Bellhorn04
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This is a case where it seems obvious that what you say must be true, but you also need to have some stats bear it out. And they do apparently keep stats on this s***, which seems a little crazy, but not really surprising.
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Yankee fans all over Boone about his passiveness, as displayed in the 9th yesterday when Walker got rung up on a questionable call and got into it with the ump. Boone was just chewing his gum the whole time, as one poster put it.
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The thing about stolen bases is you need a high success % to make it a plus. The Sox are definitely doing that this year.
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Moncada is striking out at an incredible rate - it's higher than Mark Reynolds rate when he set the all-time K record of 223.
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All factored into WAR though.
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Screw that, man. Stomp 'em when they're down!
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He did have surgery and he is expected to miss the rest of the season.
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But as you alluded to with the Masterson reference, sometimes you make the wrong picks. And you can do this when you're spending big too. HanRam, Panda, Castillo cost a quarter billion after all.
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Any GM could have signed Koji Uehara before the 2013 season too. Does Ben deserve a lot of credit for being the guy who actually did it? Damn right IMO. If you can't give someone credit for pulling the trigger on a good move, what can you give credit for?
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Instead of just popping questions, why not just supply the answer if you have it. But you'll have to expand this to how many teams could put together a comparable package including packages of 3 or 4.
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Yeah right. That's exactly what I said.
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Obviously. Do you think it was an overpay?
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I think FanGraphs would argue yes. They have an 8 WAR player worth about $65 million. Factor in present value considerations and all that, and I'd say you're winning or breaking even.
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You believe that we overpaid for Sale?
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No, I think there's a whole other point. Credit should be given for seizing a great opportunity. Supposedly many other GM's could have gotten Sale too. But guess what, they didn't. They were snoozing, I guess.
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Cora obviously loves that style of play.
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Kimmi you are such a coupon-clipper.
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Even this is a relatively small quibble. Compare this to Ben's results trading for Bailey, Hanrahan and Melancon.
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That was probably the worst contract in history. Pujols has a big body, though, probably not a real comp for Mookie?
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Yes, thanks to Ben for that move.
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I agree, I'm just looking at where the market is. The Machado and Harper deals will be very interesting and instructive on what Mookie will be looking for.
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Well, we do need to get lucky with some draft picks, I'm certainly not arguing that. But it doesn't change my thinking that DD has done pretty much what he had to do given the roster he inherited and the mandate I believe Henry gave him.
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The Alex Cora Managerial Decision Thread
Bellhorn04 replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Some things just get in a player's head. I'll bet Kimbrel is as puzzled about it as anyone. But I'll bet he was thinking about it when he took the mound last night. -
This argument about the Sale deal that 'anyone could have done that' irks me too. What matters is that DD was the one who did it. He seized the opportunity. Are Yankee fans consoled by the fact that Cashman could have done this too? I'm thinking not.
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The point is the 2016 pitching staff shaped up as pretty terrible without some moves. E-Rod was a work in progress. Obviously DD was given a mandate by Henry to turn things around quick. Missing the playoffs again in 2016 wasn't going to be acceptable. Henry said it would be a 'disaster', in fact, in Papi's final season.
