2020-2021 Offseason Thread

[notin]

a) Only one team can win it all. You also spend to entertain the fans a bit, no? They pay the bills, after all.
b) Charlie Morton got $15 million, arguably an overpay by current standards. If we signed him and traded him at the deadline he would cost us about $10 million, putting us over the tax threshold. And what if he flops.

Also, he DID ACQUIRE one year guys. Richard, Perez, Ottavino. Just because he did not acquire them all doesn’t mean he didn’t do it.

And was 38yo Charlie Morton really going to sign with a rebuilding team?

[dgalehouse]

In fact, the Red Sox took a bigger step down (.148 point drop on winning pct.) from 2018 to 2019 than they did from 2019 to 2020 (.119 point drop in winning percentage)...

That is really an unfair comparison. 108 wins gives you a lot more room to fall than 84 wins does. The drop in winning percentage is not a good way to look at it. However , I am by no means defending Dombrowski's inertia during the 2018 - 2019 off season. That was the beginning of the decline.

[notin]

That is really an unfair comparison. 108 wins gives you a lot more room to fall than 84 wins does. The drop in winning percentage is not a good way to look at it. However , I am by no means defending Dombrowski's inertia during the 2018 - 2019 off season. That was the beginning of the decline.

That was the point. That the decline started before Bloom even got here...

[Sox75]

https://www.overthemonster.com/2021/...ant-josh-osich

Sounds good!

[mvp 78]

The Red Sox outrighted Marcus Walden to Triple-A after the right-hander cleared waivers, and Walden is remaining in Boston’s big league spring camp.

[moonslav59]

The Red Sox outrighted Marcus Walden to Triple-A after the right-hander cleared waivers, and Walden is remaining in Boston’s big league spring camp.

Big surprise!

(Sarcasm alert)

[Bellhorn04]

The Red Sox outrighted Marcus Walden to Triple-A after the right-hander cleared waivers, and Walden is remaining in Boston’s big league spring camp.

Gotta keep some of The Fungibles around.

[mvp 78]

Gotta keep some of The Fungibles around.

I'd keep all those AAAA guys around. Especially a guy like Walden who did have a pretty decent stretch at one point. Maybe he just flames out and his career ends in WOO this season? Maybe he become serviceable and gets another shot?

[notin]

Gotta keep some of The Fungibles around.

He will only help out more there by artificially inflating the statistics of opposing prospects...

[Bellhorn04]

He will only help out more there by artificially inflating the statistics of opposing prospects...

My guess is he sees action for us at some point this year.

[moonslav59]

He's nice AAAA depth.

He put up decent numbers over 2 seasons, so we know he can get it done.

[mvp 78]

He's nice AAAA depth.

He put up decent numbers over 2 seasons, so we know he can get it done.

He lost velo last year. If it doesn't come back, he's toast.

[notin]

My guess is he sees action for us at some point this year.

Yes, he very likely will. As will a few other AAAA arms. The actual prospects who se time will come from a very limited set that includes (but is not necessarily limited to) Houck, Mata, Seabold, Bazardo, and Feltman...

[notin]

He lost velo last year. If it doesn't come back, he's toast.

A lot of pitchers lost velo last year, which might have been a result of a truncated spring training with limited work followed by regular season with limited appearances...

[mvp 78]

A lot of pitchers lost velo last year, which might have been a result of a truncated spring training with limited work followed by regular season with limited appearances...

I agree. It's why it's good that he's still around. Decent chance for a bounce back. However, he's on the wrong side of 30 and won't be getting any better here on out.