2018 official Boston Red Sox thread

Barndog · October 30, 2018 4:57PM

would love to see that $31 million spent elsewhere. Eovaldi might not get huge money due to his medical history, but he will get paid. Be nice if Rodriguez finally steps up as a full-season starter.

MCMLVTopps · October 30, 2018 6:36PM

Well guys...I'm not the OP here, but hung in through most of the thread. Obviously our team had a sensational season and won the WS in short order. Always coming back, scoring runs with 2 outs, batting champs, MVP stuff, we experienced it all this year.

I'll be getting the baseball package next year and will be looking forward to a great 2019. Maybe Pitboss or Perkdog will open the thread next year.

My best wishes to all for a great Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. May we all meet again in about 5 months and hopefully enjoy another exciting year with our team and whatever changes are made.

On a personal note, I have a couple of cruises coming up in 2019, March and June, and a nice Norway cruise In July to celebrate my B-day. Having traveled to Australia, Tasmania and both islands of New Zealand, and a nice 16 days in Italy and Sicily within the last year...trust me...go if you can, go while you're young and enjoy this wonderful world. The flights are no piece of cake, especially LA - Sydney, but the end justifies the means.

My best wishes to all for a great Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. May we all meet again in about 5 months and hopefully enjoy another exciting year with our team and whatever changes are made.

Boston Red Sox
2018 World Champions

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bronco2078 · October 31, 2018 9:31AM

@1970s said:

My cousin Seth Shuman who works for the Red Sox in marketing. ( I proposed to my wife 30 years ago in his parents house in Roxbury). Picture was taken yesterday.

seth shuman or seth shulman with an L ? I went to summer camp with seth shulman with an L in the late 70's he had a brother named tony and I think they were both adopted

erikthredd · October 31, 2018 9:59AM

Price opted in to the final four years.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25134101/david-price-says-stay-boston-red-sox

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bronco2078 · October 31, 2018 10:48AM

@1970s said:

@bronco2078 said:

seth shuman or seth shulman with an L ? I went to summer camp with seth shulman with an L in the late 70's he had a brother named tony and I think they were both adopted

Seth's sister Allysa works for the San Diego Padres. Allysa worked for the Los Angeles Dodgers before the Dodgers owners went through that divorce. She with many others lost their jobs.

oh the one I knew lived in brookline mass Come to think of it he was also an albino we used to call him edgar

BLUEJAYWAY · October 31, 2018 7:33PM

This coming cold winter weather will be more bearable with the World Series win to reflect upon.

Barndog · October 31, 2018 9:58PM

@BLUEJAYWAY said:
This coming cold winter weather will be more bearable with the World Series win to reflect upon.

it was 13 degrees this morning when I brought my daughter to school. Didn't feel cold at all! She wore Red Sox and Patriots apparel to school for her Halloween costume

pitboss · November 1, 2018 4:26AM

Winter is coming on fast. You can see the snow on the mountains now and that is where I like it.
Its close enough to see but far enough away so I don't have to shovel it.
Spring training will be here in no time and Lord willing I will be here for another season of Red Sox baseball.
I hope Dombrowski has another successful off season and the players enjoy it as well.

Barndog · November 4, 2018 11:53PM

Betts and JBJ with gold glove awards, well deserved.

Kinsler too

tommyrusty7 · November 5, 2018 7:25AM

They had a great season for sure.
Now its time for Dombrowski to get to work on next years team.
Some tweaking needs to be done here and there.
Kimbrel needs to be replaced.
Eovaldi needs to be resigned.
Betts and Benentendi need long term contracts if they will accept them.
Have a merry Christmas and a happy new year everyone.

erikthredd · November 6, 2018 5:18PM

Kimbrel's agent is telling teams that he's the greatest closer of all time. Sorry but the GOAT closer would never have been skipped over twice in the final innings of a WS deciding game. The Yankees would never have skipped over Mariano Rivera (my pick for GOAT closer) in that same situation.

BLUEJAYWAY · November 6, 2018 7:19PM

Good news for JBJr.

Barndog · November 7, 2018 9:15PM

@erikthredd said:
Kimbrel's agent is telling teams that he's the greatest closer of all time. Sorry but the GOAT closer would never have been skipped over twice in the final innings of a WS deciding game. The Yankees would never have skipped over Mariano Rivera (my pick for GOAT closer) in that same situation.

Whatever gets Kimberly out of Boston, I’m for it!

