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Everything posted by notin
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Or they simply realized Andreoli is not a Major Leaguer. Puello is actually a good player...
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Be fair. Those weren’t all injuries. He does have a PED suspension too...
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It’s impossible for me to know anything, but baseballtradevalues.com has the values for Chavis and Dalbec as nearly equal, and both about the same as Adam Civale
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3 inning limit. So two sets of two pitchers each...
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Dalbec is a guy with high power but high K’s who can’t bring back anything good and is at best a platoon split? Why not trade him? I think unless the Sox move him to the OF, he’s probably more valuable in a trade than a weak side platoon player. Especially since the Sox already have Chavis...
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Dalbec is a good 3b, but the Gallo comps might be premature. While he could spot at 1b or in the OF, is he more valuable as a backup than the arm he might bring back?
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If I’m being honest, my Little League team was worse...
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Duran could easily hit worse than Benintendi. I’m not so sure I want Duran starting in the OF in 2021, let alone 2020...
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I’m ok saying it. In fact, I think I might have already. I know I’ve been thinking it...
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He’ll get more reps against better pitching where he is. And do we really need to see John Andreoli in MLB right now?
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5.6% line drive rate. That’s something you expect from a pitcher. When you’re hitting nothing but lazy fly balls and weak groundouts, it strongly suggests you’re not making good barrel contact, lining up the planar center of mass of the bat with the center of mass of the ball. Basically, he’s swinging a hair too high or a hair too low. This could mean he’s either changed his swing too much or he’s simply not seeing the ball like he used to. That he’s going the other way weakly so often (or flat out missing the ball) does suggest the latter...
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One of them could and probably should be gone before next season. Chavis has the disadvantage in that we’ve seen his weaknesses, but that does not mean Dalbec doesn’t have them as well, and possibly to a greater extent. I think Dalbec might make more sense to deal and Chavis makes for the better role player...
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If Moreland returns and Chavis is out at 2b, either Chavis or Dalbec is redundant...
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But watching people try to build a great pitching staff by filling roles with these arms is like watching someone try to build a moonbound rocket with scrap metal found around the house...
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There’s no one worth calling up right now...
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In 2021, maybe Downs can get a full season of AA ball. 2020 was always going to be a tank job. But if we look forward to 2021, does it make sense for Chavis to be part of the team? Same for Dalbec and Moreland. Chavis isn’t a platoon option at 2b or 1b if we don’t get the LHH players at those position(s) to platoon with.
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If you’re talking about 2021, I agree with a lot of what you said. Moreland is my big question mark, since I’m not sure how Bloom feels about him. But the way Mitch is going now, one has to think he is playing his way into Bloom’s heart. I also agree on Chavis. Frankly, the Sox have a big question mark at 2b going forward. If they want to see if Chavis can handle it, why not give him a shot instead of mucking about with all these utility Iike Peraza, Arauz, and Lin? I think Chavis and/or possibly Dalbec might be trade bait, especially if Moreland is retained. Martinez might opt out, but I think he’s back. Possibly on an extension that goes beyond his option years. But that only happens if he starts hitting again...
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Most of the teams in MLB had played 15-18 games. The Cardinals have played 5. Even the Marlins have played 10 and the Phillies have played 9...
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What about them? Are you saying the Sox need to give up on Benintendi? His off-season last year netted him .730 OPS. Maybe he is a .730 OPS guy. With his $5mill AAV, he is paid like one. So he either is paid accordingly or the Sox get a bargain if he breaks out of it. Benintendi has a .105 BABIP. But if you look at his splits, the most notable thing is he has a 5.6% line drive rate. That's a bit of an aberration, to be subtle. Even last year, his line drive rate was 21%. So this is NOT a continuation of last year. For some perspective on how out of place that line drive rate is, last year, among qualified hitters, the lowest line drive rate in MLB was 15.3% (Albert Pujols). JBJ was the third worst at 17.7% If you lower it to a minimum of 10 plate appearances, the overwhelming bulk of hitters who had a LD rate at 5.6% or below are pitchers. This is a bad stretch for Benintendi. He may never be a .900 OPS guy, but he is also hits better than pitchers...
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Oh Johnson is probably worthless. If we had to look ahead a year, obviously starting pitching is the Sox top need, followed by bullpen. Then maybe whatever positions need filling. Not sure who from within has a shot at any position in 2021...
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Especially since one of those years had no minor league season anyway...
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I would think stories about Johnson bring the #4 guy were more about the state of the Sox rotation than about Johnson...
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Didn’t the Brewers extend him since that injury?
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Not to mention, it’s already mid-August. There won’t be enough games this year to burn out the bullpen...
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And maybe the Brewers feel the same about Yelich and his .114 BA (5 for 44) and .544 OPS....
