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The 3 arb years for Baez is very tempting. It would be one way to help the future a little bit. I'd certainly consider it, since the money saved by trading Porcello (about $7M pro-rated for this year and $20.6M next year ) for Baez (about $220K this year and his first arb next year.) With this money saved, we could probably get a salary dump SP'er this summer and have much more wiggle room to fill our needs next year. I guess I'm just not so ready to write off Nunez & Holt (and Pedey). I'd like to see how things look by the deadline. I'd probably wait, but the idea is a worthy one to consider.
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6/24 Seattle
moonslav59 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
It's a wild card. Teams are lucky to even have a shot at winning it all despite not winning their division. For many many years, if you failed to win the division, it was all over. You could have been the second best in MLB with no chance. I have no issue with the play-in game. A 3 game series makes sense, but making the other teams wait and maybe get rusty outweighs the gain. In the NBA, 16 of 30 teams make the playoffs. In the NHL, 16 of 31 teams make it. In the NFL, 12 out of 32 make it. -
Astros picthers with over 2 IP in playoffs vs BOS WHIP Pitcher IP 1.27 Verlander 8.2 1.06 Keuchel 5.2 2.08 Morton 4.1 1.67 Giles 3.0 2.63 Peacock 2.2 1.71 Devenski 2.1 The rest (4 guys) 1.80 (3.1 IP 6 H 0 BB)
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ERod might not be our best pitcher, and I get how his nibbling drives us crazy. Going just 5 IP is a serious issue, however, he's got nasty stuff. Many of his past issues were likely related to his knee troubles. The surgery appears to have worked. ERod is the real deal. The main reason to keep him is this: Years of team control after this year: 0 Pom 1 Sale ($13.5M option) 1 Porcello ($20.6M luxury cost) 2 Wright (all arbs) 3 ERod (all arbs) 0 or 4 Price (at $31M luxury cost)
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The Alex Cora Managerial Decision Thread
moonslav59 replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I totally agree. No matter what type of pitcher you are, if you ain't got it- you ain't got it, and things look bad. I will say, it does seem like Knucklers are left in longer when they ain't got it. Wake was hung out to dry many times. -
Funny! Look, I've maintained all along that under performing Yankees as well as Red Sox players should return to their norm as the season progresses. The tiny sample size I posted does not mean they will continue like that, but it might be a sign the normalizing has begun. Our offense was pretty weak last year,but our issue was not being unbalanced top to bottom. Our bottom hitters actually we not the problem and weren't too far from our top and middle hitters. Adding JMart and dumping a bunch of non performers should have improved the odds on our bottom 7-9 hitters doing better not worse. We started out very badly, but things are moving in the right direction in that area. Players lost from 2017 by PAs in 2017 553 HRam .750 276 Young .709 188 Marrero .593 118 Rutledge .558 108 Sandoval .622 38 R Davis .595 Reduced PAs from 2017 463 Pedey .760 60 Hernandez .628 Added: JD More PAs expected from... 345 Vazquez .735 240 Devers .819 173 Nunez .892 164 Holt .548
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I don't feel bad at all. He likes it there in Cincy. He places that like above winning.
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I'm not expecting these number to continue, but the improvement goes beyond just this 4-5 day sample size. JBJ has been hitting the ball hard for a while now, but for a while many were not for hits. Those not paying attention were still bashing JBJ. Vaz is hitting much better than the first 6-8 weeks. It's been for longer than 5 days (.728 last 28 days). I'm not sure if Nunez will ever snap out of it. He looks hobbled. Holt has started declining. If Pedey can come back, maybe he'd give a big boost to the 7-9 totals. Maybe Holt's off season conditioning will pay dividends. Maybe the expected decline of those players off to hot starts will never materialize. I know there's a a lot of optimism in these positions, but we don't need all of them to come true to remain a top 3 offense in MLB.
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Yes, and that was basically my point with Jacko. Our bottom 7-9 hitters would eventually "average out" or return to their norm numbers over the remainder of the season. It didn't matter if their final numbers reached norm- only that they hit their norm from now on. That would or should make up for any declines from players hitting over their norms up to now.
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Yes, their numbers sucked over the first 10-11 weeks, but there were signs they were coming out of it long before the numbers showed any significant bump. MrNY was not the only guy who decided this would be the first year in 4 years that JBJ would not have a hot streak. I get not thinking Leon would repeat his big year, or that Vaz's 2017 might have been a fluke, but to think JBJ, Nunez/Holt, Vaz/Leon would all continue to hit way below their career and recent 2-3 year norm was just not probable. Mr NY seemed to act like it was and should be expected. It thrills me to see their bottom 3 struggle while ours are getting red hot. I hope it continues, for a while anyways.
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His college championships in the context of all the crap he and other black players had to go through should not be minimized by the "era" argument. Plus, the Celtics had not won any championships before Russell got there. He was the ultimate "team player" and made everyone around him better. The Celtice didn't even make the playoffs the first two years after Russell retired. Russell went out a winner. His last two champiosnhip seasons were his last two in the league. AND, he was also THE COACH!!!!!! I'm not so sure there's be so many Celtic HOF'ers had Bill never been traded to the Celtics. (BTW, I'm not a Celtic fan, but BR has to be mentioned in the conversation of the best of all time. Jordon, James, Russell, Johnson, Chamberlain, Robertson & Jabbar. That's my big 7. (Bird, Erving, Mikan, Olajuwan real, real close)
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Yes, of course, our bottom 3 slots could go ice cold starting tomorrow. I get that. I was spurred on to gather these numbers by Jacko's apparent belief that the previous 11 weeks of bottom-of-the-order numbers were doomed to repeat themselves for the rest of the season for the Sox yet struggling Yankee players were expected to rebound and return to the norm. I'm not suggesting our bottom 3 will continue hitting .348 or even .300. Heck, I doubt they hit .280 the rest of the way, but all we need is for them to hit their norm or close to it and for injuries to be held at bay.
