Spring Training 2020

[notin]

Red Sox claimed RHP Phillips Valdez off waivers from Seattle.

 

Nothing to get excited about. 28yo career minor leaguer who made his MLB debut for Texas with 11 IP last year...

[jad]

Will they be stretching him out to see if he can fill the 5th spot in the rotation?

 

If he can catch at the same time, that will at least solve the sign stealing problem.

[TylerD]

We looked good today...........

......

[TylerD]

Granted no starters played lol.

 

So being that Sale might not be ready to start the season will he get any practice in spring training?

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Red Sox claimed RHP Phillips Valdez off waivers from Seattle.

 

Nothing to get excited about. 28yo career minor leaguer who made his MLB debut for Texas with 11 IP last year...

 

That seems to be the prevailing theme: 2020 -- Nothing to get excited about. Sam Kennedy should send you a check for royalties (or in this case, peasantries).

 

Just wait til next year, when our new coveted flexibility can put the likes of Trevor Bauer in crimson hosiery.

[notin]

Granted no starters played lol.

 

So being that Sale might not be ready to start the season will he get any practice in spring training?

 

Well, he is coming off pneumonia...

[Slasher9]

Xander Bogaerts keeps sending me emails to become a season ticket holder......

[cp176]

Xander Bogaerts keeps sending me emails to become a season ticket holder......

 

Hold out a little longer. The cost is likely to go down.

[TylerD]

Well, he is coming off pneumonia...

 

I had mono and was back on the ice after two weeks. Pussy excuse

 

 

Of course I’m kidding. Pneumonia is pretty deadly.

[bertha]

Should be fun Edited February 24, 2020 by bertha

[mvp 78]

@SmittyOnMLB

Boston Red Sox slugger Rafael Devers told Eduardo Rodriguez he wanted to homer off him, but lefty struck him out 5 times (video)

 

https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2020/02/boston-red-sox-slugger-rafael-devers-told-eduardo-rodriguez-he-wanted-to-homer-off-him-but-lefty-struck-him-out-5-times-video.html

[illinoisredsox]

Well, he is coming off pneumonia...

 

I had mono and was back on the ice after two weeks. Pussy excuse

 

 

Of course I’m kidding. Pneumonia is pretty deadly.

 

I've had it 3-4 times, it's not fun. Of course, I'm not in my athletic prime (I don't think I had one).

 

 

My son was a high school wrestler and won a varsity spot as a sophomore at 171 pounds. Anyone who knows anything about high school wrestling knows that those guys, if nothing else, are in shape and generally recover from stuff pretty quickly. He caught pneumonia over Christmas and to make a long story short, he really wasn't back to normal until March, after the season was over.. Slower, less stamina, etc.

[vegasbob]

Watched a couple of innings of first week ST games and wonder how the teams can even charge for such drivel. It really is watching AA, AAA and no wAy guys struggling. I realize some of these fellows will eventually mature , some will become Swiharts and Sam Travises, and one or two will be Bogey and Devers in 2 years. But you see the same problems on the mound, the inability to throw a strike and force contact. Everyone needs to start somewhere to make it to the show, but show some basic talent along the way.

[Elktonnick]

Watched a couple of innings of first week ST games and wonder how the teams can even charge for such drivel. It really is watching AA, AAA and no wAy guys struggling. I realize some of these fellows will eventually mature , some will become Swiharts and Sam Travises, and one or two will be Bogey and Devers in 2 years. But you see the same problems on the mound, the inability to throw a strike and force contact. Everyone needs to start somewhere to make it to the show, but show some basic talent along the way.

 

It is tough to watch the first week or two of games in ST. I view these games as not real games but rather glorified work outs. Most pitchers are trying just to get the kinks out and work on new pitches. You don't see regular lineups until the last two weeks of ST. Remember in the earlier games you will hardly ever see more than one or two position player starters on a road trip.

[Kimmi]

To me the question is whether it makes sense to get every last penny a player can get. I sense that many young people would answer that it does. When does the idea of enough money to live comfortably with perfect security get realized, while other values also come are considered? How many fancy houses, cars, airplanes, vacations, jewelry, etc does one person need to make them happy?

 

When one player breaks the bank, other players have a lot less to divy up so perhaps the chance of winning goes down. Is winning important?

 

A player may choose an environment to live in and raise a family in, but does that choice get prioritized as much as the desire to get every last dollar?

