Jump to content
Talk Sox
  • Create Account

notin

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    52,053

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    45

 Content Type 

Profiles

Boston Red Sox Videos

2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking

Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker

News

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by notin

  1. notin
    Ok so let’s say the Sox trade/bench/DFA Bradley. Betts can take center. Who takes RF? If the answer is JD Martinez, who takes DH? If the answer is Pearce (OPS .295), what exactly got accomplished here? Or does Chavis DH and Holt (OPS .273) and/or Nunez (OPS .360) get more at bats?
  2. notin
    Which is sad because he’s the best outfielder above A ball in the Sox system...
  3. notin
    I think the WM he was referring to was Whit Merrifield, not Will Middlebrooks or Walter Mondale...
  4. notin
    Thank you for jumping on that grenade for the rest of us...
  5. notin
    To be more specific, it’s a right-handed hitters’ park...
  6. notin
    Chris Davis was 0 for 55 vs everybody until he ran into Porcello. This is absolutely a step in the right direction for Rick...
  7. notin
    It’s not that big of a deal if he can play. There are dozens of worse contracts out there for players who can’t play anymore. And even at 40%, his contract would be a $4.8mill payment. Might be a lot to you and me, but what does $4.8mill buy these days? Right-handed middle reliever?
  8. notin
    Personally I think it’s odd that the Sox are OK paying him $12mill but find it necessary to avoid a $12mill luxury tax payment. I do understand the Sox have no choice with Castillo, but that says they’re best bet was always to get this guy active and see if he’s either usable or tradable...
  9. notin
    Are we also playing the game that all right handed hitters struggle against RHP? Chapman (.949) and Semien (.839) have both done very well vs RHP this season...
  10. notin
    In Porcello’s last 3 starts, he’s pitched 19.2 IP with a 2.28 ERA and only walked 5 hitters. He walked 12 in his first 11.1 IP this year. It’s not just this one game that you’re casually dismissing as if 8IP 2 hitters are a daily thing...
  11. notin
    Of course, this has been JBJ’s worst month since August, 2014...
  12. notin

    Chavis

    notin replied to bosoxmal's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk

    You’re showing your age via pop culture references today...
  13. notin
    You mean like you did on page 389 of the “Realistic Look” thread?
  14. notin
    Yes he quite literally shot himself in the foot...
  15. notin
    The Sox ruined Brentz’ development!!! Also, he’s not good at baseball...
  16. notin
    I assume any trade would be for “the best the Sox can get.” There is also the possibility of a bad contract swap, assuming you think JBJ has a bad contract..
  17. notin
    And if you think it’s going to be hard to reset, imagine how hard it’s going to be to win...
  18. notin
    The No. I mentioned him as the only possible trade candidate from oldtimer’s list. Everyone else he wanted to remove is either FA at the end of the year or too injured to move. I believe we resolved the attempts to circumvent the CBA with Pedroia’s contract are not allowed. Pedroia is going to play out his contract. Intermittently. The Sox will probably use an internal player or two. But not six. Probably not even four. And good thing because most fans don’t have the patience for younger players once they get called up. Remember when DD dealt all those ranked prospects for Kimbrel and Sale? A lot of folks said of that 22 and under crowd. “DD didn’t give up anything good.” And those were the ranked prospects. And now fans want to load up on all these unranked players and assume they’ll step right in like they own the place? Of course, DD doesn’t operate that way anyway. Expect at least 2 (and I think 3) of Chavis, Dalbec, Chatham, Hernandez, and/or Feltman to be dealt...
  19. notin
    The Sox aren’t resetting unless JDM walks and they avoid re-signing him. They have $111 mill committed to Price, Sale, Eovaldi, Vazquez, Pedroia and Bogaerts, and more depending on what Betts and ERod get, which should combine for over $30mill. That leaves just over $36mill to fill 19 or 20 roster spots, depending on Pedroia’s health. If JD doesn’t opt out, the Sox have another $21mill committed and still need 18 to 19 MLB players (plus up to 15 more players on the 40-man roster.) They can’t get under the limit even if everyone makes minimum wage. So why cut costs on a player with one year left (after this year)?
  20. notin
    So trade Bradley to start Dalbec? What if Dalbec has a .421 OPS? He currently has a .700 against AA pitching. He struck out over 37% of the time against A ball and AA ball pitching the last two seasons. Now you have the same offense and weaker OF defense to boot...
  21. notin
    Nunez, Holt, Pearce and Moreland are all free agents after this season. Pedroia is unmovable. Bradley is the only tradable piece and if he is as bad as many think, who’d want him? The Sox will use a cheap farm product or two next season. Likely Chavis and Lin. I doubt they go with too many rookies, because, well, teams with too many rookies tend to suck. And while Chatham, Dalbec, Hernandez, etc. are the best the Sox have, that doesn’t mean they’ll all be good. They’re not exactly Harper, Strasburg and Rendon. None have ever even been ranked. More likely, our wheeling-and-dealing GM /President trades some of them for more established payers. But regardless, they won’t bring up Dalbec and Chatham to be backups, just like they didn’t bring up Chavis to sit on the bench. They’re much more likely to sign some sort of Lonnie Chisenhall-type player to be a bench bat...
  22. notin
    For some reason I thought JBJ was a free agent after this season. But he’s not, not until after 2020. The Sox might make the questionable move of keeping Chavis at 2b. It actually looks unwise to do so if the plan is to move Devers to 1b. Chavis may end up being trade bait for a 3b or catcher...
  23. notin
    Chavis at 2b and Chatham in LF? It’s one thing to undervalue defense. It’s another to deliberately sabotage it...
  24. notin
    Reportedly rather sloppy. He can throw but can get wild and doesn’t move as well on grounders to his non-glove side. It seems like he fits better there than at 2b, but it wouldn’t surprise me if RF was in his future next season...
  25. notin
    But is JD going to get more expensive? Your previous arguments hinged on him receiving more years at a lower AAV, which I would suspect Dombrowski, who has TWICE shown himself to be the only GM with any faith in Martinez, would absolutely be all over. But as interest in JD was minimal 2 years ago when he was coming off a career year, not sure why he would be more attractive 2 years older with less good years remaining. JD might not opt out after this year, as his salary is the same. After next year when it drops, I expect him to...
×
×
  • Create New...