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This was the weird thing about last year. There was dysfunction seemingly. It did not read as a fun place to work. It wore some on the kids and veterans (for different reasons). At the same time, the team still won ... and the guys showed a LOT of grit and toughness. They overcame a lot of adversity to pull together a pretty successful season ... unfortunately a non-negligible chunk of that adversity was self-inflicted. Farrell has to have check marks in both columns in that way.
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nunez is a quality utility guy ... and it is good we have him.
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Hitting is hard when you can't grip the bat properly
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He is a contact hitter - and if it's hard it works ... but he has little history of power and he doesn't walk. He is not good defensively - but has value because he can play a bunch of positions.
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If the team is winning, then it is keeping things loose. If the team does not win, it's a lack of discipline. Outcomes color all of it. It's silly but there you go. The good reporting tries a bit harder than using those symbols.
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I could see that as a steady state ... (11 pitchers). But will they break camp that way or start with 12?
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Basically you look at the position players entering the season: Starters: Vasquez, Moreland, Nunez, Bogaerts, Devers, Benintendi, Bradley, Betts, Ramirez Bench Catcher: Leon So if you start with a 12 or 13 man pitching staff ... you are basically down to 2 or 3 players. If we assume a FA signing of some kind (JD, Lomo, whomever) that gets you down to 1 or 2. So you are looking at, what Brentz, Holt, Castillo, Swihart for 2 spots maybe?
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Not at all - Nunez did not have a hot market because he's not a starter. I mean, his value is almost entirely in BABIP ... and he can play a bunch of positions. (none of them well, but for a utility bench guy, this is not a problem) Signing him is a good move. In the land of 12-13 man pitching staffs, you need your bench players to be super versatile positionally.
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Put your best hitter 2nd ... the differences in lineup placement are small, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't grab whatever help you can. But batting 2nd has shown to be the best way to balance getting your best hitter more plate appearances while making sure he also gets plenty of RBI opportunities.
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Farrell tactically was fine. He was not great, but he was not terrible. (like Matt Williams terrible) Tactically he did a pretty good job in the ALDS. (no way to tactically work around 2 horrific starts ... his moves were crucial to winning Game 3, and he did everything right in Game 4) He got respect - and after the Bobby V experience, having a normal human being in that position was a tremendous plus. However, he did not seem to be very good with working with a younger team. He was good in that he played kids - which not all managers do. But - and a lot of the reporting surrounding the firing noted this - the kids the Sox had were all smart, high character guys. But they often were also guys who were very hard on themselves - and Farrell was not the sort of guy who can tell the kids to take it easy or just helping them relax. Can Cora be able to work with a lighter touch - I am excited to find out.
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Cashner down from 19% to 12% K-rate in 2017. Yuck
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oh of course - but "buzz" ... whatever. There are a lot of chances to get better, but most of them are internal.
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I am happy being the boring 90 win team.
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I suspect the clubhouse was not a fun place to work by the end of 2017 ... and when you have a young team, that can often a problem.
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There was obviously a reason - but I suspect our diagnoses were different ...
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Cashner's K-rate fell through the floor last year. Liriano has been shaky - but there is reasonable upside for the cost. Lynn is probably the most reliable of that level of guy - but you have to be okay with him turning in 2017 Porcello sort of work ... where the value is in the bulk.
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There is ultimately not much history there - almost all the criticisms of Hosmer (and I agree with a lot of them) apply to Moustakas, except with more homeruns, more outs and an extra year of age.
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Previous mistakes do not excuse future ones. They absolutely CAN foot the bill ... the question is whether they ought to.
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That analysis is sound - I'd offer him (if he doesn't like 5/100) something like 3/80, with the third year maybe even a player option. Or - if it's 5/100, maybe frontload it so the last 2 years are less onerous for the Sox
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You look at the best position players who have signed. Lorenzo Cain 5/80 Zack Cosart 3/38 Carlos Santana 3/60 The Red Sox are being pretty reasonable. The Phillies clearly overpaid now once you see the market evolve - first mover disadvantage
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No - it's the Red Sox recognizing his market and their position. It's just game theory ... if Martinez had another bidder, nothing is preventing him from taking the higher offer. Indeed if I were Boston, I'd tell JD that I'd do 3/75-80 or something ... more average salary for a much more comfortable time frame. But there is no reason to up the 5 year offer.
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oh absolutely - I should have talked about sacrifice in a larger level ... and the leading by example is the stuff that gives some credibility about the other stuff. I am excited about the change in manager - but I think a lot of the change might involve a lighter touch than Farrell was capable.
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That is leadership - and how players earn their stripes to actually be able to have the words matter.
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One of the tricky things - as a fan ... is that leadership becomes media narrative as much as anything. The guys who talk to the press get conflated with the leaders. I mean leadership in these setting is often not the "inches we seek are everywhere" sort of speeches. Leadership is the 1987 Celtics seeing how hard it was for Kevin McHale to put on his shoes as he was playing the Finals with a broken foot (a foot that progressively got worse). In baseball, the manager can establish a working environment. As I maintain - a baseball manager is the most like a boss someone would have in a real-life job ... delegate, coach the coaches, yada yada
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2018 ESPN Prospects Stuff (Sox Related)
sk7326 replied to sk7326's topic in Red Sox Minor League Talk
The org's top 2 prospects and 3 of their Top 10 came from the fire sales. That is an incredible return for 2 relievers and a DH.