mvp 78
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Worked for David Wells.
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Because the MLB does a s*** job of marketing its stars. I already said this. MLB spends too much time marketing "the game" as a "past time" or whatever. It's dumb. To bring in fans they need the superstars of today and tomorrow. There are HOFers playing right now that people are taking for granted.
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But we don't collect those baseball cards anymore so they must not be good players!
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It makes my heart worse more so than whatever the ratings are.
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Why not? Some of the guys today would put those guys on the f***ing bench.
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Valid concerns. He's been horrible against fastballs the past two years. I think he was trying to cheat against the heat last season which got him to have bad numbers against sliders too.
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I'll drop it!
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Story also has a higher WOBA and Hard Hit %. Xander's a more patient hitter, but he's also more likely to watch a pitch go right down the middle of the plate. Meatball Swing % Xander 67.4 Story 77.9
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Sweet Spot %: Xander 30.5 Story 37.8 Barrel %: Xander 6.2 Story 10.8
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Why include Bogey's '22? The time periods aren't the same. Bogey '17 was 95 wRC+. Throw out if you wish?
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The previous 3 WS were the lowest rated in history. This is just following the recent trend. People just don't care about MLB that much anymore. They like going to games here and there. Population has increased so there are more fans to buy more tickets so it looks like there is more fan interest, but it's just not really there except for casual fandom. Also, MLB has done such a s*** job of marketing players that people in other markets have no real clue who plays on other teams. Corbin Carroll, Zac Gallen, Corey Seager and Marcus Semien should be household names.
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Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
mvp 78 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
One thing that was mentioned on the most recent Sox Prospects podcast was that the Cubs farm system had the highest velo in MiLB and was #2 in the STUFF metric. For a system managed by Crag, it gives me a little hope that he can move on from the pitchability guys that we currently have (like Walter) who just flame out at the higher levels of the farm. -
We'll see if Crag has some ideas about how to handle Houck.
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At least he wasn't given a horrible nickname for that play yet. He played a very solid RF for WOO and has a great arm. I think he's athletic enough to play RF at Fenway. Long term, it will probably be someone else.
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Since his injury in 2021, Story's offensive value has tanked. Story: Career 107 wRC+, 114 prior to 2021 season Xander: Career 118 wRC+, 113 prior to 2021 season Before 2021, Story was a better hitter and a better defender. Story then got injured and Xander fixed his defensive issues. Sox chose poorly.
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There's only one way he pads his stats: 2023: Home vs LHP 944 OPS 2022: Home vs LHP 1073 OPS 2021: Home vs LHP 1079 OPS 2020: Home vs LHP 1240 OPS 2019: Home vs LHP 921 OPS 2018: Home vs LHP 1312 OPS 2017: Home vs LHP 1125 OPS 2016: Home vs LHP 1101 OPS Career: Home vs LHP 1113 OPS (886 vs RHP, 830 Away vs LHP, 684 Away vs RHP)
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He's younger than Houck, has more control and throws 4 pitches. I'd do the deal in a heartbeat. I think I've seen enough of Houck to move on from him for a guy that has starter potential.
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With a small sample size, one play like that is magnified too.
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Cora's job is to build up his players as much as possible, but to also discipline them when necessary. It's a difficult hang wire act when you have a guy like Verdugo. I wonder what Cora says about him when nobody is around. There's been so much talk about moving on from Verdugo that Cora must be a little bit on board.
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And some people say I read into their posts too much! Hmph!!!
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Story has a chance to really turn fan perception around quickly, but it's far from a guarantee.
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The combination of starting off with a relatively barren farm, drafting HS guys and being generally inept at acquiring MLB talent each offseason was the stew that led to his downfall.
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It was competitive, but Bloom didn't want to have to give up Sale's contract in the deal................
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I don't think the original post is referencing a trade for Steele more so than a trade for people further down in the org that Breslow likes (the verbiage of surplus/sleeper projects).
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For some reason, you made a post nitpicking my "Verdugo tanked after the ASB" (2nd half OPS 635 btw). I made a follow up post just to annoy you. It was pretty easy.
