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The real downside is the 69 innings and that he has a drastic dropoff after 4-5 IP. If the Sox put Houck in the bullpen next year, along with Whitlock, that is absolutely not a problem. Teams don't count on starters for the heavy IP the way they used to anyway and the bullpen is actually getting to be more and more important. It's no longer primarily a place where ineffective starters get banished to. The real downside here is the only starters the Sox know will be back are Eovaldi and Pivetta. So it is very possible that one or both of Houck and Whitlock move to the rotation simply because it seems like is easier to rebuild a bullpen than it is a rotation...
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Arroyo, Verdugo and Whitlock as well...
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And Iglesias!
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I thought you were a Jets’ fan?
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The scheduling doesn't change, but maybe if the Astros-Pale Hose series goes 5 then the surviving team will be using a bullpen a bit more worse for wear...
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Unless they actually trade him, all that matters is what he turns in to as a player. Since his past season probably makes him less desirable, he probably is not going to be traded anywhere. So he will be back in 2022 and we can see if he does adjust after being bumped up 2 levels after missing a season...
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Plenty of times they don't turn out, but keeping Houck and Dalbec has helped the 2021 team a lot...
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Probably unfairly so. He just played his age 22 season in AAA after a year off preceded by minimal time in AA. I think he deserves some slack...
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They must grumble a lot, because he walks like twice a game…
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So…. You’ll pass the hat for my ticket money? I’ll need three, preferably along the 1b line
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In a fight or in a baseball game?
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Is that true? Hard to compare and evaluate those deals, but using the FV assigned by Fangraphs, the two prospects given up by the Yankees totaled 95. In order to top that offer, the Red Sox would have had to trade either Downs or Casas along with Gilberto Jimenez. To equal that offer, the Sox could have kept Jimenez and offered one of Duran, Houck, or Dalbec. Of course, this really isn’t proper use of Future Value. Using BTV, Alcantara and Vizcaino are roughly equal to dealing Seabold and Song. Vastly different comparison methods, but neither really says the Yankees didn’t give up much compared to what the Sox would have had to give up.,.
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Some of these might not be positive difference makers…
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But we all want the White Sox so notin can take in a game…
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It's also pretty rare to see half the team down with COVID, but apparently that doesn't count...
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Or just maybe his 10.80 postseason ERA this year is based on 1.2 innings during which only one ball was actually even hit well. Are we still pretending the Rays pummeled him relentlessly and that he was actually just not pulled really, really early?
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I strongly suspect JD Martinez will accept his final option year and return. I also suspect the Sox will exercise their portion of Schwarber’s mutual option but Schwarber will not. Negotiations very possibly continue. I predict Bogaerts will get extended with a nice raise. I was going to predict something in the neighborhood of $140 mill over 5 years, but let’s be honest and admit $250mill over 8 years is more likely…
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While everyone is quick to pigeonhole Schwarber as a DH, there’s actually a pretty good chance that, as a career National Leaguer, he doesn’t think of himself as one. Maybe he envisions himself as a left fielder. If he returns to Boston, it will be because he likes playing here and the team met his contractual demands. I doubt he thinks of himself as the Heir Apparent to JD Martinez…
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Robertson has worked out, but I can hardly fault the Sox for avoiding 36yo relief pitcher who has totaled six innings since 2018,,,
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I completely bypassed this. Over their careers, maybe. But JD is no longer the 170 OPS+ hitter he was as recently as 2018. Over the past 3 years, his OPS+ is a respectable 125. In that same timeframe, Schwarber's is 126. So, basically equal but Schwarber is rising while JD is falling. For one season, this is not a big deal. Frankly, if both get squeezed into the lineup (Schwarber in LF, JD at DH) I would certainly enjoy watching that team hit and closing my eyes when they are in the field. Of course, bringing back Schwarber would also likely kill any rumored interest in Semien, or necessitate moving Verdugo/Duran/both for pitching...
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Or Cash is playing for two and figures using his rookie in Tampa (and not in Fenway) is a much safer move...
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Yes, Robles has had some nice stretches in his career. But Bloom was also ripped for passing on Cole Hamels and Dave Robertson. Hamels was injured before the ink dried on his new contract and Robles actually out-pitched Robertson. (Robles: 3.60 ERA/3.36 FIP for Boston, Robertson: 4.50 ERA/3.67 FIP for Tampa). But hey, those guys are bigger names and would have been awesome additions. To the 2011 team...
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Alex-Verdugo Expresses Desire to Become Two-Way Player
notin replied to a700hitter's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Three possibilities: 1. Loves everything about baseball? 2. Loves money? 3. Loves making more money playing baseball? -
And if you told a lot of people in March that the Sox would go 12-16 in August, the typical response would have been along the lines of “so it’ll be their best month” or “too little too late.” The real bottom line is he clearly doesn’t obey the same rules of talent evaluation and roster construction as the rest of us, but whatever he does can certainly work. Possibly better than what we’re used to…
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This can’t be true. Are you counting those is of who use the Internet?!?!
