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Everything posted by notin
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Bingo. For example, we could use a 2b right now...
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Not all at once. I hated that Cherington never traded any. Dombrowski traded them all. We need a happy medium. Trading all the prospects left the Sox with no minimum wage replacements, and that was likely a factor in not signing Betts...
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If I could have filtered the ads, I would have...
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And really, who from Dalbec, Houck, Casas, Chavis, Ward, Song, Mata and Duran is a quality MLB player?
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Except that they can still be traded before they don’t turn out. Tony Armas Jr. was a good prospect, for example, and probably one of the most important ones in Sox history. But not for his pitching...
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When people talk about the low-ranking farm, it doesn’t mean no one in is capable of playing in MLB ever. It means we have fewer and lesser prospects than other teams...
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Funny thing about walks. They don't count less just because you're younger.
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For you
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Is Ward's issue with walks (3.9 BB/9) really that much more of an issue than Deivi Garcia's (3.8 BB/9)? That's all of 1 walk for every 90 innings, or maybe 2 per season...
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Or retire...
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While I don't think the Sox are going to let every expensive player walk, what would you prefer? To be in contention every year or have a player Devers on the occasional last place team?
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No, but it is a lot for a pitcher who has missed almost all of the last 2 seasons. He's become Tyson Ross with a better pedigree. And no one offered Tyson Ross an MLB deal last time he reached free agency. When you start using the phrases "$5 mill" and "multiple Cy Youngs" in the same sentence, that's an admission that there is something very wrong or very risky here. Kluber only gets a guaranteed deal if he starts receiving multiple offers, which is possible, but certainly not a guarantee. In fact, there is no guarantee he could pass a physical...
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I think they do want them to pitch above A-ball before they reach MLB. The 4 prospects ranked ahead of Houck - Mata, Ward, Groome and Song - have combined for 53.2 innings above A ball, all of them from Mata. And he did not exactly dazzle at that level himself to the tune of a 5,03 ERA / 1.45 WHIP...
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He pitched 5 innings against the Marlins. It was a terrific debut, but possibly too small of a sample size to go thinking the entire scouting industry got everything wrong...
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And presumably more good years and a better ROI...
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I would agree, although I wqould hope hje would be less wary of a legitimate generational superstar at age 27 than a 31yo pitcher with a very good (but not generational) resume...
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It becomes much less probable when you do not have that many in the farm system. Because if you do not supply them yourself, it is very difficult to acquire them from other teams or free agency (especially when you cannot spend because you have a ton of cash tied up in one superstar)....
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No chance on a minor league deal? The guy has 36 IP since 2018. I do not see many teams if any throwing a lot of guaranteed money at him, especially since a lot of teams might not be spending at all.
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Maybe money was more important to him than being major leaguer. If all he wanted was to play baseball, he was still doing that in Pawtucket...
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Minor league deal or heavily incentive-laden deal...
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Always a bid idea, IMO. Those teams could have been easily derailed by injuries. And even in the face of a third place finish, slapped their fans in the face by saying "Why watch a good team now when you can gamble we might have one in the future?"
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I'm not so sure there...
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Possible, but it always seems like these type of downturns in the market do not impact the top tier free agents as much as everyone else. I think Bauer will get paid. As will Realmuto, Semien, and Springer, and possibly Ozuna and Hand. The rest might be looking at paydays less than normally expected...
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And that is why he is where here is...
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He might very well have been a 4th outfielder in MLB, but a 4th outfielder is still a major leaguer...
