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  1. sk7326
    Barry Bonds - I will leave the mic right here
  2. sk7326
    The Red Sox two biggest failings since the title were" A. Machinations with the starting rotation B. Not trusting their own evaluations, and just let the kids figure things out. Now the odds are strongly against Bradley being a .950 OPS guy the rest of the season ... but an onbase machine with an excellent glove was always on the table. Bogaerts is doing exactly what was predicted for him - although the shape of the performance is different (remembering coming up there was expectations of homerun power - based on minor league ISO and whatnot - and dicey defense ... instead it has been more gap power and he was worked to be a legitametely solid SS, not a 3B in hiding)
  3. sk7326
    You are right with some of this since I looked up some of the stuff ... they moved to Safeco middle of 1999, so he had a few good seasons within an offensive graveyard. He was the best hitter in a good lineup and actually compares quite favorably to the best hitter in the Red Sox lineup over most of Ortiz' peak ... Manny. Martinez had a great 1995, but he also had a great 1990-1992, seasons, once normalized for league and such were right in the same neighborhood as Ortiz' best seasons. Ortiz has given me more joy than any other Red Sox player (Pedro is the only one in the argument) ... and he gets particular credit for me for his 2010 and beyond career, when it looked like by the ALCS in 2008 and the entire 2009 season that the party was over.
  4. sk7326
    In 1995 and 1996. He played most of his peak in an offensive graveyard
  5. sk7326
    You would certainly evaluate a catcher's numbers differently than a 1B ... this is not that complicated. The "average" for the position is higher - so the 95th percentile goes up with it.
  6. sk7326
    I think so - mostly. Now while it is easy to say Lovullo had some magic fairy dust last season - their perking up last season coincided with them simply playing the right 8 guys on the field, which injuries kind of forced them to do. I am not sure how much credit Lovullo gets there. Further, he has been Farrell's top lieutentant for years - so I cannot really separate the two meaningfully. Anyhow, I think 2014 and 2015 was much more about roster composition and general philosophy about their kiddos. I don't think Farrell is amazing - tactically I have had real issues, although I imagine they were not bleeding wins - but when I think of the bigger picture, I do think the players have tried and played for him ... if anything they've pressed.
  7. sk7326
    Hell yeah it should. Aside from that hitting is a DH's single job - that there are different offensive norms for different positions is common knowledge. I agree there is positional discrimination by the Hall ... but DHs should be expected to deliver more than someone who can field, because there is only one place where he makes an impact. I am not treating it as a novelty - I am treating it like a specialist who should do a specialists job at a special quality.
  8. sk7326
    Martinez almost 20 fWAR, 14 bWAR more in 1100 fewer PAs. Between 1990 and 2003 his worst OBP year was .366 (Papi sprinkled in some less than great years - even if you don't include his largely wasted first 6 years in MIN). For a solid 5-7 years (basically took the mantle from FRank Thomas) as the AL's best hitter. Ortiz' longevity is striking and the homeruns are an edge. But Martinez was a better hitter - and a better fielder the rare times it mattered. The MVP voting difference is easily explained by 1) market size and 2) especially in Martinez' time, kneeling at the altar of RBIs. Ortiz has many more RBIs, but he also played in better lineups for the most part - and RBIs are really just a function of chances. I do agree with those who say DH is a legitimate position. Absolutely. And Martinez and Ortiz are HoF'ers to me because of that - in that order.
  9. sk7326
    Good teams have had bad tactical managers (the team that I came of Red Sox age - 1986 - had one). Happens all the time. Ned Yost is awful, but the Royals have won a lot lately.
  10. sk7326
    On the field: Really the sport has roster rules exactly backwards. Start the minor league season LATER. You really should have your 40 man roster in April, not September. Go to automated ball-strikes calls. Umps are lousy at it, it's an impossible job for humans to do. Also - the strike zone is in the rule book, that umps interpret it their own way is a mistake. Off the field: Allow trading draft picks. (Hell, abolish the draft - but that's never going to happen) Abolish salary limits. Get rid of draft pick compensation for free agents.
  11. sk7326
    Bar has to be high as a pure DH. Ortiz is not the best qualified pure DH will a Hall case (Edgar Martinez is at least as good). I'd argue for them both, but I can't argue for Ortiz first.
  12. sk7326
    Watching pitchers hit and bunt is enough evidence. (heck the proliferation of watching bunts period)
  13. sk7326
    Guys play hard for him - and he clearly is very good at a lot of the "stuff we don't see". The org has committed to the young position players and they have flourished. The prior dithering about them when they did not turn into All-Stars in seconds seems like above his pay grade.
  14. sk7326
    essentially they are shutting down minor league pitchers - so only guys coming up in roster expansion are position guys (and ours are not that bad)
  15. sk7326
    Montreal makes sense - what the league did to them was criminal. Mexico City sounds good - but the economics and the security are an issue - it would be hard for FAs to go there. But a natural to me is Austin, which could capture San Antonio as a secondary market. A team somewhere in North Carolina would also make some sense. If they do that, going to four 8 team divisions and balancing the schedules would be good.
  16. sk7326
    Hard to say - the Phillies did end up paying him more AAV
  17. sk7326
    I don't deny it - but it's a place to put a guy who can rake ... I am not trying to rain on Ramirez' parade, but if he weren't so transcendentally awful in LF last season, I suspect the discussion this season would not feel so amazing.
  18. sk7326
    Strikeout rate is a career high 31% - so the first approximation says this will get better ...
  19. sk7326
    It's because 1B is the position where you move bats without positions (when the DH is not an option).
  20. sk7326
    No. People are just amazed Hanley can walk onto the baseball field without tripping over his shoelaces.
  21. sk7326
    The pitch framing is amazing
  22. sk7326
    Sox are in a serious zone ... enjoy it while it lasts. Sox are on a 920 run pace
  23. sk7326
    It's a lefty - this is Young's one special baseball talent
  24. sk7326
    The baseball spaghetti monster put Chris Young on this earth to hit lefthanded pitching ... fortunately we are now starting to see more of it
  25. sk7326
    There are no absolutes. The system player of the year is always weird to me - it's a nice way to recognize guys who play well, but the correlation with how the org views its prospects does not seem that high. The Lars Anderson, Andy Marte's of the world make the whole scouting thing a particular bear.
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