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  1. mvp 78
    Every offseason we kept predicting Marcus Wilson would be DFA'd too. It took a lot longer than any of us expected.
  2. mvp 78
    If the Sox called Groome up, it wouldn't ruin him. He just wouldn't be very good on the field. I don't think it'd have any negative impact on his play in 2022.
  3. mvp 78
    Let's pretend that we had the old rules and could have 40 players on an active roster in September and that MiLB was over. No, having Groome on this roster for a few weeks wouldn't hurt him. He might not pitch all that much, but it could be good to have him around some of the MLB guys (he did spend considerable time working out with Sale in the past). I wouldn't expect him to pitch very well in a game though. In that respect, were MLB GM's resistant to call up guys for the 40 man active roster back a few years ago? If those guys failed, was it rushing them? Did that hurt their confidence? If it would hurt their confidence, a GM would never call up any decent prospect in the old 40 man days.
  4. mvp 78
    Yes, they could probably use him. Seems like his "stuff" is back to 100%.
  5. mvp 78
    Hell no. He can barely get A+ guys out.
  6. mvp 78
    The division race is OVER.
  7. mvp 78
    The problem is that he's already on the 40 man. You can't hide a bunch of guys on there for a few years. Jay Groome: 2 years away? Brian Mata: No timetable?? (They won't 60 day IL him for service time reasons) Hudson Potts: 40 man casualty this offseason? Rosario: give him one more year to figure it out?
  8. mvp 78
    Also "baseball is based on confidence." These hitters expect to fail 7 out of 10 times when up to bat. If they fail during short term exposure to MLB pitching, shouldn't that just roll off them?
  9. mvp 78
    Who the hell is making that argument? I hate the STRAWMAN nonsense, but... Wow.
  10. mvp 78
    I believe lower ceiling guys COULD be more likely to be called up early because the arbitration risk is much lower than for top tier prospects. However, lower ceiling guys are less likely to be called up because they aren't as good. It's a tightrope walk with talent and service time that is f***ING STUPID.
  11. mvp 78
    Yes. That's the only evidence we have.
  12. mvp 78
    1. You don't call up those guys because they still have room to grow before they get here. Both of them are still teenagers. Yorke is a poor defender (he'd fit right in on the 2021 squad). Mayer hasn't ever played a season this long before. Plus, nobody is calling for A players to be called up. Once you get to AA, the chance is much more likely. 2. You aren't going to waste a call up on guys like Yorke and Mayer for contractual reasons (i.e. Super Two status). You won't mess around with their service time. 3. If the Sox really thought Yorke could play everyday at the MLB level going forward, they'd call him up. If he failed after being called up, I don't think it would affect his career going forward because he's just 19 and still has a lot more to learn. In a vacuum, call them up. It wouldn't hurt their status going forward. Was Pedroia called up too early? Did that affect him long term? Was he mentally broken after 2006?
  13. mvp 78
    I don't see how any harm would be done. The only potential for a pitcher is if they try to overpitch and hurt their arm in the process.
  14. mvp 78
    To me, it's similar to the "choke/clutch" conversation where people say "they wouldn't get to MLB if they couldn't deal with pressure and were chokers." The theory is that talent that chokes would be weeded out by the time they get to MLB anyway. If someone is promoted too early and struggles, it's up to them to make the adjustments in MiLB and scratch their way back. If they don't get back to MLB, it's probably because they never would have made it there in the first place. They ruined Cla Meredith! The very next season, he had a 1.07 ERA for the Padres in 50 innings. He pitched another 230 innings of ok to uninspiring relief after that point.
  15. mvp 78
    Quantrill Last 10: 1.77 ERA, 3.67 FIP, 6.1 inning av, 88.3 LOB%. He gives up contact. Need to string together some hits. His BABIP with men in scoring position is .195. Time to end his lucky streak. WHIP Home: 1.09 WHIP Away: 1.40 xFIP Away 5.19
  16. mvp 78
    There is no empirical evidence that calling up a player and having them struggle hurts their long term success.
  17. mvp 78
    How about $1.5M to Marisinick instead of $3M to Marwin?
  18. mvp 78
    Paplebon: 2 inherited runners, 2 inherited runners scored
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  20. mvp 78
    There is NO WAY that option gets picked up and I want him closing from here on out.
  21. mvp 78
    Agreed.
  22. mvp 78
    The 1978 game was most likely on when I was in the room and while every other Sox fan was s***ing their pants that day, at least I had a diaper on.
  23. mvp 78
    1986 > 2003 > Sept 2011 > Aug 2021 > 2008 ALCS (which I barely even remember)
  24. mvp 78
    Losing game 3 in 2004 ALCS was the best thing to happen to my psyche in that playoffs.
  25. mvp 78
    Yes.
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