Soto and Manny are a pretty cool comp.
Career OPS/OPS+
Juan Soto .953/160
Manny Ramirez .996/154
As we can see Manny benefited a bit more than Soto from the period he played in and the parks he played in.
I thought he came back to the Sox about that original offer and Bloom told him it was now off the table. I will refrain from judging which one was the dumbass.
Agreed, but there doesn't seem to be any blueprint for how that could actually happen.
Ceddanne's last walk was on August 9. He finished the season on a 39 game (all starts) walkless streak.
mvp has talked about how they've tried to change his approach in the past and it has sort of backfired.
Unfortunately I'm very pessimistic about his future as a hitter. It's unprecedented for anyone to survive a lack of discipline anywhere near as bad as this.
Last year was mostly a sham, of course. They talked big and then cut the budget. Brez was probably a bit frustrated would be my guess.
Even if you like Giolito a lot, the contract they gave him with an opt-out after one year was sham all the way.
Yeah, it's all rather an academic discussion. It's up to Brez and Bailey what they think of him.
Hopefully Henry really will let Brez make the decisions he wants to.
2022-2024 averages:
Pivetta 156 IP 2.2 bWAR 1.8 fWAR
Wacha 143 IP 3.1 bWAR 2.5 fWAR
Pivetta has delivered about 10% more innings.
Wacha has delivered about 40% more value.