mvp 78
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For him to have that profile, the bat just really needs to play and can't take a step back. As a merely below average catcher, his bat is getting him to MLB no question. He's bad enough they may take away his catcher's mitt before next season.
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Ward's numbers would be much better than that in the WOO rotation probably.
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Casas would go down and just mash in AAA. He would learn nothing. It would be a waste. You have to keep him up here.
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Platooning is the Cora way.
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Story > Reyes Duvall > Tapia
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Houck is great through the first 9 batters. That's not really up for debate.
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Pivetta can throw a lot of innings and his xFIP shows that there should be some positive regression, but I think I'd rather have Houck in there and just make sure Cora pulls him after the second time through the order.
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I don't think it's a DFA yet. I think they try a phantom IL. Maybe another starter has an injury and Kluber comes back for round 2. If he isn't better, then we see a DFA. I like Crawford and Houck in the pen too. I wish there was a better option than Kluber/Pivetta as the 5th starter. If Walter had developed it would have been interesting to give him a shot, but that's definitely not the case right now. Drohan is not close to being ready this year at any point. Chris Murphy should be DFA'd to make space on the roster. Not sure there is another arm in the org right now that can help out for this slot.
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Why assume he'll continue to be good? He wasn't very good prior to 2022. He wasn't very good in April.
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Per GSv2, he's only had 2 games with a game score above 50 out of 9 starts. Not ideal. Sale: 5 Paxton: 2 (2 starts) Houck: 3 Crawford: 1 (2 starts) Whitlock: 1 (3 starts) Bello: 3 (6 starts) Pivetta: 2
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My thoughts would have been Nate instead of Kluber IMO.
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Why save money this year to take away from the next 3?
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The scenario I described was "what if everything is going well and we need to squeeze everyone in."
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Whitlock/Houck/Crawford
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Yeah, not sure I'd want Wacha for 4 years. Sox did have an agreement in place for Eovaldi that was apparently more than what he got from the Rangers, but Nate originally said no. When he finally came back to them, the budget had already been spent. Why not just go over the CBT for him if you really wanted him?
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@tylermilliken_ Nathan Hickey has gone bonkers since being promoted to AA: 8 Games - 35 PA .344/.400/.719/1.119 3 HR 3 2B 9 RBI .487 wOBA 197 wRC+ Horrible catcher though.
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9 GS, 1 QS. He's been s***.
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They aren't even talking about Mondesi anymore. Originally, there was talk of him being back by May... Story will be fulltime SS. Kiké/Valdez platoon 2B. Kiké UTIL other positions against RHB.
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When Duvall comes back, it's basically a Duvall/Casas platoon. LHP: Duvall LF Turner 1B Yoshida DH RHP: Casas 1B Turner DH Yoshida LF
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Pivetta 2023: AvEV: 4th percentile Hard Hit: 7th percentile xSLG: 6th percentile Brl%: 4th percentile He's going on 2 straight years of really not being very good. Not even "5th starter" good.
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Maybe the Sox can trade for the rights of Noah Song? He's probably ready by now!
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I don't think 110 pitches for Paxton is the end of the world. I wouldn't have him out there throwing 140.
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Why not go with an even younger pitcher with higher upside?
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No, Dalbec currently has a 34% k rate in AAA which would be a career high for him at that level.
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The Clambakes? I thought that was just a one game rebrand?
