Peraza is 6 years younger. Holt is at the age where many people on here projected Mookie to decline.
ZIPS prefers Peraza's glove at 2b and Holt's bat.
Steamer prefers Peraza's glove and bat.
Maybe now that there is an additional bench slot available, a jack of all trades master of none like Brock Holt is less valuable in this system?
@byJulianMack
Roenicke said they still don’t have a timeline on Verdugo. Said he’s running outside. Worth noting he threw for the first time since September yesterday.
Chris Sale’s progression Roenicke said is going well. Sox want to see Peraza at second this spring, but in the absence of Bogaerts early on, team could possibly shift him to short for now.
I don't have any complaints at the moment.
I liked Ben too until he signed Pablo AND Hanley. If he had only signed one of them, he probably would have kept his job a little longer. He also needed to make a few more moves dealing a couple (not all) of prospects to improve BOS. He seemed very reluctant to move prospects.
@TomCaron
Play ball! #RedSox lineup vs. NU:
Hernandez 2B,
Duran CF,
Chatham SS,
Castillo RF,
Longhi 1B,
Wong C,
Andreoli LF,
De La Guerra 3B,
Centeno DH,
McGrath to start
@Ken_Rosenthal
Brock Holt contract with #Brewers, per source: One year, $3.25M. Guarantee includes $750K buyout if team does not exercise $5M club option for 2021. Also: $250K each for 400, 425 and 450 plate appearances.
Bloom is definitely not going to rush into a deal. Maybe he wants to wait the Padres out since they are more desperate after almost a decade straight of losing seasons and signing Machado last offseason?
I just wonder if Preller is leaking all of this just to show ownership that "hey, at least I tried. I was wheeling and dealing all offseason."
@ChrisCotillo
Lucroy said he had a herniated disc in his neck for the past 3 years. Had surgery to correct it.
"I'd like to sit here and make excuses and say it's the reason I haven't been good, but I'm not going to. It did affect me."
"I feel a lot better than I have in a long time."
Per bbref: it looks like they used Morton/Chirinos/Snell/Glassnow. Once Glassnow was injured, Yarbrough became a starter.
Beeks pitched in 33 games, and only started 3. He was typically the guy to come in after the opener. At some point, they were going with two openers. One for Beeks and one for Yarbrough?
Beeks and Yarbrough pitched the same games or different? Were they really going with 3 starters and 2 openers? I didn't watch enough Rays games last year after I moved down. I saw a few Beeks starts but am not sure I saw Yarbrough pitch.