mvp 78
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That's if his defense didn't decline in the harsher weather in BOS. Most of his value has come from his defense this year.
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The bigger problem is SP, not SS. If Chang didn't get hurt, the could have suffered through him hitting 150 for the year and have been fine. The issue was having too many oft injured and/or older pitchers lined up to be in the rotation. Figuring out how to fix the rotation going forward needs to be his biggest priority. The offense was fine. The defense will be fine once Mayer is at SS and Rafaela is in CF.
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If they are dealing Verdugo, they are done with this season. They could platoon Abreu/Refsnyder in RF. Duran in CF. Yoshida in LF.
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Horrible.
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Are Wong and Winckowski considered home grown to you? Not being snarky, just asking since they did spend a few years in the system.
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BOS: 29th in fWAR at SS (Kiké has -1.5 alone) The only player that has been a better defender at SS than Bogey is Chang (1 DRS, 4 OAA in only 213 innings). Everyone else has been much worse. Chang's 43 wRC+ is holding him back a little though... That whole grouping needs an enema this offseason.
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If it's a controlled starter, it'd be a bottom of the rotation one.
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They should listen on all trade offers. I mentioned trading Verdugo last year and got similar pushback.
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If they are dealing, I'd hold onto Paxton, but deal Duvall and Verdugo. Verdugo could bring a good haul back since he has another year of control. I think there's nothing to the Verdugo rumors though. Paxton should be getting a QO at season's end.
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Reyes is a replacement level player.
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Paulino is having a bad season and has massive splits. I'd put him in any trade.
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Abreu is athletic enough to play RF. Long term, the plan is probably Roman Anthony.
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Would you be feeling good about that contract for the next decade though?
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I hope not. He's in the bottom 5% in BB rate. He has an xERA of 3.86. His LOB% seems unsustainable. You'd have to trade Rafaela to get him or package of Alcantara and Wikelman. Seems like a lot for this version of the Red Sox.
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He could finish off this season strong and start 30 games next year and I'd still believe him to be fragile. Houck and Whitlock both had ERA's in the 5's and xFIP's in the 3's. I'm not sure if either would be brought back into a starting role, but could definitely help the pen down the stretch.
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I think it's a large reason why that 2018 team was so fun to watch.
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And if they really want to get to the sustainability model, they have to care about the farm. Of course the MLB manager is going to be more concerned about the AL East standings than Mayer's development. However, the franchise as whole may be better off if Mayer and the prospects have a great second half than the MLB team.
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If they do trade prospects, I need to have faith that development knows which guys they are selling high on.
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They protected Hamilton because of the change in the game in regards to base stealing, not due to where he plays defensively. It's well known that he's not a very good SS and that he wasn't really going to be an option for BOS at that position. They were already looking at moving him off position or making him a UTIL last year.
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Per BTV: Verdugo ERC for Gerrit Cole
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Per BTV numbers: Dylan Cease for Houck Yorke Walter ERC
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If he's just putting more effort into the starting rotation, I'm fine with it.
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The depth can't be that good if they are still throwing Joe Jacques out there.
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I'm fine with those two trades. First trade seems like a lot, but I'm not a big fan of the guys listed.
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I agree that they should get a stopgap SS for 2/3's of the year before Mayer is potentially called up.
