It's important to note that the team with the worst record this year will not automatically have the first pick in the next draft.
They're going to be using a formula based on teams' records for 2019 and 2020.
It's important to note that the team with the worst record this year will not automatically have the first pick in the next draft.
They're going to be using a formula based on teams' records for 2019 and 2020.
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.
That’s not written in stone. From what I’ve read, the MLBPA granted the commish the right to alter the 2021 draft if the season was less than 81 games. As to how it’s altered, nothing tangible. The most likely scenario is not an alteration of draft order but a shortening of the draft to 20 rounds
Great timing and a dynamite OP by moonslav. oldtimer is right to applaud him.
Almost everyone on talksox is way ahead of me on figuring what to do about 2021 in terms of deals and players.
Having said that, it is a no-brainer to say that the pitching must be fixed. I'm a believer that bad pitching is bad in itself--by giving up those runs (and the Sox ERA is now comfortably last in MLB)--and also bad psychologically because the lineup players all know no runs are enough, ditto great defensive plays, stolen bases, whatever.
That said, the recent experience with DD and the commentary on talksox have convinced me that no fix, no matter how clearly needed, will be easy.
Not sure the draft order matters as much as the 2020 draft will be the bigest crapshoot in drafting history. MLB drafts are inherently that way to begin with, but now with the additional factor of no college and high school seasons, making the most recent scouting reports 12 months old minimum...
2021 draft order will matter a TON to you in 2021. If they don’t alter the rules, I think the sox are going to be the 2nd team selecting
Good to see you here, Maz.
Yes, pitching, pitching and then, more pitching.
The return of Sale may help late 2021 or 2022. ERod and Eovaldi may help.
A major pick-up should happen this winter or next summer/winter- maybe 2.
We have 4-6 gaping holes for 2021, but we also have $70-90M to spend and Pedey's deal going away, soon.
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Sox claimed former Giant Andrew Triggs.
Triggs looked promising 4-5 years ago, but he’s been injured a lot. He’s had thoracic outlet syndrome, which is the same injury that all but ended the career of Tyler Thornburg...
Oh please. We’ve seen this show before.
New GM drafts carefully and signs top young prospects and makes shrewd deals to horde more elite young talent. Henry gets frustrated by team performance at MLB level and fires New GM, and then brings in trusty veteran GM who guts everything for a quickie title and departs, leaving a wake of bad contracts amidst a dumpster fire of a farm system. Lather. Rinse. Repeat...