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  1. Especially since ERod's case might be worse. For everything Moncada has still wrong with him, I don't think he has been diagnosed with myocarditis. (Also I did mention it at least once before when dgalehouse tried to point out that Moncada was nothing special after his performance this year.)
  2. Cut him some slack https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/white-soxs-yoan-moncada-on-covid-19-definitely-my-body-hasnt-felt-the-same-after-the-virus/
  3. It's a bullpen game now. With the advent of pitch counts, larger bullpens and specialized relievers, managers simply do not leave them in nearly as long any more...
  4. That's actually a very common outcome for long term expensive free agents. Sure, the first year or two can be very productive, but they almost always end up being burdens before the contract is up...
  5. Well, that could be because the best player he traded away had COVID 19 and has been slow to recover....
  6. In 3+ seasons, Quintana had a career total of 2.8 fWAR, 2.6 of which came in 1991. Granted, the defensive contributions from that era are incomplete. But honestly, I saw Q play and nothing he did with his glove was going to help him here...
  7. For you, denny
  8. Well, that's only if we pretend Walker Buehler, Mike Soroka and Trent Grisham were not still available...
  9. Unlike Lin, Chatham has options remaining. But if Lin is back, I'd be surprised if it was anything except a minor league deal. And if the Sox have a roster spot available, it probably goes to an outfielder, and probably someone capable of playing CF in a pinch...
  10. Yes but it's a stat encompassing his year long accomplishments. To say "he pitched 100 less innings allows someone else to generate more WAR" is a ridiculous reason. Does it mean he pitched better in his 100 fewer innings? Yes. But using outside "Not David Price" factors, like how well someone else might have pitched, as an evaluation of Price is just flat out wrong. But his durability as measured in IP is a factor when looking at the two of them...
  11. So what you're saying is that when giving Price a contract, a GM might think "Well he does not throw as many innings as other pitchers, but that means he gives better opportunities to the relief pitchers to pick up the slack. Hey, that is worth $17 mill per year!!" Just imagine how much Price could get if he stopped pitching altogether!!!
  12. Maybe they're the same person. A little CGI to adjust the build. Use a mirror to make it look like he's throwing with the other arm. Boom - Nathan Sale...
  13. What? It's a really, really safe bet that any reliever contributing positively would have had ample work opportunities. Even the managers you don't like manage their bullpens that way....
  14. I would avoid LeMahieu, since there is no way to tie him to an improved pitching staff. Not like anyone playing 2B for Boston is great trade bait. I would avoid Turner, while it does create a logjam with Devers and Dalbec, I think the Sox are better off with their current corner infielders. Brantley is an interesting thought. Excellent hitter who frees up Benintendi. My only concern is how much field he will be able to play over the next 3 seasons, since the Sox are likely to have DH filled for 2 of them. Forget Yates, Minor, Greene. Hendriks and Schoop have promise in my eyes. The reliever market is one the Sox relly need to look in to, but the bet option is a tough call. Springer and Ozuna figure to be among the most expensive, and the money is probably better spent on Bauer or Realmuto. Tanaka is a Yankee, so pass. Stroman is a possibility, as is Robbie Ray...
  15. But only 3 of the top 10 have, and only 2 were traded (Realmuto and Jorge Alfaro)...
  16. I'm very ok with that...
  17. It's not like the NBA draft where you need a top 3 pick to get very high odds on getting anyone good. I don't see any real difference between picking 5th and picking 10th in he MLB draft...
  18. Yes, which is why I am down on Eovaldi as a starter. Lackey did turn it around after 2 awful years, but not many pitchers will give you that on long term free agent contracts..
  19. I'm ok with that. As long as they don't go overboard with the years...
  20. Ok, but then he combined for 0.9 fWAR in the nest 2 seasons. His 4.2 fWAR from 2010-2012 is certainly a far from impressive run...
  21. Bullpen would manage them very easily...
  22. Honestly, he probably won't get to spend that much more time with her. Unlike him, she is still able to perform her high profile job that requires a lot of travel. What this surgery means is he probably dials back on his nanny's schedule...
  23. Certainly possible. But by the time Sale gets back, I don't think it's realistic to expect everyone else to be either healthy or effective. Safe bet Eovaldi is already injured by then...
  24. And I mentioned them both as possibilities. In fact, I only included Lin if Chavis gets dealt, which is not the highest probability...
  25. Pivetta does have the advantage over Houck in that he has pitched as many as 164 IP at the MLB level in a season. Houck has never pitched more than 119 IP in a season, and that was in High A ball. Houck only has 119 carer IP above A ball. Expecting him to pitch 130-150 IP in MLB seems like a major stretch in 2021...
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