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MLBTR... Right-hander Bryan Mata has been shut down due to a pulled hamstring, Alex Cora told reporters. A timetable for Mata’s return is not yet clear. The 24-year-old right-hander has not yet made his big league debut but figured to enter Spring Training with a strong chance to earn a job in the club’s bullpen this spring. Mata does not have options remaining, meaning that he must be carried on the club’s active roster or else designated for assignment and exposed to waivers, running the risk that a rival club would claim him. If Mata’s absence proves to be a lengthy one, of course, he could open the season on the 15- or 60-day injured list, thereby delaying the need for Boston to make a decision regarding his future. Yoshida revealed that he underwent surgery on his jaw shortly after the 2023 season. According to Yoshida, the issue didn’t “necessarily” impact him from a baseball perspective during the 2023 season, though he noted that the surgery alleviated discomfort that nagged him during everyday use of his jaw. Yoshida appeared in 140 games for Boston during his first MLB season last year, slashing a respectable .289/.338/.445 in the first year of his five-year, $90MM pact with the Red Sox. Yoshida figures to look to improve on his 2023 campaign this season after he slowed down a bit in the second half last year,

So, the Yanks will beat the Sox 5 more times with Snell?

I guess it's all relative. How many teams in MLB have signed 3 players to more than this in the past 3 winters? (Actually 2 years- from March 2022 to March 2024.) $313.5M/10 $140M/6 $90M/5 (not counting posting fee) This is not meant to be a sign of support for our spending levels, but compared to most teams, we are still high spenders.

So, all the hype about Ohtani and Yamo's mega deals driving up the price for those to follow was just that: hype.

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They'd be signed if a GM over-rated them. They may not be HOF, but Monty and Snell are both top 30 pitchers. That has a lot of value, these days.

Okay, so our SP'ing is ranked dead last in the ALE. SP MLB 6. NYY 13.5 7. TOR 13.4 13. TBR 12.3 16. BAL 12.2 18. BOS 11.8 RP 8. TBR 3.6 11. TOR 3.3 16. BOS 2.8 19. NYY 2.5 27. BAL 1.4 SP+RP: BOS 14.6 (4th in ALE) and BAL 13.6 (Last in ALE.) We are also ranked... (projected team fWAR) Red = best in ALE Blue = worst in ALE T 26th at C 1.5 (1. BAL 5.3, 2. TOR 4.9, 11. NYY 3.5, 21. TBR 2.4) 17th at 2B 2.6 (4. NYY 4.0, 10. TBR 3.4, 13. BAL 3.0, 19. TOR 2.5) 16th at CF 2.7 (2. NYY 5.0, 10. BAL 3.1, 13. TOR 2.9, 18. TBR 2.6) 15th at RF 2.1 (2. NYY 6.4, 6. TOR 2.9, 11. TBR 2.6, 13. BAL 2.4) 14th at SS 3.0 (5. BAL 4.3, 6. TOR 4.3, 13. NYY 3.1, 17. TBR 2.8) 11th at LF 2.5 (2. NYY 3.4, 3. TBR 3.3, 10. TOR 2.6, 15. BAL 2.3) 10th at DH 1.6 (3. NYY 2.4, 5. TOR 1.8, 6. TBR 1.7, 9. BAL 1.7) 8th at 1B 2.6 (4. TBR 3.7, 5. TOR 3.2, 15. BAL 1.8, 17. NYY 1.7) 4th at 3B 4.3 (6. BAL 4.1, 9. TBR 3.8, 12. NYY 2.8, 24. TOR 2.1) We are worst at 4 slots, including the rotation. We are best at 1 slot (3B.)

JH was also the guy who brought the team to the top of the spending rankings for many years, and top 3-5 for many years in a row. Without that (or him,) we may still have no rings for over a century, now. I'm not downplaying the mistakes and choices you listed. They were doozies.

How do I find OPS+ for a 3 year period split v L?

I think it was true in foresight, as well. Betts was clearly the beast of the group. I liked the Sale extension, so it's hard for me to flip, now, but Betts over him seems like a slam dunk, now and then. The Bogey extension was cheap. The opt-out killed us.

I see this for OF depth, assuming Rafaela starts in AAA: LF: O'Neill (Duran, Ref, Yoshida) CF: Duran (Abreu) RF: Abreu (O'Neill) So, the back-up CF would just be a shift: Abreu to CF, O'Neill to RF and Ref/Yoshida in LF.

2021-2023 v LHPs (250+ PAs) 43. Refsnyder .865 67. Dalbec .836 76. Cooper .821 Sorry, I'm only allowed to use 3 year sample sizes.

These guys are so cheap, they won't even do that. Ref and Dalbec might even have slight trade value. We could, at least get someone to take on Ref's salary. Dalbec is at min.

Stop celebrating our budget cuts!!!!

One of our weak areas is hitting LHPs, especially in the OF. Ref is one of MLBs best batters vs LHPs in the last 2, 3 or 4 years. Nobody wants him to play FT, and I doubt anyone wants him to start even one game vs a RH'd starter. He fills a need. The problem is we also have no real back-up 1Bman, and that is the sole reason Dalbec is in the conversation for the 26 slot. He also does well vs LHPs, but does not really fit the OF need, well. Ref does not fill the 1B need, well, if at all.

No. That's what we shoulda done.

You can't handle the truth!

I agree, but how worse off are our 6-10 SP'ers than other ALE teams. I'm sure they have guys they want to keep in the pen or are serious question marks, too. Again, I have no idea how ours compare. The less we use these guys the better.

Sow are waiting for the price to drop on Monty, but if it does, other teams will join in the bidding. Sounds like another swing and miss being tee'd up. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/02/latest-on-red-sox-jordan-montgomery.html

Is Whitlock, Wink, Fitts, Walter, Murphy and others all that much worse than other ALE teams 6-10 SP"ers? I would not say we are better, but we might be close.

No. I answered why. You just didn't like my answer. I gave the 4 year numbers, also, since that is how long Bobby Dee has been on the Sox, and it included his best season (2020.) Yes, I like to use the 3 recent year sample size, mostly, because I think it is better than career numbers, as an indicator of what to expect. I'm not locked into 3 years. If the 3rd year is a rookie year, I'd probably think the recent 2 years is a better indicator. If a player is aging and had a big year, 3 years ago, I might also think the recent 2 years is a better indicator. I was not intentionally trying to make Ref look better than Bobby Dee. I went back 4 years, which helped Bobby Dee. Here are the 3 year numbers you are crying about: vs LHPs (250+ PAs) 43. Refsnyder .865 (142 wRC+) 67. Bobby Dee .836 (124 wRC+) Why would I try to hide these numbers? Ref blows BD away, again. 2 years and 3 years (and 4 yrs in wRC+, only.) Geesh! BTW, even the 4 year sample showed Ref with a wRC+ 10 points higher than BD.

I was trying to show the Sox best hitters v LHPs, and Ref has only been here 2 years.

Not real big differentials, here.

I just posted 2020-2023. Try to keep up.

Maybe Sale will cut up his pants.