moonslav59
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As almost all Rule 5 picks are, Song has a lot of potential, no doubt. He was viewed as one of the best pitchers in the draft, 4 years ago. Despite the fact that many top ranked pitchers don't pan out, many do. Whenever a GM adds a player, other than by draft and IFA, where less information is available, they pretty much base it on the "knowns." It is very rare anyone is selected without even some AA action, and usually it's promising AA action. It's also very rare a player is selected, who has not played for 3+ years, and usually in those cases, it's a player who was proven before going out on an extended injury period. I'm bummed we lost a promising pitcher from our system. It was a freaky confluence of happenings that has created this debate. I think this whole thing surprised even DD.
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I get all that, and it's been rehashed dozens of times. I just don't see many things as "mistakes" that others do, I guess. BTW, I would not have viewed it as a mistake to yank him, either. There is a lot of gray area in these types of choices. I realize some see this as totally black & white with no gray, and that's fine. I see a few things as black and white that others see a lot of gray, too.
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I know all the reasons why he should have been Yanked.
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Tiant not being in the HOF is one reason I barely pay attention to that whole clownshow.
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Also, finishing the game is a different point than finishing the 8th. Pedro had gone over 115-120 pitches a few times in 2003 and after. It's not like demanding 9 IP and 140 pitches.
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Whitlock was ready to pitch. He also had 209 IP in the minors, including 14 GS'd in AA just 2 years before being selected. His readiness level was more of a known.
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Yup. They were due for a crooked number. (LOL)
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On Song... He would be just about on his way to Japan, had his request for status change not been accepted: Song sings: https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/phillies-noah-song-navy-roster-spring-training-20230223.html Song never expected selection: “To be honest, I had heard of the Rule 5 draft before but I didn’t know anything about it. I didn’t know any of the rules associated with it. I definitely didn’t think I was going to get picked. Nobody expected it.
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Yes, and it makes more sense that this could be the endgame, assuming he looks good.
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The Phillies can give the Sox something, and it would take away their need to keep him on the 26, something I'm sure DD would prefer. Perhaps they are all waiting to see what he looks like in workouts, before deciding on doing that who who gets offered to the Sox, if it happens, at all.
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It was the 8th inning. I only meant to finish the 8th.
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Yes, the same season. Let's hope no double whammy, this year.
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Perhaps my most unpopular position was that it was the right choice to leave the best pitcher to wear a Sox uniform since Cy Young in the most important game in a very long time.
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Yes, I mentioned with players like Bogey, it doesn't really matter much.
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Only one can be "most" memorable. That's what most means.
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3. Force of habit. I remember when I switched to softball, I used to still hit my sneakers with my bat to knock the dirt from my cleats.
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Out of the 156 MLB pitchers with 150+ IP since 2021, Whitlock places: T6th in ERA- at 64 (5th place is Manoah at 63) 8th in SIERA at 3.07 12th K/BB at 5.09 14th ERA at 2.73 16th in FIP at 3.07 (15th in xFIP-) 21st in K-BB% at 21.5% 23rd in BB% at 5.3% 25th in K% at 26.8% 26th WHIP at 1.06 36th in HR/9 at 0.95
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One remembers how to pitch: the other forgot, or so I hear. You can't get much different from that.
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I remember following it loosely, just to see what prospects the team seemed to value most. I think before Whitlock, Josh Rutledge might have been the most memorable choice. I remember looking back in hindsight and wondering "what if" about Ryan Pressley, but never dreamed of thinking the GM messed up.
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To me, it's like your driving down a 4 lane highway and decide to pass a beat up truck. Just as you are next to him, his tire blows out and he veers into you. Bad move deciding to drive next to a truck about to have a blowout. Bad move.
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Good points, but saying his defense is not great is a bit soft on him.
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You know the Sox clubhouse standards have gone in the toilet, when they allow a Booser on the team. (He did pitch a scoreless inning, so maybe we could use more like him.)
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The Yanks are stuck with Cashman for life, but I guess they could add a VP of Strategy.
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Your assumptions are way off.
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Crawford: 2 IP 2 H 0 ER 0 BB 2 K Verdugo remains on fire (2-3 by the 6th inning.
