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Post by vermontsox1 on Jul 25, 2023 15:26:58 GMT -5
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Post by freddysthefuture2003 on Jul 25, 2023 15:27:49 GMT -5
Still going to miss him, appreciate his time here
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Post by seamus on Jul 25, 2023 15:28:55 GMT -5
Fascinating. It was rough towards the end, but the Hernandez era was at least interesting.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Jul 25, 2023 15:29:44 GMT -5
This is the second biggest trade of a utilityman between the Red Sox and Dodgers in MLB history (miss you, Nick)
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Post by remmartin34 on Jul 25, 2023 15:30:09 GMT -5
Praise the sweet lord baby Jesus!!! The fiasco is finally over. Now the best players we have to play the middle infield can play every night, Kiké can get a reset back in LA (I do wish him the best, he was larger than life in the 2021 ALCS for us). And John Schreiber is opening, which is the best possible move Cora could have made. It's a joyous day haha
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Post by wildsox on Jul 25, 2023 15:30:23 GMT -5
Very bittersweet. And I won't be shocked if he plays well fro LA in the proper role
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Post by julyanmorley on Jul 25, 2023 15:30:27 GMT -5
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 25, 2023 15:31:34 GMT -5
Awesome trade!!!!!
Oh yeah, who'd the Sox get? Ah, does it even matter? It's still a great trade.
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Post by scottysmalls on Jul 25, 2023 15:31:50 GMT -5
Kiké not working out this season is such a bummer to me. He was the biggest advocate of the team all offseason, helped recruit Turner and Jansen and finally got the opportunity he'd been hoping for his whole career to be a starting short stop. Then he played worse than he ever has in his entire career, gotta hurt.
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Post by bcsox on Jul 25, 2023 15:31:56 GMT -5
My guess is he was close to a DFA, so the Dodgers jumped the line. Sox eat majority of contract, Dodgers sent back a PTBNL?
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Post by dirtywaterinla on Jul 25, 2023 15:32:04 GMT -5
Thanks for your service, Kiké 🫡
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Post by radiohix on Jul 25, 2023 15:32:15 GMT -5
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Jul 25, 2023 15:33:01 GMT -5
In all seriousness, there will be a lot of joy in seeing him go from this fanbase (myself included - the team needed to move on), but his 2021 season/postseason alone makes him a pretty excellent addition, IMO. Obviously didn't come close to working out this year but I understood re-signing him and I will do my best to separate the sour past few months from everything else and appreciate the run he had when he was borderline untouchable. |
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Post by julyanmorley on Jul 25, 2023 15:33:36 GMT -5
Kiké was awesome in 2021. His body failed him in 2022. Plugging him in at SS this year was a huge blunder by the org. I would expect him to be a decent player going forward as an OF.
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Post by cdj on Jul 25, 2023 15:33:41 GMT -5
The CF defense was a ton of fun to watch
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Post by radiohix on Jul 25, 2023 15:33:43 GMT -5
If the Dodgers take all his salary, the Sox will have more room under the cap to work with.
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Post by remmartin34 on Jul 25, 2023 15:36:13 GMT -5
This was the best possible outcome for everyone involved, in my view. No DFA (Bloom), all the chatter put to rest and can count on a stable plan for the middle infield until Story comes back (Cora/Red Sox players), and a new start for a Red Sox who had one of the best ALCS' in team history two years ago (Kiké Hernandez).
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Post by bcsox on Jul 25, 2023 15:36:13 GMT -5
My guess is he was close to a DFA, so the Dodgers jumped the line. Sox eat majority of contract, Dodgers sent back a PTBNL?
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Post by dirtywaterinla on Jul 25, 2023 15:36:15 GMT -5
If the Dodgers take all his salary, the Sox will have more room under the cap to work with. If all the Sox get is the Dodgers footing the rest of his salary, I’ll be more than happy. |
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Post by ematz1423 on Jul 25, 2023 15:37:34 GMT -5
If the Dodgers take all his salary, the Sox will have more room under the cap to work with. This is really my main hope in the trade, just ditch the salary to make some more wiggle room under the LT. $10M salary for this year but at this point in the year doing some quick math there's about 38 percent of the year left so they could save about $3.8M if the Dodgers just take the contract. That could make a pretty good difference in the type(s) of players/contracts they could look to pull in elsewhere. |
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Post by mparker on Jul 25, 2023 15:37:44 GMT -5
No clue if this guy is reliable but here
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Post by scottysmalls on Jul 25, 2023 15:39:14 GMT -5
Honestly if the Dodgers pay half the salary and send a PTBNL it's probably fine
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Post by wildsox on Jul 25, 2023 15:40:11 GMT -5
This was the best possible outcome for everyone involved, in my view. No DFA (Bloom), all the chatter put to rest and can count on a stable plan for the middle infield until Story comes back (Cora/Red Sox players), and a new start for a Red Sox who had one of the best ALCS' in team history two years ago (Kiké Hernandez). Also, sending Kiké back to LA kind of feels like we did him a solid as well |
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Jul 25, 2023 15:42:19 GMT -5
The back end of the Dodgers' FG prospect list is littered with lower minor guys who throw absolute gas, eat some salary and throw in one of them for good measure and I'm heading home happy.
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Post by redsoxpride34 on Jul 25, 2023 15:47:47 GMT -5
Wonder if there is any chance Bloom could send something with Kiké and snake Gavin Lux out of there? He did mention wanting a left hitting middle infielder. Lux hasn't played at all this year and is still on his way back from ACL surgery.
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