Dipre
-
Posts
20,953 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
1
Content Type
Profiles
Boston Red Sox Videos
2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking
Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits
Guides & Resources
2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker
News
Forums
Blogs
Events
Store
Downloads
Gallery
Everything posted by Dipre
-
Yeah bringing the very definition of "Average" won't help much either. Seriously, Adam LaRoche?
-
And what in heavens' name would suggest to you that Adam LaRoche is the prototypical LH Fenway power hitter?
-
According to this helpful little tool: http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_player_hitting_chart.jsp?c_id=bos&playerID=120074&statType=1 This year alone: Only 7 of Papi's 18 homers at home were pulled to straight away right field or to right-center field. Last year: 8 of 12 homers at home. Don't know how that constitutes "Dead-pull hitter".
-
1) I didn't say he wasn't predominantly a pull hitter, stop putting words in my mouth, and stop the smug attitude. 2) Park factors are overblown when they hurt your argument, Jacksonian much? 3) How you can compare Adam LaRoche to David Ortiz is beyond me. I'll give you some LaRoche/Ortiz chart in a couple minutes. But seriously.
-
You answered your own question. Why think of Ortiz if he's not a dead-pull hitter? Not only that, Ortiz has prodigious power, you're really gonna compare him with Adam LaRoche?
-
Please share.
-
-
Adam LaRoche? And that's exactly what i'm talking about. I actually found out that time we had an argument about Shea Vs. Fenway. It's so easy to learn new stuff from you old-timers.
-
We're talking in a hypothetical scenario, Clint.
-
Usually yes, but making a shitload of money sure acts as citric-flavored mouthwash.
-
He'd take a lot of money wherever it was offered.
-
For the most part, yes, that's exactly what i'm saying. There are exceptions, but they're exactly that. Exceptions.
-
This makes no sense. The only stage of a players' career where money doesn't matter as much is the "desperate to win a ring" stage, which happens a hell of a lot later than 30.
-
Exception to the rule. It does apply, but i'm talking about the rule, not the exception in this case.
-
You sure you would? Pretty sure just about everyone would take the money and run. And usually the best schools are the expensive ones.
-
-
Money first, contending second.
-
Yeah but do you really want to find out with a dead-pull hitter like LaRoche? You're actually thinking of making LaRoche the team's 1B for the foreseeable future? Wow. Even if Lowell does have trade value, money must be included in any deal. No it doesn't. Why have a roughly average 1B when after next year (and without dumping Lowell and wasting resources), we could acquire a better option than LaRoche. Face it, he's simply not very good. Anderson has no bearing in this discussion. The fact that LaRoche is about average value for the position does. Yes, a line drive hitting 3B with health issues is just the kind of player they want to acquire. Pretty sure they're drooling all over him. Ok
-
That's exactly my point. Not many people will view them as contenders either, but they will most likely view themselves as contenders, and that's a pretty big roadblock towards trading Felix.
-
Explain this. Even the Japanese know the Mariners are not atop the list of playoff teams. However, the fact that they could be one with a couple things going their way might be an enormous detriment towards moving Felix. I don't care if they make or don't make the playoffs, and probably neither do any of you, but to reach a plausible scenario where the Sox can acquire Felix, the fact that they may view themselves as contender needs to be taken into account.
-
I think you also have to take into account the lefty+ Fenway factor, swapping Lowell for LaRoche is not only a semi-lateral move, but a waste of money. You also need to calculate the fact that Lowell displayed increase mobility towards the end of the year, the difference in defense might not be so drastic next year. But "eating that money" decreases financial flexibility on the accounts of a lateral move. It makes no sense. The Mariners can fill the couple holes they have without acquiring a hitter ill-suited to play in their stadium. Because remember, the deal has to make sense for the other team as well, because the other 29 teams in MLB are not feeding tubes for the Sox k? Jack Zduriencik.
-
However, would you not agree that it's logical to agree the Mariners brass might also be along the line of thinking i provided?
-
It's not going to happen because we probably don't have three mlb-ready prospects that could have enough of an impact to justify moving Felix to become "contenders". If they were to trade Felix, they'd trade him for a package of prospects that would make them better in a more distant future. That's the reason why i think Felix simply doesn't make sense. Why would the Mariners trade him? A couple offseason additions, a couple breaks, and a couple Angels injuries, and that team's in the playoffs.
-
Again, Adam Laroche is probably not even as good a hitter as Lowell, and represents not much of an upgrade defensively, plus the team would have to eat a massive amount of Lowell's salary to move him, couple that with the investment to sign LaRoche and it makes no sense.
-
My good sir. What are you talking about?
