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  1. notin
    It really depends on what you can get back. If the Sox have a bigger need, they are a lot less likely to get it for Vazquez or Leon. If they need to replace Kimbrel, for example, they are more likely to get back a quality replacement for Swihart than either of the other catchers. Would you trade Swihart for, say, Blake Treinen or Brad Hand or Archie Bradley? Or if the Sox want a SP. Would you trade Swihart and, say, Devers, for deGrom? (Would the Mets?)
  2. notin
    Just please no puns about Bogaerts...
  3. notin
    The farm system is looking fairly decent if you want a 3B. The Sox have Chavis, who is on the cusp of MLB, although an unlikely star, and Dalbec, who is right behind him. And in the majors, they have Devers, who is actually the youngest of the three. This might be the depth Dombrowski deals from, and it might actually be Devers he moves since he is most likely to get back an impact player (assuming DD thinks the Sox need one), and the Sox can clearly win without Rafael. Or, more likely, he tries to move Chavis and/or Dalbec and the return of Devers is one the the already-in-place upgrades for 2018...
  4. notin
    You think Sale, who will entering his age 31 season, and, by the time he reaches free agency, could easily have finished his eighth straight year with a top 6 Cy Young finish, is going to settle for a 3 year deal with the option to prove himself to get more years? Free agency is something ballplayers play their entire lives to achieve. Sale and his agent will absolutely ask for more than 3 guaranteed years. And they will want to ability to end the deal sooner, not the chance to prove he has earned anything more...
  5. notin
    I doubt there is adequate return to be had for Vazquez. If the Sox want adequate return, Swihart is the much better trading chip. And if the Sox are ok with the Leon/Vazquez tandem next season, Swihart might even be used that way. And this time, DD might even be able to get what he wants for him...
  6. notin
    In Oakland his role is vastly different. He's not even the set up guy. Like Rodney or not, he is in the same bullpen as Treinen, Familia, Trivino and the incredibly underrated Yusmeiro Petit. How many teams can use a player who got (almost) 40 saves last year as their fifth option in the bullpen?
  7. notin
    All it takes is one renegade GM to give him 4 or 5 years. and someone will give him that, even if they have to include an opt out clause...
  8. notin
    So again, what is better?
  9. notin
    Well, the best to come on the market in one year. I would argue (successfully) that Scherzer was the better pitcher...
  10. notin
    I looked at Fangraphs, and for all CF with a minimum of 4,000 innings, Bradley ranked eighth in UZR/150. Jones was first and Death to Flying Things was second. Also ahead of Bradley were Billy Hamilton, Peter Bourjos, Lorenzo Cain, Leonys Martin and, for some reason, Corey Patterson. So he does make the top ten since UZR data completion started, which was in the early 2000's, I think. And he should be ahead of Patterson, whom no one misses...
  11. notin
    I am not sure I put JBJ in the top 10 for all time defense in CF. But I still want him out there. I think the best defensive CF I have ever seen might be Franklin "Death to Flying Things" Gutierrez, and he also had the best nickname. Andruw Jones certainly had the rep, but I didn't see him as much.
  12. notin
    Were I the GM, I would likely let him walk. He's very tough to replace, but, large market or not, financial resources are limited and I greatly prefer retaining Betts over Sale. And the durability concerns are another very significant factor. Nothing ruins a pitcher more than pitching, and Sale just scares me out there with his freakish mechanics. Let someone else pay him heavily to sit on the DL...
  13. notin
    And one more to make a decision about Sale, who is not as likely to sign a team-friendly deal this time around...
  14. notin
    And the game can be played for robot fans...
  15. notin
    It's funny how no one wants back Buchholz (80 IP, 191 ERA+, 1.025 WHIP), but a lot of people are excited about Johnson (83 IP, 106 ERA+, 1.373 WHIP) for basically the same money...
  16. notin
    Well, prior to Johnson, Clay is the most recent MLB starting pitcher to come all the way through the Sox organization...
  17. notin
    Especially if he intends to keep Sale.
  18. notin
    Per the 2010 census, Charlotte, Portand, and Sacramento are all slightly larger metropolitan areas than San Antonio, and like San Antonio, all are capable of supporting NBA franchises. Orlando is right there as well and also has an NBA team, but I don't like the idea of having more Florida baseball teams for two reasons. 1. A significant chunk of Florida population includes retirees relocating from other states, many of who bring their allegiances to other teams with them (and pay very cheap Spring Training ticket prices in March only to see those prices skyrocket in April). And 2. My fear is that any team in Orlando will have some horrible Disney-themed name, like the Orlando Guardians of the Galaxy or the Orlando Jedi Knights...
  19. notin
    I think that's pretty much how every long term mega-contract has worked. I realize it, so there is no way anyone capable of getting an MLB position doesn't. That's probably why they salary is typically back-loaded with the higher salaries in the lesser productive seasons. But this approach allows the GM more financial flexibility during the player's good years to put a better team around him. The end years when the player is anticipated to be not as good and in clear decline and probably injury-riddled were going to have a very negative effect on the team anyway...
  20. notin
    The MLB rulebook already has rule 8.04 specifying how long a pitcher can take between pitches. A pitch clock would only enforce existing (and clearly ignored) rules. http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/54615/pitch-clock-hey-theres-already-a-rule
  21. notin
    Price and the bounceback year from Porcello were guys I thought of as well, but I eliminated both because of their salary and expectations. I do like Holt as a candidate, since we have gone all year with Pedroia and Holt has done a good job as a fill-in...
  22. notin
    Barnes has more fWAR (1.5) this year than Kimbrel (1.1). Pearce has more fWAR per plate appearance this year than JD Martinez. In face, only Betts has more fWAR per plate appearance than Pearce. The only argument against Pearce is the small sample size, but he has definitely been a stellar acquisition so far and certainly deserves some mention for an unsung hero candidate...
  23. notin
    Technically you only have to pay the dime. It’s clear the Sox value JBJ’s defense. When his hitting was sub-Mendoza for a couple seasons, they made a couple attempts to replace him, namely signing Rusney Castillo and moving Mookie Betts to CF. The Sox still have both players, but Jackie remains in CF...
  24. notin
    It's not hard to believe Grove only threw on Sundays. Hall of Famer Ted Lyons ended his career with the White Sox pitching every Sunday at age 41. He started 20 games that year and threw 180.1 IP. Teams didn't have dedicated bullpens in 1942, but if they did, Ted would have given them Sunday off...
  25. notin
    Exactly. I've been quietly and ineffectivel campaigning for this for years. The whole "strategy" element of deciding to bat the pitcher late in games is all but dead since the pitch count became a ubiquitous measure. There are only two leagues that do not employ yhr DH in the world - the Pacific Coast League in Japan and the National League. And the PCL is definitely the junior league in Japan. Why is the prominent NL the only other reluctant league?
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