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Lester who?
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So long machado - see you in a future World Series - Whoops sorry about that you are going to San Diego - How about enjoy the sunshine .
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One more thing - Based on John henry's comments from yesterday, I can see why you don't hear many players talking about the importance of analytics. They are obviously having a great impact on the business side of things. The number of free agents left unsigned at this time likely has as much to do with their importance as it does to overall budgets. Doesn't sound like collusion to me. Great for the owners. They are using the data available to them to make decisions based on monies available. I think that long term we are going to see either major changes or major problems.
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his comments from yesterday were telling . he wants to keep Chris Sale in a Sox uniform and considers him unique with respect to his age and the length of his contract. i like that very much.
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I wish that it wasn't beginning to really look unlikely that Kimbrel will be coming back to Boston. Based on today's comments coming from management I guess it looks unlikely. This guy i will miss as much for his qualities as a teammate as well as his talent. We had a chance to see one of the best there has been do his thing for us. Hope everybody appreciates that.
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I don't really disagree with you here. My whole point being that none of these 3 causes me to have palpitations with respect to their talent levels. If he can get anything of value for either of the three, it would not surprise me to see to any of the three traded. If he can't get a decent return and back they come, not a bad thing. We have two known solid backstops and one great big unknown..
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I will say that the people I converse with here and actually have a lot of fun with in many cases seem to be tolerant of the fact that there are multiple ways to view things. Not buying into something in totality does not mean that you don't see its value. On the other hand, maybe the ones who I communicate with accept me for what they think I am even though they might be wrong. I think that they have learned to tolerate me possibly because I am likely not going anywhere. i am a very firm believer that if we all saw things the same way, it would be quite boring. This forum thank goodness provides us with much more than a simple round table of the analytical world and what they do for us. There was a time that I might have agreed with you about the condescension piece but not so much anymore. Plenty of disagreement for sure but once again that can be a good thing. Personally I am just a fan of the game on the field. I like to talk actual baseball and baseball strategy. Much of what interests me does not need to be propped up with data.
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lol - put them together somehow (I know you can) and we will have a winner. Based on your last two comments, you likely headed in a political direction!
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thus I could not help but bring up the Luchino thing once again because we all know that Cherington couldn't have had anything to do with that fiasco.
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And this comment relates to me how? if you are suggesting that I ignore the use and emphasis on data in the game today, you would be wrong. I am sorry though that I am not in love with nor am I willing to fall all over the comments I read emphasizing data value at the expense of everything else. When this forum becomes driven by data folk only, i will bow out. It hasn't reached that stage quite yet. There are so many new and unique ways for data to be used by the people into that sort of thing to spew any idea that they chose to spew.
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So was it somehow Dombrowski's fault that Lester got away? Where have you been? We all know that that one is entirely on Luchino. lol
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Even "Wicked Big" beer pong!!!
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I actually kind of agree with this. Resting isn't really going to amount to much. You certainly shouldn't rush him back but at some point he just needs to play and see where it takes him.
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Who in the hell knows. if Betts wants to continue his career in Boston, I think though that he is going to have to give them at least a clue. if it becomes just an issue of making absolutely the most money he can make, then maybe it is best that he walks.
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Kind of like the stay in your lane comments that I hear so often.
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Betts has made it fairly clear that he isn't interested in talking about this at this time. The other two have shown a desire to at least talk.
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absolutely right! Kuchar made it right as he should have. Anyone calling one of the most respected players on tour not to mention the fact that he is committed to his family, an ******* does not really get it.
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thanks for that - i do like Speier but once again if you have someone who really is good at what they do, my persoanal preference would be to go with the guy with the on field experience.
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No one is likely to argue that Alex Speier knows what he is talking about. If someone said that, I could have missed it. If you are on the field and actually showing someone how to do something it is helpful though if you can sort of do it. You don't have to expert in it since it isn't life or death but it does help. For the record, I kind of like him.
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Just read that and it is interesting.
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We do disagree to a certain extent. Based on what you have written it sounds as though Swihart in your opinion has no value. I don't agree. I do agree that we have a serviceable catching duo in Vaz and Sandy. We can get by. If someone else was brought in, there might be a minor adjustment period but that is all I think it would be. I do not think that our current #1 and #2 catchers are as directly responsible for the success of our pitching staff as you do. We both know that it isn't a bad thing to disagree form time to time. This is a good discussion in which two people can communicate in a non-nasty way even if they don't agree.
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Using an expression like the third string catcher seems to indicate a lack of ability and a great distance between the two guys that are ahead of him. Vazqueth and Leon are both decent catchers. Neither is anything special at all. if they were DD would not be listening to offers - if anyone is actually interested in either one - for them both. They would be very good backup catchers but most teams can duplicate their skills for less money. As a team, we are good enough to make them tolerable.
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I do not place as much significance in the numbers you have posted as you do. i suppose that in Swihart's case they likely mean something but with respect to the other two not so much. Swihart's numbers I suspect would improve significantly if given the opportunity. Don't get me wrong, i do not think that our catchers hurt us nor do I think that we are in need of an upgrade there at this time. i do feel that trying to project them as anything that cannot be replaced is a little silly. I would even suggest that one of the reasons Swihart is still kicking around is that DD just isn't convinced that ultimately he could be a major upgrade over the other two. It is not an issue - it is just something to talk about.
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i'm not disagreeing with you here but saying that Leon's or Vazquez's trade value for that matter is at a high, I'm thinking isn't really saying very much. Teams that have a need for a good backup might be interested but as a front liner going forward not so much. Our catchers don't hurt us because they can catch - pretty important for a catcher. T really don't see them as being particularly special at all. If one goes, it won't be like suffering an insurmountable blow of any sort. If they were that widely respected one of them would likely have been gone quite awhile ago.
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I don't favor roster expansion at all. You dance with the ones you brung so to speak. I hate the fact that the playoffs in general have become a second season. If roster expansion is something that is important to some then i would suggest that the season certainly could be shortened. We all know that that isn't going to happen -$$$ !!!