On WEEI today all the talk was about who the Redsox should trade for at the deadline that’s coming up to bolster their bullpen. I have a simple and concise answer.
Nobody.
if we were say two games away from the Yanks and had a chance to bypass the wildcard round then perhaps my answer might be different but for now the answer is “stand pat”.
Why really simple the cost benefit ratio.
Given the price of what is out there combined with the weakness of the Redsox farm system the price for any player who might make a different is prohibitive, in fact the price paid might be high enough to take us out of contention in 2020.
And since the reward of such a move would be a shot, a shot mind you at a single winner take all elimination game before even getting to the playoffs any price that hurt our chances in 2020 just isn’t worth it.
Right now we have an offensive team that is incredible and will all be under contract next year. We have a starting rotation that is having a down season but there is no reason to believe that said down seasons will extend into next year.
Trading a Bradley JR will increase the team ERA as would a trade of Benintendi. While I like Brock Holt without a solid man at 2nd I don’t think losing Chavez is wise.
So my advice to the Red Sox is keep a stiff upper lip and try to ride it out. Pick up a closer in the off season when the price will be lower and just win what you can now, don’t jeopardize the future for an uncertain return.
FYI The reason why I’m posting is yet another GoDaddy issue which makes it impossible for me to edit the body of any new or existing post (although already written and scheduled posts will go up as normal). They will graciously fix for a $400 update, a migration to a new server and a 10 day wait (oh and I have to do the migration unless I want to pay an additional fee).
It seems that every time I ask for tech support the result is a large bill and a site down for a week or more. Given the drop in traffic and tip jar hits and the displeasure I’ve had in dealing with them I’m not inclined to go along. As this has all happened in the last 4 hours I’ve not had a night to sleep on it but here are my plans in order
Plan A: check with a friend of mine who does hosting, if it can be done affordably and quickly move there.
Plan B: Since I’m already here move to wordpress and update this blog existing moving the registration of datechguyblog.com here and see what the cost and timeframe will be to migrate my existing stuff over.
Plan C: Just blog at the free site and do no frills blogging,
Plan D: As the hits and the tipjar hits are way down chuck the whole thing and pay off my debts as best I can over time.
A & B would allow things to go on as they are, C would likely mean the end of DaMagnificent seven and D would mean the end of everything. Given the amount of choices out there and the drop in traffic I don’t know how many people would really miss us but I’d hate to close down with an election around the corner. I may not be a big conservative voice but with so many of us being censored we can use every one we’ve got.
I’d like to know what you think.
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