mvp 78
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I think it's a better bet to trade for young pitching than use FA money on old pitching anyway. Seems like a higher likelihood of working out.
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The Jays are the perennial winners of the offseason who underperform during the year and become also rans. I'm only concerned about the Rays and the Yankees for the most part. Toronto has a few great pieces, but their farm is the worst in this division. Long term, Orioles could be a threat, but the ownership of that team is just an embarrassment.
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The FA class this offseason is really bad. I can't see them going on a crazy spending spree.
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No, this was to be expected. Worst to First to Worst just as foretold by the story of Ben Cherington. I guess, would you rather (a) start off a race realizing your shoes were tied together or ( get a commanding early lead and celebrate too early a la Leon Lett? People were talking this Yankees team up as one of the all time great Yankees squads at one point. The Sox have sucked all year. Yankees not living up to the hype is all we've got to hold onto right now unfortunately.
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What about the Schrodinger's pile of football players where a certain team will theoretically both have and not have the football at the bottom of the pile?
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What about holding penalties? Theoretically, those could be called almost every play. Is that analogous to the k zone?
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Sox are going to go on a streak and end up at 90-72 Yankees will be 85-77 Tough end to the season for the Bronx Bummers.
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Wasn't this almighty Yankees team supposed to win 120 games at one point? Embarrassing.
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How? The OFers need to cover more ground without the current shifting and he's horrible out there. Is his offense going to get a bump without shifting? He's not making great contact so I'm not sure we're going to see improvement there.
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The only deterrence aside from money is: Clubs that are $40 million or more above the threshold shall have their highest selection in the next Rule 4 Draft moved back 10 places unless the pick falls in the top six. In that case, the team will have its second-highest selection moved back 10 places instead. Is a 10 pick drop enough of a reason to get under the cap if you are fine with paying a penalty? I can see not wanting to lose a pick, but to just have the pick pushed back a few slots seems like not a big deal.
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"You have one year to go for it all and then get under the cap again. Have at it."
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I screwed up my post by writing shifting twice. Not enough coffee today. I updated.
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I think the changes to shifting puts a premium on DEFENSE which really puts Duran on the outs. Larger bags and less pickoff throws aren't going to make up for his defensive issues and problems getting to 1b.
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Never heard of him. Must be these ear plugs I'm wearing.
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At this point, does it matter who is DFA'd anymore? Brasier Familia Plawecki Downs
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$5M on Noah. For sure. Incentive laden where he earns future years and $$$? Sure. He's probably worth at least 10AAV no matter what. He's just not in the 20AAV range anymore.
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Well, his Home split is 200 points worse, which is not exactly ideal.
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Why hasn't he then?
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Not one person here has ever said this place is good.
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That guy sounds horrible. Who the hell would want to hang out with a Mets fan?
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funWAR and boringWAR.
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Worth $10M according to FanGraphs!
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And remember, he had a 708 OPS away from the friendly confines of the WOO launching pad last season. I think he's most likely a smoke and mirrors guy.
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They transitioned him to the OF not because he was a butcher at 2B, but because they wanted to better utilize his speed in the OF. I think now they are so far into the experiment that they don't want to go backwards. I think they probably should have seen how horrible it was looking in 2020 in PAW and pushed him back to the IF. And DH? He just hasn't shown that power potential in MLB.
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"Hey, you want to come up to Boston where we can pay you more money?" Probably a tough sell. Maybe he likes the people he already has? Maybe Sam Kennedy, Ben Crockett, Eddie Romero and Brian O'Halloran have convinced Chaim that he doesn't need to have to poach from other teams?
