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a lot of times now a days they change the sequencing with every pitch. The catcher will flash a series of signs for pitch and location, but they will use something like "strikes plus 1" for the one that matters. meaning if the count is 1-1, the second sign matters. And it stays the second sign until the pitcher throws another strike, when it becomes the third sign. Plenty of teams do this, but how they know what the baseline is to steal signs is beyond me...
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That you call her “first wife” doesn’t support this behavior as a key to a harmonious relationship...
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Who is the greatest under-the-radar player in Sox history?
notin replied to Northern Star's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
No love for Javier Lopez. Or the late great (against the Yankees anyway) Vaughn Eshelman? -
Or not...
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Rebuilding the farm could take a year or more. Signing some low risk/moderate reward potential contributors like Keon Broxton, Trevor Rosenthal, Yimi Garcia, Nick Martini, Kyle Barraclough, Joey Rickard, Nick Tropeano, Zack Godley, or Ryon Healy could have already happened...
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Oh he's been given a tough task when it comes to off-loading some salary. But so far 45 players have signed minor league contracts, and Bloom has not signed a single player to one. (He has signed two players, Marco Hernandez and Josh Osich, to split contracts. But that was also after non-tendering both of them.) And while the majority of these players who sign minor league deals won't amount to much, they do occasionally pay off. And while rare, some pay off very big. There were a lot of players who signed MiLB deals elsewhere who were worth a gamble. After all, there is no such thing as a bad minor league contract...
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So the guy cannit field, and the idea is to get him into more positions? Why not have him catch and play CF while you're at it? First base is where all non-fielders go to die. Move Andujar to 1B. Bench Voit. If 2018 taught the Yankees anything, depth is a good thing. Or... the Yankees could try some bizarre strategy where they move Miggy around the field, keep Sanchez behind the plate, get Stanton back into the OF, learn that Torres might not be much of a shortstop, and watch as defense becomes their Achilles Heel in 2020...
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Yeah his personality does not seem to have much in common with that of his comedian namesake...
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And it would be hypocritical of me to hold that strategy against Dombrowski while embracing Bloom. If anything I am more disappointed in Bloom for this, because unlike Dombrowski, he hasn’t been given Carte Blanche. What other options does Bloom really have?
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But while there is certainly some Recency Effect, it could not have been be the impetus behind the Eovaldi Lust of last off-season. There’s no way any GM entrusted with managing a a nine-figure payroll is less thorough than I am...
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It's getting to the point where my biggest gripe about Bloom is the complete lack of minor league deals. I get having a budget that limits your ability to sign players to major league deals, but why not take some zero risk chances on minor league deals?
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They both just repeatedly swear and curse the other when alone in the room/car/subway/movie theater...
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The Butterfly Effect tells us that we have no way of knowing that the Sox would not have won the title that year even if they had not claimed Tony Randa off waivers from the Diamondbacks. While it makes all the sense in the world that Tony Randa did not matter for the title, the bottom line is you can never prove otherwise.
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Oh trading Bogaerts could really backfire . The Sox might enter 2021 with Price and Eovaldi still here, but Bogaerts, Betts and Martinez all elsewhere...
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Eovaldi has never been able to stay on the field, but teams were still all over him last year like dung beetles on, well, dung...
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Or trade Bogaerts? Unlike Price, Eovaldi and Martinez, there is a market for Bogaerts. It’s also an option...
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If the Sox replace Betts with Springer and Urquidy, are they really still non-contenders? I look at it this way - Springer has to be more open to an extension than Betts is...
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Springer might like coming back to New England. He played his college ball at UConn with Sox reliever Matt Barnes...
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I see where you’re going, but.... Larry Bigbie was the big player-whistleblower in the Mitchell Report, and he was an outfielder. Pitcher Jason Grimsley was a big whistleblower for an HGH scandal, but not because he hated seeing hitters get the advantage. Rather it probably had more to do with the FBI showing up at his house and his strong desire to stay out of jail...
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But no chance it’s Brock Holt? Kelly seems like a weak choice. He could have broken this last year if he was so distraught at being overpaid by the Dodgers. Wright also. How often was he even in the dugout last year?
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No? They have tried, and Pujols’ contract has been a detriment. But they have a payroll commitment of $176 million for 2020 and I’m not sure how much higher they are willing to go. But right now, Trout is about 1/4 of the 2020 payroll...
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They could only use catchers with telepathic powers. Just train your catcher by making him repeatedly watch "The Men Who Stare At Goats"...
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And it is worth pointing out that NONE of these players won a title with that salary. None!! As is NOT ONE of these players won a title while making that much money. Except Price. And ARod. And Strasburg and Scherzer, But that's it!!! Oh, and Lester. But THAT is it. End of list!! Also, Verlander...
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A big part of his point is they cannot afford to put better players around him while paying him that much. And his salary makes any free agent contract risky, as it has to work out or it makes the whole situation that much more difficult. Their ridiculous run of pitching injuries doesn't help matters, either.
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Without evidence, it’s like accusing David Ortiz of steroid use...
