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  1. mvp 78
    Also have no idea what his stuff looks like. His last outing in 2024 included a 91.6 mph 4 seamer as his fastest pitch. The previous outing was 93.6 mph about a week earlier. He touched 94.5 two days prior to that and 95.6 earlier in the month. His velo just dropped from his initial appearances. This is a guy who AVERAGED 95.5 in '23 and 97+ in '22 and '21 prior to health issues. If he can't sustain 95+, he's no longer valuable.
  2. mvp 78
    I don't want Chapman anywhere near the closer's spot. Maybe a save here or there, but if Hendriks fails I'm going to Slaten.
  3. mvp 78
    I think they need more than 75% of things to break right to get to 90 and I'm expecting this team to catch a few breaks this year.
  4. mvp 78
    Oh, I already said that this year was a punt until 2026 when they'd have Anthony and Campbell for 100% of the time plus other additions. This seems like a trial balloon year. See what sticks.
  5. mvp 78
    The Sox were in a big tailspin in those two years. I think the Sox are in a different trajectory right now. Maybe the Jays are catching up and trying to do one more year to win back Vlad? IDK. I think a lot of the Sox guys beat out their projections. That's just me looking at individual projections and seeing them skew awkwardly towards Duran's first callup or expecting Abreu to be a WORSE defender somehow. Do I think the Sox will be better than middling? Probably not, but I think they'll be a little better than last year.
  6. mvp 78
    No, just more data. Don't need scouts anymore! 🤢
  7. mvp 78
    Jays tend to have better offseasons than the Sox and do nothing with it. I'm not worried about them. Sox have definitely made their bed though.
  8. mvp 78
    They are "aiming at 90 wins." Aren't they doing that every year? It's not a guarantee. Also, the "even if it means" is really used car salesman speak. I don't take too much from that dumb quote. It doesn't outright say they are going over the CBT. They would have for Soto or maybe for Fried/Burnes if the contracts were in their market valuation.
  9. mvp 78
    Grichuk vs LHP '24 914 '23 995 '22 926 That's much more consistent than O'Neill. Use him like a Refsnyder that has a better glove. He's a better glove than O'Neill at this point too. I'm not trying to hype this guy up because the Sox won't sign him either.
  10. mvp 78
    C'mon man... I still think this team is an 85 win ceiling and am not high on it. Max wasn't pitching in this rotation. Dude's arm is almost cooked. He lost velo last year and it's only going to trend downward.
  11. mvp 78
    Just because I don't think O'Neill is worth a big contract? I've also said all along that RHB isn't my biggest priority. What did Sam say that fits this narrative?
  12. mvp 78
    For sure, but that's different than solely focusing on pitching and not hitting. They've been keeping payroll down and still signed guys like Story and Masa in previous years. They haven't had an MLB FA hitter signing since Adam Duvall. They are just spending the little money they have differently than before. I don't think a Grichuk deal puts them over their budget though.
  13. mvp 78
    Not sure I like Roman Anthony's new nickname.
  14. mvp 78
    Their farm is hitter heavy and ranked #2, so maybe they think the current focus should be on pitching and that hitting will work itself out internally?
  15. mvp 78
    Yeah, I can totally blame the agent. Pivetta is probably not worth the loss of a QO. His agent seemed to screw this one up.
  16. mvp 78
    He's worse than Penrod, Weissert and Campbell since he doesn't have any options remaining.
  17. mvp 78
    I think any 1 year deal would be fine for Grichuk up to about 8M. I don't think he's going to take less than 6 since he turned a 6M mutual option down this offseason. Expecting a 3M is silly season.
  18. mvp 78
    Hendriks is much more likely to lose the job than Jansen.
  19. mvp 78
    You may be the first mod to get a temp ban with that kind of language.
  20. mvp 78
    O'Neill's OPS vs LHP didn't break 800 in '22 or '23. He's not a sure thing.
  21. mvp 78
    Age is the main reason he's bounced from team to team to team in the past several years. He can still get batters out... for now.
  22. mvp 78
    His Statcast page looks pretty good for '24. He's the only guy that is still available that looks like a definitely upgrade for the pen.
  23. mvp 78
    Pivetta could be a great closer IMO. Not sure he wants to go that direction though. His agent really screwed him over IMO.
  24. mvp 78
    Jansen would be fine, but I don't think Cora or the team wants him back.
  25. mvp 78
    Now that I'm in FL, I only know about Palatka.
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