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5/24 Braves @ SOX 7:10PM
notin replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Well that only leaves 2020, which was a season no one should lend much credence to... -
In the long run, you probably won’t mind...
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So banning the shift will have very little effect. Hitters will still swing for launch angles and exit velocity. Balls will still have higher seams. MLB just needs to allow teams to employ strategies. I do agree that they shouldn’t alter standard game equipment from year to year...
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You might want to stop that, as you are in Florida and all teenage girl postings immediately catch the attention of Matt Gaetz...
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Hey, just look at the names with no hitters this year. Sure, Kluber has a history of great seasons and awards. And Joe Musgrove and John Means are both good, albeit not great pitchers. But Spencer Turnbull? Carlos Rodon? Wade Miley? I mean, Wade Miley now has more career no hitters than Greg Maddux. And last year, career minor leaguer Alec Mills tossed one. So yes, any MLB pitcher can have a great day...
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Ditto nearly every pitcher in MLB...
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2021 MLB draft
notin replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I agree. I just think the chances of one falling to Boston are negligible... -
So it's the inability of the hitters to try to adapt to the shift, like I said. But then I bet even if the shift went away, we would still see hitters emphasizing launch angle and exit velocity...
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Was it also blamed for missing the point?
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Then allow the small market teams their creativity. If you think baseball is unwatchable when a left-handed hitter hits into the shift, try taking in a full 162 game season in Pittsburgh after payroll has been cut to the same amount as the toll on the Seventh Street Bridge...
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The shift is a result of economic disparity that forces the small market teams to be creative to stay competitive. It’s no surprise strategies that annoy traditional, boring fans like the shift and the opener all originate in Tampa. Get some economic parity in the game and a lot of this goes away...
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Also no more breaking balls. Or fastballs over 85mph. Or under 85mph, either. I don’t get some fans. “The shift is killing baseball! No one gets hits!” Last year the cry was “the juiced ball is killing baseball!! Everyone is getting hits!”
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5/24 Braves @ SOX 7:10PM
notin replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
So you were not impressed with his 6.1 fWAR season in 2019? -
Clay vs. Zack in a battle of two pitchers with stereotypical millennial first names...
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Not as bad as Tampa. My brother lived there for years and his attitude was “it’s against the law to be under 50 around here”...
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You obviously did not watch tonight’s Red Sox game. And I don’t get all this “ban the shift.” It’s a DEFENSIVE ALIGNMENT, not a performance-enhancing drug. If it’s making baseball unwatchable, blame the hitters who refuse to learn how to hit around it...
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Tampa baseball was always a bad idea. About 1/4 of the residents of Tampa are retired New Yorkers who brought their pinstriped blood to Florida. Sometimes in little IV bags...
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Yeah but at 34, a multi year deal of 3-4 years is still possible, as history has shown. At 35, probably significantly less so. He’ll opt out if he thinks he can get a better deal. I have my doubts he wants his next contract hinging on his age 35 season, especially if his age 34 season is a really good one...
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Calling up Duran at least has the advantage of being a reversible change if he flops. The biggest obstacle might be whether or not the Sox want to reverse it if he flops...
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He might. If guaranteed years mean more to him than salary. The biggest factor will be what his agent tells him he can get him. Also not sure why you think a $14mill AAV is insulting and then think a $15mill AAV should do the trick...
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Again, if he gets a deal like Nelson Cruz got at the same age, he gets more money and years. And at his age, he might prioritize years over money...
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Cruz got a 4 year/$57 mill deal from Seattle at age 34...
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So... one start of, say, 5 innings should do it?
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A year ago, a JD opt out felt like a fantasy. But after the way he got started this year, it’s looking pretty likely. Especially with only one year left if he doesn’t...
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.... barring injury.
