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Everything posted by notin
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Fair. Harmony doesn’t strike me as one who will tell you how doomed the Sox are while they’re winning the World Series.
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No. The biggest difference between him and Jacko is frequency...
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Harmony’s goal is to tell you every player on the Red Sox is inferior and every prospect is inferior and no team wants anything to do with any of them, unlike the World Class Seattle Mariners, an organization for all others to be modeled after and who can do no baseball wrong in every aspect of the game except making the postseason....
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The Sox have less than $70mill guaranteed on the books for 2020. They do have up to 10 arbitration cases, some of which will be very costly, and some of which will not. They can make other moves, you know...
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Then why don’t we have their closer yet?
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He’s also 23 and his unprojectable MLB career might be resting on questions with his bat. He can hit AA pitching, which is good. But that’s no guarantee of anything going forward. It is worth mentioning he was ranked #7 in a Reds’ system that achieved its own high rating due to the top six...
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Bleacher Reports ranks Shed Long as #7 in the Reds’ system, but identifies him as a Tier 3 prospect, which means he is either a fringe MLB talent or too young to project... and
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Asking as he is constantly playing teams that are tanking.,,
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Might be worth pointing out Sonny Gray was a tad under "dynamite" on the road. It would seem he pitched 26 of his 71 road innings in Baltimore and KC, and he did very well in those two parks. In the other parks, his ERA was a less than stellar 4.60. That's not a bad road ERA; plenty of pitchers having good seasons have road ERA's over 4.00. But it's really not dynamite. And last year, the only teams he pitched against on the road and kept his ERA under 3.00 were KC, Baltimore and Chicago. He got lit up in not only Boston, but also Tampa and Minnesota. The Marlins might give up a ton for him, since Jeter (not so) secretly still works for the Yankees. But I wouldn't hold out for a good return from anyone else. Gray is nothing special, unless his opponent is actively tanking. One of the ten best pitchers in the NL? No chance. He might not crack the top 30...
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Only Yankee mid-season acquisitions count as upgrades. Learn the rules!!!
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Steamer also projects 1.1 fWAR for Christian Vazquez and 1.0 fWAR for Felipe Vazquez from Pitt. So there you go. Perfect trade...
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I’m taking the under on Sonny Gray being one of the ten best pitchers in the National League. And you haven’t gotten more for him yet. Let’s see what the return actually is...
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While not for a full season, you did have Britton last year. But if that doesn’t count, then the Sox have already replaced Kelly with Brasier...
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If we’re suddenly taking DD at his word, we’re not getting a bullpen arm and Pedroia didn’t have surgery last year...
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I would get why waiting might help free agent costs, but why wait so long if it’s a trade? There’s no team out there waiting out the market for some combo of Vazquez/Swihart/Chavis/Johnson/Leon. These are all players DD has tried to move before with little to no success...
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Best bets are Greg Holland or Justin Wilson. Kimbrel os possible if you believe he’s talking him down to keep the price down...
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Well, Rotoworld is refuting it’s both Stephenson and Long, but believes one to be involved. Both sites often use the same sources, so it’s tough to tell exactly what’s happening...
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But the important thing is to improve on what we have now...
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I don’t mind handing the ninth to Barnes. But right now the Sox third best reliever is Hembree. That needs to change, and not by Hembree or Brasier taking steps back...
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The folks at MetsMesmerized and I agreed on several names from my list posted someplace in this site. They like Holland and dislike Vincent much more than I do. And while I like Cedeno, I do hope the Sox avoid Sipp...
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The 2012 team was basically the 2011 team that dominated MLB from April through August but then suddenly just quit in September. They never really got going in 2012, some due to injuries, some due to the ineptitude of Bobby Valentine, but that Cherington had a fire sale trade in August was a strong indicator that management felt they needed a quick rebuild. That it resulted in an immediate championship involved the normal amount of luck, but also some excellent work by Cherington*, who rarely gets any credit for anything. *All praise of Cherington is in no way an indictment of Dombrowski...
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Well, when the Red Sox won, it’s luck. When the Yankees win, it’s dominance. And when the Yankees don’t win, it’s bad umpiring...
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And now MLBTR is reporting it might actually be Stephenson, Long and a pick. I guess the folks at River Ave Blues aren’t as plugged in as I hoped and who knows what Tucker Barnhart is doing. He might be crazy for all I know...
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Even if the Sox cut Thornburg and trade/cut/put to sleep Swihart, those are the two lowest paid players I mentioned, combining for about $2.6mill. That still leaves almost $8.5mill spent on twp bench players while the bullpen went ignored. Coincidentally, $8.5mill is the amount Cody Allen signed a deal for. Now maybe DD isn't a fan or Mr. Allen. To be honest, I'm not his biggest fan either. But he was starting to look like a worthwhile gamble. Right now, after Kimbrel, the top reliever on the board might be Justin Wilson. Wilson has some closing experience, and has played on Dombrowski teams before. And has never made more than $4.25mill. He is checking way too many boxes, albeit some in pencil, to be ignored...
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Call to the Pen calls that an underpay, given what Arizona got for one year of Goldschmidt. For a Gold Glove (6 in 6 seasons!!!) MVP-caliber player, you think Andujar and his -25 UZR/150 is not enough? Control is a factor, but the guy is a 1B/DH that needs to happen now, and if you're getting Barnhart, then those roles are filled. If I suggested the Sox could get one year of Dellin Betances for 6 years of Michael Chavis, you'd call that deal insane. Yet it's actually more fair than Andujar for Arenado, let alone Andujar for Arenado plus. Not every team is run by Derek Jeter...
