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Sox Young Talent by Age (Years of team control) 40 = on 40 man roster- clock not started *= not on 40 17 M Bleise * 18 Mayer * Jordan * 19 Yorke * Bonaci * F Valdez * 20 M Lugo * B Blalock * 21 Casas * Jimenez * (Rule 5) Rosario 40 B Howlett * 22 Bello * (rule 5) Mata 40 Groome 40 Arauz 40 Potts 40 Drohan * 23 Downs * (rule 5) Winckowski * (rule 5) Ro Hernandez 40 C Murphy * F German * (rulr 5 eligible) 24 Devers (2) Duran (3+) D Hern (4) Song * Ward * (rule 5 eligible) Feltman * (rule 5 eligible) 25 Whitlock (3+) Verdugo (3) Houck (3+) Seabold 40 Wong 40 Bazardo 40 26 Arroyo (3) Dalbec (3+) Cordero (2) 27 28 Bogey (1 opt our or 4) Schwarber (0 or 1 mutual option) ERod (0) Taylor (4) Pivetta (3) A Davis (4) Y Rios (3)

Make a career chart of actual MLB players in the clutch and then make a randomly created one. They will look identical.

Could be the best night for the Sox in quite a while!

They back to sucking, again?

Rich teams found ways to manipulate the system and stockpile comp picks.

The point is, it can't be proven. A random sample would create a very similar range of outcomes.

Rules prohibit.

Like when? When he takes a dump? It's not HRs... HRs, this year: Casas 6 Dalbec 11 Cordero 7

Not a word spoken about what was given up. Kind of a one-sided view.

My first loss in an opening game thread! Bummer.

If you looked at randomly distributed clutch hits, a few guys would look really good, more often, and you'd say "Some are better than others. That's the point. No rocket science."

What Lou says is always the truth. You win. A glitzy Rizzo was what we should have gone after.

Every year, decent 1Bmen sign one year deals. That's what we may do, this winter, assuming Schwarber is not around or sucked at 1B, this season.

Fun, fun, fun!

Although this is the 2021 thread, here' my peak at the 2022 forty man roster. Blue= My projected 40 man roster Free Agents: ERod Ottavino Marwin Santana Options: Keep- Vaz $7M Maybe- Perez $6M Bye-bye- Richards $10M Andriese $3.5M Opt Out/Mutual option: JD Martinez Schwarber (mutual option $11.5M/$3M buy out) For sure: Bogaerts Barnes Sale Devers Brasier Eovaldi Taylor DHern Eovaldi Plawecki (last arb) Verdugo P Valdez Pivetta Arroyo Houck Bazardo Mata Groome Wong Seabold Whitlock Renfroe Kike Cordero Sawamura Ro Hernandez Duran Bubble: Rosario Potts Rios Robles A Davis Arauz Rule 5: Jecorrah Arnold Brayan Bello Cole Brannen Gary Calvo Marco Cardoso Pedro Castellanos Felix Cepeda Kole Cottam Kutter Crawford Ricardo Cubillan Osvaldo De La Rosa Tyler Dearden Jonathan Diaz Danny Diaz Jeter Downs Tyler Esplin Durbin Feltman Ryan Fernandez Ryan Fitzgerald Antoni Flores Frank German Rio Gomez Devlin Granberg Gilberto Jimenez Jose Larez Dominic LoBrutto Bryan Lucas Charlie Madden Alan Marrero Elih Marrero Joan Martinez Alexander Montero Oddanier Mosqueda Brendan Nail Brett Netzer Tanner Nishioka Kaleb Ort Yusniel Padron-Artiles Aaron Perry Antonio Police AJ Politi Ceddanne Rafaela Oscar Rangel Tyreque Reed Jesus Rosillo Yasel Santana Victor Santos Zach Schellinger John Schreiber Gregori Segovia Chase Shugart Miguel Suero Jake Thompson Thaddeus Ward Grant Williams Josh Winckowski FA: SP'er RP'er 1B Utility That's 38 Total:the next 2 can be FA signings, extra rule 5's or bubble players.

Nobody is saying some players end up with better clutch stats. If you randomly distributed clutch hits, some players would end up with much better numbers than others. How can you prove Montgomery doesn't just have random luck? (Hint: you can't tell for sure- just as I can't prove it's not a skill.)

Dalbec will very likely be on the 2022 40 man roster, unless he is traded. He will not be DFA'd.

What a waste of whatever innings he pitches with Woo.

Clutch hits are real. It’s just not a repeatable skill.

Stop joking!

I thought I heard somewhere the team had the first option and if they did not exercise it then Schwarber could accept a certain amount over the $3M buyout. If I’m wrong, I bet we extend him.

Better yet, there was an 11 game stretch where he had a 3.09 ERA. That was 58.1 IP (or about 5 1/3 each start) with a .658 OPS Against. (First 11 starts) He was still at a 4.04 ERA after 16 starts (76 IP)

I'd rather see Kike in CF, as I have always felt is the best spot for him on this team. Once Arroyo returns, Kike should be our FT CF'er. 1. Kike CF 2. Devers 3B 3. JD DH 4. Bogey SS 5. Schwarber 1B 6. Renfroe RF 7. Verdugo LF 8. Arroyo 2B 9. Vaz C Bench: Plawecki Duran Marwin Dalbec

Rizzo is a glitzy mirage.

I haven't in a while. It helped that he has posted less than before.