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I don’t know if it’s exactly waiting things out, and hopefully things will pick up after Snell, and Monty signs.
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Don’t get me wrong I’m well aware of the 78 win seasons, and I don’t have much, or little confidence in JH down to baseball ops to put together any kind of juggernaut, but I just can’t believe nothing will get done to improve the team. I’ve said from the beginning of FA that I Never expected the Red Sox to sign any of the high priced FA anyway, and that was even before the prices went up, so to me the team has done, or hasn’t done pretty much what i expected at this point. It seems lot of fans on here, and everywhere expected the Red Sox to do a lot more at this point, and that’s where the current anguish, and suffering comes in. Wishing, and hoping is not going to make JH do something, so I don’t bother.
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Last time I checked next season doesn’t start until March 28 in Seattle, which is pretty much 3 months away. I know the Red Sox have done pretty much squat to improve the team up to this point, but all this woe is me attitude on here is just cracking me up. Do you really think what the roster looks like right now will be the same roster that takes the field in Seattle? You guys can keep on shouting and pouting all you want if it makes you feel better, but I’ll wait to March 28 to see what things look like.
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I hope the Dodgers go 162-0 next year, and then lose in the first round of the playoffs.
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An always packed tourist trap.
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I would take the pulse down at Kowloon’s.
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When TW made the full throttle comment I don’t think the Red Sox thought the arms race would get expensive as it got for the Yam Man, and now the trickle down effect.
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I’ve said all along to trade for younger pitchers who still have control, but you guys keep bring up guys like Burnes who would be expensive to resign. You guys keep spitting into the wind thinking the Red Sox are going to outbid these big money teams. How’s that working out?
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Guys, guys, guys. Let’s see how the team looks at the end of ST, before the tar, feathers, and pitchfork are brought out. I guess I’m the only one who is not all up in arms over the Red Sox slow offseason so far. I guess that’s, because I never thought the Red Sox had a snowball’s chance in hell of landing the Big O, or the Yam Man in the first place, and I didn’t expect the Red Sox to sign any of the overhyped, over paid FA pitches, so I’m fine with that not happening either. Those of you who expected some of those things to happen, and have speculated on possible signings for a couple of months now I can understand your anger. Wishful thinking I get, but not the reality of it. I say it again to trade, trade, trade. Now if that doesn’t happen, and the Red Sox go into ST with pretty much what they have now I’ll be with you with the tar, feathers, and pitchforks. In the meantime I’m just sitting back, and watching the Dodgers build a super team, and waiting for others to overpay for what’s left of the starting pitching.
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Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
Old Red replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Nothing else was reported, but that doesn’t mean the Red Sox couldn’t have gotten more for Betts. DD was working on a deal for Mookie during the 2019 season, but backed out. I wonder what would have been in that deal? -
And as you’ve pointed out the years between Snell’s two CY have not been very good.
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If their focus was to singularly focus on the Yam Man then that’s 100% incompetence.
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Understood 100%, but has what they’ve been doing worked out?
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Monty is not an ace, and has gotten hype from being good down the stretch, and having a good postseason. Would he help? Yes,but not worth the contract. Snell has won two CY, but hasn’t been all that good in the years in between. Not worth the contract either. They need to trade for some young pitching somewhere with some years of control left. All I’ve heard for the last two years is firesale, firesale. That would have been the time to improve the pitching, but now it’s much more expensive, and big spenders are in need.
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I said it before FA started, and I’ll say it for the tenth time. Trade, trade, and trade. I have never expected the Red Sox to grab any of the top FA pitchers, because who ever didn’t grab the Yam Man would focus their attention elsewhere, and the Red Sox just aren’t outbidding any of the top spenders, so the only way is through trades.
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I can’t believe some fans took the Red Sox seriously just having a meeting with the Yam Man. I thought before anything started with meetings that the Red Sox had less than a 1% chance of landing him in the first place. Going against the Mets, Yankees, and Dodgers wasn’t even worth the bother, but some fans bought in.
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CBS projected 5yr/$105M before all the dog, and pony shows started, and said Monty would only get a 5th year, because that’s probably would it would take.
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Agree. I can’t believe there wouldn’t be.
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A piece of coal from Uncle Henry to all Red Sox fans for Christmas.
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One estimate I saw before this FA thing all started was 5yr/$105M, and they said he would only get a 5th year, because that’s what it would take, so probably what he ends up with Yes.
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From Tyler Milliken: if Jordan Montgomery is out of your budget you don’t deserve to own a sports team. Especially the damm Boston Red Sox.
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Crowded with Sam in the middle somewhere.
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Those contracts are looking better, and better now, and will probably look even better later on.
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Agree, but the Big O, and the Yam Mam got $100M-$200M more than the original estimated contracts, and I’m sure Snell, and Monty will get substantially more too. If the original plan was to go all in on the Yam Man with all the stiff competition for his services it doesn’t look like that was a very sound plan.
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Do you think the Red Sox were caught flat footed again, and didn’t read the room on how much the asking price for starting pitching has gone up so much from the estimates before all this FA madness started?