mvp 78
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If the Sox lose because of $6.5M, it's extremely poor roster construction.
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Just DFA Sandy and be done with it. Have Vaz catch 120 games, Swihart can catch 42.
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He's the #3 hitter on a back to back division winning team. What's not to like?!?!
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Or they should just trade Hanley and eat 50% of the contract. Then you'd have enough to keep Holt and sign Duda or Moose retroactively. Just need to build that time machine.
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@alexspeier Eduardo Rodriguez just wrapped up his three simulated innings. I believe he had 48 pitches, working out of both stretch and wind while incorporating fastballs, sliders, changeups.
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Management speak and lying are two different issues. If Cora is stating "well, if the season started today, Carson Smith would be our closer" isn't a lie, because Kimbrel is DTD. However, if the season starts and Kimbrel is the closer, people would see it as "why did he LIE about Smith being the closer"? If Cora says "I expect Hanley to be our starting 1b" but Hanley gets traded later that day, it doesn't make him a liar. If Cora says "I expect Hanley will be our starting 1b" but Mitch is playing 1b on opening day, it doesn't make him a liar.
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Got 'em.
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Why would you ever fill up the payroll to the point where you couldn't make any moves midseason?
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The want him to play corner IF and corner OF too. I think that counts as "other utility."
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Do we have to do this s*** again?
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Red Sox for sure. 2018 will be a 3peat for the AL East. Not sure the other good teams in the division have a shot (Jays, O's, Rays).
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If there is a poster who loves Devers more than me, I haven't met them yet.
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Then you should be fine with trading Pedey.
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Did he end up playing at the minimum for the Cards? I remember the talk was that he was willing to sit out that season if he was still in BOS or at least pout over it. His 2015 numbers were really good.
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I'll take Blake over Sandy too FTR. I just think Lucroy WAS a legit at one point. He isn't anymore. If he was still good, teams would have been all over him. Once his defense cratered, every GM was scared off. He had no QO attached to him. If he was still good, he would have been signed in November.
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@chadjennings22 Alex Cora acknowledges, for right now, the Red Sox rotation is Sale, Price, Porcello, Johnson and Velazquez. Could change if Wright and/or Pomeranz is ready to open the season. Wright faces hitters Wednesday.
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And one of those years was at the major league minimum, right?
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https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jonathan-lucroy-and-the-new-decline/ His defense has been on the decline since 2013. It's a certainty that it will continue on that path in 2018.
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Ok. Are we betting solely on defense? What metrics?
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He's gotten worse every year. He's not going to get back to what he once was.
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https://www.theringer.com/2017/5/23/16045944/jonathan-lucroy-texas-rangers-pitch-framing-3bfa2f11ae4a "Maybe Lucroy’s issues are purely mechanical or mental, the product of bad habits or frustration about his slow start at the plate. But it’s probable that age and injuries have taken their toll. Lucroy suffered a fractured finger in 2011; a fractured hand in 2012; hamstring soreness in 2014 and 2015; a fractured toe in early 2015; and a concussion in late 2015. Maybe that accumulated wear and tear has made him less low, less mobile, and less steady behind the plate. The bad news for Lucroy — and, for the rest of this season, the Rangers — is that large changes in framing performance tend to be sticky; it’s rare for a catcher to suffer a significant decline as a receiver and then bounce all the way back. In other words, the elite Lucroy, and even the average Lucroy, may be gone for good. " The good defensive Lucroy is history pal.
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He's only hit 20+ HRs once. He's getting older. He sandwiched that good year with two bad offensive ones. https://legacy.baseballprospectus.com/sortable/index.php?cid=1899569 LUCROY WAS 110 OUT 110 IN FRAMING PITCHES IN 2017 WITH AN UNSIGHTLY -16.5. HE IS 109 OUT OF 110 IN FIELDING RUNS ABOVE AVERAGE. Vazquez is top 10, Sandy is top 25.
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Vazquez had a higher dWAR last year. Sandy had the same dWAR as Lucroy.
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Vazquez had a higher dWAR last year.
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Lucroy was a negative oWAR guy 2 of the last 3 years. Catchers don't last forever.
