Bellhorn04
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Everything posted by Bellhorn04
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To clarify that, if you have a payroll for tax purposes of say 250 million a couple of years in a row, every incremental dollar of salary will actually cost you $1.95. 50% tax plus a 45% surcharge.
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You can't keep everyone because the taxes and surcharges are there to ensure that after a certain spending level, you cannot get value for your money, because you're paying up to double the market price.
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I honestly don't think catcher offense is a real need.
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Those are the facts though. Can't keep all the studs. Keeping half of the studs is probably the best case scenario.
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I'm quite sure Leon is back next year. For one thing, the team has serious payroll issues, you can't spend on every position. And obviously the team is quite capable of winning a lot of games without much offense from the catcher spot. Where that leaves Swihart, position-wise, I don't know.
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9/16 vs Mets
Bellhorn04 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Going into the season just about everyone agreed Cora needed a way to cut back Sale's innings. Now you're complaining about him being babied. Pretty good illustration of how managers can't win. -
Let what sink in? We're having a rare, magical season where most everything has gone right. It doesn't mean a truly healthy Pedroia wouldn't have helped, or wouldn't help next year.
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JDM's first opt-out comes after 2019 so move him up one line.
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9/16 vs Mets
Bellhorn04 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Whew. Good news, thanks. -
Non-believers in Jason Varitek's game-calling skills?
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If the Sox let Leon go, it would suggest they think the concept of Catcher ERA is meaningless...
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Sale is also back next year.
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I think you have to give some kudos to Dombrowski for this too. It would have been easy to write Holt off after the miserable season in 2017. But Dombrowski showed $2.2 million worth of faith that he would turn it around.
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Porcello is Porcello. He's actually pretty steady. Dingers are his nemesis, but it's mainly because he throws so many strikes.
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I'd go with Champagne Number.
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Or you could say it was smart. Bogey is having a great year with the bat. He seems to have really progressed in every way as a hitter.
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Jeez moon, 'magic number' is really a pet peeve, huh? It's just straight math, really. Is it the word 'magic' that burns you?
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OK, you explained it much better there. I happen to agree with a lot of this. And I do refer to golf too. Golf is the one sport where guys openly talk about choking. Golf is a little different because it involves the small muscles and the nerves so much, but it does tend to support the idea that the pressure is greater in specific situations and that there is a very tangible effect on the mind and the body.
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Of course not. I just like correcting people.
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Brock Holt as PH this year: 385/467/1154 = 1621 OPS. Yes, his SLG is 1154. SSS alert - 15 PA's
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No. OPS is just on base % + slugging %.
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It's actually 127 mill. The structure was 30/30/30/31/32/32/32.
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Now that I don't get. If it's a big situation it's a big situation.
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9/15 VS Mets
Bellhorn04 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
But instead, it was all just a tease for Yankee fans. Darn shame, huh? -
People have said a lot about the Yankees going after Machado or Harper. And they certainly may. But what they really need is starting pitching.
