moonslav59
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I , for one, am thrilled Duran's ML career begins tomorrow. He gives us a lot of upside potential I'm not seeing in Santana, Chavis and Marwin. I think we can work out some sort of resting rotation whereby Duran can play 7-9 games out of10 without forcing anyone but maybe Dalbec to play less than 8-9 games out of 10. 8-9 out of 10: Renfroe, Verdugo & Kike 7-9 out of 10: Arroyo & Duran 6-7 out of 10: Dalbec
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"Most people?" Almost everyone felt he'd at least be called up in September. Many, like myself, never named a date or claimed he was ready or not ready. No way "most people thought he wasn’t going to be be called up this year." You're trippin'.
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I realize my opinion was "easy," but I never pretended to know more than Bloom. I trusted he knew better. I really like Duran. I was hoping all along Bloom thought he was ready. It wasn't like I was hoping he didnt think he was ready or personally felt he was not ready, even now. I wasn't "right" or "wrong." Some wanted him making the opening day roster after a nice spring. Some wanted him called up in April, May or June. How are these people right? They took a firmer position than I did, for sure, but they weren't any more right than I and other were.
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Then he'd have called him up last month or earlier.
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Yes, way before, and of course Bloom "had him in mind" way before today. Nobody claimed otherwise. He was called up when he was ready and can play enough to not be stunted in his growth. It's really as simple as that, and that is the position many of us had all along. We trusted Bloom knew the right time better than we did. Many wanted him called up long ago or a month ago. They trusted their own opinion more than Bloom's. That's the facts.
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We've given many reasons why. Maybe they didn't outweigh the reasons to call him up in your mind and others, but they did to Bloom until now.
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Yes. He gained more experience and likely improved his defense, which was his highest need area. Look, if Bloom called him up and May, I'd have said that was when he was ready. You guys said he was ready and should have been called up almost from day one. Some even wanted him called up in April, unaware he had not been playing at all, since AAA did not start until early May. How are those wanting him called up in May or June more right than those of us who wanted him called up when Bloom thought he was ML ready and could play enough to justify a call-up? I'm not claiming I was more right than anyone, but I chuckle at those who are now- 2-3 months later than they wanted.
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Very likely, yes, but maybe the deal just has not been announced, yet.
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This is not clearly his best 3 months of his career or only real "elite" half season. Here's a look at his other best half seasons from 2017-2020: OPS Against .512 second half '18 .518 first half '20 .629 first half '17 .639 second half '19 .688 second half '17 .697 first half '19 .706 all 2020 .725 first half '18 These are some pretty impressive numbers and remarkably consistent.
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Barnes has always walked way too many batter, until this year. His K rate has been one of the best in MLB for several years. He's had a low H/9 and HR/9 rate for years. It's always been the BBs. Look at the rise in his K rate every year but 2020: 8.0 8.2 9.6 10.7 14.0 15.4 12.1 (2020) He's at 14.9, this year. The K% stat is better, because it measure the percent of batters you K, Here are his numbers: 20 20 25 29 36 39 30 (2020) 44 (so far this year) MLB Top K% from 2018-2020 46 J Hader 41 E Diaz 38 M Barnes 37 C Sale 36 L Hendriks & G Cole 35 J Verlander & J DeGrom 34 M Scherzer Some pretty good company.
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Many wanted Duran called up when Bloom thought he was ready. You and others wanted him called up way before now.
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He was on the IL, this year, but he might be one of those borderline players. He may not be on the 2022 forty man roster, along with these non free agent current 40 man roster players: Santana Potts Chavis Arauz Wilson Rosario Rios Workman Andries
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Could we see this sort of playing time structure? Every 10 games 9 Renfroe (sits 1 gms vs RHP- .713 career) RF 8-9 Verdugo (sits 1-2 vs LHP- .687 career) LF/RF 8-9 Kike (sits vs RHPs- career .681 career) CF/2B/1B 8-9 Arroyo (sits vs any- almost identical career .682/.686) 2B 8-9 Duran (sits vs any- close splits in the minors) CF/LF 6-7 Dalbec (sits vs RHPs- .680 career) 1B
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Who get's traded or DFA'd? If nobody is traded, I'd bet Brice or Santana are DFA'd. (Other choices might be Andriese, Rios or Workman.) If it's a trade, maybe it's Marcus Wilson, who was pulled from tonight's line-up.
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Take Kershaw: if you randomly took any 189 IP from his career, do you think they'd all come out very close to his career norm? You think there might be some variations, even wide variations? If your answer is yes, then how do you know that's not what the playoff 189 IP is all about? A variation that happened to be poorer than his norm. If you answer no, then you need to study statistics more.
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Duran was ready to be called up when Bloom called him up. That time is now. Trust in Bloom.
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Kike should play nearly everyday, and he is our best defensive CF'er. Moving him around for Duran better be worth it.
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So, any good hitter who happens to go into a slump during the playoffs proves he's a choke. Any bad to decent hitter who happens to get hot just in time for the playoffs proves he's clutch. Nobody ever gets lucky. It's all skills- based. The facts reveal themselves as they occur.
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2021 MLB draft
moonslav59 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Throughthefencebaseball.com -Michael Dault Best Pick: Marcelo Mayer, SS, Eastlake HS (CA) Sleeper Pick: Nathan Hickey, C, Florida (FL) Grade: A+ Overall: I loved Boston’s draft. This might’ve been their best draft since 2011 (minus Matt Barnes). Mayer fell to them and they couldn’t have called in the pick fast enough. Later, they took a chance on Jud Fabian from Florida, who they’ve scouted heavily the past couple years. One of my favorite picks was catcher Nathan Hickey out of Florida too. He was arguable Florida’s best hitter and is overlooked due to stud catching prospects Henry Davis, Harry Ford and Joe Mack. -
2021 MLB draft
moonslav59 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Good stuff, mvp. Thanks. -
We'll see. I don't remember many teams looking to sign JD three years ago.
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What do you think of BTV raising Barnes' value from about 2 to 22.5 based on the extension?
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Welcome back!
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BTV has updated their values. Here are the Sox value numbers: Players 97 Devers 52 Bogey 50 Verdugo 23 Barnes (I guess they think the extension was very team friendly.) 12 E Rodriguez 12 Dalbec 11 Vaz 11 Houck 9 Taylor 5 Whitlock & Renfroe 4 D Hernandez & Arroyo 3 JD Martinez 3 K Hernandez & Chavis 2 Eovaldi 1 Perez, Sale, Arauz, Marwin 0 Ottavino, Plawecki & Cordero -1 Sawamura & Andriese -3 Richards Prospects 48 Casas 45 Duran 20 Downs 11 Jimenez 10 Mata 7 R Hernandez & Yorke 5 Seabold 4 Groome, Song, Ward & Bello 3 Ramirez, Winckowski, Rosario, Lugo, Decker & Wilson 2 Bonaci, Jordan, Potts, F Valdez, Wong, Murphy, Lopez, Gonzalez, Bazardo, Cannon, Chacon, Rafaela
