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Everything posted by notin
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The Sox have given plenty of drafted players less than $20,000 and seen them get into MLB or AAA. That reduced sum might not be a decrease for a lot of them...
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So apparently Blake Snell is out at pro-rated pay
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I think we will see every team trying that tactic to some extent...
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I don't want them. But my daughter did like getting the game balls more than the trophies...
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Don’t knock youth soccer. And are you knocking the “participation awards” for 5 year old kids? Ever seen them play any sport? Why reward winning? 99% of the time it’s purely accidental...
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Actually I would argue this is the year to lose it. Any other season, if you needed to fill a roster space somewhere with a UDFA, the best players available were undrafted after 40 rounds. This year, the UDFA pool contains a full assortment of sixth round picks...
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Don’t teams basically do that anyway? That’s how the Sox originally acquired Dan Butler...
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I suppose a better question is “does his agent think he can get a better deal?
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That’s because you don’t yet have kids who play sports. Right now, the only two you say you’re still interested in are the ones you’re physically involved in at some level. So expect baseball/softball/soccer etc. to join those ranks as your kid(s) pull you back in...
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The only shell of its former self is the Sox pitching staff. Still, I’m interested, and none of these changes dissuade me. In fact, I’ve wanted the DH in the NL for years now..,
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The players and owners fight about money even when there is no pandemic. This is about as surprising as the sun coming up...
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But can he get a better deal than $38.75mill over 2 years on the market? Maybe a lower AAV but for more years? He still has one opt out remaining...
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Teams will still sign undrafted players. And while certainly plenty of good players have been drafted in later rounds, the chances of drafting good players after round five drops precipitously. (Actually it drops off near early in round 4 per this study.) https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1759&context=cc_etds_theses
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If they do the short season, will their reset attempt count?
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I’m fine and see the point about full salary. While certainly many precautions will be in place, they are still the ones taking health risks and being kept from their families while the billionaire owners cower in their fully-stocked bunkers that have more amenities than I could ever fathom. And what about the umpires? I haven’t heard anything about them. Are they taking pro-rated pay? They face the same risks as the players...
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So assuming things happen and a couple stars align for MLB in 2020, most (all?) of us think the Sox have some pitching concerns. Any moves you think Bloom has left up his sleeve or you’d like to see him try? While a few players remain unsigned in the roster freeze, anyone appealing over a shortened season?
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His greatness is not in question. No one disputes he isn’t among the top handful of players. And certainly any arguments that he isn’t the greatest don’t put him very far down on the list. But I do think there are arguments for a few other players. And I don’t like the “six rings” argument at all. The advanced stats one is much better, IMO...
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The proposed playoff format is a total joke ....
notin replied to Swiharts Ghost's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I know. I just want baseball back. I miss it. I don't even care what changes they make.* *Except the remarkably stupid 3-batter minimum rule... -
Different skills to play different positions inbasketball, but when you look at the stats, we all see PPG, RPG, APG, SPG, etc. and a lot of the newer, cooler ones. And that is what makes up the record books. With football, each position has it's own set of applicable stats (with some crossover). And not one of those stats is used to measure O-linemen....
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The football positions have greater disparity. Really in the NBA it’s not so different. I mean, we have had a couple threads dedicated to football greats, and a lot of names thrown around. And not once did anyone mention an offensive lineman. That’s wild. A football game is typically won or lost at the line of scrimmage, but no one ever credits any of that to o-lineman. Why has no one mentioned John Hannah or Jonathan Ogden or Bruce Matthews as one the the greatest NFL players ever? With basketball, the argument usually involves a few different positions. Jordan (SG), Bird (F), LeBron (2-3 swingman), Russell (C ) to name a few...
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I’m a diehard Patriots’ fan, and placing Brady third on the NFL All Time greatest player list after Jim Brown and LT is perfectly defensible. I have no problem with that. When you start measuring greatness in rings, you have to be prepared to explain why you’re saying Steve Kerr and Robert Horry are greater players than Karl Malone and Reggie Miller...
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Also logically, the more teams, the more widespread the talent. After all, even with more rounds and “tougher repeating” we still saw only 9 different teams win in a 35 year stretch. Even nowadays, face it, no sports lends itself more to repeating...
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And why am I supplying the data? You’re the one who postulated the rings argument was weaker due to smaller league size. Where’s your data?
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That would require research beyond my interests. But if it helps, only the Bulls, Lakers, Celtics, Rockets, Warriors, Pistons, Mavericks, Spurs, and Heat won titles between 1980 and 2015. That’s a LOT of recent repeating. But there isn’t any way to prove what’s harder. But right now, the NBA has 30 teams, which means the best 360 players make the NBA. In an 16 team league, only the best 192 make the league. Stands to reason talent is more concentrated, what without the worst 168 players hanging around....
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Losing an option, losing a year of control, and booting someone off the 40 man roster...
