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01-05-2018, 01:18 PM | #632 |
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A lot of Soria hate is overreaction from fans who for three years got spoiled from rarely seeing a lead blown after the 6th inning.
And I don't mean that in a condescending way. I mean, when you have a historic shutdown bullpen for such an usual amount of time, you get so comfortable that it naturally becomes a shock when the situation reverts to more normal levels. |
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01-05-2018, 01:25 PM | #633 | |
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That terminator bullpen you guys had with Herrera, Davis and Holland in their primes put together the best season or two of relief work as a trio arguably in baseball history. They were unreal. But that's not happening again. Ever. Teams can keep trying to assemble super 'pens but reliever volatility says the odds of them ever having 3 guys put together years like that simultaneously are pretty much nil regardless of how much money they spend. Soria was just...normal. He had his bad days but he had far more good ones. The problem for Jack was that Royals fans weren't used to guys having their bad days because his predecessors simply didn't. They were machines.
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01-05-2018, 01:35 PM | #634 |
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Joakim, is that you?
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01-05-2018, 01:37 PM | #635 |
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I'm sure White Sox fans will be patient, kind and loving with him. Especially when he grooves an 2-2 pitch for a game losing dinger.
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01-05-2018, 01:53 PM | #636 |
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^^man this guy is salty!!!
and i like it!!!
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01-05-2018, 03:06 PM | #638 |
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Soria was 2nd in the AL in blown saves. He was shit no matter how much polish you break out.
7 blown saves in back to back years? Great trade. Last edited by BigCatDaddy; 01-05-2018 at 03:17 PM.. |
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01-05-2018, 03:35 PM | #639 | |
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Will you still consider it a great trade if Alexander puts up 10 wins worth of value over the next five seasons, Oaks and Mejia give KC nothing, and Soria performs roughly on par with the 2017 version of himself? Because if that happens, this becomes a salary dump gone very very wrong.
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Sure. Unless it's a flat salary dump and just a way to decrease 2018 payroll.
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If Alexander is anywhere close to what he was last season for the next 4-5 years, there's no way they'll recapture that value with $8 million.
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