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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Mar 7, 2021 19:48:36 GMT -5
Former Sox outfielder Shannon Wilkerson was diagnosed with T-Cell Lymphoma Cancer. There’s a Facebook fundraising page if anyone is interested ( Facebook Link). Back when I ran Sox Signatures I had a signing with him in 2013. He was the first signing I ever did and was awesome about introducing me to new players and helping my business grow. Always a nice guy, always made time for the fans after games, really a great kid.
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 25, 2021 15:17:45 GMT -5
I'm excited for NESN to continue carrying AAA games, seems like more than previous years too. I feel like they only carried like 10-20 a season before and usually just on night's when the Sox and Bruin's are off. Wonder if they'll broadcast some WooSox games when the Red Sox are on another network?
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 25, 2021 14:27:21 GMT -5
After shuttering Sox Signatures last year, I was looking for a new outlet. So I started a new blog about my 3 favorite topics; Scotch, Cigars and the Red Sox. I'll be posting reviews as well as tips, tricks, news, etc on Scotches and Cigars. And also posting at least one article a week on what's currently going on with the Sox. Please check it out and let me know what you guys think! Also have the normal social media pages ( Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook) if you want to follow along. Thanks!
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 25, 2021 8:14:49 GMT -5
Hooray! It's time for the annual Christopher Acosta update!
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 19, 2021 15:00:52 GMT -5
Wait til Chris finds out the "smiley" in the Amazon logo is an arrow that says Amazon has everything from "A to Z"
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 17, 2021 10:07:46 GMT -5
Nice HR off Major Leaguer Trevor Richards:
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 17, 2021 9:33:59 GMT -5
This is honestly one of my favorite Bloom era trades. It feels like the type of trade you pull in a video game, trading guys you were cutting anyways for prospects. The type of trade you would just never see in the Dombrowski era, in part because Dombrowski never would have accumulated excess depth guys like this in the first place. This is one of your favorite trades? Org. guys all around? I am afraid I am confused by the mise-en-abyme of it all: Bloom is a genius because of his Rays training, so he has mastered the art of sending guys we know are not valuable to chumps who don’t. Bbuuuuutttt.... this is to the RAYS, masters of knowing which prospects will bust and wizards of finding low hanging fruit. To believe Bloom has won, we must trust his Rays training; if he has won, then the Rays lose.... and then.... what... becomes.... of.... his... training??? Did O. Henry write this story? I don't know how you consider a Rays top 20 prospect an org guy (MLB has him at 15, FG has him at 23) especially when the Rays are considered to have one of the top farm systems in MLB
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 17, 2021 9:29:05 GMT -5
Will also mentioned that Jackie should be shooting for a 4 year deal to give him 10 years in the majors which would get him the MLB Pension, which is a very big deal for players. And it would be tough to get another 2-3 year deal in the future to hit that goal. I love Jackie. Hey, man, I love everyone. But, uh, once you’ve made $25 million in your career, pensions seem like they should be unnecessary. I don't know, if things go completely sideways in your life a guaranteed $100,000-$200,000 year is a pretty nice fall back.
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 17, 2021 9:22:20 GMT -5
Yea I'm very surprised on the return. Either Tampa sees something in Mazza/Springs that Bloom doesn't (or Bloom did last offseason but 2020 proved wrong), or Tampa has really low expectations on Hernandez reaching his ceiling. Fascinating trade though. For the Sox I feel it's win-win, because you either hit big on an offensive catcher putting it together, and at worse you gave up some fringy quad-A arms that could give you some competent MLB innings in a playoff hunt.
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 17, 2021 8:23:42 GMT -5
Will also mentioned that Jackie should be shooting for a 4 year deal to give him 10 years in the majors which would get him the MLB Pension, which is a very big deal for players. And it would be tough to get another 2-3 year deal in the future to hit that goal.
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 17, 2021 8:02:57 GMT -5
Interesting comment from Will Middlebrooks. They did come up in the minors together, so possibly talking from private conversations with Jackie, but he never tells how he knows this
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 10, 2021 21:03:57 GMT -5
Wouldn’t mind getting Kyle Isbel back....
