moonslav59
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By "controlled," do you mean call up Dalbec for 1 game, then send him back to AAA? (Play whack-a-mole with the 8th RP'er at the same time?)
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Duran LF, Rafaela CF and O'Neill RF is better than Duran in CF, O'Neill in LF and Abreu RF.
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Maybe, only if they lied or misled him about the plan. He's still got a good job, a nice roster and some young stars on the way.
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It's probably a better investment.
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Yes, a minority but a vocal one. Certainly, Bloom made his share or more than his share of blunders, non moves and deadline paralyzations. That being said, with 20+ holes in the roster going into 2020 and a paltry budget, it's no wonder he started out behind the eight ball. The following winter budgets barely kept up with players sent packing. In many ways, you get what you pay for. My biggest beef was not focusing more on pitching, but until the Story signing, I'm not sure any long term deals were allowed, and it's hard to sign top pitching on one year deals. He could have done more. He could have done better, even within this context.
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No surprise he wasn't brought back in 2016. There were some key additions to the 2016 team, but one major reason for the big jump in wins was the jump be many returning vets: 2015> 2016 Porcello: 172 IP 4.92 ERA> 223 IP 3.15 ERA Wright: 73 IP 4.09> 157 IP 3.33 ERA Mookie: 654 PA .820 OPS> 730 PA .897 OPS Bogey 654 and .776 > 719 and .802 Pedey 425 and .797 > 698 and .825 JBJ 255 and .832 > 636 and .835 Papi 614 and .913 > 626 and 1.021 HRam 430 and .717 > 620 and .866 (An amazing 6 returning vets with 620+ PAs and an OPS over .800!)
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That's just a dream. I will be pissed, if the price drops down to near Gio AAV levels.
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Just play Rafaela in CF to improve the D. There is no other position easy to upgrade on D without hurting the O, or costing too much. I'd rather we sign Lauer than Duvall or Soler.
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Every penny spent should be for pitching.
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That 2015 team was really quite the roster. Beyond Betts, Bogey, Papi and Pedey, these guys had 288+ PAs: Holt Pablito HRam Napoli Swihart Castillo The IP leaders: 194 Miley 172 Porcello 134 Kelly 122 ERod 113 Buch 73 Wright 63 Owens 59 Masterson 65 Ogando 65 Breslow 61 Ross 59 Tazawa 48 Layne 43 Barnes 40 Koji
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They can't afford a penny more for pitching, but are looking at the OF. They should just hand the CF job to Rafaela and or Abreu. I can see why they wouldn't want one riding the bench for most games, but if they trade Refsnyder and use Yoshida at DH near FT, we should be able to find enough PAs for the 4 we have: LF: Duran/ Abreu (Yoshida) CF: Rafaela/Abreu RF: O'Neill/Abreu
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We all know Cora loves to sit players for rest at least 8 games a year. All I'm saying, is that when he sits players, he should try to do it on the better handed pitcher splits days. Casas is not one of the major split differential players, but why not? .777 v LHP .858 v RHP Even "recently, it would be better for him to sit v L: 2023: .871 v L .865 v R
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I never said platoon Casas. I said when Cora chooses to rest Casas, it should be vs a LHP. Why twist everything up like a pretzel?
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Many blamed Bloom for "choosing not to spend." It's funny how now, some see it was JH, all along.
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Indeed. Being an emergency back-up is not the same as being a back-up. Every team has a 3rd catcher on the 26, even if the guy never played catcher. The idea of casas as an emergency 3Bman was based on the idea that Cooper was added to back up 1B. Reyes would be the back-up 3Bman, and Casas might be the emergency guy at 3B. Yes, big difference..
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Polanco traded to Mariners.
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I love the signing, day one. And do the Sox really need another DH? No, not with Yoshida in the mix.
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I get the gaining of a control year on the back-end of a young players time with a team, but this year seems perfect for allowing Rafaela and Abreu a solid chance at proving they belong in the bigs, or not. I agree, though, sitting on the bench behind Duran, O'Neill and Duvall does neither any good.
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Kinda, but Casas did play 72 innings at 3B in the minors.
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A 128 OPS+ is good enough, for me. It's a little better than casas at 121 v L (much better than his career 87)
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Maybe the best part of Rafaela in CF is that it forces Duran to LF and Yoshida to DH, more often.
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How about handing Refsnyder a 1Bman's mitt?
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At this point, I'd be fine giving Rafaela a long look at CF, with Abreu as his back-up (AAA?)
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If all we are looking at is LH'd splits, how about this guy? .350/.409/.450 (.859 OPS) 136 wRC+ at min wage? Career v LHP: .273/.338/.517/.855 Okay, Dalbec can't field for s***, but still....
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This does seem to be our best hope for a surprisingly good season. We can hope for a healthy Story. We can hope for career years from Devers, Yoshida, Duran, O'Neill, Wong and McGuire, and big improvements from 2023 with some pitchers, but I do think the kids offer our best hope. Casas Grissom Rafaela & Abreu EValdez (long shot) Bello, Crawford, Campbell, Slaten, Mata, kelly and a few other pitchers.
