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  1. mvp 78
    He was a fulltime 3b at age 28. He only had 26.9 fWAR at SS. He's in the conversation though if you want him to be. His 1969 season may be the greatest Sox SS season of all time.
  2. mvp 78
    I think most people would just automatically assume that Nomar Garciaparra is the greatest Red Sox SS of all time. However, is there a case that it's actually Xander? fWAR through age 28: Nomar: 32.8 Xander: 31.6 If 2020 was a full 162 games, Xander would most likely have a higher career fWAR. We complain about Xander's defense, but Nomar was actually a much worse defender. Instead of working on his D, Nomar spent more time complaining about the grounds crew. Xander played in 2 WS. Nomar played in 0. By all accounts, Xander is a wonderful teammate. I'm not sure anyone could say the same about Nomar. Xander may never have an amazing season like Nomar had in 2000, but is the overall package better than what Nomar gave us? Yes, Johnny Pesky would be in the discussion if not for WW2.
  3. mvp 78
    When I was involved with a negotiation that had a federal mediator, here's what happened. 1. Negotiator met with both sides together just to explain his purpose. 2. Negotiator met with each side separately to see what the pain points were and where flexibility existed. 3. Negotiator then went back to each side and had a plan for how to split the baby (so to speak). "If side A gives up X, side B will back down on Y." 4. Both sides agreed to a deal and moved on with their lives. For me, this happened towards the very end of a negotiation after there had been several meetings. For this to happen so early on in the negotiations is weird IMO.
  4. mvp 78
    Two theories I've seen: 1. MLB is doing this as a ploy for public perception. They believe the MLBPA would turn down a federal mediator and want to make the union look bad. 2. Owners are not on the same page. Bringing in the mediator will bring the ownership group together so that they can actually figure out what to bargain on.
  5. mvp 78
    @EvanDrellich Sources: MLB has told the MLBPA it will not make a counter offer after MLB two days ago saying it would. Why would the players do this?!?!?!?!?
  6. mvp 78
    My comparison between Ortiz and Yaz has little to do with Luis Gonzalez and Jim Thome since neither has any impact on RedSoxNationTM.
  7. mvp 78
    Ah, but how does Steamer600 account for time spent at DH vs time spent at 1b?
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  9. mvp 78
    It must not have been a very good point then.
  10. mvp 78
    I don't think so. Owners are hard up for the money.
  11. mvp 78
    His reign of postseason futility continued long after he retired.
  12. mvp 78
    @redsoxstats The Red Sox hired an analytics company to optimize game start times [mostly starting in 2023, it sounds like]. Boston dot com ran a poll asking when the Red Sox should start on weeknights: Results 45% 6:00 p.m. 28% 6:30 p.m. 22% 7:00 p.m. 5% 7:30 p.m.
  13. mvp 78
    There will be a season. It just may not be 162 games.
  14. mvp 78
    If it wasn't for Papi, we still may be in the Yaz era that was marked by being perennial losers. 67 75 78 86 88 90 95 98 99 The fellowship of the miserable wasn't exactly a fun place to be.
  15. mvp 78
    Was it his personality that hit all those walk offs and got 3 rings?
  16. mvp 78
    I think you can say Yaz was a much better player, but that Ortiz was more impactful and important to the organization.
  17. mvp 78
    Steamer is projecting 545. ZiPS is projecting 489. You can project however many you'd like to.
  18. mvp 78
    In a recent interview with Sportsnet's Shi Davidi, Cora said his interview process with most MLB teams was positive before the Red Sox hired him as their manager in November 2017. "In my experience, I interviewed with Texas, San Diego, Arizona, the Mets, Detroit -- last year with three -- I never felt I was interviewed because I was a minority," Cora told Davidi. "I always thought that I had a chance. The people that run those organizations stayed in touch with me and were very supportive, so I appreciated that." There was one outlier, though, and it still rubs Cora the wrong way. "There was one organization that interviewed me for another job and I felt it, they just interviewed me because I was a minority," Cora said. "It felt like s---. I was like, ‘F--- this s---.' " Cora felt his brother was a victim of the rule, as well. Cora said he remembers Joey Cora, an 11-year MLB veteran and current Pittsburgh Pirates third base coach, being interviewed by an MLB team that didn't know where he went to college.
  19. mvp 78
    Steamer 0.8 ZiPS 1.0 MViPS 0.5
  20. mvp 78
    ZiPS 2021 Sox vs Actual C: 2.6 - 1.3 1B: 1.1 - 1.6 2B: 1.0 - 4.7 (6th best in MLB) 3B: 3.2 - 4.7 (5th best) SS: 4.2 - 5.2 (5th best) RF: 1.4 - 1.8 CF: 2.2 - 5.2 (5th best) LF: 1.4 - 2.4 DH: 2.1 - 4.3 (2nd best) Eovaldi: 2.1 - 5.6 Houck: 0.8 - 1.8 ERod: 2.6 - 3.8 Pivetta: 0.9 - 2.1 Sale: 2.6 - 0.8 RP: 2.9 - 4.6 So did every player play out of his mind except for Sale, Plawecki and Vaz? Or is ZiPS just not a great predictor?
  21. mvp 78
    What gives you the right to inject semantics here?!?!?
  22. mvp 78
    Cecil Cooper? I feel like he is always massively underappreciated.
  23. mvp 78
    Wait... If the Mariner's win 2 WS, you'll just give up and move on to something else?
  24. mvp 78
    The article stated that the Yankees had highly variable results due to injury.
  25. mvp 78
    San Diego Padres, Colorado Rockies, Texas Rangers, Tampa Bay Rays, and Milwaukee Brewers have all played in the Series but have never won it. SEA 1977 (no playoff appearances in last 20 years) 20th in 2021 attendance (2004 was the last time they were top 10 in attendance) SDP 1967 (3 playoff losses last 20 years) 3rd in 2021 attendance COL 1993 (1 WS loss and 3 playoff losses last 20 years) 7th in 2021 attendance TEX 1961 (2 WS losses and 3 playoff losses last 20 years) 5th in 2021 attendance TBR 1998 (2 WS losses and 5 playoff losses last 20 years) 28th in 2021 attendance (will never have good attendance at the Trop) MIL 1969 (6 playoff losses in last 20 years) 10th in 2021 attendance It's hard to say the Mariners fans are even "long suffering" if they can't even bother to go to a game. Would Rangers fans be considered the most hard up (high attendance and nothing to show for it)?
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