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  1. Or any entertainment economy. Musicians, actors, TV stars. But not mimes. If anyone has a gripe it’s the mimes. But then, maybe they do and we just don’t hear it...
  2. Really? Which 1b is that? The career minor leaguer with the .380 BABIP or the one who is injured so often, his position on his Topps baseball card is listed as “DL”?
  3. I think he had his breakout last year. I wonder what thoughts are on the players in the system who haven’t done anything yet...
  4. What exactly is the history on shortstops coming back from Tommy John surgery on their throwing arms? Which in Didi’s case is also his lead arm at the plate. (Torres was his non-throwing arm.) But I guess Sox fans can play this game too. Pedroia isn’t dead and if Brasier is closing by season’s end then he will be having a great year...
  5. What are some predictions for the big breakout prospect(s) of 2019?
  6. That’s fair. Except top ten picks, especially high schoolers, should really not expected to be locks. The success rate might not be as high as you think...
  7. While that game was by definition a regular season game, the entire AL East pennant in 1978 was decided by that one single run. Do you disputed that somehow or is this simply the best trash talk you have to counter that salient point? It’s certainly a better point than th “if the Yankees swept that 4 game series instead of getting swept” one I didn’t see you counter...
  8. He is a better fit from the perspective of being a left-handed hitter in a righty-heavy lineup in Yankee Stadium. But a worse fit than Machado with regards to position. At least, I think that’s where that writer was going...
  9. Except Game 1. Which ended with no runners on base. Really the only game that fits that description is game 4, and that Yankee rally was more a gift from Kimbrel than anything the Yankees did. (To their credit, they did willingly accept that gift.)
  10. So ... Dave McCarty 2.0? Either way, do my points and your assumption influence your decision on which was the worse pick?
  11. The difference is you keep highlighting Sox injury concerns but operating on the assumption all Yankee pitchers are going to be 100% all season long. Both staffs are going to have injuries. And as both rotations are stacked, those injuries will be to significant players....
  12. Mostly because it’s January 8th. There are still at least 50 unsigned free agents left, plus other possibilities. Not only can a lot happen, a lot will. All around the league....
  13. It’s a little unfair to hold picks after Ball against him when the picks after Groome have yet to have sufficient time to make the majors. If we are operating on the hypothesis that Groome never makes the majors, certainly people drafted after him are going to. Also, while Ball was picked higher, Groome only fell due to signability issues. Groome signed for nearly $1mill more. In the slot system, that balances out the draft pick number at minimum. And while Ball has apparently abandoned pitching, he is still in the system as an outfielder, which is probably the shallowest position in the Sox system. If Groome flatout retires and Ball goes on to be even a system depth outfielder (with maybe the occasional call up, like a Sam Travis type), do you still stand by that analysis?
  14. If that happens - worse draft pick, Jay Groome or Trey Ball?
  15. This year? Or ever?
  16. But they did hit the ball Benintendi made the diving catch on (which was in Game 4). And the Yankees did put up a fight. If the Sox didn’t score those last 16 runs in game 3 and if Kimbrel hit and walked a few more batters in game 4, you might have won the series...
  17. I think you might be confusing yourself with an Astros fan here...
  18. Must be nice to have such bastions of health like Paxton and Tanaka in the rotation...
  19. Velasquez is likely to be AAA support as he has options left. Johnson and Thornburg round out the pen as it stands today...
  20. Apparently the Sox are ubiquitous favorites to land him. Atlanta is the only other team getting mention. I see fits on the Cubs and Angels, but the Cubs appear to be a complete spending unknown and the Angels were linked to Britton, but as far as anyone can tell, no offer was actually made...
  21. Herrera was someone that even as late as June looked like a great idea. But he fell completely apart. I wouldn’t have minded if the Sox got him, unless he was their only bullpen acquisition...
  22. He is down to waiting on Kimbrel, but it’s not the same as with Martinez, who had no other teams bidding. The Braves are reportedly in on Kimbrel, but they’re usually not tough to outbid. But the Cubs and Angels, while no rumors yet, could both use closers and typically have a good bankroll to draw from. I do think he is prepared to use Barnes, but I doubt that’s DD’s top choice either (despite that he will publicly say it was all along if it happens). But Kimbrel or not, the status quo for the pen is not a good idea...
  23. Which would make him unique how? It’s not like the news is overflowing with stockpiles of offers for relievers. Oh that’s right. It’s because every player in MLB is so dying to play for the Yankees to the point where they all are willing to take less money and reduced roles. I hear Bryce Harper is willing to pay the Yankees for the honor of being their batboy...
  24. But we all know that “interested” doesn’t mean “offers” and certainly not “good offers.” My guess is he signed with the Yankees because they had the best or possibly only actual offer on the table...
  25. Did Britton have other actual offers? And if so, for how much? I do realize not every offer gets reported by every website...
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