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Everything posted by sk7326
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what he said - now i do not know if there is a free spot on the 40 for him yet ... well, DFAing Pablo creates one for sure
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He is a 4 or 5 win starter ... oh noes!!!
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A homerun off a lefty in his debut!
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Both have handled being promoted aggressively - Devers has been among the youngest regulars at every level he has been in - and this year the power (usually the last thing to show up) is arriving. Obviously he is a prospect with the caveats - but there is no ceiling. Guys who do what he does at his age are almost always going to be really f'ing good.
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Devers
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This is not a meritocracy - just how markets work. The Rays never let Longoria get to free agency and signed him when he had less leverage ... hooray The industry is drowning in cash - beats John Henry buying another yacht or plane
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Moncada was creating a lot of air at AA too ... i think it was a calculated risk that didn't work ... which is different than mishandling. After all, these are all probabilities. If one part of his game was ML ready they could have seen if he could figure the other stuff yet, but the cake was just not baked nearly enough.
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I've got your rental right here
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Sandoval was the youngest of the big FAs that year with a pretty good Fenway swing and excellent contact skills - and a very good athlete (if you weren't you would not be able to be a starting 3B with his suboptimal conditioning). I did not love the signing but understood the case - but this was on the extreme left of the bell curve of outcomes for him.
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They don't - they just make outs ... outs are baseball's clock after all. Just an ebb and flow - nothing a ball finding a hole can't fix.
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Small sample size alert!
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they were hoping to get lucky a bit. it was more his sheer inability to make contact than anything which I think spoke to "this is a bit over his head right now" ... Benintendi was taking good at-bats from his first day at work
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Maybe - although if you bring up the kid - it's because it isn't urgent.
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i don't think it was mishandling ... moncada had a good season - it was worth a look ... and moncada himself seemed to want it .... he was overwhelmed which long term was probably good for him. It showed he was a little further away than it looked - which is fine. It got them Sale - and the ChiSox can afford to be more patient with him. The defense was a concern to a degree - but it was the bat, and his ability to handle good pitching. That is still very raw - but it was worth finding out if the dez bryant athlete could overcome that.
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That is a more sensible idea.
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Didi probably didn't have a shot with Pedroia either the way he had to move for that - but the throw was obviously the problem. Rather be lucky than good sometimes. Given the Yankees bullpen issues - ironic that they blow a game where they pitched quite well.
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Position players are eligible - it's just that they can't pitch well enough! A DH absolutely should be an MVP candidate - but when you give up the chance to contribute on the defensive end, that should matter as well. Simply playing a position (badly - see Miggy) should not earn any points.
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pitchers are players. When Eck and Willie Hernandez won MVPs it was a sick joke. (not as bad as Mark Moseley somehow winning NFL MVP once) But the years Clemens and Verlander won were totally justified. Starters pitch 35 times but have a much more direct impact on the game than any position player does.
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Why - any evidence Castellanos would be the best choice at 3B in that deal?
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I think they are tying to keep any decision on their timetable - to not have it be a WEEI topic ... I'll just note that next weekend is the exact ideal window for the promotion to happen. If it happens - there will be no hints dropped before. I think they'll be more protective of a 19 year old than Benintendi in that manner.
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Of course (see MONCADA!!). But note they also said nothing about Benintendi prior to it happening. He has actually checked more boxes than Moncada in this stretch - dominating AA pitching, strong approach ... tremendous power and solid defense ...
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This was a very long post. I lived it. His 1997-2002 was better pitching than any baseball player did anything in my lifetime. The only comparable was Bonds' Ruthian stretch.
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Good move for both sides ... now which big bang will be coming ... a trade or a promotion. (please say promotion)
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I think that is fair - although I think you have to START from the best players and work from there. So many of the "intangibles" are things we as fans infer without a ton of empirical evidence. (leadership, lineup protection, clutchiness)
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I think they are trying to keep the Nation machine off of him - now, I think it is more likely he goes to Pawtucket to replace Peralta. But remember Benintendi's callup was a surprise - we saw how he had demolished High A and AA and wondered, but the FO left no hints at a pre-September callup coming. As i have noted before - would I be surprised if Devers joined the team next weekend? No. The Red Sox could dream on Lin, Holt (when he returns) and whatever providing a warm body there ... but no other option inside (or maybe outside) the organization has the same sort of ceiling.