moonslav59
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He signed for about $1M less than the Mariners could have offered, so it looks like money was not the top priority. We should have offered a rocket transport to Japan and back to entice him to come to Boston.
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Down goes Ohtani! Down goes Ohtani!
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He kept the two that he had positions opening up for. I'm glad he did.
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Best of luck H. O.
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I disagree with your disagreement. VTek's career spanned from 1997-2011. During that time, he placed.... 18th out of 105 catchers with 1,000+ PAs in OPS. 21st in OBP at .341 21st in SLG at .435 In his prime, 1999-2007, he placed accordingly (69 players with 1,000 + PAs): 10th in OPS (.801) over a 10 year period 5th in WAR (22.0) (and also 5th out of 16 with 3,000+ PAs, so this is not due to longevity) Placing 10th out of 66 shows he was very good during the era of hitting. Changing the sample size: OPS 8th out of 43 with 1500+ PAs 7th out of 29 with 2000+ 6th out of 21 with 2500+ During this period, he was a top catcher in the league.
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1. Bogey SS 2. Betts RF 3. Beni LF 4. Martinez DH 5. Devers 3B 6. HRam-Morrison 1B 7. Pedey 2B 8. JBJ CF 9. Vaz C Bench: Morrison/HRam, Hernandez, Swihart, Brentz SP- Sale, Price, Pom, ERod (DL), Porcello, Wright RP- Kimbrel, Shaw, Smith, Kelly, Barnes, Hembree, Shaw
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Will it take us signing JD, Morrison & Shaw to be co-favorites with Cleveland & Houston to make the 2018 World Series?
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Tigers to sign Mike Fiers.
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True. Very true. I do think that Devers was not in DD's 2017 3B plans, except for maybe as a September call-up candidate.
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I disagree. He did a lot of things that don't show up in stats and data. His offense was very good for a 3 year period (2003-2005) with 3 other good seasons scattered around (1999, 2001 & 2007). A career .776 OPS is very good for a catcher. He had 11 seasons with double digit HRs and 5 with 17 or more. He also had 9 HRs in 6 consecutive playoff series (115 ABs) beginning in 1999. He had a career .744 playoff OPS, which is pretty decent for a catcher. His defense was top notch starting around 2001, despite his poor CS% (23% career). While catcher defense is hard to quantify, and WAR does not include much of what a catcher does, VTek still placed 26th out of 288 qualifying catchers in catcher WAR (24.3). He placed 27th in catcher OPS. 12th out of 133 catchers since 1998 in WAR (15th in OPS).
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I think they viewed Hernandez as a legitimate contender with Holt as a possible carry-over until a deadline deal could be made. I do not think that at this time last year, they saw Devers as anything but a possible September call-up. My question is this, if Marco does very well this year, will that vindicate DD in the eyes of those who feel not adding to the 3B position (or not trading Shaw) was a huge mistake last winter?
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I never believed the Yanks wouldn't seriously kick Stanton's tires.
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If STL misses out on Stanton, my guess is, Abreu goes there.
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I think we all take what GMs say with a grain of salt, but the surgery comment does not fit into that mold. It's really not a big deal- just a head-scratcher. Personally, I think he just misspoke. No biggie.
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The Stanton ship has sailed. The Sox have a .0001% chance at getting him. JD is the shiny toy, now.
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Plus, it's hard to know what Hernandez might have done at 3B had he not gotten hurt. I think the biggest issue was waiting so long to trade for Nunez and call up Devers. I can understand the Devers decision as his defense was deemed "not ML ready", and he basically showed that after he was called up.
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I agree. 1B is a position of power. We are a team looking to add power this winter. Subtracting power at 1B is a non starter for me.
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...or, just sign a DH and go with HRam at 1B (with Travis as AAA depth).
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...and VTek led MLB in PBs for two years in a row. He must have been a sucky defender! LOL.
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It is the direction this society is going. Sad.
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The QO penalty is not as bad as some think it is. At least JD has no QO, but then we are forced to play HRam at 1B FT (or trade JBJ).
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If Moreland is plan A, then DD is sorely mistaken. I Hosmer is signed, I'll literally puke.
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I'd be fine getting Santana not JD- maybe we can pay more per year and get him for just 3 years. Getting Santana might allow us to go harder for better pitching.
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So, Henry is a hair man? I thought he was an leg man.