MCMLVTopps · November 9, 2018 4:08PM

I know many of you were seriously concerned about my collecting my second $100 bet. The first was a bit of a chase, but the second become a journey.
Finally got my 5 Andrew Jacksons last Tuesday night. Guy I bet with is an attorney, who travels a lot to Chicago, we just kept missing each other. Sadly, for me, he wanted to double up on the WS .

Rest easy oh ye of Red Sox Nation, I'm paid in full.

Barndog · November 12, 2018 8:34PM

Kimberly rejected the qualifying offer! He's as good as gone

tommyrusty7 · November 13, 2018 8:04AM

Greedy is the only way to describe these players.

tommyrusty7 · November 15, 2018 4:50AM

Cora got screwed out of manager of the year but at least the sox gave him a raise as a reward anyway. Hope they are working on keeping Eovaldi.

tommyrusty7 · November 15, 2018 6:26PM

Congratulations to Mookie Betts on his MVP vote. Well deserved !

Barndog · November 15, 2018 6:46PM

nice to win the WS, the MVP thing is a feather in the cap

erikthredd · November 15, 2018 7:25PM

@Barndog said:
nice to win the WS, the MVP thing is a feather in the cap

Is he eligible for arbitration too? He should be getting paid a nice size raise if he is.

Barndog · November 15, 2018 10:14PM

@erikthredd said:

@Barndog said:
nice to win the WS, the MVP thing is a feather in the cap

Is he eligible for arbitration too? He should be getting paid a nice size raise if he is.

I believe you are correct. He's not the only one, I think JBJ too, among others. Going to get expensive for Boston. At some point, they will have to unload an "untouchable" just to keep things affordable. Unless John Henry is hiding a few extra billion somewhere.

tommyrusty7 · November 16, 2018 4:42AM

John Henry has enough money to pay whatever he decides he wants to pay. They have tried to get Betts to sign a long term deal in the past but he does not want to. He makes enough right now to survive for the rest of his life quite comfortably so he is going to wait fr the big payday when the time comes. Might as well get all he can when he can I guess. Everyone else does .

erikthredd · November 16, 2018 4:33PM

The Sox re-signed Steve Pearce on a 1yr 6M deal.

tommyrusty7 · November 16, 2018 5:56PM

I could use a deal like that. Good for him he earned it.

Barndog · November 17, 2018 12:44AM

@erikthredd said:
The Sox re-signed Steve Pearce on a 1yr 6M deal.

Great first signing for the FA season. Maybe Joe Kelly next?

erikthredd · November 18, 2018 11:14AM

@Barndog said:

@erikthredd said:
The Sox re-signed Steve Pearce on a 1yr 6M deal.

Great first signing for the FA season. Maybe Joe Kelly next?

Depending on how much he'll be looking for,I wouldn't be surprised if they talk to him about being the closer next year.

MCMLVTopps · November 18, 2018 3:19PM

I was thinking the same about Kelly...he throws 100+, hasn't given us too many hear attacks like Kimberly. I think he could easily fill the closer role.

I say, adios Kimberly.

Barndog · November 19, 2018 10:05AM

if Kelly were to close, he'd need some coaching. Fewer walks needed! He had a rough middle season

tommyrusty7 · November 19, 2018 10:11AM

He has the hardware for the job but I am not sure he has the software for it.

tommyrusty7 · November 20, 2018 8:05AM

The sox better start signing some players after the yankees traded for Paxton or they will be sucking wind this year so far behind the eight ball it won't be funny.

erikthredd · November 20, 2018 12:37PM

Here's a report that the Sox are close to a deal with the Padres for reliever Colton Brewer.
https://weei.radio.com/blogs/rob-bradford/red-sox-reportedly-close-deal-padres-reliever

tommyrusty7 · November 20, 2018 2:04PM

That doesn't sound like the kind of deal that will win them another title.

Barndog · November 21, 2018 10:46AM

@erikthredd said:
Here's a report that the Sox are close to a deal with the Padres for reliever Colton Brewer.
https://weei.radio.com/blogs/rob-bradford/red-sox-reportedly-close-deal-padres-reliever

that's a done deal.

Barndog · November 21, 2018 10:46AM

@tommyrusty7 said:
The sox better start signing some players after the yankees traded for Paxton or they will be sucking wind this year so far behind the eight ball it won't be funny.

