moonslav59
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Bernardino and Kelly might end up being helpful pen pieces, but yes, neither move the needle. Wink looks like he will stick around a while and might be viewed as evidence the Development aspect of our system is improving. (Bello, Crawford too)
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I think Bloom will add a SP’er or two, so we can move someone to the pen. I doubt we go blockbuster, and may get someone’s salary dump but not pay enough to put us over the line.
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Fair enough. I e suggested trading Duvall, but if not, I’d take him over Kike
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You must be looking just D. I’m not arguing he has no value but you’d really keep Kike over Duvall and Ref over just his D and flex ?
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So, clutch pitching > clutch hitting?
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Nobody is saying Bloom has done a spectacular job drafting or building the farm. Any grade we give him is highly speculative, anyway, due in part to so many HS players drafted by him. To me, it appears he has done a very good job. He has also added players through trades and Rule 5 that have already helped the big club, which is an added bonus. Some are still in the farm and may help, later. Bloom has many areas to criticise. I’m not sure why this area needs to be, too.
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Then Bloom has to beg Cora not to play him at SS or DFA/trade him, so Cora can’t play him. I don’t care who is at fault. It needs to stop, NOW! Actually, it need to stop weeks ago. As bad as DHam looked, even he is better than Yippy Kike!
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Duvall by a long shot. My point about Arroyo being on the IL a lot was a point for keeping Kike. I’m not sure what you are getting at, there.
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We do t need aCFer anymore, or a RHd OFer. 2B is always scary withArroyo and his IL dances, but Reyes is about ready. When Story returns, I’d keep Arroyo and Reyes over Kike.
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Anthony is top 100, now. One service had him in front of Bleis and Mayer. Dude, do the math on Yorke. He was picked 17th. If ever top 25 draftee was in the top 100, there would be 150 players in the top 100. You also need to factor I. The lost 2020 season, and I think he was hurt for part of 2021. Being top 100 with 30 teams is damn good.
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Well said. If Kike is the only choice at SS when Chang needs to sit, then Cora needs to beg Bloom to call up Reyes or DHam or add another glove SS to the 40. This has to stop, NOW!
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It’s not about proving a player did better in the postseason or not. Yes, pitching is better so it’s harder to match your regular season numbers, but of course the reverse is true for pitchers. They are facing better hitters, in general. If you put Papis regular season numbers into a computer and asked it to run 100 samples based on the number of PAs he has in the PO, it would not generate 100 samples at .931. Some would be near 1.000 and some near .800. Just because a guy has great numbers in the PO does not prove he has some special ability or skill.
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Papi: .931 regular season .947 post season And he’s “the guy?”
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Cora said Chang was not going to play everyday out of the gate. Reyes must be close to ready. BTW, Kike made at least 3 mistakes, yesterday. He’s actually getting worse at SS.
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And who does that consistently? Even Papi had almost identical numbers in clutch situations vs non clutch. In some areas he was worse.
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Some team will want him at min salary. They just won’t give us anything of value.
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It’s a great point.
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I’ve never said the brain does not control the body. My point is that “clutch “ is not a sustainable skill.
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We don’t need him in CF anymore. 2B is still an option, as we all know Arroyo is a healthy sneeze away from the IL. Reyes is raking in rehab. You might be right.
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Our minor league pitching depth was hurt by 5 pitchers graduating in the last year: Bello Crawford Winckowski Kelly Bernardino And a few called up, this year: Murphy Walter Jacques
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SP’s says Perales has the best raw stuff in the system. They rank Drohan the highest but do not say he has great stuff.
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It looks like he hasn’t been bad in this area. Nobody is calling him genius.
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7/15 SOX @ Cubs 2:20PM ET
moonslav59 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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Add to that one of the best rule 5 pickups in years, and some trades that are starting to pay off in Wink & Wong. His IFA signings are looking promising, as well.
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I’m in total agreement. Even marginal prospects like Kelly, Walter and Murphy have shown some glimpses of promise. Not many thought Wink would amount to much, and he still may end up not doing much, but did he “develop” himself? I think Bernardino was considered a prospect, too. Looks like a nice get.
