moonslav59
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I bet you wish all MLB owners were like the Dodgers.
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They did go "light" after 2019, but in the context of what they spend after 2018, and the fact that we have had a pattern of spend, re-set, spend re-set, I'm not seeing a major shift in philosophy. Like you said, we are still a top spending team, so any talk of Henry going cheap is just that: talk. We spent a bit this year but had to spread it out due to having so many holes to fill, at once. I'm confident we will spend very large, next winter.
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Yes. The two year period before coming to the Sox was his best ever.
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I thought he'd get $21M/3 minimum and felt that was too much, so I have not been thinking we should sign him. When T started hearing $12M/2, I began to think, hmm... maybe..., but at that point, signing him to even that amount would have put us over the tax line. Thank you, JBJ! You gave us great defense and decent offense for many years. I hate to see you go, and I'm happy you got the contract you wanted.
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29 is about peak prime, so I'm not sure about the "budding" label, but he had some very fine numbers with the Rays. I remember being very concerned about his splits, where he was .697 v LHPs before the signing. I called him a "glorified platoon player" and predicted his contract "would drag us down for several years." Thank God, the Dodger took us off the hook for that. Despite my hating that signing, even I was shocked just how quickly things turned south. CC had an .810 OPS over his previous 6 seasons and .834 in his previous 2 seasons. He hit .694 in 2011 and was off to a .785 start in 2021 before being traded, and had missed the start of that season. What a great trade that Dodger dump was!
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If Duran could pull a Fred Lynn (who actually did not come out of no where), our line-up would be golden: 1. Duran L (CF) 2. Bogey R (SS) 3. Verdufo L (RF) 4. Devers L (3B) 5. JD M ® (DH) 6. Cordero L /Renfro R (LF) 7. Dalbeck R (1B) 8. Vaz R © 9. EHern R (2B) Bench: Renfroe or Cordero, Arroyo, Gonzalez, Plawecki (Chavis in AAA or go with 12 pitchers.)
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Exactly, and having a consistently strong farm allows for some lower-prices players to balance out the free agents, to some extent or provide trade bait to get guys like Sale, who was paid way less than his worth for several years. The Dodgers hardly ever let their farm system get weak, even as the spend big and win enough almost every year to keep their draft picks low. The Yanks have seen their farm get rather weak, at times, but for the most part have kept it fairly strong. The Sox had a few somewhat low points with their farm over the past 20 years, but to me, the lowest was right before Bloom got here. The systems for acquiring top young talent have changed dramatically since the days of Theo hoarding comp picks and doing rather well with IFAs. Ben did a fine job building it back up, while facing harder circumstances. DD used much of what Ben had built up to build the 2018 super team and win 3 division titles, as well. Bloom has begun the build up, and I'm pretty happy with what he's done, so far, on that front. This year's draft may give us a big boost.
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Teeny, tiny sample sizes, but the Sox have 3 of MLB's top 11 in OPS (4 in the top 22): 1. Nimmo 2.036 2. Duran 1.845 4. Dalbec 1.800 11. Munoz 1.318 22. Arauz .909 (To qualify, players need 1.86 PA per team game played.)
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Who should the Sox have play CF on opening day?
moonslav59 replied to mvp 78's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
AAA not starting until may really changes the choice process. Sure, players will still be working out, but not letting Duran and others see live action for a month, is a big factor. -
Who should the Sox have play CF on opening day?
moonslav59 replied to mvp 78's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Yup, for most games. If Cordero can stay healthy and do well, he could be "the man." -
Me, too. Years ago, when lived in Milwaukee, my favorite player, Tommy Harper, was traded to the Sox, and I became a Sox fan. Now, my favorite player for the last few years, JBJ, has been traded to the Brewers. No, I won't switch back.
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Yup- "median."
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Who should the Sox have play CF on opening day?
moonslav59 replied to mvp 78's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
The survey should now offer these choices: A. Kiki B. Cordero C. Verdugo (meaning Renfroe plays RF) D. Duran -
Of the 226 batters with over 500 PAs since 2019, number 113 had a .333 OBP (mean). (Kiki was at .296, and his career is .313, but I expect a bounce back year.)
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I think that's a stretch. He works too hard to slip this much, but at his age, it can and does happen, often. Fingers crossed, but I'm pretty confident, he remains solid through the end of his contract with us.
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2021 Spring Training Games
moonslav59 replied to mvp 78's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Of course, but it's still a nice sign. I doubt he's the next Cecchini, although Garin never had power. -
...and really, a .345 to .350 is considered acceptable, so the difference is even less.
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Who should the Sox have play CF on opening day?
moonslav59 replied to mvp 78's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Well, this end the debate. To me, the fact that he got that much, makes it easier to accept his loss. -
.330 vs .360 seems like a big difference, but putting EHern up first does improve almost every slot afterwards. (LOL)
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Our offense should be top 5- maybe top 3. Our SP'ers are so hard to project, since health is main concern for 4 of our top 7 (Sale, ERod, Richards and Eovaldi). One could argue 4 of our top 4. Our defense might be bottom 5. To me, the pen is always hard to project. Even the best pens,on paper, often disappoint. We had some real clowns, last year,so it's also hard to quantify how much getting better is needed to be respectable. We added Ottavino, Andriese and Sawamura. We should get a lot more IP over the 2020 pro-rated innings of DHern & Taylor. Barnes and Brasier may be solid- maybe not. Guys like Whitlock and Bazardo, and a SP'er or two who is squeezed from the rotation, as well, assuming we get 6-7 healthy, at once, should help, too. I'm hopeful the pen is near average, but I can see having a high level of concern. If we end up in the race by the deadline, we may add a pen arm or two.
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Yes, and as strange as it seems, he's more of a power guy than an on base guys.
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I doubt it, but I've done so many on BTV, he probably was in on one or two. I've been high on Dalbec for a while. To me, OBP is huge, yet this guy gives a big SLG% with it. I've never been big on K rates, unless they guy sucks. On the flip side, I'm not a big believer in FIP, because it values K pitchers, too much.
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So, you've brought up the Pablito comp 3 dozen times to counter that one post hardly anyone read or agreed with? Let the rains begin.
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Until I just half-heartedly projected ROY for Dalbec, who has been projecting greatness? I'm not sure a countering view was needed, but let the rains begin.
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Insanely small sample sizes, but here are some of the ST'ing OPS: 2.675 Kiki 2.181 Dalbec 2.000 Yorke 2.000 Rei 1.556 Munoz 1.500 Duran 1.262 Downs 1.250 Arauz 1.125 JD 1.089 Chavis .900 Wong .875 Devers .804 Renfroe .500 Vaz (Not all players listed.)
