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One big concern with Dice-K was how many pitched he had thrown in Japan before coming here. What's the scoop on S. O. in that area?
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If I had to bet the west coast field vs the Yanks, I'd take the west coast.
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Well, Hosmer or More(-of-the-same-)land. e
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Yes. I read on soxprospects.com it was just a minor injury. No guns involved.
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And vice versa.
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Plus, we're not even sure his poor recent performance is related to pitcher adjustments or injury. The last time he was 100% healthy, he was hitting pretty well.
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You could be right. Most big signings like this fail- several from year 1. I wasn't thrilled when we signed him, but I understood why we did it. We did need an ace, and trading prospects for one just causes future issues.
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Agreed. The risk is not that high. The rewards could be very nice.
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Most good teams, even high paying teams, sign a few low cost players they hope will be bargains. They try not to rely on one to fill a key role, but sometimes it ends up working out that way.
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Career Numbers UZR/150 Player DRS/innings +9.3 Youkilis +44 4881 +5.4 Moreland +18/6462 +4.2 AGon +66/15404 +3.1 Napoli +16/5639 -4.8 HRam -6/1291 +3.0 Adams +14/3421 +1.9 Alonso +17/5752 +1.0 Santana +2/4733 +0.3 Duda +9/4134 -2.4 Morrison -10/4384 -2.7 Abreu -14/4527 -3.5 Reynolds -11/5507 -4.1 Hosmer -21/8950 Others since 2002: +10.4 Mientkiewicz +6.0 Kotchman -0.3 Hatteberg -1.9 Hillebrand
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Yes, Smith and Elias for Miley. Elias had some success in Seattle (ML club) before the trade.
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I've barely seen him play, but his defensive numbers lookpretty good. UZR/150 +9.5 (+3.1 career) +1 DRS (career 14 DRS)
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Agreed, and he's younger. His defense is better as well.
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My list of top Sox DFA candidates: 1. Owens 2. Jerez 3. Elias 4. Holt ($2M arb projectred) or Marrero (out of options) 5. Taylor/Buttrey/Shepherd (Trade Swihart, Hembree or Lin?)
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Those are pretty good numbers vs RHPs. He'll be 29 next year. Maybe he can platoon some with Travis and some with HRam. They're talking about him maybe being non-tendered, so he might not coast much in trade.
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Not me. I'd have DFA'd Owens already and protected someone else on rule 5.
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2017 per 650 PAs: vs RHPs: .295 36 113 (.342/.554/.896) vs LHPs: .180 30 116 (.206/.377/.583) Looks like a good platoon player. (Career vs RHPs: 287 27 96 with an .828 OPS)
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I agree- maybe right below Owens on the DFA list.
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soxprospects.com had a podcast that stated the Sox were planning on using Elias out of the pen.
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The talk was he was going to be in the pen next season.
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Fall League Updates: Roenis Elias had a strong start on Friday, tossing six shutout innings and allowing only two hits while walking three and striking out three. He has not allowed a run over 10 innings with the Aguilas.
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Agreed, but I do think Velazquez may do well, if given a chance.
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Well, we did pretty good this year with Wright out all year, and Price out for most of it. True, ERod's injury is probably worse than Wright's this year, but we could also see a bounce back by Porcello. Rick doesn't have to give us 2016 numbers, but somewhere in between would help immensely. A stronger pen could help as well. You are right, though; if Price does well for the full season, we should be solid.
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That may not happen until the Stanton domino falls.
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This from MLBTR... Nine-year big league veteran Dave Bush has been working as a Red Sox pitching development analyst for the last year, as the Boston Herald’s Jason Mastrodonato details in this look at Bush’s duties within the organization. Bush sees his role as helping bridge the gap between the analytics department and young pitchers who may be being exposed to such information for the first time. “Baseball is not known for accepting change in a hasty manner. But I also think there’s also a benefit for someone like me, who has been a player,” Bush said. “I’m comfortable having that conversation. And it’s my responsibility to present information to them because I think it’s going to make them better.” Bush’s duties are part of president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski’s plan to overhaul how the Sox select and develop young pitchers, as the club has been notably short on homegrown arms over the last decade.
