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  1. notin
    It’s not uncommon to leave A-ball players exposed. The Sox have 6 unprotected names, 5 of whom are above A-ball. Hopefully they create room for 2 more on the 40-man roster...
  2. notin
    That was the public statements about the policy. And since an increased number of high school and college ballplayers were taking them, it was a good idea to stop sending the message they were necessary...
  3. notin
    So you'll take the week off and post on other Sox sites?
  4. notin
    Arguably they did. He had two years left on the deal. his first year in Boston was not very good. His second year was very good, but carried by one electric month...
  5. notin
    With his Dodgers' contract before the Sox signed him...
  6. notin
    If the 3 batter minimm rule sticks, it does take away the advantage Springs and Hall had...
  7. notin
    Rule 5 draft protection deadlie is tonight. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/11/mlb-deadline-protect-players-rule-5-draft-2020.html Sox currently have only 4 spots....
  8. notin
    And that is what happens when you use the minor league guys who are supposed to be for depth in place of actual starters. But the Sox simply could not spend on anyone any better...
  9. notin
    Doesn't that go for any free agent contract?
  10. notin
    JD Drew?
  11. notin
    Getting rid of steroids was the right move. When it all started, the idea was to prevent younger kids from thinking it was the only way to make it. Sadly, it turned into a referendum on Hall of Fame caliber players and their worthiness. MLB and MLBPA needs to find another means to demotivate younger playrs from using PEDs...
  12. notin
    The mantra was "Doctored baseballs = fine. Corked bats = cheating." The guy who basically made cheating really bad was bat stuffer Albert Belle, because he was such an intolerable human being. THere were dozens of stories about his bats and the suspicions, and there was the awesome Jason Grimsley story about swapping Belle's confiscated bat. If he had been nicer, it might not have been so frowned upon. (And Grimsley might have learned something about avoiding cheating rather than have his own HGH scandal.) Of course, then Canseco spilled the beans and we learned what Jayson Stark summed up very well. "Fans don't like cheating if it leads to more home runs."
  13. notin
    He's the only one who openly admitted it and gave the illegal pitch top billing in his own autobiography. He basically mocked the rules and was allowed to get away with it...
  14. notin
    If MLB and the MLBPA are serious about getting rid of PEDs, they need to make the penalties financial. you're not discouraging players from cheating their way to six figure contracts by penalizing them with a tainted legacy and the ability to keep every contractual dollar. One posssibility might be to have every player who tyests positive (with X amount of re-tests to make sure it is not a false positive) is to make them play out the remainder of the current contract for the leaque minimum, or to deny arbitration/raises for players in their first 6 seasons, and make them play all the way to free agency for the league minimum. I bet you would see a massive drop in PED usage at that point. At least in the Majors. Minor leaguers still have nothing to lose. The owners would likely be all for it, but the MLBPA would balk. And they would be wrong to do so, because it gives the appearance that they promote PED usage in order to secure more money, which is exactly the opposite message MLB needs to be sending...
  15. notin
    At a minimum, they need to kick out Gaylord Perry....
  16. notin
    I am 100% positive it won't be...
  17. notin
    I usally like the opt outs, because if the player is good then you get those seasons from him and let someone else watch him decline. The opt out was the only redeeming feature of Price's contract. And I would have gladly let him walk after 3 years regardless of how good he was in his fourth, just to avoid the inevitable decline in the fifth, sixth and seventh seasons...
  18. notin
    Not that I have very much in the way of expectations for that crowd, but it might be worth noting the leader in IP of those pitchers was Godley with 28.2. And FIP indicates the numbers from Covey (3.91) and Springs (4.81) With samples that small, every run becomes far too significant. For example, with Taylor and his whopping 7.2 IP, every run was worth 1.23 on his ERA. Give him one or two good defensive plays behind him, and that ERA could plummet to as low as 6.13, which still is not good, but it does show the massive impact of a single play...
  19. notin
    But at that point, coming back to the system becomes their choice. None of them have made themselves such attractive options that they will be fending off offers, but some might be able to secure other opportunities, possibly overseas...
  20. notin
    They also re-signed both Osich and Hernandez...
  21. notin
    $240 million vs. maybe not getting into Cooperstown? I’d say that huge reward was worth the minimal risk. The league should void contracts of players who test positive. Let 38yo Robinson Cano try to get another 4 year $96 mill contract so he actually has something at risk...
  22. notin
    I think the Sox have already unloaded most if not all of their non-tenders...
  23. notin
    Carl Crawford, too...
  24. notin
    Sometimes in their articles, they telll you they do include such factors. They had an article at the end of last season about why Betts had such a high value despite the one year of control, and one of the reasons was his Q factor...
  25. notin
    I think the trades are largely fair for the most part. But that doesn't mean one or both sides are interested. Just because I need a car and do the math and conclude I can afford a Cadillac doesn't mean I have to go out and buy one. If I decide I do not like that car, it doesn't mean my financial calculations were wrong...
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