sk7326
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Everything posted by sk7326
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Until the sport figures out how to change the pitching paradigm, it's going to be a gray area for sure.
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i don't wish any ill will on Sale - I just found this objectively funny.
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With that contract, I'd be willing to buy it blind and bet on the health - if it can get him before the season starts
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Sale out with back spasms ... which, as a Sox fan, feels like a comfortable place
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Sale back spasms, scratched for Game 2 I do not wish Sale ill, but him suffering a deus ex machina injury like this is a comfortable place for me. Just familiar.
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No. But I wouldn't not have bet on Chris Sale going a full season without being struck by an Acme, Inc. anvil either. I do give him massive credit for coming back. And it was a legit freak injury he got this time.
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Can they put a good enough offer for Sandy Alcantara?
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I am gueesing Priester was probably the best arm they could get for Yorke.
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Giolito will be interesting. Whitlock at this point has just had so much trouble staying healthy I am worried. The FA pitching list does not look super amazing - though I am very curious how the bidding shakes out for Shane Bieber.
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While the Schreiber deal is not complete ... I do think that represents good process regardless of what happens. With the sheer lack of starting arms in the system, getting one with a middle reliever was a good use of resources. Kind of ditto for the Verdugo trade.
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Indeed - particularly with Houck actually pitching well. Crawford's near total inability to prevent homeruns ended up derailing him of course.
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I know this is corny - but I really do appreciate Trevor Story actually coming back this season. That he wanted to, and that he put the effort in to do so is some actual no-BS leadership.
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2B/OF seem more likely. But there is an opening at 2B!
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They knew he had a long way to go with the hit tool. He was one of the people who really got hosed by MLB contracting the Lowell/short season tier. I'm still in just wait and see mode.
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Not really. Teel would probably be the likeliest one. But Mayer just having a great season at AA is a success, and Anthony is still super young.
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Texas is closer to the division than the wild card, so they at least have a couple of avenues here.
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This to me has been considerably more complicated - at least in that the team has been better. What is true is that the expanded playoffs created a truly bonkers seller's market for players. Using Fangraphs, 20 of the 30 teams have at least a 10% chance of making the playoffs ... and we know what a chaotic mistress playoff baseball is. I just don't know what the lower levels of the Sox inventory - as solid as it is - can buy. Now, I'd put Bleis into a deal for a good player - but the prices are pretty shocking.
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Yes. Priester is probably a swing arm at worst. As we said before - the team needed to add pitching ceiling. This is the way to do it.
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yeah everybody but Pareles IMO at least. I mean Priester is still younger than Fitts.
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He is a bad contract ... but up to .353 OBP, so the one thing he does bring to the table is coming around
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Yeah Yorke for Priester is a super interesting deal ... but it was something that they would have done regardless of buy/sell priorities. Each team traded from surplus for something they lacked. Pittsburgh got the surer thing - that doesn't mean Yorke will be a star or anything, but that he can play 2B/LF on an entry level contract and deliver value there. But the Sox - under the Breslow-Bailey regime have already shown some evidence of being able to get some additional performance out of pitchers. (Perales and Houck most notably) Perhaps there is some low hanging fruit there to unlock some serious talent inside Priester. Boston could have A) traded Yorke for a #5 starter/swing arm most likely, just put him into the lineup to see if he can help over the 2B pu pu platter or C) make a trade like this to at least get some starting pitcher ceiling ... C is the most speculative, but I understand it
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Some of the speficis from Law Mayer - the power and hard contact have continued, even knowing he is having issues with sliders down and in. Still looks like a plus defender at SS. While you should not expect him in Boston this year, it's not out of the question either. Teel - not a ton of plus tools but solid or better across the board, he could play in Boston now Anthony - Pitchers know he has trouble with offspeed stuff and are crushing him with it. But he is also just 20 in AA - so there is plenty of time to figure it out. Montgomery - if he had two healthy ankles, the Sox don't get him. Looks like a true switch hitter. Solid defense in RF, and more growth potential than you'd expect from a 21 year old SEC player. Campbell - arguably the biggest breakout of the minors in MLB. He is NOT going to maintain a .466 BABIP, but the hand-eye coordination is legit and he has been able to get to more game power than he showed in college.
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Considering the bag he got - Cora got some solid insurance from the Red Sox.
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This. That said, the sort of deal that would make trading one of the top 3 or 4 prospects palatable would be hard to do at the deadline - and might not very well exist. Pitching is more volatile - but you also need a pitcher to play the game. If you don't draft and develop pitching, you have to trade for it. As far as the deadline goes? I think trading Yorke makes sense - teams will want a cheap big capable starter - again the right deal. I would not be super precious about it. Conor Wong is an interesting sell high idea, but it is so hard to find good catching and it'd be a big bet on Teel defensively. More importantly, the Sox have won enough games here to be educated buyers.
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I need to hear more from the folks who follow prospects for a living whether Kristian Campbell has made it a Big 4.