moonslav59
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Craig is not on the 40 man roster, and he can just ride the bench or play LF. Plus, Dominguez is not an essential player in our system, assuming Devers is close enough to ML ready to play. Dominguez is also not on the 40 man roster.
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It sounds like the new contract made it worse not better.
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Compare it to our other 3Bmen.
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Blake Swihart had two hits including a double, and Bryce Brentz had a pair of doubles and a walk. Michael Chavis was 1 for 4 with an RBI and Rafael Devers went 0 for 5.
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I was looking towards the end out Pablo and HRam's deals. I agree that we need HRam to get it together by playoff time. We lose Craig's contract this winter. Castillo has 3 years left. There's a chance Price's contract could be the next albatross contract up for wide spread criticism- maybe even before Pablo, Rusney and Hanley are gone.
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It would improve the defense, but Lin is likely going to be a .600-.650 hitter. I'm fine with the idea of moving Bogey to 3B, but there's nobody in our system worthy of forcing the move. Plus, moving Bogey to 3B might mean there's a much greater chance he bolts when he hits free agency and goes somewhere he can play SS.
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Forget the talk of calling up Castillo for a short stint. Seems weird the rules would basically prevent a player from playing in the bigs for 3 years. MLBTR... Rusney Castillo is playing well at Triple-A but isn’t a likely candidate for a return to the majors for contractual reasons, the Boston Globe’s Alex Speier writes. Thanks to changes made in the new collective bargaining agreement, the Red Sox would have the average annual value of Castillo’s contract (around $10.4MM) counted on their luxury tax calculations through the end of the outfielder’s deal in 2020, even if they called up Castillo for even just one day or dealt him to another deal and ate part of the salary obligations. Between this financial cost and the Sox already being pretty set in the outfield, Castillo may not have a clear path back to the bigs at all for over three years.
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Let's just hope when Pablo and Hanley's contracts expire we don't have two other albatrosses taking their places.
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By the time Betts reaches free agency, $30M might be a steal.
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Tzu-Wei Lin has been in the Sox organization for 6 years. He's 23. Here's what soxprospects has to say about him: Defensive-minded shortstop with an excellent glove, great range, and a strong arm. Small frame with limited projection. Quick-twitch athlete. Plus-to-better speed with fringe-average contact and poor present power. Slap hitter. Sound fundamentals with an advanced approach for his age, but has room to improve pitch recognition. Quick out of the box. Works counts well. Swing is short and direct to the ball. Potential solid-average-to-plus hit tool, but power potential is very limited. Received largest bonus ever for an amateur position player from Taiwan. Pursued by Yankees in earlier years. Ceiling of a starting shortop, but has long-odds to reach that ceiling. Profiles better as defensive backup. Began seeing time at second base, third base, and even center field in 2016 as he began to be developed as for a possible utility role in the majors, but is still primarily a shortstop. Participated in 2012, 2013, and 2016 Fall Instructional League.
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3B: #4 Lowrie (and 2B) #17 T Frazier DH: #2 JD Martinez (OF) #6 Yonder Alonso (1B) #20 J Upton (OF) SP: #5 Quintana #10 S. Gray #33 L Lynn T#37 E Volquez, C Richars, J Garcia, S Feldman T#41 Samardzija, Cueto, G Cole, Verlander T#45 E Santana #48 M Estrada
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Yeah, I just don't understand what "neither", "contradict" and "back peddling" mean. That must be it.
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Some possible trade targets... https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/06/top-50-trade-deadline-candidates-for-2017.html#
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More likely all of the above.
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Team Relief Pitcher Rankings: WAR 4.7 HOU 4.3 LAD 4.0 CLE 3.8 LAA 3.8 BOS 3.7 TOR 3.6 NYY WHIP 1.10 LAD 1.15 CLE, CWS, HOU 1.16 LAA 1.19 TOR, Cubs 1.20 NYY 1.21 BOS ERA- 57 CLE 64 BOS 72 LAD 74 AZ 75 NYY 76 Cubs 79 CWS xFIP 3.45 HOU 3.52 CLE 3.64 LAD 3.70 AZ 3.82 BOS 3.85 Cubs 3.89 NYY K/BB 3.8 LAD 3.7 HOU 3.6 LAA 3.3 CLE 3.1 TOT 3.1 BOS 2.9 AZ 2.8 CWS 2.7 NYY
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Or, you sign Uehara or trade Jose Almonte and the lesser Basabe for Zeigler.
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About $3-4M more per year than what we are paying Kimbrel, and we still have the prospects, or we traded them for something other than a RP'er..
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1) At least Price is a starter not a RP'er. 2) Price cost big money not big money and 4 prospects.
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You went beyond disagreeing, and that's what I called you out on. You said I "contradicted" myself and "back peddled". That's much more than disagreeing. You were either wrong or you misunderstood my position. If there's a third choice, please explain...no better yet, let's just agree to disagree and move on from this battered topic.
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I'm only going to say it once more. At the time of the deal Kimbrel was making top or near top dollar for a closer (per season). Now, he is possibly ranked 5th, which is still pretty close to top dollar. I agree, $13M/yr is not really close to $17M a year, and that is why I said his deal is looking better than it did before. I wouldn't say a "huge difference" per year, and that's what counts towards the luxury tax. Yes, I agree $86M is way more than our $25M/2 or $37M/3 commitment to Kimbrel. I've never said otherwise. Now, ask 700 to admit he was comparing Kimbrel's 2016 salary to other closers' 2017 contracts and saying it was just a month later the closer contracts exploded.
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I'm fine with people disagreeing and even said the pro Kimbrel trade people have strong arguments in their favor. Did you not read that, or wass it too complicated to understand? You are saying my statements and positions are contradictory, and they clearly are not. Either you don't understand my position because it is too complicated or you are just being a clown. I said the trade looks better now. You act like I never said that, disagree with that, or are back peddling. I explained that Kimbrel was paid like or near a top closer when we made the trade. You presented salaries from a month and a year later and claimed they were from the same winter. You never even bother to respond to that point, but instead went further with your claims. It's not contradictory to lobe that we have Kimbrel yet still dislike the trade. I get why kimmi loves Sale but hated the trade. She's not being contradictory doing so either. I could care less if you agree or disagree but when you present my position as contradictory when it isn't, I'll take issue.
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Sox OPS by defensive positions as compared to last year: 2017 2016 .875 CF .851 +24 .850 SS .784 +66 .818 RF .886 -68 .807 1B .807 +0 .752 DH 1.045 -293 .727 LF .759 -32 .711 C .665 +46 .677 2B .825 -148 .568 3B .686 -118
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Maybe it's just too complex for you to understand that not everything is black and white. There was certainly a good part of the Kimbrel trade. hating or disliking a trade does not mean I felt Kimbrel sucked or would suck. (Note: I edited my post while you were responding to the unedited one.
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Not in the least. It's totally possible to be happy we have a top closer but think we overpaid for him when considering financial and prospect costs combined. I still hate the Pom trade, but I'm glad we have Pom now. I just think Espi will be much better later (or we could have traded him as part of a bigger package for a better starter), and that "like" will outweigh my current happiness having Pom in the rotation. It's not contradictory. It's looking at the long view and the short view and all the factors, such as budget and farm impact, and then weighing which one seems to trump the other. The Kimbrel trade looks better now than it did before. That does not imply it has to now be a good trade. I'll make it simple: I hated the trade at the time. I just dislike it now. If Kimbrel pitches like 2017 the rest of his contract, I may have to admit I was wrong.
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These posts were exactly what I have written all along from day one of the trade. No back peddling.
