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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 10, 2024 13:49:11 GMT -5
We're a worse team today than the team that finished the year in last place. We're not close yet.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 10, 2024 1:47:19 GMT -5
Read a post wrong - my bad
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 9, 2024 19:43:30 GMT -5
Somewhere Cotillo takes a sip of whiskey.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 8, 2024 18:18:45 GMT -5
Jesus, Cotillo is really looking like the guy who wants to piss in the Red Sox bowl of cheerios. The proverbial turd in the punch bowl. We might as well call him Nostradamus at this point. Sad all the anger is being pointed at him instead of where it belongs
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 8, 2024 13:12:30 GMT -5
What is going on? Usually after the top guys come off the board things get moving! NBA has most deals done before free agency even starts, MLB we're talking about spring training, that's crazy. League may have to install a more narrow window of time in which players can be signed Gotta be something in it for the players, though, or else it's just another way to keep their value down. Why not something like this: If you sign a contract prior to December 15 you get put into a pool, call it the early bird pool. Then, put a surcharge of like 10% on every contract that is signed after December 15. That surcharge money gets paid out evenly to the players in the early bird pool. Then there is incentive for both the team and the players to have a contract finished before that date.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 7, 2024 23:08:31 GMT -5
As we've seen, doing ONLY prudent and rational moves get you a full roster of guys worth 1.2 WAR and no post-season. Funny you should say that after we didn't sign a guy with a.... 1.2 WAR projection. He hasn't had that low of a WAR season since he came into the league, and that number doesn't account for him moving to a park that he was basically designed to play in - but sure.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 7, 2024 23:00:32 GMT -5
As we've seen, doing ONLY prudent and rational moves get you a full roster of guys worth 1.2 WAR and no post-season. Yeah and Cotillo is getting mad that we want to trade away a combined 1.8 WAR away that cost a combined $34 million No, he's not getting mad. He's just reporting - cause that's like...his job - that the Sox aren't willing to spend any money without some going out first. Some other people are just getting mad that he's reporting the things he's reporting.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 7, 2024 22:31:33 GMT -5
Cotillo has been exactly right this off-season. Just because a bunch of homers want to complain when someone says something bad about the Red Sox doesn't mean much of anything. The Sox have thoroughly embarrassed themselves over the last few years, and are now refusing to move off the same track that put them there. Yeah prudent and rational moves are “being cheap” According to Cotillo trading and old deliver on a 1 year expensive deal and an extremely overpaid DH in Yoshida is proof ownership is being cheap… Like no those moves would actually be smart. Find it hard to believe anyone would take Yoshida on his contact and actually trade anything of value for it As we've seen, doing ONLY prudent and rational moves get you a full roster of guys worth 1.2 WAR and no post-season.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 7, 2024 22:14:54 GMT -5
Cotillo has been exactly right this off-season. Just because a bunch of homers want to complain when someone says something bad about the Red Sox doesn't mean much of anything. The Sox have thoroughly embarrassed themselves over the last few years, and are now refusing to move off the same track that put them there. Lol. Literally the only team that has spent much money this offseason is the dodgers. Nobody else. Dude has an axe to grind I only said homer once. I thought you weren't supposed to appear until I said it three times? The only moves the Sox have made have been after they've cut spending. Cotillo pointing that out and, yeah he's horrible. Get over yourself.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 7, 2024 22:11:26 GMT -5
Cotillo is obsessed with the ownership doesn’t spend anything narrative Cotillo has been exactly right this off-season. Just because a bunch of homers want to complain when someone says something bad about the Red Sox doesn't mean much of anything. The Sox have thoroughly embarrassed themselves over the last few years, and are now refusing to move off the same track that put them there.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 7, 2024 22:01:10 GMT -5
We're getting utility player Dalbec again, aren't we? Just think of the VALUE, though!
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 7, 2024 21:53:44 GMT -5
Do we have to wait until the end of the season for our "Didn't sign anyone that may possibly not be as valuable as the contract they got" award?
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 7, 2024 21:46:52 GMT -5
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 2, 2024 17:31:53 GMT -5
The fangraphs take on this trade is that Grissom is just a utility infielder but it's still a good trade for the Red Sox because they're not trying to make the playoffs this year anyway.
Fangraphs better chill out before someone calls them a WEEI caller...
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Post by swingingbunt on Dec 30, 2023 16:00:38 GMT -5
Sale was at his best when he was able to spot all of his pitches. He hasn't really been able to do that in a while. This is a move that might make us worse this year, but it's fun. And fun is good.
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Post by swingingbunt on Dec 26, 2023 19:32:41 GMT -5
I'll gladly read it when it's posted then. But expecting people to just carry on any type of analysis, just for the sake of analysis, when there is literally nothing new to analyze is a bit silly. but saying the same thing voer and over and over and over and over again is pointless as well Haven't you just been calling anyone who is negative about the Sox a WEEI caller over and over and over? And for that matter, isn't copying and pasting the exact same message on multiple messages boards the exact same thing? Asking for a friend.
