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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...
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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)?
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Chavis at 2b and Chatham in LF? It’s one thing to undervalue defense. It’s another to deliberately sabotage it...
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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...
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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...
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So should any player who tests positive be placed in a medically-induced coma for the duration of their suspension in order to expedite the muscular atrophying process? Or can we as fans just stop attaching stigmas to players even after they are no longer using?
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Possible. But the fun question is - where does Chavis play? Really he isn’t going to help defensively at 2b. His best positions might be 1b or corner OF. And if he plays 1b, does that affect the status of Devers?
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The annual Jackie Bradley Jr thread (2019 Edition)
notin replied to Station 13's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
True, but they do give a damn that his OPS is .421. If it was, say, .600, he would have many fewer detractors... -
For any team in particular? I would expect Feltman in Boston before 2019 is over. Hernandez already debuted. Dalbec is probably traded if Devers isn’t. Chatham became expendable when Bogaerts was extended...
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But the Sox farm is also ranked 30th overall, so being 29th in a category is an improvement...
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The annual Jackie Bradley Jr thread (2019 Edition)
notin replied to Station 13's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Not really. It’s more about people who don’t tolerate abysmal offense regardless of defense, which isn’t the same as that blanket statement. And I’m an ardent JBJ supporter... -
If he maintains a proper workout regimen, he can legally maintain the majority of any bulk that was added. But if he is maintaining through a legal unaided workout, is he still “reaping the benefits of PEDs”?
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That was also the logic in 2012 and 2014. Just sayin’
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There is a big difference between hitting high school pitching and MLB pitching. He also started catching junior year in high school . And when e played on Team USA for 18 and under, he played 1b and of. He did play SS for two years in high school, but nearly half the players in MLB played shortstop in high school. At that level, shortstop is just where the best player plays in most high schools...,
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Trades are unlikely this early, since no one has really decided if they’re buying or selling. Maybe some teams figure “selling” if they’re off to a horrible start, but those teams won’t want Nunez or Holt. So, assuming everyone comes back, figure on the players with options going back to Pawtucket. This does mean Smith and Lin go back, and probably Chavis, too...
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But the only positions he’s shown any aptitude for are 1b and LF. Players who play lots of positions and suck defensively at them aren’t hard to find. And players limited to 1b/LF who hit better than Swihart aren’t hard to find either...
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Of course we also probably thought that stretch against Baltimore and Detroit might have gone better...
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CJ Chatham isn’t the second coming of Kris Bryant. Let’s end that comp now...
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Swihart? Blake Swihart?
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The annual Jackie Bradley Jr thread (2019 Edition)
notin replied to Station 13's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
If this team keeps playing like this, quite a few players should be gone by August, including Bradley... -
The annual Jackie Bradley Jr thread (2019 Edition)
notin replied to Station 13's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Or c... crazy thought here. We could all start to realize that Bradley has had these stretches before and always comes out of them just fine. Sure there was a time when we actually went from thinking he could be the next Fred Lynn to hoping he might be the next Darren Lewis, but it’s also been years since Bradley showed us he is a streaky hitter whose bad streaks will always raise questions but whose good streaks even things out. So why do people keep pretending his slumps are something new and always - and this does happen every year - overanalyzing his play to convince themselves ‘‘this time it truly is the end?” -
Last year felt that with Boston when they hit grand slams every time someone came up with the bases loaded...
