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  1. mvp 78
    The ceiling was a very good rotation: Sale - coming back to form Paxton - coming back to form Kluber - pitching like last year (mid rotation guy) Bello - improving to #2 status Whitlock - becoming a #3 type The floor was: Sale - injury or bad performance Paxton - doesn't make it back on the field Kluber - injury Bello - regression or just pitches like the bad version from last year Whitlock - injury Pivetta - is Pivetta Most likely outcome is something in between.
  2. mvp 78
    Sox offered him more, but pulled their higher offer after he looked elsewhere and took too long. Sox had to fill out their roster too and didn't want to wait around. They could have just gone over the CBT and given Nate the original offer.
  3. mvp 78
    Texas was the ONLY option he had. There were no other available offers. Sox pulled there offer off the table a long time before.
  4. mvp 78
    His ERA went to what in 2019? Was it a good season? Any noticeable velo drop in 2019? How many starts did he miss in Aug/Sept of 2018 and what were the innings he was throwing in the starts he made?
  5. mvp 78
    Yes, he's not a very good pitcher.
  6. mvp 78
    They didn't DFA Ort. He's still on the 40 man.
  7. mvp 78
    I guess it depends on if you expected a complete s*** show, a mixed bag or really good. Looks like it's been kind of a mixed bag as can be expected. Things are turning around after the complete s*** show that the season started as. 26th in fWAR when they were 29th or 30th at one point (19th for May).
  8. mvp 78
    He was "passable" last season but has greatly regressed this year. More walks, more hard contact, worse GB rate. He's pitching the way he did in 2020 with the Phillies that got him traded here as an afterthought.
  9. mvp 78
    The Price contract was iffy. The Sale contract was right out as he was clearly injured at the time.
  10. mvp 78
    Here's the timeline for some of you dummies: Sox offer him a big contract. Nate says no. Nate looks elsewhere for a long while. Sox sign a bunch of other free agents. Nate gets the smaller Texas offer. Nate goes back to the Sox and says "can I get your original offer?" Sox say no. Nate signs with the Rangers. The Aristocrats.
  11. mvp 78
    Dominate under pressure? He has a 5.21 ERA in the postseason. LOL
  12. mvp 78
    No, it's because they have 5 shortstops behind him! 1. Xander the amazing 2. Tatis the guy who was to be moved off SS for a long time (negative DRS/negative OAA at SS) 3. Machado now Odor(-36 DRS at 2B) 4. Kim an actual defender 5. Cronenworth? Yes, there is considerable luck involved AND Petco's run suppression. Seth Lugo is a similar pitcher, why aren't those same defenders helping him as much?
  13. mvp 78
    But if you take the lower number of his ERA or xFIP from each year, he's a pretty good pitcher!!! Also, he's only allowed 1 run in the past 25 innings and that's most certainly to continue through October and beyond. Wacha will certainly pitch 200 innings this year just as he has in previous seasons without issue! Good value play by the Padres! Can't believe Bloom called 28 other teams and told them not to sign Wacha either. What a low move! It was pretty brave of the Padres to hold out until the middle of March to sign such an elite pitcher like Michael f***ing Wacha!
  14. mvp 78
    MAYer: 1196 OPS this month for Marcelo
  15. mvp 78
    That's not the reason he signed with the Rangers.
  16. mvp 78
    C'mon man. This is just embarrassing.
  17. mvp 78
    Wow, must be really hard to look at game logs?
  18. mvp 78
    And the TBR, a team noted for developing pitching, sent him to the pen because he sucked there.
  19. mvp 78
    Just look at his Statcast page.
  20. mvp 78
    Yes. Did he all of a sudden become a CY type pitcher when he's about to turn 32?
  21. mvp 78
    Bloom offered Nate a larger contract than what he signed for in TEX.
  22. mvp 78
    I mean, I don't think that's true? Wong was most likely the backup Catcher at least. Valdez was seen as a platoon bat at some point, but had no home defensively (he's only 24 so how was he a failure?). Winckowski struggled last season, but over and over and over again SoxProspects said that his stuff would play up in the pen and it did.
  23. mvp 78
    I don’t know what Mata can do for the Sox this year. Probabaly sent straight to the WOO pen after coming off the IL. It has not been a good season for him.
  24. mvp 78
    The reduced workload has more to do with McGuire not being able to throw runners out and his hand injury than how he handles the staff.
  25. mvp 78
    But he has a 71st percentile for FB spin rate!!!
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