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Post by swingingbunt on Dec 26, 2023 18:37:57 GMT -5
What type of analysis are you interested in seeing from people when after two months the biggest signing the Sox have had is for players on a minor league deal? Probably something related to baseball I'll gladly read it when it's posted then. But expecting people to just carry on any type of analysis, just for the sake of analysis, when there is literally nothing new to analyze is a bit silly.
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Post by swingingbunt on Dec 26, 2023 18:03:08 GMT -5
It’s so valuable when people keep making sure no one forgets the words “full throttle” were used. Surely there can be no more interesting analysis than measuring each day what the Red Sox are doing against that time-tested rubric. What type of analysis are you interested in seeing from people when after two months the biggest signing the Sox have had is for players on a minor league deal?
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Post by swingingbunt on Dec 25, 2023 2:45:44 GMT -5
Dude this post is straight apologetic. They were going to be interested in all the players but after two months of the off-season things were just moving too fast for them? It's pretty simple...either 1) Breslow can't walk and chew gum at the same time, or 2) they were never interested in them to begin with because we're shopping from the same bargain bins we've been shopping in for the past few years. For the life of me I can't understand why posters haven't gotten the message. He wasn't coming to the Red Sox, he wasn't going to the Mets, the Yankees, the Blue Jays or to any other team not named the Dodgers. It was preordained when Ohtani left the trail into LA littered with bundles of cash. It isn't about Boston's or any other front office. Its about a sea change in the direction of MLB. The game has been propelled into the Japanese-American stratosphere. Passan is one of the few journalists who've properly framed this. Local writers are stuck in a past that no longer exists. Not exactly sure why you quoted me. I totally agree with you, and it's why not moving onto either one of Rodriguez or Lugo (if we were ever interested in the first place - which I doubt we were at this point) is so baffling to me.
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Post by swingingbunt on Dec 24, 2023 19:52:57 GMT -5
Assuming we're not going to spend on Montgomery or Snell, who are some actual targets that are better than him? Imanaga might be one. Stroman is another (but hasn't he been vocal in the past about his dislike for Boston?). There's a small handful of players who might be available in a trade, but they are going to cost at least one of the core prospects. Who else would we realistically have a shot at this point? My comment wasn't calling out posters who were bringing up his name - it's the fact that he's basically our best get at this point of free agency. Imanaga is both a target of the Red Sox in all the reporting I've seen and better than Giolito in all the projections I've seen. An Imanaga/Giolito combo would be pretty exciting, if you ask me. Imanaga/Paxton would be good. Giolito/Paxton would be acceptable. Signing only one SP would be disappointing. Signing just Paxton would be comical.
I'm still more worried about the position player side than the pitching.
I can't even think of a punchline strong enough for a joke centered around "Full Throttle" being the codeword for a Giolito/Paxton combo.
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Post by swingingbunt on Dec 24, 2023 19:34:39 GMT -5
Imagine how badly someone would have been flamed two months ago for saying our big pitching aquisition should be Lucas Giolito. This off-season has really put the F.U. in Full Throttle Nobody is saying that Assuming we're not going to spend on Montgomery or Snell, who are some actual targets that are better than him? Imanaga might be one. Stroman is another (but hasn't he been vocal in the past about his dislike for Boston?). There's a small handful of players who might be available in a trade, but they are going to cost at least one of the core prospects. Who else would we realistically have a shot at this point? My comment wasn't calling out posters who were bringing up his name - it's the fact that he's basically our best get at this point of free agency.
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Post by swingingbunt on Dec 24, 2023 17:08:06 GMT -5
Imagine how badly someone would have been flamed two months ago for saying our big pitching aquisition should be Lucas Giolito.
This off-season has really put the F.U. in Full Throttle
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Post by swingingbunt on Dec 24, 2023 15:17:19 GMT -5
You're right, they were super interested but we just can't outspend the big spenders like Arizona and Kansas City. How stupid of me! Huh? They reportedly did not want to get ahead of the market because they were looking at Yamamoto, Montgomery, et al. Being interested in a player doesn’t mean they have to sign him no matter what Dude this post is straight apologetic. They were going to be interested in all the players but after two months of the off-season things were just moving too fast for them? It's pretty simple...either 1) Breslow can't walk and chew gum at the same time, or 2) they were never interested in them to begin with because we're shopping from the same bargain bins we've been shopping in for the past few years.
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Post by swingingbunt on Dec 24, 2023 14:10:50 GMT -5
If it were Dan Shaughnessy or Tomase I'd agree with you. McAdam is great though and I'm sure he doesn't write this lightly. At the same time, even good reporters have to sell papers (metaphorically, at least). “The Red Sox are still not giving anything away to reporters” is less attractive a scoop than “the perception in the industry is that the Red Sox aren’t spending any money.” Totally fair. But it's a data point from a very reliable reporter.
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Post by swingingbunt on Dec 24, 2023 13:41:29 GMT -5
Guys, that McAdam article is nonsense. Like literally - it's full of internal contradictions, which I pointed out above. I recommend you wait to get mad about the team failing to sign any decent starters until after they've actually failed to sign any decent starters. exactly. Industry source could be Bloom Or someone from NYY for all we know. If it were Dan Shaughnessy or Tomase I'd agree with you. McAdam is great though and I'm sure he doesn't write this lightly.
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