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Everything posted by notin
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I don’t think anyone said Devers would be a GOOD first baseman, just that he could move there. First all, he’d be replacing Casas, so the bar is pretty low. Second, getting Yoshida into the lineup and Toro -who’s also not a good 1b - out has to be a good thing…;
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I don’t think counting on 3 rookies to all live up to the hype simultaneously is a good plan. Anthony can step in and replace Rafaela, who, according to a few articles on MSN, is a source of frustration with Cora due to his lack of plate discipline. I think these articles do intentionally overstate the level of frustration. Either way, it’s not a bad move. Mayer can and should wait for Story’s inevitable injury. Outting Campbell at first over the inexperienced Toro strikes me as re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic. In this case, Campbell might be better but also brings even less experience to the situation. Let him play second, and get comfortable there… -
I’m not a fan of this guy but I’ve mentioned him multiple times - Andrew Vaughn. Hes managed to play 1b all through college, the minors and MLB despite being 5’3”. His StatCast page is actually decent. His defense is lackluster but at least experienced. And Chicago is clearly going nowhere and already called up their AAA masher 1b in Tim Elko. They’d deal Vaughn today because the market in July will be dead for him. BTV gives him a surplus value of -$4.7mill. He’s no Freddie Freeman, but at least he’s no Abraham Toro. And the cost won’t be Anthony or Mayer…
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Getting LeBron to the Knicks or the Bulls would have been much better for the NBA…
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Well, moving Yoshida to DH does have some merit. He’s already here and already paid for. And it’s not like Yoshida a bad hitter. Sure, Devers is a better DH than Yoshida, but he’s also a better first baseman and by a wider margin than Abraham Toro and Rob Refsnyder
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And we’re talking about a guy whose ceiling was probably Michael A. Taylor, certainly a Major Leaguer but not a guy anyone gets excited about. Not someone you want counting towards your taxes at $12mill, especially in 2015. If DD liked Castillo, he’d have played in MLB. He never did, reportedly. That’s not a criticism of DD, just how it played out…
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Just because he was 32 doesn’t mean he retained his skills over the years. How many 32 year old players with minimal MLB experience get MLB contracts? Not counting Japanese/Korean league vets Just because I said he was good enough for MLB doesn’t mean I (or anyone else, like the author of the Fangraphs article) thought he was an above average starter, let alone a star. When you get to be 32 in MLB, you’re old.
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As a younger player, they might have. But not for that contract. Fangraphs used to do an annual series of articles on minor leaguers that deserve a shot in MLB, and one year they profiled Castillo. The article included a quote from a rivscout asking “why is this guy still here?”, referring to AAA. No one wanted his overpriced contract, and (,correct me if I’m wrong) including money to pay for him to play for an MLB team would have made that money count towards the Sox luxury tax. Idont think Castillo was ever destined to be a star, but I do think he was good enough for MLB. Doubtful he ever justified that contract…
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Even with owner approval, Breslow has the responsibility of making the team better. He doesn’t get to shirk that responsibility by saying “but you said I could!!”
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While true, the real problem for Castillo was the DD was not a fan. After Rusney did his showcase for MLB teams, DD (then still with Detroit) reportedly left calling Castillo “a fourth outfielder.” While playing for even a day left Castillo on the payroll counting towards the luxury tax, I think we can both agree DD never let those finances inhibit the way he operated. He simply didn’t like Castillo’s game…
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Was there? Rusney had a bad contract and rules at the time allowed the Sox to bury it by removing him from the 40 man roster. But he was far from untalented. His defensive metrics were off the chart among MLB outfielders, especially his DRS, which trends towards being cumulative. He had skills. But not ones DD wanted to pay for…
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People like to scream “fix!!” I remember many years ago, Duke was playing UConn(?) in the tournament, and Duke PG Chris Duhon launched a last second shot from 3/4 of the way down the court and drained it. The game went from Duke trailing by 4 to Duke losing by one. But the spread on the game had Duke as a 2 point underdog and that meaningless Hail Mary meant Duke covered the spread. Hundreds of thousands of dollars likely changed hands all of the sudden! So the cry the next day was “FIX!! FIX!!” A fix!! On a 60 foot shot that goes in maybe 0.0001% of the time! If the NCAA was fixing games, they really took a chance on that one…
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However, MLB did have their own umpire betting scandal this year…
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They didn’t do the Mavericks a favor. The Mavs did something incredibly stupid and deserve the fallout. And we’re talking about Dallas - hardly a marquee NBA franchise. If the NBA did nothing for the Celtics (definitely a marquee franchise) after the misfortunes they had with Len Bias and Reggie Lewis, they’re clearly not in the business of using their lottery system to reinstall some justice as they see fit…
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They had the third worst record in the NBA! If the NBA fixed the lottery, why did LeBron end up in Cleveland?
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46.7%, so it’s close. But did the Tigers’ broadcast mention the league average is 42.2%?
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But not Grissom’s or Hamilton’s…
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Actually I thought Houck looked a lot like Koufax tonight. He certainly pitched like a 90 year old man with arthritis…
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It might be time for Houck to go to the bullpen. Possibly the Worcester bullpen. Its May 12th, and this year he already has the TWO worst starting performances in franchise history…
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That’s great. It also wasn’t what I asked…
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So you think he gets non-tendered? Hes not tradable. The market for arbitration eligible first basemen with 350 PA and a -0.3 bWAR over a two year stretch is not as robust as one imagines…
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Why is it “far from likely”? Think the Sox non-tender him? Or trade him? He’s not exactly at his most marketable right now and they did try to extend him not too long ago…
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To be a little fair to Breslow and Cora, the decision to move Devers to first was due to an injury and not done on a whim. And since Casas is likely due back in Boston at some point in his career, it’s likely just a temporary move…
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Agreed. Most likely with Devers sticking at DH…
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I wouldn’t trade Rafaela, but I would use him as a super sub and RF platoon to create an opening for Anthony. Cora does not agree with me here, however…
