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  1. mvp 78
    Dubon would certainly look good at SS or 2B right now... Thanks Dave...
  2. mvp 78
    I think it's much easier to find a good glove guy that can't hit. They just have to string together 30 days until Mondesi is back? Arroyo can't hit and is a below average 2B IMO. Valdez can hit, but is a complete butcher at 2B. The best fit at 2B is Kiké. Just find another Yu Chang? He played in 4 orgs last year. Guys like him are around. Just go get another one. Per BTV: Nick Allen (OAK) for Lugo DeJong (STL) + ?M for Whatever
  3. mvp 78
    Miss what? Drohan's velo hadn't popped and he didn't have the cutter yet. He's a different pitcher this April than he was in September.
  4. mvp 78
    I don't think any club was going to take Hamilton. The Sox aren't ready to put him on the MLB roster. If they are unwilling to use him when they desperately need to LIKE RIGHT NOW, then there was no reason to protect him. They should have protected Thaddeus Ward instead.
  5. mvp 78
    It just shows that SoxProspects were right to push him up the rankings. They were on him early. If we knock them for their misses, they can earn their flowers for their hits.
  6. mvp 78
    Isn't it great!
  7. mvp 78
    They were hopeful that he could pitch last season. Why didn't they pick up the club option? Were they happy to just let him go to FA after all that hard work rehabbing him last year?!??!?
  8. mvp 78
    Someone at the TalkSox scouting department told me he was a good defender too! What gives? Damn, I'm just going to have to listen to the biased lamestream media at SoxProspects who have always maintained that Valdez was horrible at 2B and that he has no defensive position.
  9. mvp 78
    I think there's a better chance Paxton gets DFA'd than Kluber. Kluber just signed a one year deal (club option). He's had 2 good starts and 2 terrible starts. Paxton is in AAA, still trying to rehab and has a WHIP over 2. While his velo is higher than Kluber's, he's pitching way worse than Kluber. Who cares what they spent last season? Paxton is the definition of the sunk cost fallacy. Right now, he's only 4M. Did the D'Bags hold onto MadBum because of everything they invested in him and still have left to pay out or just decide enough was enough? Red Sox need to do what is best for the organization. That might not always be what is best for the checkbook!
  10. mvp 78
    He's got a 2.12 WHIP. It's not looking great right now. I'd rather have Ort pitching innings than the current version of Paxton.
  11. mvp 78
    The bad arm discounted contract! What a deal! I have hope that Story can make the best of things, but he'll need to show it before he wins me over. I still think he should NEVER go back to playing SS.
  12. mvp 78
    Does Valdez look more MLB ready? His glove isn't. We're seeing firsthand why the Sox were moving him around the diamond when he first got to WOO last year.
  13. mvp 78
    I wouldn't put Crawford back in the pen. The question is who do you squeeze out to put Bello back in. Wait for an injury? With Sale/Kluber/Whitlock, you may not have to wait until the second half. They have Pivetta for another year. Does that provide trade value to a small market team if they want to move him? Otherwise, I'm not sure you move him out for poor performance since he's really pitching at what is expected of him. Bello SHOULD be better than Pivetta in 2023, but there's no guarantee. Wait for Bello to really knock down that door and force a decision? As long as Houck is dealing, Bello will most likely be in AAA in the short term unless things change with the health of Sale/Kluber/Whitlock/Pivetta.
  14. mvp 78
    It depends on how bad he's pitching, right? If he just straight up sucks, don't call him up.
  15. mvp 78
    Two most likely scenarios IMO: 1. Stretch him out until he can go 6 innings. Let him get bombed a few turns in the rotation in BOS. DFA. 2. Stretch him out until he can go 6 innings. See if you can get him into the rotation. Anticipate a 60 Day IL somewhere along the way. No more than 5 GS for BOS?
  16. mvp 78
    I think it's more about the long term development of Bello. They want to keep him starting and give him the best chance to succeed. They also can't just DFA Kluber because it'll severely impact the Sox in the next FA class. Players aren't going to come here if they are just going to be DFA'd one month into the season. The question is: how much value is there really to have an "innings eater" like Pivetta in the rotation? If the Sox want to win, they should have high ceiling guys, not the Pivettas of the world. They've also shot themselves in the dick over and over again by yo-yoing Whitlock and Houck in and out of the rotation and hindering their development. It just seems like their overall lack of the plan, or at least not sticking to one, has really impacted them whenever one thing goes wrong. Their redundancies are injury prone players (Story, Arroyo, Mondesi, Paxton, Sale, Whitlock, etc.). That's not going to carry you through a season successfully.
  17. mvp 78
    Last year's cost is out the door. They didn't pick up the option for him this year, Paxton picked up a player option. If they don't like what they see at all, why keep him around? If they really want to win, wouldn't they rather have the best players available on the active roster?
  18. mvp 78
    I've learned not to get my hopes up.
  19. mvp 78
    He didn't really have a Spring Training, so I'm fine with him taking his time. It's been a LOOOONG time since he's pitched competitively. I don't care if the WOOSox win or lose.
  20. mvp 78
    Until they get a better option at SS, I think that's what they are stuck with.
  21. mvp 78
    Capable fielding SS's aren't hard to find. Just trade for one sitting in AAA somewhere that can barely hit. Those guys tend to be dime a dozen.
  22. mvp 78
    The guys in the system who can actually play a respectable SS: Nick Sogard - AAA (no pop at all, but can field the position and take a walk) Niko Goodrum - AAA (no options, will have a 50% k rate) Christian Koss - AA (a poor man's Rafaela, good glove, has pop, will k a lot and not walk) Ceddanne Rafaela - AA (great glove, has pop, will k a lot and not walk, should stay in CF as he is plus plus there) Marcelo Mayer - A (plus defender, question on when he'll arrive but not if)
  23. mvp 78
    Kiké is back to SS because he has the arm. Hamilton can field the position, but can't make the throws.
  24. mvp 78
    Hamilton is a 2B by all accounts. Valdez can't play 2B from what I've seen. He's the worst 2B that I can remember. He can hit though. My preference would be to stop punting on defense and just through Hamilton at 2B and see what happens at this point.
  25. mvp 78
    There are multiple options, but some of the options are pretty terrible and they are basically stuck with them for an extended period (Sale, Kluber).
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