How the Sox missed their chance to contend in 2016
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southsidesox.comPosted Oct 5, 2016, 3:24 PM UTC
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southsidesox.comTyler Flowers was worth 5 wins over Navarro? Tyler Flowers who could barely hit .200 Tyler Flowers? Goddamn it fuck Navarro.
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Tflow had a solid offensive hear hitting 270. So we traded defense and framing for offense and got neither.
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Not to mention he was a personal catcher for Sale & Rodon...
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The end of this article and what seems to be the overall point is:
Spend money, or sell
Go win the Dexter Fowler Sweepstakes. Sign at least a competent defensive catcher, and find somebody to DH
- Fowler (CF)
- Eaton (RF)
- Melky (LF)
- Abreu (1B)
- DH TO BE SIGNED
- Frazier (3B)
- Anderson (SS)
- Saladman (2B)
- CATCHER signee
Put Tinsley on the bench as 4th OF. You have something.
If you aren't going to spend, then please just sell Sale and put me out of my misery
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DH TO BE SIGNED
^edwinplz
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Ah fuck
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I am completely on board with a tear down and rebuild, but this article did very well to convince me that we can still feasibly go for it too. Of course, if proper club decisions are made, like releasing Shields (idgaf how much he is owed) and fixing up the catcher, of, and dh spots. Gotta really spend though no more of this cheapskate bullshit we aren't in a small town like KC or Minny.
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That's the thing, the Sox need to pick one and commit to it. They need to stop trying to rebuild and contend at the same time. Either they sell everyone and be doormats for two or three years or they sign everyone and try to win in 2017. But no more of this "Well... we'll get this guy and maybe see what happens." That's what irritates me the most.
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Ugh
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Somebody hold me😟😟
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While I do agree that the signings could have been much more aggressive, I think they didn't want to take that big of a risk unfortunately. People forget that Fowler’s contract was expected to be worth $33MM over three years from the Orioles. The only reason he didn't sign there is he also wanted a one year opt-out clause since the FA class over this upcoming offseason is very weak.
Ian Desmond looks great now, but I think Texas also took a risk and put him in the outfield when the White Sox would have put Desmond in at SS rather than Jimmy Rollins. He is hitting in a stronger lineup for the Rangers and isn't hurting them badly in the OF with his defense.
Yes, Tyler Flowers had a decent year as a catcher, but only played half a season. He played in 83 games yet was still only a 1.1 WAR player. It isn't like he absolutely killed it compared to Navarro. Flowers was never the best defensive catcher, but Navarro was rated better.
Justin Upton was pretty miserable this year. His line at July 1st was this: .228/.286/.369 with 8 HR, 36 R, and 34 RBI while racking up a wRC+ of 73. (An average hitter is a wRC+ of 100). So, he definitely was not worth it as he was miserable for so long. I think the Sox did what they could and while they missed on Desmond and Fowler, I don't think they fit here and fit in the situation.
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And by leadership, they mean the lack there of from drake who was barred from the clubhouse #bringdrakeback2017
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The good news is that we have 4 starting pitcher, Adam Eaton, Abreu, Fraizer Anderson and Jones making 50 million. That's a lot of room to make moves. At least we aren't the angels with no money and no talent
We definitely spent like we have no money last offseason.
The Angels have a ton of money, even with their bad contracts. They've even got $40 million coming off the books just from the CJ Wilson and Jered Weaver contracts coming up.
This is a team that has never let an existing mega deal keep it from going for another. Just look at the OF, where the paychecks to Torii Hunter, Vernon Wells and Josh Hamilton haven't stopped them from reaching for the next guy, like Pujols. It didn't keep them from extending Mike Trout.
The Angels are a better example of a team not held back by payroll constraints and more just by the limited availability of talent and depth for teams that don't draft well or otherwise use their scouting to reap international free agent talent.
Money alone cannot repair those problems.