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  1. sk7326
    What is interesting about Cherington is that the areas where an "eye for talent" actually matters, he has been quite good.
  2. sk7326
    I always thought the Donaldson thing was basically analogous to Beane owning a $200,000 house and then Anthopolous one day bullshitting on a phone call that he'd pay $500,000 for that house. Beane: "You'd give them up? You serious?" AA: "Well, whatever. Not like Donaldson is on the market. That'd be stupid." Beane: "Sure, yeah. I gotta go." (click!)
  3. sk7326
    All Stars? Xander Bogaerts is 2nd in SS fWAR to date. He'd be a fine choice, although Carlos Correa in just 22 games has made an amazing charge Pedroia has had a really nice bounceback season (at least at the plate) Mookie Betts could be in the mix, although CF is pretty stacked There are way way way way too many reliever on All-Star rosters in general, but given that both Uehara and Tazawa deserve looks too. My guess would be Pedroia
  4. sk7326
    Here is the thing about blaming the pitching (which is not last when you look at advanced metrics) ... the idea we were expecting was that this team would lose its share of slo-pitch softball scores because its pitching might stink. But THAT HAS LARGELY NOT HAPPENED because the hitting has largely not been able to get into slugfests. I would be more inclined to blame the pitching if the former were actually happening.
  5. sk7326
    They're playing better - which at least makes it better to watch. Gotta start small.
  6. sk7326
    That slumping month is the driver of the record
  7. sk7326
    Of course - the challenge for the team is to get to a position in the next month where the FO can justify the price.
  8. sk7326
    Regardless of where this leads - they are playing better ... and the kids are settling in. There is no way to improve the pitching enough during the season to cover for the everyday lineup not doing its job. For any other changes to be justifiable, the guys in the clubhouse need to play to their abilities.
  9. sk7326
    only one is in the bigs, only two are above single A. These things iron themselves out.
  10. sk7326
    Not sure if Sandoval is bad - as much as I don't like it. The Lester move is also debateable, although Porcello has not been a good flag bearer so far. The Redick deal was bad although one can argue Jed Lowrie for Melancon was worse. At the same time, Reddick seemed to bottom out in Boston - Oakland might have been able to tolerate his flaws (basically, zero approach) for the good stuff I tend to give Cherington the thumbs up in a very very difficult job. The +/- with major league moves is plus and the stocking up of the org at large has been very strong.
  11. sk7326
    Nice thing is that the defensive results show - nobody will confuse him with Ozzie Smith, but he has actually been pretty solid.
  12. sk7326
    Doubles and triples so far, fewer HRs ... in the same breath he's tracking to be a 4 win player this year, which is a pretty good place. I think the comfort level has improved markedly.
  13. sk7326
    The line and the age have to matter too ... Guerra .818 OPS as a 19 year old SS, Devers .306/.336./449 as an 18 year old. What they are doing at ages when you don't expect guys to be in full-season leagues is very encouraging. Margot in Portland as a 20 year old even moreso.
  14. sk7326
    4 strikeouts on 26 AAA batters faced tempers my enthusiasm ... he should go in the pen, where I'd expect him to be quite good.
  15. sk7326
    That he is hitting is great, but I think it also has to do with scouting and coaching outcomes. Has his approach changed? Is he still trying to do a Mike Napoli impression? How has he adjusted to the pitches he was getting retired on? Just those sorts of milestones.
  16. sk7326
    1. I'll believe it when I see it 2. All three contracts are much more moveable than the older three.
  17. sk7326
    Oh certainly - although the process looks to have produced 3 quality starters going forward already - and a trade landed a potential ace. That cannot be discounted.
  18. sk7326
    Ellsbury was a plus defender by the end of his time in Boston. We value Mookie for being darn close to the guy Ellsbury is while being 9 f'in years younger.
  19. sk7326
    Swihart the raw stuff is obvious, and Betts is going to be a star. Bogaerts is interesting - fangraphs wrote about it - he has gotten very smart about dealing with the off-speed stuff and the stuff down and away. But he is walking less. He has made a contact for power choice which you can't blame him for - but it has kept him potentially from unleashing the power he shows from time to time more regularly. Of course he's leading the AL SSs in fWAR now, so ...
  20. sk7326
    What is true is that the last week and change they are playing better baseball, and their kids are starting to pull more weight. It's not a hot streak, but it's at least progress.
  21. sk7326
    You should get graded on the results and the process. If you drafted Bryce Harper and then Bryce Harper got hit by a bus, did the draft pick become a bust?
  22. sk7326
    http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1975.shtml ... other mitigating factors like ballparks (all those cookie cutter astro turf parks), opposition, defense had a lot of impact. fWAR is less kind since it directly addresses the idea that the staff did not strike out a lot of guys - leaned on a good defense.
  23. sk7326
    Is this trolling? I'll type it slowly ... Betts ... is ... 22 .... years ... old
  24. sk7326
    Those were for the staff as a whole .... Anderson had a very quick hook, partially to make sure the staff did not screw up what arguably the best everyday lineup ever fielded did.
  25. sk7326
    Gullett was good. The Reds were 14th in fWAR in 1975, 6th in 1976, which was their most productive staff in the Big Red Machine era. The pitching was "enough" - when the position players hold up their end of the deal. Teams win with weaknesses all the time - 100 games a season.
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