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Posted on March 11th:

lol

Devers won player of the month for June.

Bumgarner. His two big injuries were dirt bike accident (2017) and broken hand off line drive (2018). Bum's FB has ticked up a little this year. The conversation is definitely closer than anyone would have though back in 2015.

That's not how it works though? You have to take the good and take the bad and there you have the facts of Porcello not being a guy I want around long term.

He'll be back at some point. I'd expect it to be early fall.

Sounds closer to being reasonable. I'm not sure I'd want the Sox to do it.

Plate discipline wasn't his strong suit to begin with.

Username would be ewing33.

Ball hit .330 as a senior in highschool. Judge hit .500. The Sox reached for Ball because of his athleticism. It was said over and over again by those in the organization.

Winfield: In 1973, he was named All-American and voted MVP of the College World Series—as a pitcher. He was an athlete AND a great baseball player. A stand-out in baseball, Mauer struck out only once during his four-year high school career, and hit .605 during his senior season.[7][10][11] Years later, Mauer laughingly told an interviewer: "I can remember the time I did strike out. It was junior year, and it was in the state tournament. I came back to the bench and everybody thought something was wrong with me."[8] Mauer's high school batting average exceeded .500 every year.[9] He also set a Minnesota high school record and tied the national preps mark by hitting a home run in seven consecutive games.[6] Mauer caught for the Team USA Junior National team from 1998 to 2000 and hit .595 during his final year on the team. He was voted best hitter at the World Junior Baseball Championship in Canada in 2000. In 2001, Mauer was voted the United States District V Player of the Year. Seems like he was already a great baseball player, not just an athlete. https://gobulldogs.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=140 Judge was a great ballplayer too. My point and Jacko's point is that you go for the guy who can already hit the s*** out of the ball, not someone whose upside strictly comes from being an athlete.

Did you have it confirmed with the mods?

Going for the "great athlete" is how you get the Trey Ball's of the world.

I see you took that A700 correspondence course!

Pythag: Sox s/b 33 - 26 Yanks s/b 37 - 21 Rays s/b 38 - 19 Take away, Sox should be better than what they are right now, but I think we aren't talking enough about the Rays. As for Betts, his 5 years of OPS look like: 820 897 803 1079 853 My guess is that Mookie could bump his numbers up once it gets hotter, but his splits show him as a 1st half player. May is usually his best month. It just might be a down year for him. At worst, maybe it helps to lessen any contract burden.

WTF Cora did a great job managing Frazier last night.

Chavis has a 549 OPS last 10 games. I keep JBJ in there.

I don't believe this theory. Players are better now than they were 30 years ago. AAA games are just as fun to watch and the talent level there is far less. Most fans wouldn't be able to tell the difference if the PAWSOX dressed as the BOSOX and SWB dressed as NYY for a game (in terms of presentation on the field, not in terms of facial recognition).

He's 30 now. People aren't paying for diminishing returns. His last contract was the big one.

Not sure it would be great to have COL in with ATL/MIA/TBR. That would be pretty brutal.

It would be a shame to have KC and STL in different divisions. I know the CHC/STL rivalry is more important though.

I try not to pay attention too much to mock drafts because (a) I don't have the time to and ( any selection outside the top 10 comes with increased risk. If the Sox had #7 again, I'd be much more interested, but having a first pick be in the 40's just makes it that much more of a gamble.

This version of Porcello wouldn't bring much back for a 2 month rental. If JBJ hits well, you don't move him. Holt/Nunie/Pearce would bring us back MiLB fodder. Could moving Barnes bring back something decent? Probably. I just think they'll still be too high up in the standings to dump players in July/August.

Yup.