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The problem with AGon was that he was the most valuable asset at the trade deadline and wouldn't have been able to move Carl Crawford without him. It didn't help that he complained about ownership and management throughout 2012 (headphone-gate, team travel-gate, etc.).

Can Cordero stay healthy for 140 games?

AGon had 40 one year in SD. Not hard to think he could do 50 in BOS. He just fell off a cliff at 30.

It just seems to make sense to platoon Cordero/Renfroe for most of the time and have Kiké play CF with Arroyo/Marwin/Chavis playing 2b.

@BillKoch25 Cora said Bryan Mata is experiencing soreness in his right triceps. He was scratched from relief work in today's game. #RedSox @SPChrisHatfield Re: Bryan Mata triceps issue, he's had something of an issue staying healthy. 2018 season ended in July due to a back injury. 2019 missed a month with shoulder soreness. Last year at alt site missed last couple starts with hamstring injury. Most IP in a season is 105 in 2019.

Cordero 573 vs LHP Arroyo is 597 vs LHP Gonzalez is 724 vs LHP Renfroe 717 vs RHP Arroyo is 678 vs LHP Gonzalez is 732 vs RHP I guess I should have just put in Gonzalez, but Arroyo vs Renfroe/Cordero bad split is closer than you'd like. Kiké in CF. Arroyo at 2B. Marwin is super sub.

MLB.TV Not on NESN per https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-red-sox-announce-2021-spring-training-broadcast-schedule On on Fox Sports North (Twins)

Xander Raffy Verdugo JD Renfroe/Cordero Dalbec Vazquez Kiké Arroyo

The games themselves are meaningless. Getting a chance to see some of the guys we haven't seen before has a little value.

@PeteAbe #RedSox at Twins (1:05, 7 innings): Hernández SS, Gonzalez 2B, Martinez DH, Devers 3B, Renfroe RF, Vázquez C, Dalbec 1B, Puello LF, Gettys CF. Pitching: Pivetta with Bazardo, Ort, Blair, Simpson, Espinal.

Well, it makes sense to bat Kiké leadoff. The guy who hits leadoffs is more likely to hit without anyone else on than any other slot in the lineup. May as well have one of your worst hitters there!

At Devers' age, he's far beyond what Ortiz was at his. Ortiz didn't hit like 2019 Devers until 2004 when he was 29.

@SoxProspects Whitlock returns for the 4th inning after a long wait. Works around a double and strikes out postseason masher Randy Arozarena swinging before getting top MLB prospect Wander Franco to ground out to third. Solid Grapefruit League debut for the tall righty.

@IanCundall Impressive 1-2-3 inning from Red Sox RHP Garrett Whitlock. Has an ideal pitchers frame and gets really good extension to the plate. FB sat 96-97 per @PeteAbe . Snapped off a good breaker and threw some quality strikes. He's one I'm going to be tracking closely this Spring.

Duran bomb: https://twitter.com/redsoxstats/status/1366824928994074624

Also @PeteAbe Six up and six down for Martin Perez (helped by a double play) on 16 pitches. And Yairo Munoz homers to give the Sox a 2-0 lead. Clearly it's all coming together.

@ChrisCotillo If you are someone who thinks these spring training games mean anything, please refer to how Brett Phillips and Randy Arozarena are each wearing an AirPod in the outfield and having a dance-off between pitches.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/finding-a-fit-for-jackie-bradley-jr/ Year Innings DRS UZR OAA 2016 1375.2 14 8.2 9 2017 1204.1 15 3.7 15 2018 1137.1 -1 7.4 9 2019 1247.0 -2 -1.2 6 2020 471.0 5 1.8 7 In our conversation about the projection, Dan Szymborski pointed out that ZiPS holds Bradley in a more favorable light than the other systems housed at FanGraphs when it comes to both OBP and SLG. He added that ZiPS see Bradley’s 2020 BABIP (.343) as about a 30-point overperformance based on his Statcast data; “Thus it views him like a .250/.330/.420 hitter who’s now on the wrong side of 30.” The additional problem for Bradley is that if such a forecast is in the public sphere, it’s quite possible that teams’ internal projections are telling them something similar, making it all the harder for him to land the contract he envisions. Even so, the ZiPS model places a $27 million valuation on the first three years of the above projection. While multiyear contracts among outfielders haven’t been as scarce as those for pitchers this winter, only George Springer, Marcell Ozuna, and Jurickson Profar have landed deals for longer than two years, with five others (Michael Brantley, Brett Gardner, Robbie Grossman, Enrique Hernández and Kevin Pillar) landing two-year deals. Besides Springer, Ozuna, and Brantley, all of the other deals have had an average annual values of $7 million or less. Something along the lines of Profar’s three-year, $21 million deal might have been a realistic target under the circumstances. Potential fits are: Phillies, Cleveland, Giants, Stros, Brew Crew, Sox

He better hope he signs before June 1.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/11/mlb-free-agent-predictions-2021.html Their predictions are kinda all over the place.

My kids wouldn't sleep for months if they watched that.

He was not a shared user like Pumpsie or Fred.

Pumpsie will always be the pillar of salt left behind.

Season 2 and 3 weren't Dom Perignon. Watch 2 episodes a night for 5 nights and you're done.

@byJulianMack Cora says JD Martinez won’t hit second this year. It was something the Red Sox toyed with last year.