I don't think they will feel pressed to get into a Cold War type of race with NYY. Their formula worked this year so they likely will not stray far from it

Barndog · November 21, 2018 10:47AM

@tommyrusty7 said:
He has the hardware for the job but I am not sure he has the software for it.

that is a really good way to put it. If he can be coached/managed right, maybe they can work on that headspace

tommyrusty7 · November 21, 2018 11:30AM

Unfortunately for the sox past gm's have got them so far over budget it will be hard to put a good team together for next year or for several years to come. The players they have now will want more money and if not given what they want will become harder to sign when it comes free agent time for them.

tommyrusty7 · November 26, 2018 2:23PM

Sixty six full World Series shares voted by Red Sox players with each one $416,838. Not a bad payday for playing a game.

tommyrusty7 · November 28, 2018 5:29PM

Can you believe that Bryce Harper turned down a $300 million dollar offer from the Nats.

perkdog · November 28, 2018 9:57PM

@tommyrusty7 said:
Can you believe that Bryce Harper turned down a $300 million dollar offer from the Nats.

That is insane, I’m telling you it won’t be long before we see an actual Billiion dollar deal.

tommyrusty7 · November 29, 2018 5:36AM

Well, I suppose that probably will happen, but I am too old to see it and probably will not be able to afford TV anyway when it does happen.

erikthredd · November 29, 2018 6:30AM

@perkdog said:

@tommyrusty7 said:
Can you believe that Bryce Harper turned down a $300 million dollar offer from the Nats.

That is insane, I’m telling you it won’t be long before we see an actual Billiion dollar deal.

If this article is to be believed,Trout might be thinking of becoming the first half a billion dollar deal in free agency if the Angels can't get their chit together and start making the postseason more.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2807776-angels-offseason-bust-could-push-mike-trout-to-bolt-for-500m-fa-payday

Barndog · November 29, 2018 8:27PM

@tommyrusty7 said:
Can you believe that Bryce Harper turned down a $300 million dollar offer from the Nats.

Washington DC sucks. Can’t blame him

tommyrusty7 · November 30, 2018 5:56AM

If the owners stopped paying that kind of money the problem would be solved. It's their greed that is driving the players to demand those contracts. The ticket prices caused me to stop going to games and I refuse to pay the exorbitant NFL package prices.

erikthredd · November 30, 2018 11:29AM

Here are some of the rumors floating around in the past week that i've read about:
1.Kimbrel is telling each team that comes calling he wants 6 years,i haven't come across how much he's asking for though. He's starting to remind of Papelbon when he left in free agency thinking he was the best closer in baseball.

2.multiple teams are interested in Joe Kelly as a cheaper alternative at closer compared to signing one of the top closers. He made 2.6M last season. Depending on what his other offers are,I'd like to see him back in Boston with a decent raise in the 5-7M range.

3.supposedly there's at least 10 teams interested in signing Eovaldi with Houston making a hard push to sign him. Some teams as a starter,others as a closer. He signed with TB last offseason for just 2M,unless some team blows him away with an offer i'd love to see the Sox bring him back as well. hopefully the 8-10M range gets it done either as a starter or closer. If he went the closer route,he'd be capable of getting 6 out saves when they're needed.

4.Boston has a strong interest in Seattle closer Edwin Diaz,the asking price would be either a package of top young talent or a lesser package but Boston takes on a good chunk of Robinson Cano's 120M contract. Cano will be 36 next season and will be paid 24M a season until 2023 when he's 40 which any team willing to take that on is nuts. Diaz is just 24,just had a 57 saves 1.96 era season and is under team control for 4 more years. If a Devers/Swihart/whatever minor leaguers package could get it done,I'm all for it.

If Boston doesn't sign or trade for a closer, Ryan Brasier & Matt Barnes are the names getting mentioned as the possible closer. I'd prefer any of Kelly,Eovaldi or Diaz over those two options.

tommyrusty7 · December 1, 2018 9:04AM

Well they signed Thornberg for 1.75 million for starts.

erikthredd · December 1, 2018 9:20AM

ESPN is reporting the Mets are very close to a deal for closer Edwin Diaz and Robinson Cano's huge contract. Diaz would have been a great option as possibly the Sox new closer but there's no way Seattle walks away from a deal that might let them get rid of Cano.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25412572/new-york-mets-seattle-mariners-close-deal-involving-robinson-cano-according-reports

erikthredd · December 2, 2018 10:48AM

Boston is interested in two Yankees relievers Robertson & Britton.
https://weei.radio.com/blogs/john-tomase/david-robertson-zach-britton-new-york-yankees-relievers-could-both-end-world

tommyrusty7 · December 2, 2018 1:41PM

As long as Kimbrel goes away those 2 pitchers will more than make up for him. They would make a great addition to the Red Sox and it would really piss the Yankees off. It would be worth signing them for that reason alone.

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