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  1. mvp 78
    87.5 is a good number. I had them at 87 before the Durbin trade and would probably be at 89 now. I'll say close, but over. Barely though.
  2. mvp 78
    I think it will be: Anthony LF Abreu RF Duran DH Durbin 2B vs RHP, 3B vs LHP Mayer 3B vs RHP Romy 2B vs LHP
  3. mvp 78
    Sandoval has rarely pitched out of the pen. I don't think turning him into a high leverage reliever is a great idea, especially a guy coming off IBP.
  4. mvp 78
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQSIr1nLncY I watched a few videos of the ambidextrous Seigler. I now don't want him moved. They need to turn WOO into banana ball with Seigler.
  5. mvp 78
    POOCOTA has them at 82-80. 😎
  6. mvp 78
    STL is worse for RHB than BOS. Conteras should see his numbers increase a little bit from 20 HR, 124 wRC+. He should be a bit better than Bregman was overall (considering the Breggie fell off a cliff after his injury). Maybe he'll be closer to his '24 numbers? IDK. They believe Anthony will make up for the early season Devers numbers. We'll see! Refsnyder? Romy can only hit once in the lineup, so IDK. There's a downgrade somewhere vs LHP. I think they'll be better defensively, but offensively it's a question mark. Maybe Abreu continues to add HR's. Maybe Rafaela continues to get better across the board. Maybe Mayer starts to figure it out. Maybe Casas comes back healthy and takes over for Masa. Maybe none of those happen.
  7. mvp 78
    Dubin will be compared to Devers, Neto, Marte, Paredes, Hoerner, Shaw. If any one of them has a really good season, someone gets to gloat for no good reason. Just brainless.
  8. mvp 78
    They don't really need high leverage guys either. Just give me some 6th and 7th inning arms. They shouldn't really cost top 10 prospects TBH.
  9. mvp 78
    It's not a comparison since we don't know the trade package. If they had to trade Mayer, you'd have to factor Mayer AND Durbin AND Tolle AND whoever else vs Neto.
  10. mvp 78
    Yeah, I'm comparing Durbin to what would have been a Romy/IKF/Hamilton platoon at 2b. I'll take Durbin.
  11. mvp 78
    Reminiscent of the Joe Ryan trade packages from last year's deadline. Angels may have been in talks with the Sox, but they may have not been serious about it.
  12. mvp 78
    Neto is 25. Not all players continue to grow after a certain age. The Angels don't have any other franchise player left. Just because we want him, doesn't mean the Angels were going to give him up for a reasonable package.
  13. mvp 78
    The Devers trade was a straight salary dump. Unfair to link Durbin to him at this point. Most likely Durbin ends up being a 2b here than a 3b anyway.
  14. mvp 78
    Where'd you get those splits for Eaton? Career (FanGraphs) Home 591 Away 627 Eaton hit really well at Fenway last season (874).
  15. mvp 78
    He is not better than Eaton or Monasterio.
  16. mvp 78
    John Henry does not believe this. He believes that every season not making the playoffs is a failure. This is why he pushed Bloom to make moves at every deadline and fired him for not being able to do so. He buys into the idea of a self sustaining contender and was willing to take a step back, but wanted to try to compete while doing so. He wasn't happy with the 78-84 win seasons. If he was, he would have just kept Bloom! He wants to be a playoff contender while spending closer to the Cardinals/Cubs/Giants than Dodgers/Yankees/Mets.
  17. mvp 78
    Hoy Park may have had a longer term.
  18. mvp 78
    I have Mr Gelof on hold as well. I can probably hang up on him, right?
  19. mvp 78
    Mr McKinstry on line 2 for you, sir.
  20. mvp 78
    He's a terrible baseball player who is lower than the other 40 man roster guys on the depth chart simply because he doesn't have options or a 40 man roster spot. He's stuck in AAA until they need someone else to play in WOO.
  21. mvp 78
    We have no idea and may never know.
  22. mvp 78
    Yup.
  23. mvp 78
    What it shows is that he's not a good hitter away from Coors. That's why he signed a MiLB deal.
  24. mvp 78
    It has been empty for a while and it has prevented the Sox from being truly competitive or lowering their ceiling. Even dumping Devers last year changed the outlook on last season. Will this year be different? It's hard to say. They are spending money, but they are constantly getting outbid for the players they are known to be bidding for. If you are always readjusting to Plan C, D and E, it's easy to see why people can remain skeptical. Also, YOU have been a person that has continued to call this a "mid market" team. They are not. They are a large market team. They bring in a TON of revenue. They could compete with any other team in MLB if they wanted to. Where they spend in relation to other teams is a choice! Saying "the wallet is empty after spending so much" is rather foolish since we all know that they are still making much more off of this team than they are spending on payroll. The wallet is empty because they have often not wanted to pick up the check when the tab is due.
  25. mvp 78
    Giving up a boatload of prospects for him (which is what it apparently would have taken) just doesn't make sense to me. He was less than 1 fWAR better than Durbin for less control and a substantially higher cost.
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