Red Sox sign Jake Bauers

[Old Red]

7 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Per Cotillo, current plan is for Bauers is to get most of his reps at DH and to backup at 1B. 

Hope he brings last years bat with him, and not the bat he’s used all his other years, which wasn’t very good. 

[NHNative]

2 minutes ago, Old Red said:

Hope he brings last years bat with him, and not the bat he’s used all his other years, which wasn’t very good. 

I bet the Nation is gonna love him.

[Old Red]

5 minutes ago, NHNative said:

I bet the Nation is gonna love him.

I know you wanted this guy, and talked him up, but he’s a career.223 hitter, and nothing more much else outside of last year, so it’s still meh for me. 

[WoxburyWommunityWollege]

58 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Breggie's arm strength is 81.1 or 25th percentile and his OAA is 94th percentile. Curtis Mead's lack of range makes his OAA 4th percentile! 

Mead's arm strength is 164th out of 179th for 2b/ss/3b. Breggie's is 117th. Not great, but better. Durbin is 119th. That arm can play at 3b. Mead's can't! He was dead last for all 3b's. 

I just think you're putting way too much stock into metrics about Mead's arm over very small samples.  Ultimately if the Red Sox think Mead would be about the same at 3B or 2B - and Durbin could play a good 2B - then they might as well try Mead at third.

[mvp 78]

18 minutes ago, Old Red said:

Hope he brings last years bat with him, and not the bat he’s used all his other years, which wasn’t very good. 

Mead too. 

[NHNative]

7 minutes ago, Old Red said:

I know you wanted this guy, and talked him up, but he’s a career.223 hitter, and nothing more much else outside of last year, so it’s still meh for me. 

No I get it. Everything is a crapshoot, but I just had a good feeling about this guy. Its how a roll.