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It behooves them to say that. I don't think they expect Devers to be the answer this season. But ... 1. Dombrowski has had no issue promoting aggressively 2. Devers has gotten off to a magnificent start in AA as one of the youngest AA'ers around 3. If Devers performance holds up through a half season and the scouts think he can handle it (and you have a look a bit beyond the stats - like how Moncada's superficial numbers tore up AA, but he was also striking out a ton against AA-competition), a promotion would be aggressive, but not crazy. Bat him 9th, let him figure it out. I think they'd love Sandoval to be a 2-3 win player again ... but I don't think anything has been decided. Sandoval - while I have defended him so far - has not done anything to end the discussion.
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Who would you trade Mookie Betts for?
sk7326 replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Nobody - he's a Top 10 player. Unless this team falls apart to a degree you are actually trying to rebuild - there is nobody. -
They had the money and a need - and a really loaded team. I think there are times when a premium closer is a luxury a team can afford ... Let's put it this way with closers ... any reliever you can't bring into a truly difficult spot is not worth a ton. While there are differences in relievers - it's not a compliment for a pitcher to require having the bases empty when they enter.
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The bullpen has been fine - and is easy to upgrade ... and to be fair, DD's teams in Detroit made the World Series and multiple playoffs. Given what a crapshoot making the playoffs is - just getting there is the GM accomplishment. (now they played in an easy division most of those years - but who cares) His teams have had good lineups, good rotations. The curse - such as it is - is just not being able to win the 11 games in October/November.
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Should the Red Sox Acquire Adrian Beltre?
sk7326 replied to a700hitter's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
If the Rangers fall out of it - it's possible ... although Gallo can move to 1st base too. The additional year of control makes Beltre more expensive. Olney on ESPN noted that the team is scouting Devers (who has gotten off to a pretty ridiculous start at Portland as one of the youngest regulars in AA - small sample sizes of course) to see whether simply bringing him up in June, putting his at the #9 position and let him figure it out. Now Devers could be moved for a starting pitcher ... but I think the team also strategically emptied its biggest bullets on that front already. They kept Devers over Moncada for a reason. -
He went 5 for 5 batting 2nd. That seems worthwhile.
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they are getting on base - and have (largely) been extremely difficult to get out ... the runs will follow
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11-8 through quite a bit of adversity. That is toughness.
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There are very very very few black or latino Scrappy McTuffersons the way that sort of description is applied to say, Pedroia or Eckstein. In the same vein, you see very very few white guys talked about in terms of athleticism. I am surprised this is a controversial idea.
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Team is generating baserunners - that is the hardest part of offense. 2nd in the bigs in hard hit %, 3rd in line drive %, hardest team in the bigs to strike out. They are doing everything they have to - nothing that some of these balls finding gaps won't fix.
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Sox are currently 5th in the majors in on-base percentage ... really what we are asking is about turning baserunners into runs scored. The overwhelming likelihood is that this is a problem that will cure itself.
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Partially because he has always been a good athlete - he could get away with it because of natural athleticism. Now he might have to put more effort in on the conditioning end. We'll see what happens - the early returns have been fairly encouraging.
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Teams don't win in April - they can lose it to a degree. Sox are fine.
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errors don't say anything about the ability to get to balls - which is the important thing (i.e. creating error chances) ... from a range perspective, Pablo has actually been sort of average so far
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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.