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Everything posted by notin
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I think the absolute worst thing anyone said about a Duran promotion was “probably in September”…
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5 minutes? I'm that far behind in a one mile race. I'm further back here...
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I think Marwin is headed to the IL to make room on the active roster for Duran. If they demote Chavis, which is still possible, then someone else gets promoted to fill his roster spot. Cordero?
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Duran and who?
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If the Sox get a LHH 1B, maybe they deal Dalbec for something and keep Chavis as the RHH platoon option. I think weak side platoon might be his ceiling...
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There was no bashing and negativity, not even in that strongly-resembling English language you clearly speak. I was Duran’s harshest critic, with the possible exception of Max, and even I said “at some point this year.” Now I also questioned if he was overvalued based on his history, but conceded he might be good based on his stat evals. And that I would have traded him in the right deal. But at least I was against calling him up to bench him. I just don’t get that idea. Especially after hyping him as such an important missing piece. Also he hasn’t answered my questions yet about whether he’ll be any good. I’m starting to think too many people have adopted the idea that “not agreeing with me 100% is the same as disagreeing with me. Also it’s bashing.”
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Probably injured. I don’t imagine there is much demand for Wilson, although he could get some ancillary piece.
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This is what happens when people just read stats without even looking at them. Rookie David Price wasn’t even a starter for the 2008 Rays during their postseason run. He also relieved for the Sox in his injury-plagued 2017 postseason and pitched 0.2 in mining’s in relief in an 18 inning game in the 2018 World Series. And once in Toronto in 2015. As a starter, he started 14 games and logged nearly 84 IP. That’s nearly 6 innings per start on average. In today’s bullpen-happy game, that’s hardly an issue… -
With the exception of 2018 (and his injured 2017), Price also pitched 220 innings every year before the playoffs. You don’t think that was a factor?
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Would you deal Duran for Spencer Turnbull, who reaches free agency the same time as Means?
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BTV accepts a 1 for 1 deal for Duran. Not sure the Twins would, but I suspect Duran headlines any deal for him…
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It depends why he was moved off there in the first place…
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Everyone is not pitching. It’s a combined non-effort!! (Enough yet, Bellhorn?)
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So you’d think about Duran for Means but you’re out on Duran for the younger and better Jose Berrios? I get the years of control, but 1.3 years of a top 15 pitcher in MLB (which, since 2019, Berrios is) has to have significant value, too…
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They’d turn the gun on you…
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That Henry Davis was chosen number one in the draft does make me think the pitch clock is gaining traction…
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Baltimore wouldn’t do D at gunpoint. And even C is a stretch…
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But I think their pitching will equal that…
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I don’t think the Sox spin doctors possess the influence to cause Duran’s meteoric rise in the prospect rankings. Duran himself is doing something that impresses people…
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The WAPM operated on this exact principle!!!!
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As mentioned last night, a big part of the Dodger model seems to involve taking unwanted utility infielders and turning them into All Stars (Turner, Taylor, Muncy). Can Bloom pull this off? Christian Arroyo certainly hopes so…
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So far, the buzz is Berrios will be very costly. If he is, then it’s very likely going to require a package many are uncomfortable surrendering. Given Bloom is working on a build from within strategy (my best guess), it seems unlikely he would empty the farm for a chance at a title potentially followed by mediocrity. And if Henry wanted that model, he would have kept Dombrowski. I think Berrios/Duran is unlikely. I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the price tag, but I would be if Bloom pulled the trigger. Unless he has as many questions about Duran as I have…
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Of course, when DiMaggio and Berra played, it helped that free agency didn’t exist. So if you had a good team in, say, 1948, chances were you would also be good in 1949. And DiMaggio and Berra absolutely did play on some stacked teams that kept bringing everybody back…
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Sure. Would the Twins deal Berrios for a package that doesn’t include Jarren Duran?
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One reason it might be easier is pitchers have just gone through a full season. For years, David Price was held up as an example of a post season choker based solely on cursory glances at his post season stats. And for all of those years, I tried pointing out that as he routinely pitches well over 200 IP per season, maybe it was fatigue or soreness. Nope. Choke. Had to be. Then 2018 happened. Price pitched about 40 fewer innings during the regular season. And was good in the postseason. A lot of people thought he overcame his yips, but I had been saying for years that the innings matter…
