mvp 78
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If Bloom thought Plawecki was going to come back, he would have kept him around. I think his absolutely terrible performance on the field outweighed his towel waving off the field. At some point, you still have to be able to lace them up. Plawecki was just horrible by even old school stats and eye test this year. His bat was worse and the pitchers he typically caught for had worse years. There was no Plawecki CERA magic this season.
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Yes, but I understood their argument. I just didn't agree with it. I wanted them to sell earlier in the season.
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They should have IMO.
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Unfortunately, that's not what FO/Ownership believed at the time.
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From his player page: Rule 5 Draft Eligible: December 2022 MLFA Eligible: November 2022
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I think there's more than enough room to keep both.
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Finally?
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Valdez has played 6 games at 1B and none of those have been with WOO. He's 5'9". The Sox have basically thrown him at 2B and left him there. He's also a LHB. How is he going to platoon with Hosmer and Casas?
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Lately, Merloni is on one about Bloom losing the clubhouse because he let Vazquez and Plawecki go and that he is unable to be one of the guys. Whether that's really how people close to the organization see him, I can't see and maybe Lou can't say either.
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I want him to get more time developing his defense at other positions in game. I think he has more use as a 1B/3B/LF/DH guy. Putting him at 2B and SS won't work once the shift goes away. Let him get some confidence back. Bring him back up once the weather gets nicer at the end of Spring.
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Yeah, well I wouldn't have him on the opening day roster either.
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I think that's why Cora and Bloom work well together. Cora can rally the troops and Bloom can handle the player transactions. I know Bloom gets a lot of flack for not being a people person, but I'm not sure that's his job.
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This is his look-see. He needs to show success at AAA over a long stretch, not just a short hot streak.
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I wonder if Astros fans have liked the trade?
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My brain is irreparably broken by this place.
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The season is basically over. They should be discussing this with him now.
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I believe it was named that prior to anyone even knowing who Andrew Benintendi was?
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He wants to be a starter next season.
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CF wasn't always a "hitting position." There was a long stretch where it was some smaller speedy guys.
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No, but Cora is running out the season and is going to still play vets as a sign of good faith. They need to put up numbers to earn their next contract. Not really fair to just sit them.
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He's never been a high EV guy. XWOBACON 2018 406 2019 391 2020 386 2021 404 2022 359 His 2022 Barrel % is 6.9, which is the lowest since 2017. His weak batted ball % is the lowest of his career. His whiff % on 4 seamers is the highest of his career. His overall whiff % is the highest of his career. His BABIP is inflated. He has been pretty lucky this year. Any team that is going to spend $30M on him is taking a decent risk. I think he's more of a $22.5-$25M guy. I'd offer him 6/150 as I believe he has more value to the Sox as a face of the franchise type player. If someone wants to pay him more, let him go.
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Yes, but who would you sign? There's not a bunch of guys available on the FA market this offseason. I think having the cheap guys just makes it easier to re-sign Bogey and extend Raffy.
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They've already moved most of the SS's they drafted off position.
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It's not a good FA class for what the Sox need.
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If Hosmer is on the team, he's back up 1b and 1-2 DH starts a week.
