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  1. notin
    Oh I will definitely be disappointed if that happens. I'm not expecting the opportunity to even be there, so I think it would shock me more. But at some point, I can definitely acknowledge that every GM in the league has more knowledge of every single player in college than I will ever have...
  2. notin
    It is a tough call, because some players are hellbent on reaching free agency, and some agents are hellbent on getting their clients there. I mean, for most of these guys, free agency is what they have been working their whole lives for =- it's a chance to have their whole financial lives suddenly transformed just for playing baseball. And for a lot of them, it's the first time they get to choose what team they will play for. But then. it does appera to be true that a certain amount of them are happy with the status quo team and will gladly extend for lots and lots of money, even leaving a few million on the table to stay put. (And some just like to take it now and avoid leaving more on the table in the event of injury or sudden ineffectiveness)...
  3. notin
    Hey, I think the phrase "immortalized in my living room" is classic. But also Mazza was the one bargain bin who did look like he might stick, much to my chagrin. For most of the off-season, soxprospects.com had projected him in the 2021 rotation, not even in the bullpen. His ERA was reasonable (4.80), but his FIP was even better (4.26). Still, I was very glad when he got DFA'd, and even happier when Tampa wanted to trade for him, instead of just waiting for him to be waived so they could claim him for nothing. And even happier than that when it looked like they gave the Sox back a viable prospect as opposed to some sort of Josh Tobias organizational filler...
  4. notin
    If Leiter is there at 4 and the Sox pass, should we be disappointed? It seems like we should be, but I can't pretend I go into this with equal information to the Sox front office (or any team's front office). MLB.com has Leiter going 7th, citing his size (6' and 195lbs) and his walk rate as reasons he falls. Now this draft was done in December, 2020, and Leiter has certainly has cut down on his walks (from 4.6BB/9 to 3.4BB/9) since then. But he is probably still close to 6' 195lbs...
  5. notin
    Some will. Others believe the organization can print money and should just give up whatever it takes to get the deal done...
  6. notin
    Zero chance he goes directly to DH, and there are far too many reasons for that to not happen. If he continues to struggle defensively at 3B, flip him with Dalbec. I actually it is a good idea to do this change mid-season because, once you have decided Devers cannot handle the position, it would be good to see if you actually like Dalbec there. No point in going through this whole exercise again next season, just with different names. However, just because I think it is a good idea doesn't mean I think it will happen (and really, doesn't even mean it is actually a good idea)...
  7. notin
    I won't go that far. He did hire an agent for a reason...
  8. notin
    "Mom, you cost me over $100 million!"
  9. notin
    As you are griping about parsing over word choices, I have to say "immortalized in my living room" doesn't strike me as the most extreme predecessor to an insult I have ever come across...
  10. notin
    I think I would mind the Lester situation less of they just made him a reasonable offer and he turned it down. The insultingly low offer put the blame squarely on the Sox as opposed to making it Lester's decision to leave on his own...
  11. notin
    Oh it's very likely. If us under-informed folk like him so much, safe bet he is not a secret from the front offices around the league...
  12. notin
    Why? The Sox are not likely to make the postseason anyway. So why not either let Devers see if he can handle 3B or move him to 1B and see if he can handle that position? There is absolutely no point in making a 24yo player a full time DH just so a 34yo high-salaried player player can show us what we already know about his defensive skills. Wherever Devers plays, his defense is NOT going to be why the Sox miss the post-season. There is no reason to pigeonhole him into the most limited role in the lineup before he turns 25. Not to mention, who takes over the corner INF positions and what outfielder takes a seat under this scenario?
  13. notin
    And let's get this straight - Youkilis played 16 games at 1B in Pawtucket in 2005. Plus a couple games there in Pawtucket in 2004 and 40 games in A ball at 1B. My statement was he played less games than Casas' total of 96 at 1B prior to 2006. And he did. He played 67 games at 1B prior to 2006, and they were spread out over 4 seasons in 3 different leagues and while he played a lot of other positions. As this season was never really an attempt to make the postseason anyway, due primarily to Sale being out, the Sox actually could try to switch Devers midseason and it won't be why they miss the playoffs. But most likely, they give him one more full year to see if he can handle the hot corner before making any decisions...
  14. notin
    It most likely would, but if they put him at 1B during the season, they wouldn't be breaking new ground. Mark Teixeira, for example, played 15 games at 3B and the Rangers just gave up on him and moved him to 1B without ever sending him down to learn the new position. They also stuck him in the OF that same year without ever sending him down, but they gave up on that, too...
  15. notin
    He did play 9 games there in 2005, where he also played 2 games at 2B (but only 7 innings total) and 24 at third. Thinking mid-season change myself...
  16. notin
    Second place thanks to the alphabet!!!
  17. notin
    Like Jaden Hill? Same strategy the Royals used grabbing Hunter Dozier in the first round and saving slot money for Sean Manaea...
  18. notin
    Also more than Kevin Youkilis had prior to 2006...
  19. notin
    Even bad baseball teams are still comprised of some of the best players in the world. Yes, you want to beat up on the worst teams, but unlike in other sports, those "worst teams" are still going to win about 40% of the time...
  20. notin
    But yes their trade for those two while giving up a potentially decent catcher does seem questionable and looked like the dumbest trade of 2021 until the Yankees acquired Rougned Odor...
  21. notin
    Mazza was nowhere near one of the worst pitchers on that staff. He was actually one of the better ones, which is the real tragedy...
  22. notin
    Just laugh at the movie reference next time. The grounds crew in that flick was funny and that film came out many years before the Sox got swept by Baltimore
  23. notin
    I think if I were drafting (and fear not, I am not drafting and Bloom has blocked my Twitter), I would seriously consider Henry Davis at 4...
  24. notin
    Why can't the Sox afford Devers? He's under team control through 2023. After the 2022 season, the Sox shed the following contracts: Eovaldi, Martinez, Perez, Hernandez, Richards, Price (half) and possibly Bogaerts. Basically the only player left making any guaranteed money will be Sale and the only player with a vesting/conditional option is Sawamura. Unless Bogaerts stays. If the Sox replace enough of those players internally, extending Devers will be even less of an issue...
  25. notin
    I still expect some fans to be like the grounds crew in the first Major League movie. “They’re still s*****”...
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