Bellhorn04
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Let's face it, most people judge all these deals in hindsight. Even Kimbrel's subpar 2016 season gets factored into assessments of that trade. Shaw is a somewhat unusual case because we saw him for a whole season in 2016 and his production took a very unexpected leap forward at the major league level.
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Larry's an insider, it seems.
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That's not true. He was a major contributor in the 17-2 start. Some big hits in there.
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Sox stat maven Alex Speier reports that JD's defense has been a bit better than expected. Neither positive nor negative but dead average so far.
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Do it.
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Yeah, it's true, he doesn't inspire much confidence, I'm afraid. You hope for the best because what else can you do.
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Make sure you grind some buds first.
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Bad matchup on paper, ain't it? Yankee fans must be salivating. We almost need some reverse lock mojo here.
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Betts brings to memory one heck of a player.
Bellhorn04 replied to dustcover's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I'm in the middle when it comes to the new stats. I think there's always a tendency for these things to be taken too far. For example that 450 foot home run. You don't really need to give me the exit velocity. I already had a pretty good hunch the ball was well hit. -
Domed stadiums aren't very popular, for whatever reason. Some franchises have even gone from dome to no dome.
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Betts brings to memory one heck of a player.
Bellhorn04 replied to dustcover's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I know it probably sounded like a snarky question, but in this case it wasn't meant to be. -
Yeah, it's .798. On May 6. One big game and it's back up to .850+. You really do like to mix and match with the sample sizes.
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Betts brings to memory one heck of a player.
Bellhorn04 replied to dustcover's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Are you suggesting BABIP is flawed because it excludes home runs? -
Now why do you say the Marlins fire sale is attributable to the MLPBA? The same franchise also had a fire sale about 20 years earlier.
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I thought a lot of the talk also had to do with back to back World Series champs who tanked their way to the top...
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You have an interesting relationship with 'teeny sample sizes'.
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Agreed. The parity thing was going pretty well for a while there. But things have abruptly shifted. The last CBA appears to have been a lousy one. Problem is, it's in effect until 2021.
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Well of course he's not going to outhit JD. But if Hanley is OPS'ing .825 in August and the Sox are in the race you think they should start sitting him?
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Natick to NC is off his rocker.
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You are clean off your rocker, buddy.
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I know I'm somewhat of a DD apologist, but he inherited a team with no pitching and not a huge amount of payroll room thanks to the Pablo/Hanley contracts. So he had little choice to trade prospects for pitching, as far as I can see. The team wins 93, 93, and starts this year 25-9. He can't have done all that badly with his moves so far. The future might be a different story, of course.
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Maybe it's our crack medical examination unit that's at fault. They've had their issues long before DD came along.
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No offense but statements like this remind me why I have no use for fantasy leagues. You're 'pleased' because you 'have' him on a team that exists only in the gaming ether with millions of other imaginary teams.
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Yeah, we should never make another trade. They're a really bad idea, because you might actually be giving up something of value.
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Oh, I don't disagree. There are no easy answers. So much risk. Even signing Mookie Betts to a long-term deal, which we all want to happen, could backfire.
