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  1. notin
    C His velocity has topped out higher than 91mph, but he does lack stamina and a third pitch. But he’s still better than Johnson...
  2. notin
    Playing Encarnacion over Brett Gardner is a huge upgrade. What I don’t get is why a lot of other teams passed. Plenty of teams could use him, and certainly the Yankee offer was easily toppable. While I don’t agree, I see why Boston passed. Money, and DD has a thing for Mitch Moreland. But Houston? Why? Was the salary too much for Tampa and Milwaukee? Maybe neither wanted to offer a good enough prospect to get Seattle to cover more? Why not Texas? They could use him and show the league they have no intention of fading away quietly. The Rockies and the Diamondbacks could have also used him. Imagine EE in Coors! But everyone passed. And no way did DiPoto not do his due diligence and ask. Probably asked other teams, too...
  3. notin
    Either way, I really doubt DiPoto, much like yourself, was thinking about a single player from rookie ball as the return for Encarnacion...
  4. notin
    My mistake . I meant to comment about their age at free agency, which is a huge factor. Machado was 26. Mookie will be 28...
  5. notin
    I’m sure Dipoto talked to all the relevant GMs and everyone passed. You weren’t keeping EE from anyone. He wouldn’t be doing his job if he did anything else. Or the counter argument is that DiPoto had his heart set on a pre-A-ball unranked teenager whose missed the entire season to date. Very specific need. You’re lucky the Yankees had just such a player...
  6. notin
    Not happy at all. And while I suspect Mitch Moreland was the reason the Sox passed, that’s not enough in my eyes...
  7. notin
    Sale’s deal was for less money, but he took it to avoid risk. He’s still post prime, and Porcello is the same age. If you think Dombrowski is going to offer a 3 year $45mill deal to Porcello, that deal feels very light compared to the contracts he likes to write. His keyboard doesn’t even have a “$45mill” key...
  8. notin
    So is Chris Freakin’ Sale, whose like 3 months younger. But Sale got a raise...
  9. notin
    . 2b is basically the same names as last year, plus Chavis. Last year it was an area of need. Is Chavis enough to make it not one?
  10. notin
    It never is, although by moving for a non-closing pending free agent, the cost is typically minimal. Kind of a s***** list this year. Closer Sean Doolittle does check most of the boxes the Sox could use this year...
  11. notin
    The real problem is that Mitch Moreland is still alive and under contract. So 1b was never anything the Sox were thinking about...
  12. notin
    I would have loved it, especially if all the Sox gave up was some long shot sub-A-ball teenager...
  13. notin
    And no more Johnson. Let Shawaryn take his starts and soon-to-be Red Sox reliever Adam Conley (who is a big time Dombrowski type pitcher) take his relief outings...
  14. notin
    And I thought offering him $60mill/4 would be an insult. If the Sox want him back, his next offer will be close to his last deal. Maybe slightly reduced AAV...
  15. notin
    In his last 8 outings (7.2 IP), Marcus Walden has a 5.87 ERA and a 1.025 OPSA. And those numbers do NOT include today. Normally, bad stretch, and not a big one. But Marcus Walden is 30 years old and been part of 5 organizations since 2007. At some point, he might just return to being a pumpkin. Or did that happen 9 innings ago?
  16. notin
    Steven Wright will be next. At some point, DD has to remember why he signed Jenrry Mejia as well...
  17. notin
    Total or per year? Both are crazy, but a 3 year $63mill deal might work...
  18. notin
    So all the short-timers like Cano and Edwin Diaz? They’re dumping cash. Leake is next...
  19. notin
    Part of my point
  20. notin
    They could have moved Frazier anyway. Not like EE plays his position,and with the possibility of Dtanton and Judge returning soon, it1) an odd time to get EE and 2) likely Frazier was looking at a demotion anyway. The notion the Yankees only acquired him to keep him out of Boston, Houston and Tampa is silly. First of all, you can’t go out acquiring every player that l will help your rivals; they’re too many options. And second, don’t you think Seattle pushed him on the teams with obvious needs? DiPoto has heard of the Astros. He might have even worked for them once. He called. They hung up...
  21. notin
    Bear in mind Machado is 2 years younger and reached free agency sooner. The Padres are gambling that Machado has not yet peaches as a player...
  22. notin
    Well, there was that whole “convince Trout to stick around” thing...
  23. notin
    And for every tank job done by those teams, there is are a few failed tank jobs...
  24. notin
    I define tanking as “re-imaging with the understanding that the current season will be a step back.” And the answer is, very few teams who do this gain anything. They just lose games more cheaply...
  25. notin
    And he had a 1.68 ERA a year ago when he was pitching at the same age and level as Then is this year. Fangraphs gives both of them a Future Value if 40. They’re comparable...
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