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Kiké is better than Verdugo. Yoshida remains to be seen. Casas will be good this year and lots of people will be wanting to get him a long term extension done. The question marks are 2B, RF, C and SP. Henry deserves whatever boos he got in public. Their lack of planning over the past 3-4 years is now biting them in the ass.

Who will be better this year: Seabold, Workman or Hembree? Since 2020: Seabold -0.3 fWAR Workman -0.7 fWAR Hembree -1.2 fWAR

I don't think Winckowski is more than a 5th starter or reliever. I believe that I've heard his "stuff plays up" in a relief role. I think he's fine for what he is. I'd rather him on the roster than BRASIER.

AAA: 4.8 BB/9 over 2 seasons MLB: 4.8 BB/9 over 2 seasons Let's see what FanGraphs scouting report from last June had to say. The oft-injured Cabrera began the season with a biceps injury that prevented him from pitching at an affiliate until late April and it wasn’t long before he hit the IL again with elbow tendinitis, which he had just begun to rehab back from immediately prior to list publication. This is the sixth (!) consecutive season Cabrera has had injury issues that brought about at least one IL stint and his second consecutive year with a biceps issue that delayed the start of his season. His command and control, both of which were firmly in the average bucket as a younger minor leaguer, regressed mightily during his brief 2021 time in the majors, which may have been a result of him being amped up or simply trying to get too cute around the edges to avoid his fastball getting hit. Cabrera has an All-Star starter’s stuff, and Reds starter Luis Castillo presents pretty good mechanical precedent for someone like Cabrera succeeding, but there are obviously questions about his ability to hold up over the course of an entire season, as between injuries and conservative workloads, 100.1 is the most innings he’s thrown in a season, and that was all the way back in 2018. He ended up throwing a whopping 110.1 last season.

fWAR 19-22: Ramirez 19.4 Arenado 18.6 Bregman 16.9 Devers 16.5 Machado 16.5 Chapman 15.1 Riley 10.4 (12th)

Fine. My original statement was "Arroyo doesn't have much trade value. If anything, he's DFA'able." He can still be the Red Sox starting 2B and have no trade value. I see him as being DFA'able. He has a career 0.8 fWAR since 2017. If the Sox trade for or sign a SS/2B, Arroyo becomes the clear backup. At that point, it takes one young guy to make a jump (Valdez/Hamilton/Lugo) and Arroyo is gone. Per BTV, Arroyo has less trade value than Nick Decker and Tyler Dearden and those guys are low minors bench guys at this point.

He shouldn't be this team's starting 2B. His first season in MLB was 2017. His career high in PA's is 300 mostly due to his ongoing injury issues. He is not a guy you can pencil in as a starter. You can barely rely on him as a backup. His utility at other positions (SS, 3B, OF) is not good. For a lite hitting 2B (career high of 6 HR last season), his 4% bb rate doesn't cut it.

Tell me more about the hitter friendly Texas League and compare it to how he fared when he moved up North?

I don't see it. He sold a portion of Liverpool because of the riskiness of ownership in that league (regulation).

Cabrera 2022: 4.59 FIP 4.14 bb/9 207 BABIP 0.3 fWAR I'm not trading Rafaela for that guy.

OAA in RF in 22 in 500 innings: -2

Arroyo doesn't have much trade value. If anything, he's DFA'able.

Who said that? Talent evaluators or posters?

"Mild annoyance."

I don't know what you're insinuating.

I don't have time to teach you today padawan. I don't believe you'd listen to me anyway.

I'd start with Boris "Pink." While it was their 10th release, it was more "melodic" (for them) and more "accessible" (for them). It rules. Doesn't demand much on your ears.

Wrong. You and Bell were both wrong. A lot of posters were saying at the time that they needed to sell because the team wouldn't make the playoffs. Plugging your ears and saying "well, I guess in hindsight it was horrible" is just silly. You were wrong at the time. Just admit it.

At this point, we can't allow him on a stationary bike. Even posting "boat sail" emoji's on Sale Day may cause him injury.

You tell me. He was playing for the Sugar Land Space Cowboys. I'm sure you have each game scored at home. I'll wait...

Enmanuel Valdez punches former short stop Manny Machado.

The Texas League is full of Home Run Friendly Ballparks, but none more so than Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco where Valdez hit 3 and had 22 total bases in one series which brought his SLG up 50 points. Living in TX, I would have assumed you'd know how hitter friendly that environment is.

The Red Sox are actively worse off than they should be. It's not a point I'm going to debate. They made some serious mistakes starting with the Mookie debacle.

Last year's Valdez #'s are also impacted by the small sample size of a lower level home run friendly Corpus Christi Whataburger Field: AA 40 games, 1.112 OPS.

Yes, Iggy is no longer the great fielding SS that we remember him to be.