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  1. Dojji
    Between Price, Porcello, E-Rod, and the fact that Wright shows no particular sign of turning into a pumpkin at the moment, the rotation looks like it might be gelling. If Buchholz can get on form so much the better. But count on nothing from buchholz.
  2. Dojji
    Right now Travis Shaw is the team's MVP, at least according to bWAR.
  3. Dojji
    In college, yes. But the thing is he has elite tools on both sides of the ball in the catching game. His problem as a catcher right now comes down to pure lack of polish. I'd almost rather trade him for a LF than use him in left, it'd be like using a sleek European sports car to go off roading. It's not what it's designed for and it's a waste of its potential.
  4. Dojji
    Well one of the trades you criticize worked out well for us since it got us a trophy the following season. But you're rignt in principle.
  5. Dojji
    best shortstop this team has had since Nomar for sure. Very exciting.
  6. Dojji
    Just call him X. There was a lot of concern from the prospect watchers that X might have been too big and strongly built to maintain his range. that still might be a thing as he gets older, meaning he might follow the path of John Valentin and Rico Petrocelli later in his career. For now while he's young and spry, it's not an issue thankfully.
  7. Dojji
    Yes I do. Pablo sandoval spent last year being the worst professional in the major leagues and is going to spend this season being hurt. If Shaw wasn't there, 3b would be a major problem position for a team that's trying to contend, both because of the fact that Pablo can't do his job at the moment due to injury, and because you have no idea what he'll be capable of post-surgery.
  8. Dojji
    I think Clay has earned that by being one of the most frustrating cockteases on the team over his near-decade of service time. Inconsistency is the only thing at which he is consistent. Not a horrible start from Clay and against a first place team. Let's hope that it's a sign of better things to come.
  9. Dojji
    I recommend against doubling down on this. MVP is always a little irritable when someone goes over the top. I wouldn't have minded having Iglesias on the team, but XB has proven he is the better player, and if Iggy was here, Holt wouldn't be, there was just no place for the guy.
  10. Dojji
    Considering that Benintendi and Moncada are extreme longshots to even show up in the bigs this year and even if they do will probably need a bit of seasoning before they can really be productive hitters, I'd say the answer is somewhere between "Heck yes" and "well duh."
  11. Dojji
    He's angry, but the core of his post is cogent. If Pablo had managed to keep his weight under control, he would have been given all the chances ever and would probably have worked his way back into game form over time. The fact that he lost control led to all the subsequent problems.
  12. Dojji
    There's no way the Sox and Marlins could agree on a price point. Not happening.
  13. Dojji
    Crazy fanboy is crazy. And that's OK
  14. Dojji
    Lester for Cespedes has to be up there. We traded our ace for a guy we didn't need in a year when we were going nowhere. Sure we flipped Cespedes for Porcello, and good job there, but I don't think that's really part of the analysis of the Lester trade itself.
  15. Dojji
    I don't see a need to muck around with the 3B position if you have a guy there getting the job done.
  16. Dojji
    He seems to be trying to transition into more of a command and control pitcher. It would be an exceptional pitcher who didn't encounter a few speedbumps in that kind of transformation. Let's wait and see how he finishes the year.
  17. Dojji
    Going with Shaw amid a wide field of candidates. My tiebreaker is... hmm, how shall I put this -- his excellent performance is highlighted in contrast to what we could have been stuck with. But for Shaw, 3B would have been a major problem position for us yet again, and instead he leads the team in bWAR and looks like he may be our 3B going forward.
  18. Dojji
    Actually it does work. In the early phases, hitting is king because you can lose a game then win the next 2. Hitting is inconsistent from game to game but tends to level out from month to month and you can play the law of averages when a guy is slumping. In the late season wins are a little more important but you can afford to let this game or that game go. In the playoffs Every. Game. Matters, and your pitching had better be up to snuff because it's rare for the offense to stay hot throughout the playoffs.
  19. Dojji
    I bet Wright would kill for the kind of run support Price gets in an average start. We've already completely wasted 3 strong to excellent starts by him.
  20. Dojji
    When all performance related things are equal and awful,I don't think I'm alone in wanting a third option -- a guy like Gregor Blanco with some offensive upside in all situations and the ability to play 3 positions would be a very good get right now.
  21. Dojji
    I wouldn't be that rigid. There are scenarios where having his bat in the lineup might be worth a year of control. but they are limited, niche scenarios that involve injury replacement or needing one more good young bat to put us over the top somehow. Most likely we'll see him in the bigs next year at the earliest. After Papi retires it'll be a lot easier to find at bats for Swihart while CV is the starting backstop anyway I can see a year in which Swihart does a little C, a little LF and a lot of DH, perhaps splitting the DH position with Pedroia to keep Pedey healthy for a full 162.
  22. Dojji
    If we call up blake swihart again this year, it will cust us a year of control. Besides, he doesn't have a regular position to play at the moment. He is not taking over the starting catching job from CV *anytime* soon.
  23. Dojji
    There's a silver lining to this. I believe players on the 60 day DL don't count against the luxury tax. I know they didn't used to. So now we have some unexpected cap space for a player we weren't intending to use much anyway. It's honestly a better deal than we could have got in trade at the moment..
  24. Dojji
    That's the thing -- he may. It would require a sea change in his personality but people are capable of such things. I wouldn't exactly bet my life savings on it but at the same time -- hey you never know.
  25. Dojji
    Schlling in 2008. Dr. Andrews insisted he needed surgery, team wouldn't sign off, turned out he needed surgery
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