moonslav59
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5 catchers: Swihart Vazquez Hanigan Leon Holaday
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I haven't given up on Christian's offense, despite his less than flattering. .782 in A .731 in AA .715 in AAA .602 in MLB I'm hopeful he can get over .700, but I think .650-.675 is probably the best we can expect.
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Agreed, but you know the much praised Giants front office really wanted the fat slob back. They were very disappointed he signed with Boston. That's one piece of evidence in Pablo's favor.
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My statement was made in reference to the idea of signing Hill first.
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I'm hopeful he'll be in even better shape than he was in August. If not, he's got no pride, and probably no chance.
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Might wait until the deadline, so we have a better idea about the concerns attached to all three of our catchers.
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..and DH.
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It seems increasingly unlikely that the Red Sox will utilize a full-time DH, as Rob Bradford of WEEI.com reports. “We’re not looking to have just a DH,” said president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski. “I think really in today’s game the only way you really do that is to have somebody like David Ortiz and most of the time you really prefer to have some flexibility. It’s not to say somebody won’t settle in most of the time, but your goal is to use the flexibility of the players at this point. We’ll see how that all fits in.” That does leave open the possibility of a regular, of course, and some players who’d profile as a designated hitter — such as big-budget free agent Edwin Encarnacion (who has spent plenty of time recently at first) or the aging Carlos Beltran (who also plays the outfield) — could spend at least some time in the field, possibly allowing the club to slot Hanley Ramirez or others in the hitter-only hole on occasion. It is fair to wonder, too, whether any changes to the CBA — an increased luxury tax floor, if not also the addition of an active roster spot — might change the team’s thinking. -Jeff Todd
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$33M/3 seems like a good deal for the Jays.
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I'm fine with finding a one year 3B bridge to Moncada/Devers. Pablo came very close to being our opening day 3Bman last spring. I don't think it's that far-fetched to think he can win the job back, assuming he loses weight. He's still young, and T Shaw has serious issues as well. I'm thinking it's close to 50-50 between Shaw and Pablo right now... again, assuming Pablo has and will continue to lose weight before ST'ing.
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I wouldn't say he was forgotten at catcher. He was our FT starter to start the season, then got replaced. He got hurt to end the season. You make a great point about no hit-great D catchers being a dime a dozen. Swihart clearly projects to be a much better offensive catcher than Vaz, and I feel he'll be better than Leon as well. All he needs is his defense to improve. He's still young enough. He's good at throwing runners out. I'm still hopeful, and that's why I value him highly, despite his injury and poor tiny sample size start to 2016.
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Theo Epstein; Greatest Baseball Executive Ever
moonslav59 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Other Baseball
I'm fine with saying Theo is the best since 1970. That's when I started following baseball, but I could never say the best of all timw without at least doing some cursory research on GMs from before my time. -
Theo Epstein; Greatest Baseball Executive Ever
moonslav59 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Other Baseball
Try this. Scroll down to number 1 and click.... http://sabr.org/latest/armour-and-levitt-best-25-gms-baseball-history -
Oh, I'm sorry, I thought everyone here followed the Syracuse Chiefs and Harrisburg Senators back in 2012.
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I'd give Shaw a slight edge at starting the season over Pablo, but it could go either way. Pablo will certainly be given ample opportunity to win the job, or Shaw may end up handing it to him. By July, Moncada may have them both in his rear view mirror.
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We could trade Buch or Pom.
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JBJ has showed major progress since last July. Some players are streaky. I think you read too much into just the most recent stats. I do agree that JBJ could be traded. Beni moved to CF. Swi-Young and maybe eventually Moncada in LF. On Leon, he may not have been fatigues. He may not have had pitchers "catch up to him". He may just have returned to the Leon we've known for years and years.
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I'd put Elias ahead of Workman, but maybe Workman can finally get healthy.
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Would anyone trade 32-year-old starter Clay Buchholz, who is owed $13.5 million in the final year of his contract, for Falmouth native Steve Cishek, the 30-year-old Seattle reliever who is owed $6 million in the final year of his contract? I'd think about it. We really need the SP'er depth though. I'd be scared to death with Johsnon & Owens as our 6 and 7.
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Unless you put HanRam at DH and Naps at 1B, but I'm fine with not having him back.
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According to soxprospects.com, here are the options remaining: 0 Wright, Vaz, Brentz, Hembree, Elias, Leon, Pom, Abad, Holaday 1 Holt, JBJ, Kelly, Swihart, Marrero, N Ramirez, Johnson 2 Workman, Barnes, Shaw, Ross, Owens, Jerez, Hernandez, C Smith 3 Beni, Scott, Moncada
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fangraph's projected wins for 2017: 99 Cubs 93 Red Sox 93 Dodgers 92 Nats 91 Guardians 89 Astros 88 Giants 86 Cards 86 Mets 86 Rangers 85 Yankees 85 Blue Jays 84 Mariners Hard to project before big signings and losses of FAs.
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Yes, but there may be an opt out clause.
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Justin Verlander is apparently available at the right price. He's owed a lot for a starter who turns 34 in February. 17:$28M, 18:$28M, 19:$28M, 20:$22M vesting option (2020 option guaranteed with top 5 finish in 2019 Cy Young vote) They're also dangling Miggy who turns 34 in April and is owed this... 17:$28M annually, 18-21:$30M annually, 22-23:$32M annually, 24:$30M club option ($8M buyout), 25:$30M club option Just one of these guys puts us near the projected new luxury tax limit. Maybe they'd take Pablo to offset some of the money, but then we'd just have to give more prospects or ML ready players. Would this get us both? Pablo, JBJ, Shaw, Pomeranz, Moncada, Swihart and Basabe Would we want to go that large and long on two 34 year olds? Miggy's going to be like 143 his last year under contract!
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MLBTR... The Blue Jays have agreed to a multi-year contract with Cuban infield prospect Lourdes Gurriel Jr., reports MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez (via Twitter). Gurriel, the younger brother of Astros infielder Yulieski Gurriel, is considered one of the top available international prospects and will receive a seven-year, $22MM contract from the Jays, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post
