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    Dave Dombrowski

    I keep reading posts and articles where people give Dave Dombrowski grief for trading prospects. It should be noted that 4 of the 5 Red Sox all stars were either traded for by Dave or signed as a FA. None of the prospects he has traded have really amounted to much so far. His July trades last year were all good and his trade for Steve Pearce this year is already looking like gold. The Sox have won back to back AL East titles and have the best record in MLB. Dave Dombrowski is doing a great job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tedballgame View Post
    I keep reading posts and articles where people give Dave Dombrowski grief for trading prospects. It should be noted that 4 of the 5 Red Sox all stars were either traded for by Dave or signed as a FA. None of the prospects he has traded have really amounted to much so far. His July trades last year were all good and his trade for Steve Pearce this year is already looking like gold. The Sox have won back to back AL East titles and have the best record in MLB. Dave Dombrowski is doing a great job.
    But the cliff!!!!!!!
    "Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.


    "It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spudboy View Post
    But the cliff!!!!!!!
    Damn that Dave! He picked us up out of the abyss only to point us straight at a cliff.
    The King of TalkSox has Spoken.

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    Chaim, you are in the big leagues now. Drawing 10,000 fans a game is not going to cut it, and people don’t buy tickets to Fenway to talk about the Farm

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    "Relief pitchers are a crapshoot." No, the truth is "Crapshoot pitchers are relievers."

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    Quote Originally Posted by a700hitter View Post
    Damn that Dave! He picked us up out of the abyss only to point us straight at a cliff.
    damn that "desperate Dave" lol - Kansas City adopted the Houston mehod of building primarily from within and it worked for a while for them. How's it looking these days? There is no one perfect way to produce winners year after year. I like the Red Sox way. Combination.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tedballgame View Post
    I keep reading posts and articles where people give Dave Dombrowski grief for trading prospects. It should be noted that 4 of the 5 Red Sox all stars were either traded for by Dave or signed as a FA. None of the prospects he has traded have really amounted to much so far. His July trades last year were all good and his trade for Steve Pearce this year is already looking like gold. The Sox have won back to back AL East titles and have the best record in MLB. Dave Dombrowski is doing a great job.
    There is no grief and no argument whatsoever about how great a job Dombrowski has done for the present.

    It's the impending cliff that some of us have a problem with.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cp176 View Post
    damn that "desperate Dave" lol - Kansas City adopted the Houston mehod of building primarily from within and it worked for a while for them. How's it looking these days? There is no one perfect way to produce winners year after year. I like the Red Sox way. Combination.
    Except Dave is not using a combination.

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    There you go Ted.
    "Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.


    "It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."

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    We are going to see a lot of posts that look very familiar here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moonslav59 View Post
    ( I won't say the "C word.")

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    What star has he traded? Moncada leads the league in strike outs. He may never be great. Shaw has been good but its hard to hit on every trade. Sox are fine at first and third so where would Shaw play? Thornburg has to work his way back. Kopech is struggling in AAA. The guys he traded to San Diego for Kimbrel were never going to play for the Sox. Anderson Espinosa has not pitched in 2 years. What "Stars" has he traded away? Moncada would be the closest and the Sox got Sale for him. That was a great trade. Dave is not taking the Sox toward any cliff. The key will be signing all or most of Sale, Bogaerts, Betts, and Kimbrel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tedballgame View Post
    What star has he traded? Moncada leads the league in strike outs. He may never be great. Shaw has been good but its hard to hit on every trade. Sox are fine at first and third so where would Shaw play? Thornburg has to work his way back. Kopech is struggling in AAA. The guys he traded to San Diego for Kimbrel were never going to play for the Sox. Anderson Espinosa has not pitched in 2 years. What "Stars" has he traded away? Moncada would be the closest and the Sox got Sale for him. That was a great trade. Dave is not taking the Sox toward any cliff. The key will be signing all or most of Sale, Bogaerts, Betts, and Kimbrel.
    And he didn't trade Benintendi or Devers.
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    Chaim, you are in the big leagues now. Drawing 10,000 fans a game is not going to cut it, and people don’t buy tickets to Fenway to talk about the Farm

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    "Relief pitchers are a crapshoot." No, the truth is "Crapshoot pitchers are relievers."

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    The longing for the days of Ben Cherington is one of life's mysteries. The team's turnaround with Dombrowski was immediate and impressive. Sale , Kimbrel and Martinez are among the best in the game. Possible Hall of Famers. The traded prospects , for the most part , have achieved little or nothing. If he had held onto them , their trade value would be less today than it was then. Dombrowski is much preferable to Cherington. I don't see how that can be disputed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    We are going to see a lot of posts that look very familiar here.
    Can't wait to rehash the Kimbrel trade for the 987th time, and read a few doctoral dissertations on the Cliff Theory.

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    DD has done exactly what most of us said he would do on the day the Red Sox hired him. He has decimated/traded away the Farm. If it turns into at least 1 parade it’s worth it. ALE titles are NOT worth it IMO....
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    I'd rather a decimated farm system than 3 last place finishes in 4 years. Those were some shitty summers.
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