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Post by grandsalami on Aug 3, 2023 23:14:57 GMT -5
Poor Angeles fans
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 2, 2023 19:01:24 GMT -5
He did make an amazing over the head catch today after a long rund down the 3rd base foul territory. Although not disagreeing with your overall point. Be great if he ticked up a bit on offense too. Yup.
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 2, 2023 18:09:40 GMT -5
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 2, 2023 17:57:21 GMT -5
He's added Kiké for CF, Duvall, Story, Mondesi, JBJ, Chang... Bloom clearly values good defense. The bad defensive numbers have a lot to do with a) Kiké being inexplicably atrocious, and b) guys playing out of position to cover gaps in the roster due to injuries or underperformance (e.g. Arroy in RF, Franchy at 1B, etc.). I do kinda wonder if the coaching staff doesn't emphasize it enough though. I don't really know how else to explain the failures of communication on the field like that Devers/Chang bumble. Or why guys like Devers and Casas can have such frequent lapses.
This year in particular Devers, Casas, Duvall, Turner and Arroyo have all also had pretty notable regressions in their defense which doesn't help. Devers is being paid the big %%% this year, he has no excuse for being this bad in the field... and in the past 14 days has only 3 RBI... So he should look infward
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 2, 2023 17:45:52 GMT -5
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 2, 2023 17:36:43 GMT -5
Love Devers, even with the warts, but if you are gonna call out the FO for help, you gotta be squeaky clean 99 percent of the time. 10000%. for what he is being paid, he needs to work on his fielding
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 2, 2023 9:50:09 GMT -5
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 1, 2023 19:09:18 GMT -5
I don’t see any scenario in which Theo throws himself into this pressure cooker again, regardless of how much money is in the brinks truck that John Henry would send to his house Yup. Also different era’s. Theo was here when teams like the sox and yankees could spend in both the draft and FA Without any limits.
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 1, 2023 18:22:18 GMT -5
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 1, 2023 18:12:29 GMT -5
What about Blake Swihart for Hamels? Part of being a great GM is identifying the guys you want to build around and cashing out on prospects with value before they fail at higher levels. It doesn’t take a good GM to just hold everybody in the minors. Whatever, first do no harm like paying (trash)Panda and the dessicated corpse of Hanley.
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 1, 2023 17:09:56 GMT -5
I disagree. Sometimes the best trades are the ones you don’t make. This team has the pieces needed to go to the playoffs and they needed to stay under the cap. I would’ve loved to see a King’s Ransom for Paxton or Verdugo if one was on the table but I also understand not giving up on this team. yup... anyone is tradable if someone wants to offer a stupid package.. you dont just trade Paxton or ____ player just because the fans/local media demand you do something.... If someone offered a stupid package for paxton he would have been traded... pretty clear nobody offered anything that would make trading him worthwhile
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 1, 2023 16:54:18 GMT -5
ok and? if you are soo angry go call into WEEI Why bother? Team has no set direction. I see you get your talking points from the brainless idiots on sports talk radio.... "Team has no set direction" laughably false
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 1, 2023 16:48:39 GMT -5
The big trade deadline deal right now is selling Kiké. Wow ok and? if you are soo angry go call into WEEI
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 1, 2023 15:47:15 GMT -5
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 1, 2023 15:44:06 GMT -5
that can happen with any player even ones you trade for.... so try again.... All 3 have an extensive injury history...different Try again Houck got hit in the face by a line drive.... if you think thats extensive injury history you are insane
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 1, 2023 15:40:28 GMT -5
Houck Sale and Whitlock. They could all come back or they could all end up being shut down for another injury. Neither would surprise me. that can happen with any player even ones you trade for.... so try again....
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 1, 2023 15:29:57 GMT -5
I’m not sure Hill is that guy. Very happy not to get him. Thats debatable. But he's better than an opener who could be better served in the pen. lol
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 1, 2023 15:24:45 GMT -5
It would appear that they certainly *could* - the question is if they really wanted to - and if not why? I didn't really want either of them so I won't expend a lot of effort in amateur long-distance psychoanalysis and just presume that they were meh on it. They need an arm that can go 5 innings. At that point beggers can't be choosers. Hill would have been boring but he would have been fine. against this isnt fantasy baseball... you dont just make a trade just because
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 1, 2023 15:15:16 GMT -5
Back then? As in 5 years ago? Or do you mean when he was still the owner less than 2 years ago when we were in the ALCS? You do realize there is a competitive advantage to resetting the luxury tax and remaining under the threshold not only this year but every once and a while, right? The Dodgers do it too. Do you think they are a bad exemplar of a franchise for sustained success? You can answer these questions here or reflect on them on your own time, but this is the only energy I’m expending in response to a terribly misguided post. You can't reason someone out of something that they weren't reasoned into in the first place. So you can't give me an example of them spending this year. Cool. Could have just said that. *dead horse.gif*
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 1, 2023 15:14:47 GMT -5
Yoda is the Yankees manager?
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 1, 2023 15:06:22 GMT -5
this thread is becoming indistinguishable from the comments section of a WEEI article Same thing happens on hfboards for hockey, people start getting FOMO and panicking and pollute the internet with nonsense HFboards servers are run on windows 98 machines as well.. any trade for the past 8 years causes the entire site to crash for hours
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 1, 2023 15:00:48 GMT -5
this thread is becoming indistinguishable from the comments section of a WEEI article
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 1, 2023 14:48:46 GMT -5
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 1, 2023 14:07:11 GMT -5
Astros get Verlander Rangers get Scherzer Rays get Civale Angels get Giolito Who will the Redsox get? Ah... Ray Jay Johnson. prices for rentals are absurd... so glad they are not making a move just because
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 1, 2023 14:05:07 GMT -5
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