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Thread: Mookie Betts and David Price have been traded to Dodgers

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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    If it wasn't for Kinsler, they sweep the WS.
    Assuming another 2B made the play. While it looked like an easy play, let's not forget Kinsler won a Gold Glove that year...

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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    Why should I? Nobody else around here does.

    Weird that I have to be held to a different standard.
    Well, you are MVP. You are the GOLD standard.

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    There’s some good news on the progress of recently acquired outfielder Alex Verdugo, but also some added questions. Bradford writes that the 23-year-old has made major strides just since camp opened — but also that he may miss a month or more of the regular season.
    He's shaping up to be a bust.
    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
    He's shaping up to be a bust.
    Definitely. 100%. A whole month out. All over. Definitely.

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    Quote Originally Posted by a700hitter View Post
    He's shaping up to be a bust.
    I bet the Sox went into this trade realizing there was a chance for this to happen since he missed substantial time last year.
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    ( I won't say the "C word.")

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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    I bet the Sox went into this trade realizing there was a chance for this to happen since he missed substantial time last year.
    100% they did.
    Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1

    The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    100% they did.
    Exactly this.

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    Also, Verdugo is under control for a long while. Hard to call him a bust at this point. He wasn’t brought here to be Mookie 2.0.
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    ( I won't say the "C word.")

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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    Also, Verdugo is under control for a long while. Hard to call him a bust at this point.
    Yes, a tad premature.
    Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1

    The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    I bet the Sox went into this trade realizing there was a chance for this to happen since he missed substantial time last year.
    Bottom line: by trading Betts, they never expected -- or intended -- to contend in 2020. It was pretty obvious, but Verdugo's status further confirms it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    He wasn’t brought here to be Mookie 2.0.
    thats Pillar.
    other names i have posted under: none

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slasher9 View Post
    thats Pillar.
    Nope. He’s OF4.
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    ( I won't say the "C word.")

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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    I bet the Sox went into this trade realizing there was a chance for this to happen since he missed substantial time last year.
    Mookie was a pure salary dump. Verdugo is damaged goods. And Downs is no Jeter
    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

    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    "Relief pitchers are a crapshoot." No, the truth is "Crapshoot pitchers are relievers."

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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    Also, Verdugo is under control for a long while. Hard to call him a bust at this point. He wasn’t brought here to be Mookie 2.0.
    I am an early adopter of the “Verdugo is a Bust” verdict. Hopefully, he proves me wrong. I followed him a bit last year before he got injured and asked around NL fans about him. There wasn’t a lot of enthusiasm about him.
    The King of TalkSox has Spoken.

    Quote Originally Posted by a700hitter View Post
    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

    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    "Relief pitchers are a crapshoot." No, the truth is "Crapshoot pitchers are relievers."

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    Quote Originally Posted by a700hitter View Post
    I am an early adopter of the “Verdugo is a Bust” verdict. Hopefully, he proves me wrong. I followed him a bit last year before he got injured and asked around NL fans about him. There wasn’t a lot of enthusiasm about him.
    I was impressed by him in the Boston series in July and was convinced they'd demand him in any Betts trade. After a good rookie year and better upside, Verdugo appeared to be the best replacement available. Other posters inadvertently agreed, when they mocked my insistence at his inclusion for one-year-of-Mookie.

    Obviously, the odds of a monumental, franchise-defining trade turning out positive go down when the centerpiece is damaged goods. Though young guys can heal quickly from muscle pulls (legs, even shoulders, obliques, etc.), two problem areas that can linger forever are knees or backs...

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