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Tony Watson agrees to multiyear deal with SF. Dollar amount unknown at this time.
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There are some extenuating circumstances with Brentz's years in the minors, such as shooting himself and not being able to see very well until 2 years ago. He may be the player that breaks the mold. I definitely think he deserves a chance to make the 25 man roster, even if he struggles in ST'ing, but if we sign JD, there's just no reason to keep him on the roster, unless on the DL- phantom or otherwise. If he does very well in ST'ing, he might be traded. If we trade JBJ, he stays. If we trade HRam, we could keep him around.
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Assuming Pedey returns in early June and there are no other major injuries (unlikely, I know), do you think this might be the PAs totals for 2018 are divided up? No JD 720 Betts (RF) 680 Beni (LF with some CF & RF when MB & JBJ rest) 650 Bogey (SS) 650 Devers (3B/DH) 600 JBJ (CF) 575 Moreland (1B) 550 Nunez (2B, DH, 3B, LF, SS) 475 Ramirez (DH/1B) 450 Vaz © 400 Pedey (2B) 150 Leon © 150 Swihart (C, LF, 1B) 150 Holt (IF/OF) 100 Marrero or Lin (IF) 50 Brentz (OF) With JD 720 Betts 680 Beni 650 JDM 650 Bogey 650 Devers 550 Moreland 550 JBJ 500 Nunez 450 HRam 450 Vaz 400 Pedey 150 Leon 0 Swihart, Marrero/Lin, Brentz
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I never said the team was falling apart. I'm not sure that not falling apart should be the litmus test of leadership or lack of leadership. Again, the whole "leadership" argument is difficult to debate. We could spend weeks on just defining or identifying what it is or looks like. Then, we could spend months on how much difference it makes or if it is as important as talent.
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Wow, 3 in the bottom 23, and all hit mostly in the top of the order.
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Because, in my opinion, he's not, and if the turmoil was as bad as some are now saying it was, he's either a poor leader, or we have players incapable of being led to the good.
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Zero chance we get nobody else.
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I set the search at 1967 on and 28+ years old rookies and found this.... HR 21 Garret Jones in only 358 PAs 2009 20 Ryan Schimpf in only 330 PAs in 2016 20 Orestes Destrade in 637 in 1993 At 27... 37 Abreu in 2014 26 Willingham in 2006 23 Justin Bour in 2015 21 Brian Daubauch in 1999 (only 420 PAs) It's rarer than I thought.
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I agree. I'm giving Bogey a pass for 2017, but the slack might run out in 2018.
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...and, I'm not saying the Pedey incidents were not blown out of proportion either, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear, years later, that players did not view Pedey as a leader or good teammate (not that it really matters, if he keeps doing well).
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Has any 28-29 year old ever been in the minors at those ages and gone on to hit 25+ HRs in the bigs? Second question, how rare is it?
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My guess is he'd go to Oakland and hit 21 Hrs in 375 PAs (mostly on the road).
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Nunez is certainly no power hitter, but look here.... 2015-2017 ISO .147 Nunez .128 Bogey .127 Pedey .100 Holt SLG .457 HRam .456 JBJ .449 Moreland .443 Nunez .443 Morrison .430 Pedey .424 Bogey .359 Holt (only 15 MLB have more PAs and a lower SLG% than Holt)
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I've always agreed with you on Brentz. He's a long shot, at best. However, even if we sign JD, we have very little OF depth, especially, if Nunez is needed at 2B, 3B or SS. The 40 man roster has just 4 OF'ers right now: Betts, Beni, JBj and Brentz. Yes, Holt, Swihart, Lin and maybe a couple others can play in the OF, but we really only have 4 legitimate OF'ers. If we sign JD, we might DFA or trade Holt, Swihart, Jerez or Elias and keep Bryce. (Again, I'd be fine with trading or DFA'ing Brentz.)
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I've never said a bad word about Price on the Eck incident. I agree, it was blown out of proportion.
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I get your point. It's all conjecture on our part. Assume (notice I said assume) most players think Pedey is an ass for various reasons based on various happenings. I think those players might (notice, I said might) feel a bit miffed when seeing Pedey procliam to the world, "I'm the leader." I admit, I have no idea how players view Pedey or if it even matters. I'm not usually one to think clubhouse persona matters as much as on the field performance, and I have no issues with Pedey's play, despite the injuries.
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Yes, and we should also see more PAs from Devers than Pablo's 4 in 108 PAs and some of the guys you mentioned with Nunez. Also, say bye-bye to these guys.... Chris Young 7 in 276 Rajai Davis 0 in 38 PAs Steve Selsky 0 in 9 and likely see less PAs from... Sandy Leon 7 in 301 (more than Vaz but almost 100 point lower OPS) Pedey 7 in 463 On the pitching side, we lose... 90.1 Fister 4.88 43.2 Abad 3.30 41.1 Boyer 4.35 27.0 Reed 3.33 9.0 RRoss 7.00 8.1 Kendrick 12.96 That's over 210 IP, some good, but some not so good. Maybe less from ERod (4.19) & Hembree (3.63). Maybe more from Smith, Thornburg, Workman, Scott, Maddox and Johnson/Velazquez.
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I wouldn't be surprised, but the kid is young and still a bit raw. He may need a few stretches of adjustment and counter adjustment along the way.
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I understand us fans know very little about what goes on behind closed doors, but I do think Pedey's statements could have fueled the fire or feelings of discontent among players watching the guy everyone (or many) thinks is the face of the franchise taking credit for being something, maybe he's far from being.
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I was piggy-backing off what someone else posted. (I think he used that phrase- my bad, if he didn't.)
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We could sign JD, then watch HRam catch on fire and decide to trade JBJ mid season.
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Of course, but his recent 3 year 106 wRC+ pulls a lot more weight than his career number and ZIP projections to me.
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Yes, and his peers might be rolling their eyes at the phantom leader.
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Yes. Betts 2nd. Bogey or Beni up 1st. Maybe Nunez, if he hits like he did for us last year.
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I'm not so sure. If I was a player in a clubhouse of chaos, and the guy who took Machado's side vs own team was up in front of the media claiming he's the "leader", I'd feel pretty deflated and discombobulated. "Is this how things work in Boston," I'd think to myself.
