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  1. notin
    Nope. One more after 2021...
  2. notin
    I think this will be the ultimate fate of Houck - bullpen arm. Hey, that slider is the stuff of closers. Right now, toying with making him a starter is fine, and especially since he is a depth starter. Starters are harder to come by than relievers. But I think Houck ends up in the pen, possibly as a high leverage reliever if not a flat out closer...
  3. notin
    And to admit it as a method of avoiding questions...
  4. notin
    Dealing JD and his $19.75mill contract in 2022, which he is absolutely going to exercise, seems like it might be a lot more difficult than dealing Dalbec, who can actually play the field and makes 0 money comparatively...
  5. notin
    No idea about Dutchy, but do think Imperial59 was posting here when I started. That name looks vaguely familiar to me. But, hey, after using the name "notin" (which has no actual significance or meaning or similarity to my real name) and no other screen names* since I started posting ESPN, Boston.com, freeforums, talksox, and baseballtradevalues.com for a lot longer than I care to admit, it is nice to FINALLY be accused of having alternate trolling identities. (Assuming this Dutchy character was a noted troll. Was he? And did he share my addiction to parenthetical commentary and ending non-interrogative sentences in ellipses?) *As I lost the "notin" moniker due to a password snafu on mlbtraderumors, I do now use the alternate ID of "Ketch", which also has no significance...
  6. notin
    If Dalbec has an OPS of .785, Casas could be posting a 2.000 in Portland and all it will earn him is a trip to Worcester. Why risk losing Casas to free agency at age 28 to upgrade during a season in which the Sox are without Sale?
  7. notin
    If Casas takes over 1b from Dalbec, it does make Dalbec expendable and therefore a potential trade bait for pitching, especially if he only lost his job due to Casas raking, as you suggest, and not his own performance. So why relegate him to a bench role if/when he can be used to acquire a decent pitcher?
  8. notin
    It's one think to not bring up a 21yo Triston Casas now only to see him reach free agency at age 27, just as he is entering his "prime" years. But Houck will be entering his age 25 season this year. Delaying his service time therefore buys the Sox his age 32 season, which might not be worth it, if it ever even exists. I don't see service time being an issue here...
  9. notin
    Who is Dutchy? Retired forum poster? And if you think you finally figured me out, I am not all that complex...
  10. notin
    Middlebrooks had zero ability to recognize pitches and judge the strike zone (by MLB standards). Dalbec appears to be much, much better in this regard....
  11. notin
    But it keeps a forum inside joke alive...
  12. notin
    But is there any type of system that can be put in place that will not allow some sort of manipulation?
  13. notin
    The Players Union fought very hard to get a service time clock and free agency. It's not going way easily....
  14. notin
    But then the Sox are penciling him into the lineup knowing very well he could be hitting .215 by July 1st. Chances are they pay more attention to what they know he can do - draw walks and hit home runs. If he is hitting .215/.335/.450 with 12 Hrs on July 1st while batting 8th/9th, is his job really in jeopardy?
  15. notin
    Me neither. Apparently both Venus and Serena bought a share of Miai Dolphin team ownership back in 2009, when the pair were still dominating the tennis world...
  16. notin
    I think Pivetta "won" the role by having no options remaining...
  17. notin
    Venus Williams is a part owner of the Miami Dolphins...
  18. notin
    Cashman: That incident at the charity gala is particularly disturbing and you have become a troublesome stain on the proud legacy and brand of the New York Yankees. We are going to have to recommend some serious counseling and rehab sessions. German: I'm 4-0 with a 1.93 ERA. Cashman: Counseling completed!!
  19. notin
    If they go with 3 bench players, and no on starts the year on the IL, Chavis is the only one with an option remaining. It's not like having him start the season in Worcester means he is cut from the team and gone forever. If he is finally hitting well, doesn't it make sense to have him someplace where he can try to keep up the pace?
  20. notin
    Because every mentoring session should begin with the question "Do you own a gun?"
  21. notin
    I wen to high school with a kid named Cliff Window...
  22. notin
    Plawecki is a given. So he probably bumps Chavis to Worcester...
  23. notin
    Sure they could have. But at some point, we all knew the spending was going to stop. It probably didn't help that he did keep riding the bicycle in 2019 and the team was barely above .500. That's more like treading water than riding a bike, I suppose. Maybe if the 2019 did not underachieve? Maybe knowing Sale was going to miss significant time? And it's really hard to call an owner cheap when the team's payroll is in excess of $240 million...
  24. notin
    Was it? You didn't see the bottom after last season's plummet?
  25. notin
    Didn't Michael Jordan take a partial ownership role in the Washington Wizards and then come out of retirement and play for the Wizards?
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