moonslav59
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We could see this increase in playing time for 2019 (assuming no injuries): Pearce (.901) 165 PAs to over 350. Vazquez (.540) 269 PAs to over 350. Devers (.731) 490 PAs to over 550 or 600. Holt (.774) 367 PAs to over 450. (Betts and Bogey missed some time in 2018: both could gain 50-100 PAs.) Eovaldi (3.33) 54 IP to over 150. Sale (2.11) 158 IP to over 190. ERod (3.82) 130 IP to over 170. Wright (2.68) 54 IP to over 140. Brasier (1.60) 34 IP to over 60. Thornburg (5.63) 24 IP to over 50. Poyner (3.22) 22 Ip to over 40.
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They were some of the greatest players of their time. They should be in. I guess it's all relative. Many disagree with where the line for "greatness" begins and ends.
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Not any dumber than Baines being in the same hall as Babe Ruth.
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5 IP and 1 ER is better than 6 IP 3 ER, even with the added stress factor to the pen.
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Even 5 IP 2 ERs is better than 6 & 3. Or, something like this... 5.0 - 0-1 ER 5.2- 2 ER 6.2- 3 ER 8.0- 4 ER
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Good. One- The Hall of Fame The other- The Hall of Excellence
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There's no way to ever boot any of these guys out of the Hall, so there will forever be lame arguments that if one undeserving player made it in, then other similar players should be in, too. The whole thing is a mess. It can't be fixed, except for going forward, but there seems to be no meaningful drive to correct the system.
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Likely PAs and IP'd lost from 2018 PAs 195 HRam (.708) 143 Kinsler (.604) 27 Phillips (.520) Possible gains: More PAs for Pearce, Pedey, Holt, Nunez (Vaz may take some PAs from Leon & Devers could get more.) IP 74 Pomeranz (6.08) 66 Joe Kelly (4.39) 62 C Kimbrel (2.74) 17 W Cuevas (7.41) 14 C Smith (3.77) 6 Jalen Beeks (12.79) Possible gains: More IP from Eovaldi, Wright, Johnson, Velazquez, Thornburg, Poyner, Workman
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Boggs was a hitting machine. It was hard not to like what he gave the Sox, but as great as he was, I never really was a huge fan of his. He also hit .259 the season before leaving. His OBP was still .353, but that was over 70 points below his career .415 OBP. He played 7 more years, 5 w NYY & 2 w TBR, and he only had an OPS over .778 twice, and both of those years he had under 545 PAs. It sucked seeing him play for the Yanks, but in hindsight, it was no great loss.
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That rule was changed last bargaining session, too.
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True, but paying Pablo to play in SF and having his salary count on our budget is way worse. BTW, where is the list of DFA's player's pay?
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One could argue that quality start was his second worst start out of this 6 game stretch: IP - ER 5.0 -0 5.0 -1 6.0 -3 (Quality Start) 3.0 -7 5.1 -1 5.0 -2
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I doubt it.
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No. They changed the rules. His contract would still count on 2020.
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Yes, I get it. I was just adding the part about his 2020 salary, too.
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It's a minor league deal- no risk.
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Yes, and the point was that Castillo's contract might be totally over the max $40M line, and the tax would be massive. Once we put Castillo on the 40 man roster, we can't put the genie back in the bottle, and his contract would count in 2020 as well- plus any taxes we may be ar, if we chose not to re-set after 2019. Adding Castillo would almost certainly mean no re-set after 2019.
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I thought the Castillo signing looked good at the time. I didn't like the HRam signing, but I didn't think it would end that badly. I hated the Pablo signing, but never expected a total collapse from day one.
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soxprospects.com Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League (Puerto Rico) Coming off a week where he went 4 for 10, catcher Juan Centeno stayed hot, going 4 for 4 with two doubles and a run scored on Wednesday and followed it up by going 1 for 3 with a walk and a run scored.
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I think the idea was that "putting fans in the seats" would equate to winning more games. The Pablo signing did just the opposite. Looking back, signing Scherzer instead of Pablo & HRam was the best move, but some context is needed. At the time, we needed offense and pitching. The long list of top FA pitchers (like Price) coming onto the market the following year was at least a reason to think of the 2 year plan as build offense one year and pitching the next. Ultimately, the GM gets the blame in hindsight. Porcello and HRam sucked during Ben's last year, then did very well to great DD's first year in control, and we win the division. Much of being a GM is rolling the dice, and Ben deserves the criticism he gets for several bad choices, but he also made some good moves, like Porcello and farm building, even though he was not directly benefited by them. I'm glad we had Theo, Ben and now DD. I'm happy with all 3.
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Better than Buch! (I couldn't resist!)
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There has been some tendencies of blaming LL for more of the bad deals than the good ones, but I have pretty much put all of the blame and praise on the GM. Whether pushed by LL or not, Ben should never have signed Pablo. The HRam and Castillo deals didn't work out too well, in hindsight. To me, the CC & Beckett dump more than cancelled out those bad signings. He won us a ring and built a strong farm at the same time. The 3 last place finishes sucked, but it was worth it. The 2013 ring and 2018 ring can be directly related to Ben, and that is not meant to take anything away from DD.
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Right, and then his contract stays on the books in 2020 as well, plus any tax we have then.
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How do you come up with that number?
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Youk clouded their vision. Yes, Rizzo at 1B and Beltre at 3B for many years would have been sweet. We might not have been able to dump Crawford, though.
