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Nice summary. Maybe HRam does not vest. I think Pom is a higher priority extension than Bogey. Re-signing or replacing Sale will be tough AND expensive. He alone will eat up the loss of Pablo's contract.
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Agreed. 24th in 1B WAR is not going to cut it next year. Worse, is the .749 1B OPS. Last year's .807 wasn't really all that good either.
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Personally, I haven't seen anyone better than JBJ, but I'm okay with calling him top 5.
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I think it would take Gardner and a top prospect (or two).
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Agreed, but... $25M under the luxury limit. Very strong farm. Very strong young core- most with several years of team control and some not even at arb level yet. Three of the top 20 power guys in MLB, including 2 of the top 3-4.
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My first choice is to keep Devers at 3B for at least another year or two to see if he can improve enough to not be a liability on defense. Now, if we lose out on JD Martinez, I'd rather have Moustakas than Hosmer. He is likely to get less money and less years, and he's better than Hosmer. That is one scenario, I'd consider moving Devers. The second one might be after 2018. We could sign Machado and move devers to 1B, assuming we just sign a stop-gap 1Bman this winter.
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As much as I hate the Yankess, Cashman is doing an unbelievable job building a top contender, a strong farm and an under luxury tax limit team.
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He's one of my favorite Sox players. I'm a huge fan of defense, especially up the middle. IMO, I think UZR/150 does not reflect his true ranking (6th in the last 3 years at +4.9). He's 5th in DRS at +24. Kiermaier, Pillar, Hamilton and Cain are above him. I have not seen them enough to know who is better.
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Honestly, I don't think they wanted to promote Devers to MLB. They had to. Look, I love Devers. His defense was awful last year. I'm not giving up on him by saying I still have a significant concern over his growing curve during a championship run in 2018. Certainly, he can make major strides in one season. Certainly, it might take longer than we hope.
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Sick.
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He did make that one spectacular catch in the triangle this year.
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My concern is that the reason Devers was kept down as long as he was was because of his defense. I'm sure he was working overtime on defense on the farm, yet he still looked pretty bad. I'm sure he'll improve over the winter and ST'ing, but we should rightfully be concerned that he still will have some growing pains next season.
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Me too, especially with Holt making $2M.
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Yes, and look at the success pitchers have with one catcher. I'm fine with having a caddy, but not 209 IP to 5, 170 to 4, 72 to 2 and 136 to 1. That's too extreme for my liking. Porcello's 163-40 looks better.
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Actually, I'm not sure they have a 25 man roster this time of year, and since he has an option left, he may not be on it for opening day. Swihart and Marrero are out of options.
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Love this stuff. Keep it coming, Dewey. Thanks.
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Did I make another boo boo? Or, is it just beyond absurd?
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My thought was that with the $14M, we could sign a SP'er to take Porcello's place and maybe even improve there.
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2017 IP by catcher (and CERA) Sale 209 Leon (2.63) 5 Vaz (13.50) Porcello 163 Leon (4.47)-- (career 297/4.07) 40 Vaz (5.36)--(career 134/4.15) 0 Swihart-- (career 113/4.55) Pomeranz 4 Leon (13.50)--(career 24/7.12) 170 Vaz (3.08)--(career 170/3.08) Price 2 Leon (0.00)-- (career 110/3.18) 73 Vaz (3.45)-- career (170/4.12) 0 Swihart --(career 11/5.73) ERod 1 Leon (0.00)--(career 87/4.55) 136 Vaz (4.22)--(158/4.26) 0 Swihart --(career 71/4.08) Career Wright 45 Leon 6.95 55 Vaz 3.46 70 Swihart 3.97 (95 Hanigan 2.94) These numbers show a clear strategy of pitchers having their own personal caddy.
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Devers should improve on defense. I hope he gets off to a good start, so his confidence level is high. "He's just a kid" bodes well for improving, but the door can swing both ways at his age.
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Agreed, but Holt will probably get some time at 2B, if not, what's he doing on the 25 man roster? That's his best position.
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Wearing your emotions on your sleeve is all fine and good, when the emotions are perceived to be "grit", "dirtdog" and "determination", but then we had this...
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Great insights... something we don't seem to get from beat reporters these days.
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I agree. I never agreed with this strategy in full. I'm okay with intentionally giving a pitcher more time with one catcher, but it should not be 220 innings to 4.
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Is it Zobrist's age and .693 OPS last year? Or, not wanting to lose JBJ and weaken the rotation?