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 4, 2021 9:07:37 GMT -5
If Dalbec has as a similar career to Corey Dickerson or Jason Bay, that would be a huge win. Don't forget this guys floor is more like Wily Mo Pena or Chris Davis circa 2017
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Mar 12, 2020 12:50:05 GMT -5
MLB will suspend operations per the usual suspects like Passan, Rosenthal, Sherman. Sherman says starting tomorrow. Opening Day likely to be delayed. WORST.......OFFSEASON.........EVER
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 18, 2020 14:30:05 GMT -5
So is the new market inefficiency acquiring high salary players with low AAV's to beat the luxury tax?
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 18, 2020 13:36:41 GMT -5
I love the idea and creativity, but this 100% depends on what we're trading away. Are we moving major leaguers? Some low end prospects? JBJ? I could see that happen. JBJ to SD, Myers and prospects to BOS. Pillar/Verdugo play CF, Myers gets some time in OF (more on the road than at Fenway at least in RF).
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 13, 2020 11:29:56 GMT -5
Right, the $11M 4th OF'er. And of course Puig wants to sign here where there's legitimate competition in the OF and he might not be guaranteed everyday at bats. Plus he's been a "clubhouse issue" multiple times, so perfect for a team that just lost 2 of it's leaders. Maybe they can sign him as the closer?
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 13, 2020 9:44:59 GMT -5
L Verdugo L Benintendi R Bogaerts R Martinez L Devers L Moreland R Peraza/R Chavis R Vazquez/R Plawecki L JBJ/ R Pillar
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 11, 2020 15:51:24 GMT -5
Where do you people come up with the trade ideas? Would you trade Triston Casas for a reliever like Workman? Because Vaughn is MUCH better than Casas. Keep reading. Workman for Herrera and two pitching prospects. You'd be lucky to get 1 guy off their top 30 for Workman. And any SP prospect coming back for a reliever is more likely a "could be a starter but more likely a reliever" type.
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 11, 2020 15:09:21 GMT -5
Where do you people come up with the trade ideas? Would you trade Triston Casas for a reliever like Workman? Because Vaughn is MUCH better than Casas.
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 11, 2020 8:36:18 GMT -5
Baseball will take that trade of more casual fans/more revenue/more entertaining product on the field come playoff time. Getting more casual fans to watch it is exactly what brings in more revenue. The diehards will always be there, despite them not agreeing with the way they think baseball should be played. I welcome any revenue making ideas Mafred has, even the crappy ones because that's what's going to ensure that baseball doesn't become a regional or dying sport in my lifetime and that's the only thing that's important in my eyes. I'll never stop watching the greatest game on earth, baseball. No, the diehards will not always be there. I quit the NHL, I've quit MLB before.Kind of a contradictory sentence there...
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 10, 2020 11:51:55 GMT -5
Mata/Barnes/Walden/Workman
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 7, 2020 15:33:56 GMT -5
This years pick doesn't have anything to do with spending this years. Last year's spending did. You also don't lose a pick, it gets pushed back 10 spots if you going 40 million over the tax line. Why are we debating this? We aren't 40 million over. Even if we don't make a trade our picks don't come into play unless they spend more money. This was always about money, not picks. Heck the pick being moved back saves Henry money. The tax rates are 20, 30, and 50% in there basic form. Resetting doesn't save you a ton, the year you reset by not spending I'd where you save the most money. Oh no our 16 million tax bill will jump to like 20 million we have to reset ASAP! The biggest savings is chopping the 40 million in payroll, not the tax money. Clearly the tax matters because both the Yankees and Dodgers deliberately cut payroll to reset the tax rate to just go over it again the following season. All the highest payroll teams are all doing the same thing
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 7, 2020 15:06:27 GMT -5
So next year you can go back over the tax at 20% and not lose a pick
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Post by The Town Sports Cards on Feb 7, 2020 9:15:00 GMT -5
Take Brent Rooker, he's not much defensively but that's a solid bat
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