Bellhorn04
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Everything posted by Bellhorn04
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Hate to say it, but Sale might be done.
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Planning everything around a couple of splashy starting pitcher acquisitions seems very risky in itself. Don't see how the Sox have much choice though.
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Once again, every expensive free agent pitcher will carry a lot of risk.
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Why wouldn't he get at least much as Rodon?
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Where's your sense of 5 Gloves humor?
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I have to reiterate, I'm not trying to make Yoshida bad. I just think when all is said and done the signing indicates very questionable decision-making on Bloom's part. Why, when you are on a limited budget, do you allocate a huge chunk to a DH, and a risky one at that? And of course the fact he signed another DH at the same time exacerbated our defensive problems. Just too many odd decisions by Chaim.
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Snell should be more like $28 mill per annum.
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JD had an .889 OPS and 135 OPS+ with the Sox. You're making my point about the way different players are perceived.
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By rights we should be comparing Yoshida to J. D. Martinez. Their contracts are not that dissimilar. Both 5 years. Total cash JDM $110 mill, Yoshida $105 mill including posting fee. Allowing for inflation, let's knock Yoshida down to $95 mill or $19 mill AAV compared to $22 mill. So about 15% less in cost. We should also be comparing Yoshida's first year to JD's first year with us. What strikes me is that JD took a lot of heat from the Talksox faithful last year. There weren't many tears shed when he signed with the Dodgers for 1 year and $10 mill. JD's OPS+ last year was 117. Yoshida's 2023 OPS+ is 114. And yet a lot of people are still convinced it was a good signing by Bloom. I think it shows how differently certain players and performances are perceived.
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The truth is I don't watch very many games any more, just follow them on the computer, watch highlights, occasionally some live action. I assume pitchers are throwing Yoshida a lot of hard sinking stuff to induce him to hit it on the ground.
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Yes, that's a good rate, but what the heck happened to the walks?
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'Course not. But it's a pretty important indicator for this hitter's skill set...
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Reading that article again, it suggests that the reason he's been chasing so much may be simply because he's worn down, with the WBC playing a part in that.
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K/BB is a very big indicator for his profile. He's supposed to be a guy who doesn't strike out much and draws a lot of walks. That's his bread and butter. The pattern is an alarming one over half a season now. It's obvious that pitchers have adjusted to him, and he's chasing pitches out of the zone, as the article mvp linked shows. We'll have to see if he can make the necessary adjustments. Maybe there's some confirmation bias on my part because I've got in my head that it was a bad signing. But the numbers are real.
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Now you're just reading too much into this. I looked at his monthly splits, the pattern keeps getting worse and seems to indicate a serious issue. The numbers are what they are.
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No, I just started by looking at the monthly splits. June is the month when his K/BB ratio started to get worse. It's been a steady monthly decline. Look at the splits yourself.
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The thing is, the issue has been going on quite a while now. Since June 1, in 320 PA's, he has only 13 walks, with 47 K's, and a .316 OBP. We're over 3 months of concerning numbers now.
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The only mice I have are the dead ones the cat deposits at the door.
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All our booze is good. We're hard drinkers here. Have to stay warm somehow.
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Devers signs 11 year $331 million extension
Bellhorn04 replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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Mike's body seems to be breaking down. Might be another DH in waiting.
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lol!
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I'd call Jansen $16M X 2.
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As 5 Gloves points out, the Jays have done so.
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Needless to say you have to place the right bets on those pitchers you choose to open the vault for.
