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Could it be D Hernandez?
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Yes, Vaz was out from July 8th to August 31st. In that time, here's who caught those 48 games: 35 Leon 11 Swihart 2 Butler Leon caught six straight games twice while Vaz was out. While Vaz was available, here were Leon's longest stretches: 3 games in a row: once 2 games in a row: twice If Cora really believed in Swihart's catching abilities, last year, I think we'd have seen Swihart start more often. Maybe Swihart improved over the winter, but it's hard to imagine such a large change in mindset by Cora from last August to now.
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I must have missed that. With so many bubble pitchers out of options, that makes sense, too.
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It wouldn't surprise me, if Pedey stays on the DL longer, and not just for this reason. Someone else might be added to the DL (or phantom DL), when Pedey returns.
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This pushes the need to trade or DFA Leon or Swihart back a week or more.
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Stev Adams on Pedey... Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia will open the season on the injured list, manager Alex Cora announced to reporters today (link via WEEI’s Rob Bradford). Cora stressed that there have been no setbacks for Pedroia in his return from the knee issues that limited him to three games last season. Rather, the veteran is simply still in the process of building up to be able to handle a full workload. He’ll play in games every other day for the remainder of exhibition games before returning to extended Spring Training to continue building up strength. Pedroia, Bradford writes, feels he will be sufficiently built up but didn’t voice frustration with the team’s decision to proceed with caution. Based on his comments, it doesn’t sound like he’s looking at a particularly lengthy absence to open the year. “It’s only, I think, a week or something, the plan that they set,” said Pedroia. “If it’s being smart for a week and we make sure I respond great to everything thrown at me then it’s a good decision.”
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With the state of catching in MLB these days being pretty low, I'm certain some team would give Swihart a chance. His ability to play other positions would help.
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Your response was about past OF WAR. The article was about the 2019 possibility.
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If JD is still on the books, we may have $130+M tied up in 4 players.
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Well, you misread the whole article's intention, so....
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The article was clearly about expectations for 2019 not past WAR. I doubt they come close to the best WAR ever, even if they count JD's WAR as a DH/OF'er, but with improvements by JBJ and Beni, they could end up with a damn good combined WAR.
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I really don't think a great ST'ing increases or decreases a player's value all that much. Swihart might be slightly more valuable now than he was at the end of last year.
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It's as fixed as wrestling.
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My paternal grandmother was Irish (an O'Hara). Domers missed the tourney, again.
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"Honest" may be a stretch. I'm still convinced the NBA is fixed. I still like watching college sports. For many of these kids, it's their one moment of glory.
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I used to manage a bracket for over 20 years. I have won a bracket 4 times. My first was when I picked Indiana U back in 1981. I should have won 5. Back in 1985, I was all over Villanova, but changed my mind after G'town beat them twice in the regular season. I won in 1992 with Duke. Duke carried me again in 2001. My last was Florida in 2007. I'm going with Duke this year. I love this tourney. The energy level is so high.
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7 years $31M Price $30.7M Kershaw (not a FA) $30M Scherzer $25.7M Verlander (not a FA) $25M Felix (not a FA) $25M Strasburg (not a FA) 6 years $34.4M Greinke $25.8M Lester
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Okay, 7 years. BTW, who was the last free agent pitchers named... Chris Freakin' Sale?
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Yes, he could be. I was pretty high on Pom last spring, but not enough to want an extension.
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He should get 7-8 years on the FA market.
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The most exceptional part of Sandy's career, to me, other than his flame out just as he reached peak prime year, was that his best two seasons were at ages 22 & 24 , and they blew away his other years by a mile. Age OPS 22 .943 23 .732 24 .909 25 .789 26 .758 27 .739 Then, the Boston years. He totally blew the age curve away. He currently has a .777 OPS, and if you count his low PA seasons, he was below that mark in 7 of his 11 years. He was below .790 in 8 of 11 years, and one of those 3 he was over was his 2nd shortest season of all (154 PAs in rookie year).
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And, the financial cost was a big burden.
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Yes, I agree, and many were very high on Pom last spring. I think someone was even saying we should extend him.
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Leon is 2 for 2 today (.727 OPS in ST). Swihart is 2 for 2, also (.865).
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Well, he was a pretty good model, until last year, and counting the 15.1 IP in the playoffs, he still ended up with 173 IP in 2018. 173+ IP for 8 straight seasons. 192+ IP in 5 of the last 7 seasons, including 220+ in 2016 & 2017. He's 5th in IP'd since 2016 at 599 with only Scherzer, Verlander, Kluber & Porcello having more. Only 12 pitchers have over 550 IP. 2012-2018 1501 Scherzer 1444 Verlander 1408 Lester 1393 Hamels 1389 Shields 1388 Sale 1384 Greinke 1380 Kershaw 1348 Porcello 1347 Price
