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  1. mvp 78
    He would have been useful for the Sox, but losing him didn't hurt them really. His 23.4 bWAR isn't top 400 all time. To be top 300, you need 30 bWAR. Guys with 30 bWAR: Woody Williams, Teddy Higuera, James Shields, Mike Boddicker, Brandon Webb, Andy Benes, Barry Zito, Sid Fernandez, Rick Sutcliffe, Charlie Leibrandt, Freddy Garcia, Chris Carpenter, John Tudor, Dan Haren, José Rijo, etc. A lot of guys with either really high peaks (ex. Higuera) or generally long productive careers (ex. Sutcliffe). Those are lots of good pitchers, but guys you wouldn't be saving the baseball cards of. Arroyo is down with the likes of Ken Hill and Bill Gullickson, guys you need to be reminded once played the game.
  2. mvp 78
    Only 20 WAR for a starter who pitched until he was 40 isn't exactly amazing. Bruce Hurst had 19.5 bWAR by the time he left BOS in 1988. Wakefield had 20 bWAR from 02-end of career and that includes the very ugly end. Lowe had 20 bWAR from 98-03.
  3. mvp 78
    There's been handwringing about his k rate, but I'm not sure it's that much different than what Wong's was in AAA (27.9% in 21, 22.5% in 22). He has a much better bb rate than Wong did in AAA too.
  4. mvp 78
    Smart man. Bello would get a decent return.
  5. mvp 78
    Gio thought he could pitch in Sept. Whitlock is more likely to be not ready for April. If going by odds: Gio: 85% Opening Day (barring other injury) Whitlock: 50% Opening Day, likely is just put on 15 day IL once or twice to start the season
  6. mvp 78
    I think the innings limit would be managed by him just not going long in games down the stretch if they are out of it. Is a 6 man rotation on the table?
  7. mvp 78
    Sure, they can have Bleis and Winckowski for him.
  8. mvp 78
    I mean, that's the foundation of what we do here.
  9. mvp 78
    Adding it to the glossary.
  10. mvp 78
    Whitlock to the Chase Anderson role confirmed.
  11. mvp 78
    Not sure I'd want Zavala ahead of Narvaez on the depth chart.
  12. mvp 78
    7th/8th inning guy EVENTUALLY. I think they are going to really ease him back in.
  13. mvp 78
    Williamson was the closer in the playoffs
  14. mvp 78
    It went Fox to Lyon to Kim
  15. mvp 78
    Grandal is a really good framer, but can't throw anyone out.
  16. mvp 78
    How many pitchers can they reasonably stretch out in the spring? Right now, there are 12 starters and near starters if you include Fulmer. As I've said before, the depth isn't my concern, it's the TOP of the rotation. They have enough 4/5's to get them through the next 3-4 years IMO.
  17. mvp 78
    Regardless, he should never be a starter again.
  18. mvp 78
    We apparently expect banners every year, but deserve more last place finishes than ever before! 🙃
  19. mvp 78
    I'm being fair and balanced in my reporting. Just straight facts. Others might avoid using certain things that would make their arguments worse, not me.
  20. mvp 78
    Horrible nicknames you got there. Back to the drawing board. Can't even comment on the rest of the post because of it.
  21. mvp 78
    Compared to other orgs, they do. I know you want an All Star at every position, but that's not going to happen.
  22. mvp 78
    He missed a whole season because of his elbow, but if his elbow didn't blow out, his oblique and hips wouldn't have held up either.
  23. mvp 78
    Number of times he pitched in back to back games: 1. Number of times he pitched twice in three days: 13. He had a lot of rest for a guy with 46 appearances. 15 appearances 1 inning or less. 41 appearances 2 innings or less. Only 5 times did he pitch over 2 innings. He was 12th in reliever innings that year.
  24. mvp 78
    Love it. A lot of the newer parks tried to create their own quirks and it just comes off as phony. There is just something inherently authentic about Fenway and all the weirdness that can happen. One of my favorite moments will be late era Bill Buckner hitting an inside the park HR to RF. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VV8eJszQVo Us real freaks want to know what happens in this triangle though.
  25. mvp 78
    Should have been traded.
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