mvp 78
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If he wasn't at flight school, would the Sox have brought him to WOO? I think they brought some other young guys there. My guess is that he's of a high enough stature in the org that they work directly with him rather that let him sit at home for the year.
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I would say even those places to encompass a wide enough segment of "Red Sox Nation" to be fair. You'd need to include young, old, women, men, all sort to really get "the pulse." Even the crowds at Fenway tend to have a skewed contingent of people "just happy to be there" since they paid $500 to show up. Even professional services like Rasmussen can't get polling accurate sometimes. My guess is that the average Sox fan will have forgotten about Song by Opening Day, is lukewarm about Bloom and just wants the Sox to be a competitive team. They probably don't expect a WS every 5 years.
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Some Sox personnel believe Abreu can play CF.
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His first inning was fine. He’s not a multi-inning pitcher. Neither was Paplebon.
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Journalist: one who is unable to complete a 5th grade math word problem.
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No.
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@tylermilliken_ Chris Sale will make his spring training debut on Monday against the Tigers. He made it through another bullpen session without any issues today.
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It's terrible. I thought I knew the Rule 5 rules, but I now realize I did not know them as well as I thought. There are a lot of things about baseball that are needlessly complex (various park's quirky ground rules, balks), but some of these offseason roster rules are just tiring.
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It's probably a bad idea for PHILLY to do it, but it COULD be a good idea for another team to try it.
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He won't get buried on the IL. I think the Sox will monitor the situation closely and any perceived underhandedness will be brought straight to Manfred's office for restitution.
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Technically, his last competitive pitching was at the Premier 12 tournament for Team USA in November 2019. https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/could-wbsc-premier12-fireballer-noah-song-return-to-baseball
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If they could have just waited for the minor league portion, why wouldn't they have done so? Seems like a major blunder on DD's behalf then? Unless Song had somehow been listed on the AAA 38-man roster? IDK.
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Noda will be 27 before the season starts. If Noda is an OBP machine, what does that make the younger Wilyer Abreu? Noah Song at one point in time was a special talent. He was the best college pitcher in his class. He was the best Sox pitcher in the system. He could reach 100 and had a great slider. You could easily see him as a middle of the rotation pitcher. Noda was a 15th round pick who is projected to have a 667 OPS. I think the A's would be prudent to nab Song instead now that he's out of the Navy.
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Yes, that is who Bell was quoting and presumably directing his post to in that post! Are you answering for notin?
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That's why it's called the OFF-season. They are taking a season off. Therefore, Noah Song actually hasn't pitched in 7 years.
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I don't think he would have been eligible for the minor league portion until next season.
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The Orioles frequently select multiple Rule 5 guys in a given year. They clearly value the Rule 5 process. Maybe OAK or PIT dump their Rule 5 guys in favor of Noah Song now that his eligibility questions are cleared up? I wouldn't outright dismiss it the way you are.
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His trades and his treatment of the 40 man roster during his days as a Red Sox exec show otherwise...
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I thought that was Sean McAdam?
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The Nats can use Ward. Your argument was "how can they stash 2 Rule 5 guys, boy is that hard." Well, I think it's going to be easy to stash Ward as he's going to be just fine for them. For Song, if the Nats see him as a high value long term project, why not just stash him as the last guy on your bench. It's not a big deal. They aren't competing. That's not dragging their product down in any measurable manner.
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I disagree. He's a good exec because he makes the most out of his MLB squad. The bottom of the 40 man roster isn't as big of a deal to him. I didn't say Miller was useless, just that he was ultimately "meaningless" to DD. DD wants impact to the Phillies in 2023. He doesn't care about long term stuff. He wants a WS today. If he thinks Song can be an impact reliever on that 26 man roster, then it's all worthwhile. The guys that don't have the juice can be let go. It's why he was quick to add Dubon and Logan Allen to trades. Ultimately, he didn't need them that year and just wanted a deal done. He has a completely different outlook on building a farm than other execs. To him, he uses his farm to supplement his MLB team through trades first and foremost.
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The difference between Ward and Song is that you don't have to hide Ward. Ward can be the 5th starter. I thought Ward would pitch in BOS this season anyway. He's not being obscenely rushed along. Song can just be the 13th pitcher. Nats aren't trying to compete at all. Why not stash another Rule 5 guy? What's the downside?
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DD doesn't care about the bottom of his 40 man. We know this about him. The guy he traded was meaningless to him.
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@ChrisCotillo Bleier, Mills, Ort and a bunch of minor leaguers in a bullpen game against Houston today. Houck starts tomorrow followed by Brasier, Kelly, Mata, Dermody, Feltman and Broadway. Paxton on track to start Friday. Looks like I'll be taking an afternoon meeting on Friday at 1:05.