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Oscar Robertson just won the NBA Lifetime Achievement Award. Many remember that he averaged a triple double his 2nd year and revolutionized the "positionless" basketball player. More amazingly, he averaged a triple double over his first 6 seasons combined! He nearly did it for his first 7 seasons. Here's a look at his numbers: Pts Reb Ast Led league in bold 30.5 10.1 9.7 30.8 12.5 11.4 28.3 10.4 9.5 31.4 9.9 11.0 30.4 9.0 11.5 31.3 7.7 11.1 30.5 6.2 10.7 29.2 6.0 9.7 24.7 6.4 9.8 25.3 6.1 8.1 19.4 5.7 8.2 17.4 5.0 7.7 NBA championship (2 more years) First 3 years: 29.8/ 11.0/ 10.2 First 4 years: 30.2/ 10.7/ 10.4 First 5 years: 30.3/ 10.4/ 10.6 First 6 years: 30.5/ 10.0/ 10.7 First 7 years: 29.7/ 9.4/ 10.7
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Back to Brady and his 5 rings. Not many people know that Bart Starr has 5 NFL championships. 1960 Lost championship game (his first full season as starting QB) 1961 Championship 1962 Championship 1963 11-2-1 no championship 1964 8-5-1 no championship 1965 Championship 1966 Championship (Super Bowl) 1967 Championship (Super Bowl) 5 championships in 7 years with one loss in the championship game before these 7 years.
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If Brady is the all time best because of all the rings, then Bill Russell is the best major team sport, pro athlete of all time. 1955 NCAA championship 1956 NCAA championship (55 straight wins) 20.7 points per game/20.3 rebounds per game college career 1956 Olympic Gold Medal (USA won by 53/5 pts/gm) 56-57 NBA championship 57-58 Lost championship 58-59 NBA championship 59-60 NBA championship 60-61 NBA championship 61-62 NBA championship 62-63 NBA championship 63-64 NBA championship 64-65 NBA championship 65-66 NBA championship 66-67 Lost in East Div Finals 67-68 NBA championship 68-69 NBA championship That's 14 championships or Gold Medals in 15 years! Holy s***!!!!!!!!
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Tonight (Monday) on the farm: 6 wins 0 losses, except for Rookie Golf Coast loss. 2-4 Castillo 2-4 de Jesus 1-3 Lind (6th HR) 2-5 de la Guerra (2 HRs- 7th & 8th) 3-4 Cedrola (HR short of a cycle) Buttrey 0 ER in 1 IP (1.91 ERA) R Brasier 0 ER in 1 IP (1.50 ERA and 11th save) E Bazardo 0 ER in 6 IP (0 BBs) 3.60 ERA.
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Update on recent hitting by the 7-9 hitter on the Yanks and Sox... Summer Stats Sox 4-8 (6/24) 1-10 (6/23) 6-15 (6/22) 5-13 (6/21) 16-46 (.348) Yanks 1-12 (6/25) 2-15 (6/24) 1-9 (6/23) 1-9 (6/22) 0-10 (6/21) 5-55 (.091) The tide is turning.
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He also spent wisely on Uehara, Napoli (the first time), Drew (the first time), Carp and arguably Vic (for his first season). Some would add Dempster to this list.
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We have precious resources and budget space. I do not agree that SP'er is our #3 need, but even if I did, I would not trade for one, unless someone gets hurt. If someone gets hurt after AUG 31st, I still think we can get by with 3 starters and an occasional 4th starter in a 7 game playoff series. I have a lot of confidence in ERod. I'll take 5-6 innings. I like Wright and Velazquez as starters or long relief in the playoffs. They are about as good as #5 & 6 starters can get. To me, our biggest need, and I'm not even saying we need anything (yet) is... 1) A hitter who kills lefties (OF/2B/1B?) 2) RP'er. 3) 2B, if Pedey is out of the pitchure by the deadline.
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Good post, but I don't see the need for a vet SP'er.
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LoMo & Moose did not have to be "fall back". We could have afforded JD and one of those two. Had we not signed Mooreland and Nunez, we could have come close to all 3 (JD, LoMo & Moose). The Moreland signing looks like a genius move, so far, and many of the other choices have looked bad to horrible, so far. Nunez has not lived up to our hopes, and the injury should not be an excuse. It was a known injury. (Note: I liked the Nunez signing and loved the JD signing. I hated the Moreland signing.)
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Hopefully yesterday was the opening of the floodgate of hits.
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Honestly, I don't know much about him. His .599 vs LHPs this year is likely a blip. For his career, he's .803. That's a lot better than Nunez (.687), Holt (.722) and slightly better than Devers (.798). His defense looks decent by his UZR/150 numbers but not his DRS numbers: UZR/150/ DRS 2B +2.5 (+15.2 this year)/DRS career: -8 3B -2.2 (+0.9 this year)/DRS career -20 1B +5.2 (+0.4 this year)/ DRS career -2 I'm interested depending on the cost.
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From the other view.... Last 30 days 161 players with 90+ PAs/Lowest Soft Hit% 1. Freeman 3.7% 3. Trout 5.6% 4. Seager 6.3% 6. Moncada 7.3% 9. Votto 7.9% 16. JBJ 9.8% (Lowest on the Sox) 35. JMart 12% 70. Beni 15.4% 88. Moreland 16.7% 89. Bogey16.9%
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6/24 Seattle
moonslav59 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
The Yankee 7-9 hitters ended up 2 for 15 today- making it 7 for 55 recently. That's down to .127. Gary Sanchez to the DL. The falling apart has begun. Panic time. Fire sale!
