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Everything posted by mvp 78

  1. mvp 78
    Not ever unless he gets a secondary pitch.
  2. mvp 78
    Yes. If the Sox can start churning out young relievers from their farm, it saves a lot of the offseason fretting about which expensive has been they are bringing over.
  3. mvp 78
    Maybe? I think they need to just give him one role and leave him there for a season.
  4. mvp 78
    All I'm saying is that he's not a DFA candidate. I think there's meat left on the bone. He probably wasn't a viable closer candidate anyway and was really just a setup guy at best.
  5. mvp 78
    IMO 2020: He did what he was told to do. 2021: He kept the budget low and was able to add key pieces to get the Sox to the ALCS. 2022: He made some critical errors: JBJ trade, signing several older arms that all surprisingly went on the IL and went over the lux tax when team was flailing.
  6. mvp 78
    If they won the WS last season, would you be calling for Bloom to be fired this year?
  7. mvp 78
    Even if he was available for Duran, it was a horrible point for the other guy.
  8. mvp 78
    From 18-21 (even including his late season skid), he was a guy who generally had a low xBA/xSLG and high K%. His curveball doesn't have quite the bite it used to have, but he's still getting movement on his FB. His velo is down a tick, but that could also just be from missing a lot of time due to injury. I'm looking to him to be more productive next season after a full offseason. I think he'll be a decent 7th/8th inning guy. Since coming back from the IL on 8/4: 18.2 IP 18 K 6 BB 16 H 4 ER 302 BABIP (about career norm) 1.18 WHIP 1.93 ERA 2.48 FIP 4.30 xFIP (since he gave up 0 HR)
  9. mvp 78
    There aren't many good ones this year.
  10. mvp 78
    Renfroe only had 70 RBI this year. Meh. Benintendi had 5 HR. For a slow LF only guy, that's not what I'm putting out there considering he had a career high BABIP that probably isn't going to be a repeated.
  11. mvp 78
    Dude is bottom 1% in total Barrels given up. He's been a little unlucky this year, but he's very overpaid. If you look at his statcast, it just reeks of mediocrity. He's a middle rotation guy who gets a lot of WAR because he eats a lot of innings a la Rick Porcello.
  12. mvp 78
    There weren't too many of us on here complaining about the Barnes extension when he signed it. I still have faith he can provide future value.
  13. mvp 78
    I think you're overselling Whitlock and underselling guys like Casas and Mayer.
  14. mvp 78
    German is in their plans for getting some run next year, but I don't think he's ready to be a late inning arm. Right now, he's a 6th inning guy. Until he develops better offspeed stuff, he's limited at the MLB level.
  15. mvp 78
    Kelly will most likely be on the opening day roster. Bazardo is 50/50. I think Valdez starts off in AAA and they wait for him to knock down the door. If he was RH, he'd have an inside track to more playing time most likely.
  16. mvp 78
    No, Kimbrel stinks. Was just saying it’s more likely than Diaz.
  17. mvp 78
    Well, not every can be as smart and good looking as me. It's my cross to bear.
  18. mvp 78
    Probably would have huh.
  19. mvp 78
    They had set up a rotation with Sale, Wacha, Eovaldi and Hill. It was more than obvious that they'd need to wait on the side of the road for AAA a few times this year. Not having a better plan or Houck already up and running on day one is malfeasance IMO. When you get to the TOR series where Houck is out, just sign some schlub off the street or call up a AAA guy for a spot start rather than moving everything around to make matters worse.
  20. mvp 78
    That doesn't sound right. If the Badlands were in South Dakota, I'm sure they'd do a better job of marketing them rather than that mountain that they desecrated with some dynamite and chainsaws.
  21. mvp 78
    It's why you don't fill up your payroll with James Paxton $$$ and older players like Rich Hill, Michael Wacha, Nathan Eovaldi and Chris Sale that inevitably need IL time. It was a bad plan. They needed some workhorses. They needed the Martin Perez type signings to just throw reasonable innings. In the past, Bloom was willing to throw Ryan Weber out there as a starter. If that was the case, why jerk Whitlock around midseason and just grab a low ceiling AAA guy or churn throw the Brad Peacocks of the world?
  22. mvp 78
    It's more likely they bring Kimbrel back IMO.
  23. mvp 78
    I hesitated in putting him on the list. I didn't remember that he had 14 saves last year.
  24. mvp 78
    I like Whitlock in the rotation too. Houck and Schreiber are both good late inning arms. Trading for a young closer usually costs a lot in prospect capital. We haven't seen a trade like that from Bloom yet. Would be interesting to see what he'd be willing to part with.
  25. mvp 78
    And Houck had been used as a starter the prior season. It made sense to keep him there if that was the plan. It also made sense to transition him to the bullpen because he's not really a closer. I can see why they'd rather have Whitlock in the rotation. Long term, I'd rather have Whitlock in the rotation too. However, I think moving these two guys around so quickly early in the season didn't make a whole lot of sense. Don't use those two to plug holes. Figure out their roles in the Spring Training and use other pieces to fill emergency gaps throughout the season as needed.
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