notin
-
Posts
55,274 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
56
Content Type
Profiles
Boston Red Sox Videos
2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospect Rankings
Boston Red Sox Trade & Free Agent Rumors
Boston Red Sox Fan Guides & Resources
2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses
Boston Red Sox News, Rumors & Analysis
2026 Boston Red Sox Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses
Forums
Blogs
Events
Store
Downloads
Gallery
Everything posted by notin
-
To me the metrics make it a level field for comparing. Watching one shortstop 150 times and another one 6 times shouldn't lead anyone to conclude whose better. But the best thing about metrics is they made me and a lot of other people look beyond errors and fielding percentage, which was a very common method of evaluating defense, and easily the most flawed. Eye Test defense is OK, but it has far more flaws than metrics do...
-
Manny was bad all around. But when he was good, he was good. Not the best highlight reel defense, but maximum bonus points awarded for high-fiving a fan and still completing the double play...
-
I don't go that far with him. But the bottom line is the Sox have better utility infielders. And when you are the fifth best utility infielder (out of 5) and you have no options left, it's probably OK to part ways...
-
If only someone had thought of that every week once a week since November...
-
He's 33-21 3.86ERA (3.97 FIP) with 117 ERA+ and a Cy Young Award on that contract. His 7.2 fWAR ranks him 13th among MLB starting pitchers in that stretch. He's also thrown more IP since that deal started than any pitcher in MLB except Sale, Verlander and Scherzer. You sure he isn't worth it so far? (Also - he's still only 29.)
-
I know its only for a month or two, but I'm still not liking the options of Velasquez and Johnson as the fifth starter. Especially if another pitcher goes down before Rodriguez comes back.
-
The Sox also moved Adrian Gonzalez to RF to keep Ortiz in the lineup. And hopefully JD works out better than Hanley has where sitting him has been a no-brainer. Not sure I like the catcher comparison. You're trying to compare the most physically demanding position to the least physically demanding position. .
-
The Sox don't need all four of Marrero, Lin, Holt and Nunez. Lin will be optioned to Pawtucket. But I'm not sure how Marrero has lasted this long. ..
-
I'm assuming JD plays the outfield in NL parks and not 1b. If he does play the outfield and none of the starters are injured, who sits?
-
Why would Martinez sit out from fielding on day games after night games? He did play the outfield last year in those same games plus a whole bunch of others with this same injury. ..
-
He was playing first in the Arizona Fall League this past winter and for 8 games at Pawtucket last year. Not sure about his experience at third...
-
The Jeff Bailey Award wad never about the player. It's always been about fans who get a little overzealous for certain players in spring training.
-
Another past winner of the Jeff Bailey Award...
-
Or Holt, whose skill set became less unique when they sigNed Nunez. ....
-
Is Blake Swihart the early front-runner for the Jeff Bailey Award, given annually to the player who sets the most unrealistic expectations in spring training?
-
Auto correct sucks. ..
-
One of the stranger trends this off-season was to sign injured pitchers to low money two year deals, knowing full well the pitcher would not pitch at all the first season. The goal is to get a single season put of a good pitcher at a lower AAV. Michael Pineda and Drew Smyly both received such deals from the Twins and Cubs respectively. With that in mind, two important facts. 1. Craig Kimbrel is a free agent after this year. 2. Trevor Rosenthal is injured and unlikely to pitch this season. ..
-
I mean if you want a rumblings case that makes more sense, isn't it JD Martinez? He gets released by the Astros - and not the new good Astros, mind you. The older shittier "lucky to win 50 games" Astros. And he goes from not good enough for one of the worst teams in recent history to one of the best sluggers in the league? By going to a much worse hitting ballpark? Yeah that makes sense. But as I said, rumblings are crap. Ignore them until you get a positive test. ..
-
"Never to resurface" was likely due to injury, so - mystery solved! Rumblings are typically crap. There's usually a really good reason most of them never go beyond the rumbling stage. If every player who was the subject of rumblings actually used steroids, then most of games would be cancelled because teams would not have enough eligible players..
-
No one is fascinated wIth Johnson, but he is likely to make the team and pitch out of the bullpen he is left - handed and had no options left. I have found more people to be fascinated with Bryce Brentz than with Johnson, And Johnson always had an infinitely better chance to help this team than Brentz did
-
I've never spoken with Scott Boras either, but even I know how "team friendly" those deals are going to be received. Not very well. While Cobb and Arrieta (and Lynn) all remain unsigned, it's not like they have NO offers. They just don't have ones they want. They're already receiving the "team friendly"offers and rejecting them. All the guys want now is a "team unfriendly" offer. THAT is what it will take to sign them. ..
-
With anything besides rumor and innuendo?
-
Both Craig and Martinez were notorious late bloomers. While I've never heard either player connected to steroids, the fact that both were late bloomers would not make it surprising if they were. ..
-
HErickson is one of many to play both sports professionally. Before Danny Ainge was an all star shooting guard, he was a horrible second baseman in Toronto. Gene Conley played for the Celtics and pitched for the Red Sox. Before switching to acting, Chuck Connors played for the Celtics and the Dodgers. The list goes on and on. Which is why a straight up basketball player would never be on my radar. ... -
If the LoMo contract is a risk, then JDs contract is a suicide capsule. The big hold up in JDs deal is undoubtedly his Lisfranc injury, which may or may not have healed to the Sox liking. But then despite his great year last year, this can be a very serious injury. It's the same one that ended the career of Allen Craig. ...
