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Strikeouts are there - and in these rehab starts always have to be careful at the box score ... we don't know what he was working on. But yeah he's going to be a great addition.
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July 24: BOS (Eovaldi) vs NYY (Taillon)
sk7326 replied to moonslav59's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Eovaldi has been fairly unlucky this season - his numbers are good but his underlying stats are even better than that. -
July 24: BOS (Eovaldi) vs NYY (Taillon)
sk7326 replied to moonslav59's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
I remember him not being eligible for the Arizona Fall League because he had not turned 18 yet. -
Agreed. The nice thing is that what the Red Sox need is not THAT difficult. Raising the floor at 1st base should not be a difficult ask. Getting a little more bullpen help should not be that difficult. Obviously multiple sources have connected Kimbrel though I am skeptical.
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July 24: BOS (Eovaldi) vs NYY (Taillon)
sk7326 replied to moonslav59's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Was going to yell "little league homerun!" but Kike did mash that -
I'd probably still put Downs at #3. He is struggling a bit at AAA but AAA at his age is still quite good and I have not read anybody who has gone out on him. Downs has largely been seen as a "high probability" prospect more than a high ceiling one anyway. Downs still looks like a guy with a very good chance to be an average starter at 2B. It's not sexy but plenty to be the #3 prospect still. And Duran probably should still be in the rankings while he has his rookie eligibility.
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Longenhagen at Fangraphs has Mayer at #37 in his revised Top 100 Law has Mayer at #14 in his revised Top 50 Mayer was duking it out with Davis for the top of the draft board - him being the Sox top prospect right away seemed straightforward. Casas hanging solidly at AA at his age is doing pretty well though it'd be nice to see the power more. Jimenez is the wild card of the group if he can make some more solid contact. He's an electric athlete who just needs to square up the ball mo' better.
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I'm not even sure that's true - the Dodgers have a loaded farm system. The approach to the farm is the same - the difference is having the money to go into the free agent pool more aggressively. Ownership wanted Dombrowski to go all in for the title and it worked. Now they want to do something a bit more sustainable like Epstein did - we'll see how it goes. But position-wise the core is pretty good.
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Houck's ability to basically do something to keep lefties off of him is what will determine whether he is Justin Masterson or an actual solid starting pitcher.
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This was an underrated talent Dombrowski had. He was able to look at the Red Sox prospects, many of them in various respected Top 100s (MLB.com, Fangraphs, Keith Law, Baseball America) and make quick up or down votes on the prospects and basically be right. He got the Devers call right - the Benintendi call was right though clearly flamed out quickly. But nobody he traded is anybody the big club has missed - though Moncada is a good player.
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I was not being clear ... if someone wants to trace Betts' unique talent back towards Yaz or Williams I am cool with it. But I do agree with you - Betts is a talent the Red Sox have very rarely, if ever, had. Honestly for a comp to Betts the Red Sox have ever had, you probably have to go to Reggie Smith if Fred Lynn does not do it for you.
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Lynn's career was derailed by injuries so that is a bit forward looking of course. Boggs is a fair comparison - Rice less so. (Rice is not a great Hall of Famer) The Red Sox have not had many 5-tool sort of talents like Betts, full stop. Lynn was the last one in the neighborhood. But sure, go back to Yaz or Ted Williams - that's totally cool.
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There is no substitute for throwing strikes, alas.
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On a player basis - they didn't, full stop. But depending on what they do with the financial flexibility plus the players it could be an adequate result. Mookie was the best position player the franchise produced since Fred Lynn.
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Betts is one of the 5 best players in baseball and the best position player the Red Sox spat out since Fred Lynn. There is no trade where he would not be the best player - and frankly the most likely to produce value over the next 5 years. We have not seen the extra money saved deployed yet really anyway. That said, once the Red Sox made the deal - they got a better return than you normally get from these things.
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He is lucky his record is not worse. He has been very unlucky in his actual pitching. Normally, walking fewer guys, striking out more of the without a real drop in exit velocity does not lead to an 2 run jump in ERA.
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Yeah the Red Sox have gotten better starting than anybody had any right to expect - and that features both Rodriguez and Eovaldi pitching much better than their results (Rodriguez strikingly so).
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Peavy was not good in the postseason - but he did help them get through the slog of the regular season. Really what the team needs to do now is manage the miles on the bullpen which has been worked very hard. And of course you'd like some depth and insurance in case Whitlock turns into a pumpkin. The team has internal possibilities. But increasing the floor is not a bad idea - assuming the price is okay.
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2021 MLB draft
sk7326 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
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I like the Occam's Razor answer to this. Betts had a ton of leverage for a ginormous contract and the Red Sox did not want to give it to him. And when the Dodgers ALSO were willing to take David Price's deal it became more attractive. That said, the baseball ops people DID do a good job making it a tolerable baseball deal. Verdugo's slump is worrisome - but getting a legit starting OF out of a salary dump is better than teams normally do in this sort of thing. Jeter Downs is the team's best prospect - which makes it even better. Really the Dodgers are the dream for the Sox - a team that has the depth to trade a guy like Downs and barely notice it.
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It was nice to see Rodriguez get the win - he has been arguably THE unluckiest pitcher in the league this season - where the gap between his ERA and his underlying fundamentals is the widest. The shopping list is very clear this time around. If they can get another innings eating starter ... with or without Sale's return being included, and then if they can find one more bat to balance out the bottom of the order. This definitely has the feel of a 2013 team, where some versatile unsexy pieces along with a couple of guys bouncing back from surprisingly terrible seasons has given us a contender again.
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I know exactly what happened. The last GM was told to trade prospects for the major league club and then was fired when the owner noticed those prospects were traded. The previous GM was sacked after ownership told him to get the biggest names in the FA class and he did. Fans get upset at an owner rolling in revenue crying poor at any point with regards to spending on the club. I get it, even it is a little wrongheaded. The team wants to be the Dodgers - but that requires more patience with a given regime than ownership has necessarily shown.
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The team went the patient path in and then decided they wanted to splurge and then largely hung the GM out to dry in each case when it didn't work. It's ownership when it's successful and the GM when it's not. It's been pretty reactive. Bloom will certainly be safe until the first actual disappointing season - ownership has shown very very think skin about those. Each GM represented an organizational philosophy and Henry has veered between the two very sharply. Now the roster this year resembles the 2013 in that there were no big splashes but some good depth signings - and enough quality in the position players that you can be confident there. If Cora and company can consistently piece together enough run prevention, it will be a fun summer.
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Ultimately, it's ownership's path - and ownership has not always been consistent in the path chosen. Obviously the platonic ideal is the Dodgers (and I guess to a lesser extent the Yankees) - a team that can do BOTH the "team with big money" stuff and the player development stuff well. It's when ownership changes its mind rashly that I get annoyed. They definitely have had extremely thin skin.
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There are plenty enough baseball players to support it - and giving more fans baseball is good. If I were baseball el jeffe, it'd be: four 8-team divisions ... 12 games in division, 9 out of division, 6 interleague (one opponent home and home, the natural rivals can stay that way and the rest can rotate) Two division winners get byes, the best four of the rest play a wild card round. The geographic alignment still matters as long as fans consume television across 4 time zones.