2K24: Boston Red Sox

[Controller Jacobs]

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[Controller Jacobs]

Sox did a great job unloaded their bad contracts before 2013, but have set themselves up as needing to be players in free agency.
They'll have to re-sign or replace Ellsbury, Drew, Napoli and Saltalamacchia.

They also have a lot of 2015 FAs, including: Ortiz, Peavy, Dempster, Lester, Gomes, Uehara.

[revo]

Red sox non tender Andrew Bailey and Ryan Kalish.

[Don Quixote]

Pierzynski signed for one year, $8.25 million

[joncarlos]

Does Ellsbury's departure open up a full-time job for JBJ? Or do they move Victorino back to CF and sign a corner guy?

[Don Quixote]

Does Ellsbury's departure open up a full-time job for JBJ? Or do they move Victorino back to CF and sign a corner guy?

I am assuming that Bradley is the fallback plan in case they don't sign one of the remaining major free agents.

[Controller Jacobs]

I am assuming that Bradley is the fallback plan in case they don't sign one of the remaining major free agents.

I read one article suggesting that Bradley isn't the fallback plan - he's the plan.

If so, the Red Sox could end up just signing a 1B and reliever(s). If so, that's a confident GM.

[Don Quixote]

I read one article suggesting that Bradley isn't the fallback plan - he's the plan.

If so, the Red Sox could end up just signing a 1B and reliever(s). If so, that's an overconfident GM.

Fixed.

Cherington turning into Theo "I am such a genius, anything I do is perfect" Epstein? Has he ever heard of "past performance is not an indication of future results"?

I like Bradley, but adding him to the outfield while subtracting Ellsbury is a major, major downgrade, even if they upgrade the bullpen and maybe 1B.

[heyelander]

Cherington turning into Theo "I am such a genius, anything I do is perfect" Epstein? Has he ever heard of "past performance is not an indication of future results"?

referencing mistakes of the last GM and then asking if the new one has ever heard of past performance not being indicatitive future results seems like contradictory logic.

[Don Quixote]

referencing mistakes of the last GM and then asking if the new one has ever heard of past performance not being indicatitive future results seems like contradictory logic.

Theo made a lot of mistakes--and of course did a lot of things very right. His downfall in Boston was when he started believing his press clippings and started claiming all of the credit that should have been spread throughout the organization. What I was trying to say is that Cherington should be careful, that humility and sharing the credit go a long way, and that he should remember that getting it right once does not guarantee that one's way is always right.

[Don Quixote]

Rumor--Red Sox and David Ortiz talking about an extension through 2015. It's completely understandable after the year he had in 2013. Other than maybe Edgar Martinez, has there ever been a better (almost) full-time DH?

[chancellor]

Frank Thomas

[DJBeasties]

Postseason legend. Hope he stays the rest of his career.

[Don Quixote]

Frank Thomas

True, but The Big Hurt played a lot more 1B than DH for most of the first half of his career, through 1997, and played a significant amount there through 2000. I still tend to think of him as a first baseman.

[the splinter]

Theo made a lot of mistakes--and of course did a lot of things very right. His downfall in Boston was when he started believing his press clippings and started claiming all of the credit that should have been spread throughout the organization. What I was trying to say is that Cherington should be careful, that humility and sharing the credit go a long way, and that he should remember that getting it right once does not guarantee that one's way is always right.

Theo's mistakes were signing players to big money long term contracts...something Cherington seems unwilling to do. Maybe he did learn from past mistakes after all.