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    3 ip, 0 er.
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    Because he can play D, get on base, and after the two rookies, the organization is hopelessly thin at catcher?
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    Hanley can't win here. They told him to drop the weight, so he did. And he didn't play winter ball (the Sox didn't let him), but he practiced with the local team in their complex. It stands to reason he participated in 1B drill. Who knows? Maybe he was good friends with Napoli and liked the glove. In DWL complexes, all of that equipment is readily available. Looking too much into it, way too much.
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    Funny that the only reason I'm not the member of the airforce right now is because of how fat I was when I was a kid.....oh, the irony! But I know a thing or two about being fat, kid. Lower joints and the resulting aches and pains that come from being overweight are serious business.
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    1) No you're not. 2) You're right, he's hovering around 300, but I doubt he'll drop 25 in a month and a bit. 3) You could literally not be more wrong if you tried. CC's problem was his knees giving out under his weight. He didn't have "alcoholism surgery", he had multiple injuries to his knees, and ended up pitching with an essentially bone-on-bone right knee. It was the weight, no way to spin it.
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    At least his legs are skinny. That means they won't support his massive gut, and he'll be on the DL sooner rather than later. Hooray!
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    Hey now. Sandoval isn't stupid. He's just fat and addicted to his phone. Hanley on the other hand I wouldn't stick my hand out defending.
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    You don't even need stats to know Gallardo got by on luck and good management last year. He's pitching slow-pitch up there. It will catch up to him.
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    Pablo Fatsoval.
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    That really depends on how effective Porcello can be, and how many innings he can soak up. Gallardo's bottom-line results last year were decent, but he was basically a 6 IP pitcher who didn't strike anybody out, and had a lot of luck, because you usually don't post sub-4.00 ERA seasons with a 1.4 WHIP.
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    Fwiw, Manny had not one, or two, but three, (!) seasons(2004 with -18.3 UZR, 2005 -26.1 UZR and 2006 with statistically worse results than Hanley's stint (-17.8 UZR) as a LF last year Had I had to guess without looking it up, I would have thought 2006 was his absolute worst defensive year in the Majors, since I remember cringing every time he had to catch a ball during The Great Debacle part 1.
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    I'm willing to bet they both suck equally hard next year, or Porcello un-sucks and pitches like a fringe #3.
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    Plz trade.
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    He's like, raking in the dough with this website too. He used to have really small and girly hands and the moolah he was making from the site allowed him to get surgery to turn them into Jose Contreras-like monster hands. He now dominates in his city's amateur old-timer's baseball league by throwing a nasty-ass splitter.
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    40%, because he has not pitched for Boston yet. And it seems really far fetched to think that it's the offense that's going to struggle. They raked last year even though they had black holes in at least two spots in the lineup the entire season, and had a lot of injuries.
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    Gallardo's not getting any younger, and his velocity and K/9 are quickly regressing too. No thanks.
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    No computer to help you out this time. I will be present for this draft even if I have to ride a donkey (or floating door) to another city (or US dominated island)!
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    Vasquez hasn't even proven he's ready to go yet. It's not really a viable question right now either way.
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    Don't ruin my running jokes people.
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    6/105. The length was right, the AAV was not. Perfect starting point IMO.
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    They should have offered Bailey money right off the bat, and that would have saved them a lot of grief.
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    You keep saying this, but Cole Hamels is not a Red Sox right now in large part because one of the centerpieces the Red Sox were unwilling to part with in one of the many proposed deal was Swihart. I don't see any justification to the notion that he's not a highly valuable asset to the rest of the league. A highly athletic catcher prospect who can hit is about as rare (and valuable) in today's game as an SP prospect who can throw hard, throw strikes, and has a quality breaking ball and changeup. That's the type of package (and the phrase "Buster Posey starter kit" has been thrown around a lot) you'd compare Swihart's toolset with.
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    In practice, a catcher that hits .270/.330/.420 is more valuable than a third baseman who hits .270/.330/.420, because of positional scarcity. You're oversimplifying too. The correct answer is, his greatest value is whatever helps the team win the most games.
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    Seriously, are you trying to guess Kimmi's age?
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    I can attest to this. Not scared of brown people either. Always a plus in my book.
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