moonslav59
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I also showed where the Sox would be, if you took away their two best stretches.
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Is Washington's initial offer still on the table? If yes, why hasn't he taken it already?
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Put our two best stretches together and we were 40-7 (85%)! The amazing thing is that even if you take that away, we went 68-47 in the other games. That's still better than a 59% winning percentage... enough to win any other MLB division, except Houston's. In our worst 5, cherry-picked stretches, we went 28-35. That's a .444 winning percentage, which was better than 8 MLB teams last year. Without those 5 stretches we were 80-19 -- an 81% winning rate!
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For 8 years? 7?
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Our season did start out awesome: 19-2 Then... 11-12 15-5 6-7 21-5 4-3 13-3 2-6 13-5 5-7 Then, the playoffs
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It should count 1 as NY and 1 as BOS.
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The Yanks open the season at home vs BAL & the Tigers. They hit the road to BAL & HOU. They end the year, starting AUG 20th, with... 3 @ OAK 3 @ LAD 3 @ SEA day off 3 v OAK 3 v TX day off 4 @ BOS 3 @ DET 3 @ TOR day off 3 v LAA 3 v TOR day off 2 @ TBR day off 3 @ TX
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There other west coast trip leads into September. 3 @ SDP day off 3 @ COL day off 3 @ LAA day off (travel) 3 v MN 4 v NYY 3 v TOR day off 2 @ PHI day off 3 v SFG 4 @ TBR 3 @ TX 3 v BAL End of Season
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I agree, and if we can start 2019 like 2018, we'll be off to a great start with the major west coast trip out of the way early.
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Yes, I could see it happening, after all WASH did offer Harper a massive deal. I'm thinking Philly is looking big splash, and I guess Kuechel & Kimbrel would be just that, but Machado would fit better, IMO. If the CWS are for real on spending, Machado fits their longer term plans, so it makes sense.
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Then ignore the conversion to dollars like most of us do.
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Our season begins March 28th with a 4 game road trip to Seattle (no off days until after game 11). With no injuries, I'm assuming we start with Sale, Price, Porcello & Eovaldi 4 at Oakland: ERod, (6 man rotation to start the year?), Wright or Johnson, Sale & Price 3 at Arizona: Porcello, Eovaldi & ERod Day off/ travel to BOS 4/9 TOR Day off 4/11 TOR 4 vs BAL then, at the Yanks for 2
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I could see signing someone who will still be around when the youngsters mature. That won't be Keuchel.
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Very true, and some players take longer to get over an issue that held them back, so their curve looks out of whack. Others seem to really respond to the experience aspect of the game. Dewey Evans comes to mind. Others, who maybe relied more on their physicality seem to drop quickly. Jim Rice comes to mind, although his eye sight troubles may have been the real reason. I'm sure GMs are wise to all this, or are getting there quickly.
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Originally, I was going to say CWS, but I think he fits better with SD.
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Yankees by Age: 38 Sabathia 36 Happ 35 Gardner & Ellsbury 34 Tulo 33 Ottavino & Kontos 31 Britton & Hale 30 Tanaka, Paxton, Chapman, Betances, LeMahieuRomine 29 Stanton, Hicks & Kahnle 28 Gregorius 27 Voit, Green, Heller & Harvey 26 Judge, Sanchez, Montgomery, Bird, German & Cessa 25 Holder 24 Severino, Loaisiga, Frazier, Adams, Wade, de la Cruz 23 Andujar 22 Torres
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Red Sox by Age 35 Pearce & Pedey 34 Wright 33 Price & Moreland 31 JD M, Nunez,Brasier 30 Porcello, Holt, Velazquez, Hembree, Workman, Thornburg, Walden 29 Sale, Leon 28 Eovaldi (turns 29 before season), JBJ, Vazquez, Barnes, Johnson 26 Bogaerts, Betts, Swihart, Poyner, M Hernandez, Brewer & Shepherd 25 ERod, Travis & Josh Taylor 24 Beni, Lin, Lakins 23 Chavis 22 Devers, D Hernandez & D Reyes
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My guess... Harper to SF Machado to Philly Kimbrel to ATL
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Bonds (with PED help)
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I was only referring to baseball, and again there is no rigid rule on these groupings.
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Plenty of exceptions to every grouping.
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I'd go something like this.... (of course, there are exceptions to every grouping) 23-24 Pre-prime (semi productive) 25-26 Productive pre-prime 27-29 Peak prime 30-32 Productive post prime 33-34 Post prime (semi productive) 35> Steep decline likely
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So, by your definition, the Sox have nobody in the unproductive post prime years and 3 guys in productive post prime. Of those 3, Pearce is our short end platoon 1Bman and Pedey and Wright are not being counted on for anything in 2019. The Yanks have... Sabathia and Happ are "unproductive" post prime and are in the starting rotation. Gardner, Ellsbury and Tulu are in productive prime, with only Gardner being counted on for anything significant. Ottavino is nearing productive post prime. Price & Moreland turned 33 at the end of last season.
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Thanks. The sample size is 9. Votto & 1st ARod- very good Cano & Jeter- good or looking good or decent, so far. Stanton- jury still out Longoria- kinda bad 2nd ARod & Tulo- bad Pujols- very bad
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Yes, there is a big difference, and I guess as long as the scam teams still keep enough fans to keep making money, there's no incentive for their GMs to change their M.O. There's another (bigger) subset of owners and GMs who make enough moves to tease their fans and give the appearance they will be competitive or semi-competitive, at least every now and then, but they never will do what it takes to create a top 4 team, on paper. Every now and then, a small market team surprise everyone, but they never have the "best team on paper" the years they win or make it to the WS. I'm not saying it was all luck; some small market teams like Oakland, KC and TB are very well managed and find unconventional ways to win, but it is rare for a team like the Astros to strategically tank as part of a plan to build a championship.
