Bellhorn04
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FanGraphs piece about JDM and why the Sox could really use him: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-red-sox-and-j-d-martinez-still-need-each-other/
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You don't want to outbid yourself for no reason, of course. But to wait around and wait around and then have him sign with Arizona for $100 million or whatever would kind of suck too.
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Some of the chat on Arizona being interested is that they would have to move some payroll first. That sounds like this could drag on forever.
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JBJ is neither underrated nor overrated. He is what his WAR says he is.
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I don't even know what to say about the JDM thing anymore. I suppose we should be going 'hurray' that we're not going to overpay for him, but Arizona might be the ones who end up getting him cheaply...and we may end up not doing anything. As notin keeps pointing out, DD has not altered the roster one bit so far. This offseason is so freaking...constipated!
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What I meant was, sometimes playing injured is being stupid.
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But we have our own thresholds this year. Just have to stay under the nuclear one!
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And of course, sometimes it's being stupid.
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I've been reading some stuff about Sale that make him seem like a great teammate and citizen. He made the trip to Puerto Rico with Cora and a few others to deliver supplies to hurricane victims. He was doing some work with Jason Groome in the offseason.
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2018 ESPN Prospects Stuff (Sox Related)
Bellhorn04 replied to sk7326's topic in Red Sox Minor League Talk
I think the highest comp picks you can get for losing a free agent under the new system are sandwich picks. -
2018 ESPN Prospects Stuff (Sox Related)
Bellhorn04 replied to sk7326's topic in Red Sox Minor League Talk
Would you rather have prospects or Porcello? -
I read Joe Torre's book, God help me, and there was some semi-interesting stuff about the Yankees clubhouse. Torre basically said it's a big load off the manager's back if you have guys in the clubhouse who will sort of keep everyone in line, who will call somebody out for not hustling etc. I think the guys he mentioned as playing that role were Paul O'Neill and David Cone.
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2018 ESPN Prospects Stuff (Sox Related)
Bellhorn04 replied to sk7326's topic in Red Sox Minor League Talk
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I certainly wouldn't argue with this. But let's not get things confused here. Management and leadership can be 2 completely different things. Good managers can be completely behind the scenes, practically invisible. I've been taking some issue with another poster's contention that the 2017 Red Sox, especially the hitters, suffered from a lack of leadership. When you start saying things like that, that's when you're really taking the next step with intangibles and just basically making stuff up that may not be true at all.
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I think the impact of these qualities in baseball is especially hard to prove because of the quirky nature of the game. Now if it was football, would anyone really try to deny that Tom Brady has them?
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As far as being able to actually see signs that the team lacks leadership, the only one I would subscribe to is if the team looks like they're not hustling.
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You got it. He surrendered that blooper to centre by Papi. He actually pitched pretty well in that game.
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Such as?
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What I've been reading is that Hosmer & Boras are looking for 9 years. Absolutely nuts.
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Sure, if you want to count snow.
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No, he really was involved in a big moment in Red Sox history.
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Former Yankee pitcher Esteban Loaiza has been arrested on felony drug charges. Can anybody tell me Loaiza's big moment in Red Sox history, without looking it up?
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Interestingly, last night I saw that MLB Network has a show about the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates. On September 1, 1971 the Pirates became the first team in MLB history to field a starting nine consisting entirely of minority players. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT197109010.shtml
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An interesting take on Boras's role in this stagnant offseason: https://www.athleticsnation.com/2018/2/9/16997594/mlb-offseason-free-agency-scott-boras-tony-clark-mlbpa
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I can't really buy into this. For one thing, the 2017 team had an incredible 15-3 record in extra inning games. Some of that is luck and some is just good bullpen pitching. But still, you have to have some mental toughness to put up a record like that.
