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My best Vlad Guerrero joke was when he got in trouble after a fight with a police officer. Friend: Hey did you hear about that baseball player who threw a punch at a cop? Me: Yeah. That was Vlad Guerrero. He’ll swing at anything... Rimshot
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I do wonder how good Tampa really is. They were 54-53 on July 31 before going on a 36-19 stretch to end the season. Are they going to be the April-July team or the one from the last two months? September records can be deceiving because of roster expansion and how it inundates the league with players who may not be major league caliber at the time...
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Last year the Sox went 21-17 against Tampa and NY, and went 87-37 against everyone else. The 31-7 record against Baltimore and Toronto certainly helped...
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Also Devers doesn’t freak out if you touch his head....
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The Guardians just extended Carrasco. They aren’t going to trade him for one year of JBJ, a replacement level catcher, and a pitcher who barely belongs in the majors...
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The jury is still out as to whether Vazquez is on the team this year (although I strongly suspect he will be). As for the others, I doubt Moreland, Pearce, Porcello, or Nunez are back at all unless the deal is insanely Sox-friendly. Holt has stated he wants to be a Red Sox for life, a statement undoubtedly made his agent spit up his milk. But certainly one that can be easily tested and accommodated. DD was looking to move Bradley this off-season. Will one less year of Bradley be easier to trade a year from now? I guess that depends on how relevant he makes himself. But here’s a thought to make YOU spit up your milk. What if, one year from now, the Sox deal Price to San Diego for Eric Hosmer? The Sox would gain about $13mill in AAV to help retain the core, and while Hosmer is paid heavily the first two years, after that he either opts out or makes $13mill salary for 4 seasons (equal to what the Sox are paying Moreland and Pearce). The Padres get some desperately needed SP for 3 years. Both players are owed roughly $93mill on their deals, assuming Hosmer doesn’t opt out. Also it frees up 1b for Josh Naylor in SD. Too much lines up. Scared yet?
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There really are countless possibilities with many depending on the outcomes of others. But can the Sox keep Betts, Bogaerts and Sale without doing something drastic like trading Price?
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And you felt that infringed on your turf?
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Even being outside the top 100 is hardly the end. Fangraphs has him at 114, but ahead of fellow Padre property Michael Baez, whom Baseball America puts at 72.
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I believe Bogaerts, along with Porcello and Bradley, was made publicly available. There was no word on what following discussion transpired after this announcement, except that Bradley was the player DD tried hardest to move...
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As they are already negotiating (or trying to) with Sale and Bogaerts, does that mean they view Betts as the odd man out?
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If Henry can spend $260mill and make $300mill, why wouldn’t he?
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Right. It is so hypocritical that we are not trashing the deal to trash talk the litany of Padres’ fanswho post here...
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Anderson Espinoza has been popping up in a few top 100 lists. He’s not as sunk as you think he is...
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Maybe? Tough call because the closest comp is Machado. But Machado has been worth 30.2 fWAR for his career and 15.1 fWAR in the past 3 seasons. By comparison, Bogyhas been worth 17.9 fWAR in his career and 12.9 fWAR in the past 3 seasons. Bogaerts is only 3 months younger, so he does hit FA at approximately the same age...
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That was all Joe Kelly, obviously...
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D Think Xander gets $25mill? That might be a reach unless he’s AL MVP this year...
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Actually look for the Padres to acquire Michael Fulmer very soon...
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Now do the Padres use their plethora of prospects to entice the Guardians to trade Bauer or Kluber? If only they hadn’t traded Kluber for Ryan Ludwick all those years ago...
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No one right now, which was the point. That DD didn’t go and add big money to the bullpen because he is (present tense) freeing up money to sign/extend the Sox core players like Betts, Bogaerts, Sale,etc...
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A lot of these differences are being attributed solely to the catcher, but who the pitcher is facing (and where) also matters. Over 200 PAs (a common sample size here), a single home run can be worth as much as 0.025 in OPS...
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Kimbrel came out of the gates on absolute fire. I think he went most or all of April before a right-handed hitter even reached base against him. But he cooled off like Hawaiian lava and became a source of hand-wringing and teeth-gnashing himself after the All Star break...
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But... but... but... this is the AL EAST!!!!
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I was going to suggest at least one of Sale or Bogaerts. I don’t think Porcello returns without taking a significant pay cut...
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Heck, Barnes might not even close. Obviously only Alex Cora’s opinion matters, but most in the media think Ryan Brasier is the front runner for the job. Brasier is not arb-eligible next year. And as odd as it seems to say, not being arb-eligible might give him an edge for the closer role...
