sk7326
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Grit and stuff is somewhat racially charged - or at least it seems that way in application. Also, visible toughness comes when the player makes it look tough - the appearance of high effort ...
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the team is 10-8 despite a fairly solid schedule, some significant injury and illness issues - and the bats not waking up. That sounds like "toughness" to me.
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15 games in ... might not make another error for 85 games - this is not linear. And errors mostly aren't helpful as indicators of anything.
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If the Sox can get Price back with the training wheels off by June it is a good outcome ...
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errors mean very little - again, tiny blip, and a .225 BABIP ain't gonna continue forever. He is hitting the ball hard. His strikeout rate is up a bit, which is worrisome ... but (on a rate basis) so are the homeruns - so that might be a conscious choice. We'll see. (it made sense for him to be a more spray - oriented hitter in the NL West)
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it's the winners curse - and baseball has already been found guilty of collusion before (and very likely did with Barry Bonds too). a team will give those years to win the auction. price was a fairly good bet considering - no history of arm trouble. (we'll see what happens here, at least it's not shoulder which is where the real nightmares start) BTW: It was my argument for extending Lester - while there was very little chance he'd be an ace in year 4-5, his history of durability makes it very likely he could still be a solid innings horse - which given the entirety of the deal, isn't too shabby.
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All of the numbers are small samples now - really all you have is the "eye test" early, and Sandoval clearly looks like he belongs on the field at minimum
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He has been outstanding in all of his starts.
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I would have not had an issue with bringing him in. But of course, Sale's loss in Detroit also involved the 4th time - it is always a challenge for pitchers. Between putting Sale out there with a quick eject button and getting Kimbrel in with a clean inning ... I don't consider that a mistake by Farrell at all
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Toronto's guys getting a 4th look at Sale combined with having a pretty darn good relief option ... gotta trust Kimbrel to bring that in ... a power hitter caught a 97 mph clean, that's life
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No. You don't ask him - managers manage. Farrell made the right move. 3-4-5 guys were getting their 4th look at Sale - always a fraught position for a pitcher. (Sale lost the Detroit start on the 4th go in the order when Farrell took too long to hit the eject button) Kimbrel has been dominant so far (and was in this appearance, struck out 5 of the 7 guys he faced). The move did not work - but he played the percentages.
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2nd in OBP, 9th in wRC+ ... if this is struggling (and it is to a degree) there is plenty of hope
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In a rather amazing line - 7 batters, 5 Ks, one uh oh
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And of course that happened - baseball sucks sometimes
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4th time through the lineup? I have no real issue with Kimbrel here. BTW: Very odd reversal here. Those replays showed me nothing.
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Oh robot umps ... if only ...
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OPS measures offense ... and imperfectly ... the two stats have different denominators and OBP in reality is much more important than slugging. The observers are trained "surveyors" of defense - that is measurement ... it is not clean and easy ... and it is less evolved than, say slugging percentage. The baserunning is measured too - in terms of runs added.
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He probably won't - and his ability to get to balls is of course more important. Actually defensively he is off to an okay start. He has been a distinct improvement over a potted plant at that position - which wasn't true in 2015.
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WAR is the normalized sum of every measurable thing a baseball player does. See? That wasn't hard. Now there are differences between fangraphs and b-ref based on how that stuff gets normalized - and how pitching and defense are measured. But that's okay - measurement in those areas is HARD (because you are decomposing run prevention - a team accomplishment) - and it is useful to have a range of answers based on different views of that problem.
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signability is not the issue that it was - but it is still going to be there. Kids will still use college commitments - and some will use them more credibly than others. I am curious. Dombrowski is a good baseball man - if the farm withers, it's because Henry wanted it to.
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Fenway is a mint - I have zero qualms about finding the corner OF via somewhere else. Shortstop is a huge hole if you let a 4-win player who will only have just turned 27 when his 2019 ends.
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They got Betts in the 5th round ... that stuff will have to happen more. Finding two sport athletes who can flourish with specialization, live arms with limited finesse. And of course trading to stock the farm - which can still happen given the team's surplus (of CFs say).
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The younger player SHOULD want more - and the team probably should want to sign him to a longer term deal more. And given that Bogaerts actually has a longer track record of quality than Bradley has. (granted, by 1 year but it is true). There are more great SSs than CFs, but not by much. And an important consideration is that - we (almost certainly) have two of those CFs in tow already.
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not in throwing arm for sure - although that is a luxury to have in CF. Range is far and away the most important priority and Betts can do that. The quick leap he made to an elite defensive RF (in a RF often as cavernous as most CFs) is noteworthy.
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You lose Bradley you are replacing him with Betts, and Betts via some other means. While losing Bradley would stink - it is not at all certain whether the replacement would be significantly worse.