for five straight years at a bargain market rate over a guy who made one All-Star team so far.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I like Castillo and the Sox need Castillo. However, his 9 career WAR maybe doesn't justify investing more in talent than Sox trades for the better guarantees of Sale (30 WAR) or Pedro Martinez, who had 20 WAR through age 25.
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