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  1. notin
    Once again, the 4 I was referring to were Story, Mayer, IKF and Arias. Even though they were not named in the original post, I did say 3 were on the IL. You might not like IKF as a starter, but he has spent most of his career as one. And why not Arias? At 20 years old with 320 AA plate appearances to his credit, he is in the exact same position Devers was in in 2018, but Arias’ OPS is about 50 points higher than Devers’ was…
  2. notin
    So is Mayer a utility guy in your opinion?
  3. notin
    Certainly cannot prove otherwise, but the Orioles before Wednesday night had absolutely pummeled Bello this year, especially in the first…
  4. notin
    Maybe we don’t have a timeline. That doesn’t mean the Sox don’t have one. Don’t you think the health of any of these 4 could be a factor in whether or not they plan to upgrade at SS? And of the 4 (Story, Mayer, IKF, Arias), only Arias has never had a starting role as a SS in MLB…
  5. notin
    LF is an option, although they might stick with the Duran/Jones platoon. SS - Certainly being rumored, but we do have 4 SSs in house, with 3 on the IL and one now in AAA. If they didn’t get one, I would understand. C - It is rare to see catchers moved at the deadline, since our staff is used to Narvaez and Wong. DH is an option. Even if Yoshida stays hot, a RHH option makes sense. (Ty France?) 2b is another option, especially if Mayer gets moved in another deal. If they get a SS, that does leave Arias/Story/IKF on the table…
  6. notin
    Well that cover the first 110% of rumors…
  7. notin
    I know he has weak interpersonal skills, but that doesn’t mean every move he makes is guided solely by self-promotion…
  8. notin
    I agree. AAA rosters are largely holding spots for players 27-40. If Arias is right there, I think it negates going all in on Neto…
  9. notin
    So whether or not he is mashing in AAA is a ways out…
  10. notin
    You do realize Lindor is also a salary dump at this stage of his career, right?
  11. notin
    When did Arias move up to AAA?
  12. notin
    As much as I like Cheng (a sentence uttered by no baseball fan ever outside of Taiwan), an upgrade at SS is actually a good idea. Story and Mayer can possibly be disassembled with maybe between them enough parts to build one reasonably healthy shortstop. But until this happens, a Plan B is probably in order. Personally with Arias on the close horizon, is a long term solution like Neto or Lindor really necessary? Focus on getting a hitter and wait for one of the THREE shortstops the Sox have on the IL to come back? Or would it be crazy to call up a SS with a .993 OPS in 330 plate appearances above A ball? It’s risky. The Sox might have to DFA some guy named Brett Harris…
  13. notin
    Hey I put Mayer and Eyanson out there. I think that’s fair. Maybe not acceptable to LA, but it is fair…
  14. notin
    Im running out of comparative jokes for this. But Neto does have less range than, well, ummm… errr… something really rangeless? StatCast puts him in the bottom 2% snd in a scary trend where he went from 71% to 10% to 5% to 2% for his career, so it’s not just one bad season. If anything, 2023 is his freakishly good outlier. He’s probably a 3b in the near future (or more likely a bad SS). His batting profile isn’t that great either. But he is a legitimate RHH pull hitter that would benefit from Fenway. Id be ok giving up Mayer and Eyanson. But not Arias, because if you get Neto, you’re going to need a SS very soon…
  15. notin
    May would cost us Tibbs.
  16. notin
    No Yordan? Fire his butt!
  17. notin
    I’ll make a prediction. After being linked to several bigger names and coming up short, once the dust settles, Breslow acquires RHSP Seth Lugo and RHH 1b/DH Ty France…
  18. notin
    Lindor for Campbell, Bello and Phillips. Works on BTV, and if I’m the Mets, I prefer some underwater contracts that stand a chance at resurfacing over taking on what’s left of Trevor Story
  19. notin
    The greatest hitter of all time just might be an exception to some sweeping generalizations…
  20. notin
    BTV accepts Tolle, Arias, Eyanson, Early, Mayer and Azocar for Witt. With their 6 player limit, there is no way to do it without Tolle. Unless you include Rafaela…
  21. notin
    Still close to $100mill short on BTV. You are correct that BTV only allows so many players in a trade, which is not a rule in real life…
  22. notin
    RF/9 can be influenced by pitching staff, ball park and, well, the guy standing next to you. It’s not real useful unless you’re comparing two guys on the same team. I believe BTV uses fWAR, because fWAR attaches cash value for each win, allowing them to compare salary to performance in dollars…
  23. notin
    Also Patrick Sandoval isn’t dead any more…
  24. notin
    Per BTV, Witt has a surplus value of $254mill, while Neto has a surplus value of $61.4 mill. So Witt is worth an entire infield of Neto’s. KC isn’t trading Witt. The Royals don’t “need to restart.” They were in the postseason 2 years ago and have a solid young core wuth Witt, Jensen, Caglianone and Garcia. Trading Witt for that haul and then what? Maybe 5 years from now, they’re almost as good as they are today with Witt? Witt sells tickets. KC just needs to add a couple players to take advantage of the weak division they’re in. They’ll be pushing guys like a Strahm, Wacha, and Schreiber. And maybe some players that aren’t ex-Red Sox, too. Like Lugo, Massey…
  25. notin
    Why? It’s not horrible..z
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