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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...
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Second place thanks to the alphabet!!!
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2021 MLB draft
notin replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Like Jaden Hill? Same strategy the Royals used grabbing Hunter Dozier in the first round and saving slot money for Sean Manaea... -
Also more than Kevin Youkilis had prior to 2006...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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2021 MLB draft
notin replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
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... -
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...
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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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Never too early to sweep the Rays...
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2021 MLB draft
notin replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I know. I doubt he falls to three. In my mock draft, Rocker, Leiter and Fabian go 1-2-3. So who becomes the best choice at 4? (Probably worth pointing out my mock draft stops after 3 picks.) -
I take it if he ever saw the process for separating plasma from blood cells, he would deem it witchcraft...
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I'm just glad they stopped those overly optimistic MLB Comparisons. We all knew Lars Anderson was a good prospect, but to blatantly call him the next Justin Morneau (an MVP, no less) struck me as being beyond hopeful...
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Give me physics anyday...
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Nobody does. It's the softest of the soft sciences...
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.. which is what I thought. I think the folks at soxprospects.com, who have made massive strides towards excellence over the years, do occasionally drop the ball on the option years thing...
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2021 MLB draft
notin replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Maybe second round, fourth pick? Bloom comes away with Leiter and Hill? Dare I dream it? -
While possible, the future divisional alignments of the sport did not make those teams more watchable at the time. I did not find some of the poor Patriot teams in the Grogan Era more watchable because I knew one day the Colts would leave the AFC East...
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Or when a pitcher who typically handles the save situations fails because it isn't one. "Well, Rob Dibble struggled here because he had a 4 run lead." No, he struggled because he could not pitch that particular day. It happens to human beings. I mean, if the argument is the close ninth inning games are difficult due to the high pressure situation how does less pressure make it even more difficult?
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Maybe, although history has taught us many poor defensive 3B can move to 1B and become excellent defensive players. Martk Teixeira and Jeff Bagwell, for example. Youkilis was not a poor defender at 3B, but was certainly an elite one at 1B. The number of weak defending third basemen who move the the OF and become Gold Glove outfielders is a lot more limited. Anyone besides Alex Gordon? If you look around MLB, most first basemen fall into at least one of three categories - left-handed, very tall, or washed out at another position. The rest of them fall into a category known as "Joey Votto"...
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So then how does Sale, who has been on active 40 man roster since 2010, still have an option remaining?
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In his hypothetical scenario, I think he is referring to there being no Jeter Downs or Connor Wong. While Downs is not on the 40 man roster, how much depth do they have there right now?
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Even with a lot of bad Boston teams in the past, yes, it was definitely nice to see if Boggs could still take a batting title or if rice could challenge in any of the triple crown categories. But that always felt like a consolation when the team was just flat out losing anyway...
