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  1. notin
    Gave himself next level triabetes? Im going to change his sentence. Require some aspic…
  2. notin
    Honestly, I think it’s his lack of quality desserts…
  3. notin
    See!! More of that “other people are wrong” stuff. Thanks for proving my case. We find the defendant repugnant, and sentence him to 15 years without tira misu! <Gavel smash>
  4. notin
    So when you suggested the Red Sox should get Alonso and Schwarber last off-season, and the Sox didn’t get them, YOU were wrong by your own logic. Oh I get it. You only apply it that way to other people. Notin suggests the Red Sox need Coby Mayo. Well, they didnt get Mayo (yet?) so he’s wrong. Moon suggests the Sox need EDLC, but he’s wrong because they didnt get him. But Old Red suggests the Sox should get both Alonso and Schwarber last off-season, the Sox get neither, and Breslow is wrong. Im starting to understand your wife gives you that look of contempt…
  5. notin
    FTFY
  6. notin
    Absolutely true, unless you have more than one functioning brain cell. “Suggesting” and “predicting” are different words with different meanings. If you doubt me, consult any dictionary. When you take Mrs Old Red out to dinner at a fancy 5 star restaurant, and the dessert menu comes around and you say “I suggest the tira misu. It’s excellent here.” Does the Mrs look at you with contempt and say “well you’re f***ing wrong. I’m having the vanilla bean cheesecake!” Were you really incorrect? You didn’t predict she would want the tira misu, you just pointed out that it was excellent and was a very good candidate to fulfill her dessert needs. You weren’t even pointing out the inadequacies of the vanilla bean cheesecake. (there are none. Your wife made a good choice for once. 😉) And that is why “suggesting” and “predicting” are different. I should know; I will do a large share of each this off-season. Right after I fulfill my newfound craving for vanilla bean cheesecake…
  7. notin
    Holy f***! I think I agree with Old Red on something. i need a drink…
  8. notin
    Only 65 extra base hits? That’s all he has to do? Only 24 hitters in all of MLB had that many. And it’s your bare minimum?
  9. notin
    I am all for making moves, but not for the sake of making moves. Baseball is a game in which teams play a 162 game season and everyone finishes winning between 40% and 60% of the time. And teams falling outside that range rarely fall outside it by much. So to think teams need an overhaul to go from winning 54% to 58% is moves for the sake of moves. Tweaks, better health, and players simply playing better overall is usually enough for most teams. It’s a tight range to begin with. I can’t get worked up about 5 playoff games spread out across 2 seasons. It’s hard to even consider them the same team. And It’s a small sample, no matter what. Also, like it or not, focusing pitching and defense is not “complacency.” Someone having a different philosophy than you on how to construct a baseball team is not “complacency.”
  10. notin
    Weak doesn’t mean “not trying”…
  11. notin
    You hate short people!! You’re an anti-heightite!! Seinfeld references aside, your positions on short players are going to get you some nasty text messages from Jose Altuve…
  12. notin
    Teams are trying in the AL. The White Sox just made one of the biggest turnarounds in MLB history. You don’t do that without trying. The problem with the AL tjis year is a lot of the big spender teams got burned by their payroll, and the AL does have some clearly talented small market front offices that win without spending, and to many fans, spending is trying…
  13. notin
    Bloom did what the Sox wanted - he rebuilt the farm. I don’t think there was any chance the Sox signed two of Alonso, Schwarber, and Bregman.
  14. notin
    Milwaukee has made the postseason 8 times in the last 9 years and is going to a WS for the first time after losing in the LCS twice in that stretch. In that time, have they had a lot of elite hitters? Hitting is only one aspect of baseball.
  15. notin
    I can promise you there will be no overhaul. Unless you think of Breslow’s mid-season acquisitions as the start of one. Breslow probably does trade away someone we all think he plans to keep, like Abreu or Contreras. But with so little on the FA market and not sure how much trade bait in the minors, I don’t think you’re going to get one…
  16. notin
    Fred did so all of April, May and June last year under the misapprehension that draft position in baseball was as important as it is in other sports…
  17. notin
    And a .680 OPS in his first 1000 career PA. You’re more patient with other prospects than wuth Boston’s…
  18. notin
    Plus full seasons from Mead, Rutschman and hopefully Anthony…
  19. notin
    Glad I read this just before heading out to the ponies!!
  20. notin
    You wanted Walker when he was coming off a season with a .584 OPS?
  21. notin
    Did you want Jordan Walker 12 months ago? (Hint: no one did.) Tatis was the one I thought might be available because of his contract. Apparently SD has said he is not available. Zero chance Wood or Walker are either. And I doubt De La Cruz is. The trick should be not to find last year’s stars, but instead find next year’s. You shot me done when I suggested Miguel Vargas a year ago. Turns out, he’s a star now. Next year's Miguel Vargas/Jordan Walker will be Coby Mayo. Can the Sox get him instead?
  22. notin
    He does need to stay healthy, which he did do in the minors, He’s also a career .800 OPS hitter at age 23 with only 500 career plate appearances. You give up too early…
  23. notin
    Well, hopefully they can replace Duran’s “production” with a full season of Anthony. They should get more than 2 plate appearances from Mead next year. And Rutschman is an upgrade at the plate over Narvaez. So they’ve already made some changes over last April…
  24. notin
    Postseason?
  25. notin
    Chisholm is defeintely available. The only question is will the Yankees offer him a QO. Per MLBTR, their current plan is to only extend one to Bednar. And you absolutely do like to play Fantasy Island avilable. That's why you still bring up Alonso and Schwarber, two bandwagons you didn't jump on until each had already signe elsewhere...
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