 

I am older (old) and am comfortably off financially. I would suggest to any player that they should consider more than just the most money when they negotiate their contracts.

 

I agree with you 100%. I find it refreshing when a player leaves some money on the table for one reason or another.

 

I always wonder what a person can do with $150 million that he can't do with $100 million. Or in Mookie's case, what he can do with $400 million that he can't do with $300 million.

 

It's mostly an ego thing. They need more money to boost their egos.

[Kimmi]

@peteabe

 

Sox are planning for a more full-time role with the MLB team for Jason Varitek. Still working that out.

 

I was hoping they'd give him the bench coach job.

 

If it were up to me, I'd still have him catching.

[Bellhorn04]

It is tough to watch the first week or two of games in ST. I view these games as not real games but rather glorified work outs. Most pitchers are trying just to get the kinks out and work on new pitches. You don't see regular lineups until the last two weeks of ST. Remember in the earlier games you will hardly ever see more than one or two position player starters on a road trip.

 

Some of the players that appear in spring games will never appear in an MLB game, and some of them probably even know it.

[Kimmi]

Red Sox claimed RHP Phillips Valdez off waivers from Seattle.

 

Nothing to get excited about. 28yo career minor leaguer who made his MLB debut for Texas with 11 IP last year...

 

Maybe nothing to get excited about, but it's depth!

 

The more, the merrier.

[Bellhorn04]

I was hoping they'd give him the bench coach job.

 

If it were up to me, I'd still have him catching.

 

He seems to be working his way up the ladder toward bench coach or manager, Kimmi.

[Kimmi]

He seems to be working his way up the ladder toward bench coach or manager, Kimmi.

 

I agree, he will eventually become a manager.

[mvp 78]

I was hoping they'd give him the bench coach job.

 

If it were up to me, I'd still have him catching.

 

Pass on the catching.

[jad]

I agree with you 100%. I find it refreshing when a player leaves some money on the table for one reason or another.

 

I always wonder what a person can do with $150 million that he can't do with $100 million. Or in Mookie's case, what he can do with $400 million that he can't do with $300 million.

 

It's mostly an ego thing. They need more money to boost their egos.

 

They see money as a sign of their own worth or virtue. It's pretty much the same in every other profession, no? Even a-hole billionaires often want to have $1 more than other a-hole billionaires.

[Hitch]

I agree with you 100%. I find it refreshing when a player leaves some money on the table for one reason or another.

 

I always wonder what a person can do with $150 million that he can't do with $100 million. Or in Mookie's case, what he can do with $400 million that he can't do with $300 million.

 

It's mostly an ego thing. They need more money to boost their egos.

 

Yeah, it's for sure an ego thing. Everyone wants to be the next highest paid player.

[notin]

Yeah, it's for sure an ego thing. Everyone wants to be the next highest paid player.

 

Always felt it was a status symbol...

[TylerD]

Maybe nothing to get excited about, but it's depth!

 

The more, the merrier.

 

With the way this season might go, little things will get me excited lmao. We might not have a ton to get excited about.

[Hitch]

Always felt it was a status symbol...

 

I think they kind of qualify under the same header in this case.

[Kimmi]

They see money as a sign of their own worth or virtue. It's pretty much the same in every other profession, no? Even a-hole billionaires often want to have $1 more than other a-hole billionaires.

 

You would think that as good as these athletes are, they wouldn't need to have the biggest contract in order to validate their worth.

 

Maybe it's because I'm not a multi-millionaire, but I just don't get it.

[Kimmi]

Yeah, it's for sure an ego thing. Everyone wants to be the next highest paid player.

 

I never imagined we would be seeing $400 million contracts to MLB players.

 

It's insane. It has to stop somewhere.

[notin]

You would think that as good as these athletes are, they wouldn't need to have the biggest contract in order to validate their worth.

 

Maybe it's because I'm not a multi-millionaire, but I just don't get it.

 

I agree.

 

Merely playing Major League Baseball is so insanely difficult to do that the act of getting there is a status symbol of sorts.

 

But really, nothing says "appreciation" like US dollars...

[moonslav59]

I never imagined we would be seeing $400 million contracts to MLB players.

 

It's insane. It has to stop somewhere.

 

I never thought I'd see teams sold for what they are being sold for, but you hardly hear any complaining about that.