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    Chris Sale (plus $17mil) traded to Atlanta for Vaughn Grissom

    OK, well, for those who were resigned from the outset to 2024 being another non-competitive season, it makes the trade less likely to have a negative impact. Being resigned to non-competitive puts a different slant on everything.
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    Chris Sale (plus $17mil) traded to Atlanta for Vaughn Grissom

    But you can say it may turn out that way.
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    Chris Sale (plus $17mil) traded to Atlanta for Vaughn Grissom

    Yeah, it's hard to keep our biases out of our hypothetical statements. The only thing I object to in statements about this trade are the ones that imply that it can't possibly be a bad one for the Red Sox.
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    Chris Sale (plus $17mil) traded to Atlanta for Vaughn Grissom

    Yeah, not many horses left, are there? Phillies seem to have a couple in Wheeler and Nola. But as you say, it feels like they're all one pitch away now.
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    Red Sox acquire Zack Short

    Diminutive?
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    5/8: Sale Day takes on a new meaning

    I'd chalk it all up to luck. The Braves of course figured that since he looked OK at the end of 2023 it was worth the gamble.
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    5/8: Sale Day takes on a new meaning

    For the sake of full information, his contract with the Sox included a vesting option for 2025 if he finished in the top 10 in 2024 AL Cy Young voting and was not on the IL at the end of the season.
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    5/8: Sale Day takes on a new meaning

    I think this was a very ballsy trade by Breslow, and it could work out great for the Sox, but you're making it sound like it'll be viewed as a good trade even if Sale stays healthy and puts up 3 top tier seasons for the Braves. That seems like a stretch. Needless to say the Braves would be...
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    Red Sox, Ceddanne Rafaela agree to contract extension

    You really like to get personal, to a somewhat creepy degree. It seems to flow from your hatred of being disagreed with, even on such an obviously contentious matter as extra inning losses and game management.
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    May: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins

    Thank you, I thought it was a perfectly fair and reasonable question too.
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    May: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins

    Wow, you are the champ. Purely anecdotal armchair evidence, got it, thanks.
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    Red Sox, Ceddanne Rafaela agree to contract extension

    You're basing the damning judgment of a rookie on small samples and volatile measuring tools. How can you ignore what his move to shortstop seems to have done for the team's defense? Who would you prefer at SS right now?
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    May: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins

    You seem to be saying that if a team has a disproportionately bad record in extra innings it must be attributable to bad management. I think most would agree that Bochy is a good manager. Last year the Rangers were 88-64 in 9 inning games and 2-8 in extra inning games. I think it's mostly...
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    March/April: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins

    What kind of question is that? :p I've been following baseball for about 60 years now, and analyzing it seems to get more confounding all the time.
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    Sox to trade for Garrett Cooper, Pablo Reyes DFA’d

    You can almost see Dalbec being a guy that's in the Sox organization after his playing days.
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