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I'm a fan. I do this for fun. I don't dive too deep on their stats. I pretty much go by what the experts (who supposedly do that analysis) say about them. Right now, our system is not getting great grades.
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I think if Crawford could play RF, Soriano in LF is not a crazy notion. I'd split time between him and Kalish, although Kalish is a far superior RF to Crawford.
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Good baseball discussion.
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I never thought of applying so many levels of accomplishment to prospects. A can't miss star prospect could probably end up in the top 3 categories-- you would hope.
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He has terrible judgment and instincts in the OF. They gave up tying to even to get him in proper position for hitters. Piniella just threw up his hands and let him play wherever he wanted. He would position himself ridiculously close to the LF foul line for almost every batter. I'd stick him in LF where a mistake would just be double. In RF, a mistake is a triple or inside the park homer.
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Would you move Crawford to RF to make room for Soriano in LF?
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Knee micro-surgery is the explanation, not a series of mystery strains and tweaks.
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In over 30, 000 posts (I need to do more with my life:lol:), you and other long termers should realize that I am not a one trick pony. Just because i have a philosophy about the prospects doesn't mean that I'd be giving away the jewels. We just don't have many jewels right now, not at any level. Sure some of the guys at the lower levels might be highly thought of, but there is not many who are big time blue chippers. I am disappointed that after all this time that you still think I am one-dimensional in my views.
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And a reliever comes off the Board
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And Beltran comes off the board. My Christmas wish list is disappearing fast. Garza is still available.
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The guy couldn't catch a fly ball. He wasn't just overmatched at bat. I hope he can be included in a trade package. It would be his only value for the Sox.
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The talent in our system is not very highly rated. I'm not the one that rates 'em. Also, telling me how I I would react in a hypothetical situation is irrelevant and obnoxious.
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Santana was pretty awesome in 2008, and we were very close. Lester did lose the final game. I wasn't using Hazelmaker to degrade the whole system. Right up front, I stated my opinion that our system has little talent. Hazlebaker, is just a guy with a funny name that I made a remark about. He proves nothing one way or the other, and i wasn't using him in that way.
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I view Saunders as a depth move and a swing man to fill Aceves old role. I don't like Oswalt's or Bailey's injury history at all. There is no obvious move. Maybe Edwin Jackson becomes a target, but he will not be cheap. Garza is probably on the radar ahead of Jackson.
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No Gio for the Sox. Next up... ?
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If Beltran is down to the Jays, Rays and Cards, I have to bet that it will be the Cards. I don't see that playing on turf in Toronto or Tamps would be in the best interests of his knees.
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I think Beltran would have been a great fit in the lineup. He could have shared some time with Kalish. Beltran's knees should probably not be pushed beyond 140 games in the OF. Kalish could also spell Ellsbury and Crawford, and with injuries, he'd probably pick up close to 300 ABs. After signing Ortiz, Beltran didn't fit the payroll. Too bad. He is an extraordinary talent, even though he has been slowed a bit by his knees.
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Earlier in the week, I read that Beltran was expected to make a decision by this weekend.
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They are moving closer to a trade, but it doesn't say that a trade is close. We shall see.
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Or Johan may have helped the Sox win back to back championships by winning in 2008. We were very close in 2008. Very very close. And let's face it, it has been downhill since 2008. So, even though we didn't get johan and his injury and we didn't get the back to back championships in 2007 and 2008, we are still trying to recover. BTW, none of the trade packages offered for Johan included both Ellsbury and Lester. It was one or the other. As for Hazelbaker, early in this thread people had him in the Sox top 10 prospect list. The only top 10 list that I could see him making is a stupid names list.
