Larry Cook
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Would it not be super cool if All offers for free agents went through a website that was open to the public?
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Yes, small kid with some effort to his delivery. Super fast fastball with no movement, just straight as an arrow. Weak secondary pitches. I always thought he should have been a closer.
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Why would JD want to sign with us? We have three talented outfielders that are all younger than him and better defenders than him. We have a dh that we can not trade. We just signed a first baseman. If I am JD, I want to go to a team that has a spot for me, preferably in the outfield. Let JD sign elsewhere. We need more pitching!!!!!!
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Once the scouts see groome throw, they will up his value. No doubt! His stuff is electric. I have not seen a sox minor league pitcher with his kind of stuff. (Disclaimer: I never saw Clemens, hurst, Boyd or Ojea. Before my time.)
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This is ancient history and I think we handled it properly. It was the Shaw trade that did not make sense. Why trade a starter with lots of control for a broken down reliever with arm issues. And oh by the way, we only had sandavol as a backup!!!! Dave should have been flushed for screwing that up.
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We just have to be ubber patient and let this unfold. Dave is waiting out Boras and I respect that, we should have Martinez signed in about six weeks.
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I’ve seen a ton of minor leaguers throw over the years and this kid has “wow” stuff. Especially the curveball which is kershaw like. Yes his control needs work. Yes he is immature. Yes his father is a distraction. But the bottom line is this kid has special talent but also a lot to overcome. If he does, we have an ace. If not, then we have another Paxton Crawford.
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I know a ton of pro athletes that have tremendous foundations set up and they do so many wonderful things through those foundations. Agents on the other hand just cash checks and screw kids into leaving my school early regardless of what is in the best interest of the athlete!!!!!
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Bowden says Sox offered groome and a player off the roster for Manny. If that player is bogey, then I think Baltimore should have jumped on that trade. If that player is a pitcher, then I see why Baltimore passed. My question is.... has dave decided the bradley’s and bogey’s of our team have plateaued and is he trying to upgrade them with JD and manny?
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I expect that is is what we are seeing in basketball now. Add in cable on the verge of collapse once “ala cart” becomes reality, half the league could dissolve! Football appears next in line for a correction that will bring a world of hurt to players and owners alike. It could get ugly out there!
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Darvish had a tell that Houston picked up on. Hard to have any success when you are tipping pitches like that!
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I expect there to be at least four teams in on JD. And I remain positive Boras is using us as bait.
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I saw an article on this on nbc sports Boston. Seems Manny wants to play short next year. Dave would be foolish to do this deal without getting an extension first. Some reporters have speculated bogey, Rodriguez, groome and chavis would get the deal done.
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Lefty reliever Watson is still available to sign!
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If dave could find a sucker to take hanley off our hands, I am confident he would pull the trigger on JD very quickly! However since no sucker exists, can we please pass on JD and sign a quality starter and reliever?
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So-so is three floors up from where bogey resides.
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I am thinking Vargas. We go into spring trainIng with six starters and see if everybody is still healthy by opening day. It is easier to trade a starter than acquire one.
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In golf they have a saying, “hit and hope”. Please tell me you are not advocating that flawed strategy with our starters for 2018? We got our lightening in a bottle in 2013. That is never going to happen again. Competition and depth are proven strategies! Since dave has been extremely pernicious with our farm system, we must go the free agent route for more pitching!
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If January is the new December, I guess we should see dave start to saddle up here soon.
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Then why are the Yankees reportedly after cole?
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You could buy a puppy!
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I am glad you have faith in dave! I believe that nothing that has happened this offseason, ohtani, Stanton or other free agent signings has been anything he could have changed and most importantly I do not think he wanted to change, I think we are all panicking more than he is over the Stanton signing, Where my brain damage comes in is that dave’s options for making is a better team in 2018, which should be his ultimate goal are shrinking and he may get desperate and do something foolish!
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In my mind,whichever team ( us or the Yankees) adds more pitching between now and April will be the team to beat next year!
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Playing the hope and pray game is a fools gambit! Why not sign another starter and have more depth, just in case. Because last season we sure could have used it!
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Let me clarify. Our pitching staff is very good! But counting on them being 100 percent healthy through the entire year is extremely foolish. We need depth. We need another starter signed!