moonslav59

I could see Stasburg to NYY & Cole to LAD. All the more reason for the Sox to reset and trade Betts & JD this winter. Let the 3 teams burn themselves out in 2020.

Re-signing or not, trading him is probably best. I love the guy. I'd give him $320/10 (counting 2020), but I doubt we'll go that high. Get something for him and JD. Get what we can for JBJ. Look to maybe trade some players that are FAs after 2021 at the 2020 deadline. Reset the tax. Draft well. Get back to finding some top international free agents. Build the farm but look to get back tp spending big after 2020 or 2021. Ring time in 2021 or 2022 (2023 at the latest).

My guess is Cashman goes to the bank this winter. 2020 is probably the Yankees peak year in their window. They should go for broke. (Hopefully, they go broke and make some of the mistakes we made.)

They deserve it: NFL Championships: 13 Green Bay 9 Chicago 8 NY Giants 6 New England, Pittsburgh 5 Washington, Dallas, San Fransisco 4 Cleveland, Balt/Indy, Philly, Detroit 3 Rams, Denver, Raiders 2 Cards, Ravens, Seattle, KC, NY Jets, TB, NO 0 Vikes, Bills, Bengals, Panthers, Falcons, Chargers, Titans, Jags, Texans 13 wins are more than the bottom 17 teams combined! It's also more than the 3rd and 4th place teams (NE 6+ Pitt 6) Winning 13 out of 18 trips to the final game is a .722 winning %. (4 wins or more only) .833 SF .750 Pitt .722 GB .667 DET .625 Dal .545 NE The Pats have had a very nice run, recently: 6 championships in an 18 years span. The 49'ers won 5 in 14 years. The Steelers won 4 in 6 years. The Lions won 3 in 6 years. The Browns made it to the final game in 6 straight years and 7 of 8 but won just 3. The Pack probably had the nicest dynasty by winning 5 in 7 years ('61-'67) and made it to the final game in 6 of 8 seasons ('60-'68). The Packers also dominated from 1929 to 1944, winning 6 in those 16 years (better than the Pats 6 in 18), and they made the final game in 9 of 18 years ('27-'44). Some more ancient history: from 1920 to 1946 (27 years) these 3 teams made the finals this many times: 15 Chi (7 wins) 11 NYG (3 wins) 9 GB (6 wins) 35 Total (16 wins) 65% of the finals' teams were these 3! 59% of the championships were these 3!

I just screamed so loud I scared my dog! My wife said, "I thought you didn't like the Astros." I said, "I don't: I hate the Yanks!" Life is sweet here in Houston.

At least you got one team right.

The Yanks die by the pen! I love it!

Kinda dumb play by Judge. He wasn't getting to 3B, if he missed the ball, unless it went past him or bounced far away. He should have stooped 15-20 ft from 2B.

I wouldn't sign Puig for $1M. He's cancer. (See, I'm not all about stats.)

I was joking.

Other questions: Do our odds of re-signing Betts improve by keeping him around in 2020? Do our odds go down on re-signing him, if we trade him this winter? Does that change by trading him at the deadline, instead? What can we get for him?

I'd take him back in a heartbeat, if he wasn't going to cost us $10-11M. Many GMs would.

Maybe the choice is already made: GM by committee.

Some interesting numbers: Career OPS Papi .931 Regular season .947 Playoffs .943 High Leverage Reg Season .870 Late & Close Reggie Jackson .846 Regular Season .885 Playoffs .855 High Leverage .851 Late & Close Manny Ramirez .996 Regular Season .937 Playoffs 1.018 High Leverage 1.050 Late & Close

They weren't "the best." They were the most popular. The games were fixed to allow fans to see who they wanted to see. I'm not even a Rockets fan. I could care less, if they won or not, but they got hosed- big time, and not just in one game. It happened so often, it can't be a fluke. I know it's easier to believe there is no scam, but the NBA is the biggest scam in sports, because they've conned people into thinking it's all for real. The WWE knows most people know they are fake.

Yes, if that rookie gets a hit in that game down 10-0, and it saved him from being demoted and possible never getting to play in the bigs again, it might have been more clutch than Papi's HR.

1) I'm not trying to quantify everything- not even things that can be quantified, let alone those that never can be. 2) A rookie trying to stay in the bigs might view an AB as high leverage, but I don't, if it's a 10-0 game. I'm okay with you thinking it is. 3) Certainly some important ABs are more important than others. Nobody disputes that. 4) Certainly some players have better numbers in important situations than others. That's to be expected, even if everything is 100% random. (It's not, BTW.)

The games are too long anyway. Who wants to sit through two games in a row?

Are you saying people didn't want to see that match-up because it was Oakland and Cleveland? Nobody will ever convince me the NBA is not fixed. It's almost like WWE.

https://library.fangraphs.com/misc/li/ I like the Late & Close stat, but this capture some earlier inning moments when the game may be on the line, too.

And, east coast fans are better.

People wanted to see Curry vs LeBron. The NBA is fixed.

That's what the NBA figured out and now makes sure that never happens anymore.

Except when it's ovak- like it is.

Something has to give when two teams with momentum clash. The Sox had won 98 games in 2004- in a much tougher division and league.