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Sure.

Ok, but the market souring on these guys wasn't the reason they didn't perform (AGon was great when he was here).

Right. These teams aren't really losing money. Some may make more than others, but I don't think any of these teams are losing money on a frequent basis if at all.

You complained about me missing your sarcasm, but if you click the link it's pretty obvious how sarcastic my tone was. Man, you and moon really are the same poster.

Yes.

I watched this video in grad school 15 years ago. The first 70 seconds is just *chef's kiss*. It's really z best video on fraud that I've ever seen. They say your conduct may be fraudulent and they need a closer look. They're alleging personal enrichment. They say that you've been cooking the books.

I bet his mom said it all the time. Shame! She should have been nicer to Boston and told him to take the 300M Sox deal!

Price had an issue with Eck, not the market. Beergate had nothing to do with the market. Crawford's 2011 was wrecked by a hamstring injury, which ruined his biggest strength. He played well during May, but was out soon after in June with the hamstring stuff.

It's why I think the "operating income" line maybe excludes tv deals and such.

Price's problem wasn't the Boston market, it was health. Pablo was just fat. AGon was great while he was here. Renteria had one bad year and was overrated before signing his deal. Crawford is the only maybe on that list.

Trey Ball was drafted because he was athletic, not because of his actual pitching. Bad pick. Groome already had a devastating curve.

Fitzgerald is a backup UTIL guy. He's not good enough to start 140 games at 2b.

Maybe? His curveball is what it once was.

I wonder if net operating income includes or excludes the national tv deals.

I think the "handles playing in Boston" stuff is just gibberish. I don't buy into it at all.

@PeteAbe #RedSox have Tanner Houck starting vs. Atlanta at North Port at 1:05 with Barnes, Davis, Bello and Hernandez to follow. Lineup: Arroyo SS, Duran CF, Shaw 1B, Vázquez C, Ramos DH, Refsnyder RF, Stewart LF, Araúz 2B, Fitzgerald 3B.

@IanCundall Red Sox OF prospect Miguel Bleis has been the standout performer of the day so far. Tripled in his first at-bat (video below) and also made a great diving play on a short fly ball in centerfield. Very impressive all around tool set. https://twitter.com/IanCundall/status/1507057454017826816

Listen, running with scissors is never a good look.

The risk of re-signing Eovaldi AND Sale was that the injury concerns would make it likely that the contracts would end up not being worth it, plus it prevented us from re-signing Mookie. We are lucky that both of the contracts turned out to be duds and it was just the obvious Sale extension that looks horrible in retrospect.

I hope he's turned a corner in his career and can be healthy for a long time regardless if it's on the Sox.

I guess it's fine for just this year. I thought Piscotty had 2 more years to go on his deal.

Yes, he needs his pre-injury stuff to come back.

After his injury, Seabold put up good numbers, but his stuff was inconsistent and his velocity did not return. He sat 89-92 mph and topped out at 93, a grade below what he was before. His feel for his changeup was still inconsistent, to the point where scouts saw his slider as having replaced it as his primary secondary. Scouts still have confidence in his feel and command, but the decreased velocity and regressing changeup create a wider range of outcomes. Seabold still has major league potential, but he looks more like a number five starter or swing-man type rather than the potential number four starter he looked like before. In the AFL, I will be closely watching reports on his stuff to see if his velocity and changeup come back. If they do, his projection could return to what it was heading into the season, but if not, it adds another data point and further questions about whether his pre-injury stuff will ever come back and lead to more questions heading into 2022. His stuff did not come back during the AFL. His best pitch was his changeup, but now it's his third best pitch at best. All the talk about "wider range of outcomes" means bullpen arm and spot starter ceiling unless his stuff comes back IMO. From Fangraphs: He’s shown the ability to pair his four-seamer with his plus changeup, which he throws with significantly less velocity (in the low-80s) and late fade, often wreaking havoc on hitters’ timing. But when the velocities of those pitches dip, as was the case in 2021 (perhaps a result of the elbow issue that sidelined him earlier in the season), advanced hitters have been able to square them up. As a result, the aforementioned havoc was not wreaked when Seabold was called upon to make his big league debut after Chris Sale tested positive for COVID. Seabold lasted three innings and allowed three hits, including a Leury García two-run no-doubter on an 80 mph changeup he left over the heart of the plate. He also walked two and failed to issue a strikeout – a far cry from the 25.3% strikeout rate and 1.06 WHIP he’d posted at Triple-A. He was sent back down once the COVID cloud lifted and made three more starts in 2021, including one that saw him leave the game after just 2.1 innings and another during which he didn’t strike anyone out.

3 straight years below 100 WRC+. 101 vs LHP only. Not worth taking that contract on.

Is Kris Bryant worth 26 AAV? Seems a little high. Chris Taylor at 15 AAV? Seems about right. I would have taken that contract. Avisail Garcia at 13.25? No. Mark Canha at 13.25? No. McCutchen at 8.5? Too high. Want to say it's fine, but his defense is horrible even in LF now. Pham at 7.5? No. His 2021 2nd half stats scare me. Frazier at 1.5? Fine. I guess hope for a bounce back? Pillar at MiLB deal? Yes.