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Everything posted by notin

  1. notin
    They’re supposed to treat the ball with that super secret mud to keep it from slipping...
  2. notin
    The evaluation process he used to sign Kike is the same one that got us Perez, Richards, Sawamura and Renfroe. So far this off-season, he’s looking at 4 for 5. And you’re complaining about the fifth guy?
  3. notin
    Swihart’s thread seem very bipolar...
  4. notin
    Why rush Downs? He's not exactly lighting it up in Worcester and Arroyo has become a bit of a fan favorite...
  5. notin
    Yes I am sure Thad has become an awesome TJ patient...
  6. notin
    Verdugo is no Betts, but he sure is one helluva consolation prize....
  7. notin
    If the plan is to keep Dalbec’s bat in the lineup with Devers’, what does flip flopping their positions do?
  8. notin
    If a .331 OBP is Dalbec’s floor, I can see him spending a few seasons in the sub-basement...
  9. notin
    As much as a Yankee rebuild would make me smile, they don’t need one and aren’t going to do one. They have a solid core in Cole, Judge, Torres, Chapman, LeMahieu all under control for the next couple years. They have a strong budget. The Stanton contract looks like an obstacle, but the problem is, no matter how extensive any rebuild, that’s the one contract they’re going to be stuck with. What they really need to consider is limiting their reclamation projects to maybe one per season. Adding Kluber, who basically missed two seasons, and Taillon, who career attendance is spotty at best, at the same time as the two major off-season adds, was just being naive. Especially for a team bitten with injury bug problems with great frequency in recent seasons. I just can’t picture that sales pitch. “I know we’ve been clobbered with injuries these past few years, but we really need to add an aging pitcher coming off two lost seasons and another guy who just had Tommy John surgery! Those are the missing pieces!!” Well, missing, maybe...
  10. notin
    Reportedly the Reds were trying to move Castellanos and/or Moustakas’ contracts all off season. If true, I doubt any trade for Castellanos will cost much in terms of minor league talent. Heck if Cincy gets desperate enough, maybe Bloom can go all Ottavino on the Reds and actually increase the Sox prospect pool....
  11. notin
    Then they should have taken my off-season recommendation and signed Andrelton Simmons...
  12. notin
    The Yankees need him to get thrown out more often, possibly permanently...
  13. notin
    Even later in the draft, they probably just grab the players they think have the best chance to actually make the majors, as slim as it can get with some of those picks. No point in drafting for the needs you will have in 3-4 years when you don't know what those needs will be...
  14. notin
    As of right now, missing out on Lindor and his .647 OPS doesn't look like a huge mistake....
  15. notin
    Hey, when a guy predicts something that he has done like 700 times, is that really all that prophetic?
  16. notin
    Still only June 7th...
  17. notin
    Well, I did predict they’d both get injured. Does that count?
  18. notin
    Maybe not before, but now we’re in the Era of Launch Angles...
  19. notin
    The only one of those who was highly touted and didn’t pan out was Swihart. Lavarnway was actually ranked by some of the orgs, but no one ever seemed to think he’d stick at catcher and his rankings were more for his bat. Saltalamacchia was a BA ranked prospect, but he did have a 12 year MLB career. I can call that “panning out.” Kottaras was never a highly regarded prospect by anyone except maybe his own mom. You could have at least shown some love for former Sox top prospect and Peabody native Steve Lomasney...,
  20. notin
    It’s very possible Bloom knows what he’s doing. After three games, everyone wrote off the season and Bloom. If anyone had said at that point “Don’t sweat it. By early June this team will have the second best record in the AL and be 4.5 games up on the Yankees,” safe bet all reactions to that statement would not have been in agreement with it...
  21. notin
    Maybe they lost some faith in Benintendi? He’d been a below average since 2018, and while still young, really just had the one good season. But hindsight moves like that where multiple transactions need to get rearranged make for weak arguments...
  22. notin
    It’s very possible none of the players makes the majors or makes any impact. But what if the Sox traded Benintendi for Sawamura and Gonzalez? Since they basically spent his salary on those two...
  23. notin
    I think there’s often more logic than we realize...
  24. notin
    Obviously, Liam Hendricks. Worth noting that Hendricks also had twice the career fWAR as Barnes. Maybe the “recency bias” is more a coincidence and Hendricks got that deal because he’s actually a really good relief pitcher and a team did their homework. Alex Colome had career numbers more similar to Barnes and struggled to land a deal. No Recency Bias there?
  25. notin
    And some fans think remembering there will be another season is tantamount to surrendering. Also, f*** the boys down at Clancy’s. How come they’re always out drinking and never at home? Maybe a few of them need to stop using baseball talk as an excuse to advance their cirrhosis and take in some much needed AA meetings...
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