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Everything posted by notin
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But Joe’s name indicates he drinks more. So it’s a tough call...
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The average fan is turned off by analytics until a GM like Epstein comes in and uses them to win a couple rings...
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Just call it the IL and move on. The only thing more annoying that PC re-labeling is people complaining about PC re-labeling...
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But isn’t that how the Yankees are getting hurt? “Oh, Luis, you don’t like this offer on the paper? Maybe you’ll like it better on this BAT!!!”
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No cold-ball fights with the kids?
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I’ll take snow over cold. Shovel/plow snow and you’re done. With cold, all you can do is wait. Or move. And moving also works snow...
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That’s a big part of it. They’ll “flip the switch” by playing regularly in place of Gorkys and Travis. But is there any real advantage to having Betts get more st bats off pitchers wearing numbers in the 80s and 90s?
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But is that true of the Midwest? It gets COLD here sometimes, and I’ll take snow over cold. You can’t shovel cold...
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Fortunately the Sox lineup is stacked with enough top tier hitters that we don’t need Devers to break out and anything he does at the plate is a bonus...
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And like any sport, MLB has trends. Right now we’re actually in a weird situation in MLB where free agency is the cheap way to get players and developing your own is risky. Younger star players are setting arbitration records at prices that used to be reserved for elite free agent. And big contract extensions are going to players with little to no MLB experience. Eloy Jimenez signed one yesterday. Brandon Lowe the day before. They should be great if they work, but Scott Kingery didn’t exactly get a great start in the first year of his deal. If Jimenez works out, it’s great for the White Sox. If not, would they have been better off spending a little bit more and signing AJ Pollock? And what’s the break even point? The most likely outcome for Jimenez is he starts slowly for the first year or two (or three?). How many good seasons from Jimenez justify his deal over an established veteran?
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Spring training records don’t matter. And if you get worried looking at the Sox record this spring, bear in mind that Gorky Hernandez and Sam Travis have more plate appearances than Mookie Betts and JD Martinez. If we ever replicate THAT situation in the regular season, yes, this team will perform like it does in spring training...
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Do we need a real estate thread?
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It certainly is a huge factor, but 3 of his 5 best ERA+ seasons have been in Boston...
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The Porcello contract might be the epitome of how these deals should (but rarely do) work out. He got the hefty pay raise and then the had the best seasons of his career. And he’ll probably start declining after tho season. Too often those deals involve pay a player for what he did as opposed to what he’s going to do.
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But he’s gotten better in Boston, although I think a lot of that improvement was carried by a stellar 2016..
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His ERA with the Tigers was 4.30. His ERA in Boston is 4.19. His ERA+ with the Tigers was 97. His ERA+ with the Red Sox is 106...
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Well if the Sox DFA Swihart, he goes through waivers, which establush a priority for claims. If a team with a low claim wants him, but doesn’t think he’ll make it past everyone above them, they can work out a trade during the waiver period...
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Dombrowski has made a career of spending HEAVILY on free agents, and if Henry gives him free reign, Betts is as good as locked up for the next decade plus. But will Henry give him Carte Blanche? I think Henry will employ simple logic - can spending $300mill on Betts give me an ROI of more than $300mill? If he thinks so, then it’s not as issue. But I do wonder how many of Sale, Betts and Bogaerts can be retained? Or can the Sox move Price to make it happen? (I know Price’s immense deal looks unmovable, but so did Robinson Cano’s four moths ago.)
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I never claimed it was an exciting thing. Just a little something I do almost out of reflex at this point...
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So... you’re saying Henry has no limits to his spending?
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It’s a very likely possibility...
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And it feels like Brasier made them fall in love with signing hard throwers who didn’t pitch for MLB organizations last year (Mejia, Runzler, Putnam)...
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Hey that’s been my thing through three forums now. I’ve even been called out for it on here before...
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Travis is learning a new position this year - DFA. But if the Sox had let Swihart try his hand at spelling Moreland, it might have gone a long way to eliminating the roster logjam. And I assume Swihart is still with this team because Dombrowski has some faith in him. Apparently it’s not enough faith to be a weak side platoon...
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It’s not like Bellhorn made up those boasts...
