http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/01/26/next-winters-woes/ Bringing BP-quality analysis to Boston Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/01/26/next-winters-woes/#comment-15557 Wed, 31 Jan 2018 10:50:53 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=33768#comment-15557 The gifts of Ben Cherington just keep on giving.

]]> http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/01/26/next-winters-woes/#comment-15522 Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:35:22 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=33768#comment-15522 Perhaps the Sox should throw in that 6th year for JDM to get him done at $140 or $150MM. The alternative should not be hoping to enter the Harper/Machado sweepstakes, which will cost 3 times as much for a position player who is not really needed. Bill James is very down on Machado, anyway, so that’s not going to happen (on top of Sox pitchers having thrown at his head and behind him in 2017). And it’s not really that compelling a list of near-future FAs in spite of the ballyhoo–where on the Sox do you put any of those 2018-19 position players? Additionally, to put it bluntly, as suggested above, the Sox are in a real salary jam. Why the same uninspiring team from 2017 should now cost $210MM is not only a mystery, it’s ultimately a travesty of lost opportunities, even though few of those are listed above (Andrus, Blackmon, Pollock, Murphy–really? No.). The 2018-19 off-season is not the answer for the Sox.

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