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  1. notin
    They were both equal at driving in teammates, with Contreras driving in a whopping 3 more for every 1,000 baserunners. Alonso is better at driving in himself and again, he never gets hurt. I am 99% sure he has never been on the IL, which is pretty crazy for a guy with a care as long his has been…
  2. notin
    Luckier in some respects, but he is also the closest MLB currently has to Cal Ripken (along with Olson). RBIs are a function of home runs plus opportunities. Most top RBI producers drive in themselves more than anyone else and then drive in 13-16% of the base runners on when they come up…
  3. notin
    Or if they just won 4 fewer games and got into the “soft bracket”…
  4. notin
    If you’re going to compare RBIs for players on two different teams that came up with different numbers of men on base, at least do it right. Alonso came up with 432 runners on base and drove in 70 of them (16.2%) Contreras came up with 327 runners on base and drove in 54 of them (16.5%) That’s pretty equal. And pretty good by both of them. Alonso’s true strength is his health. He has never been on the IL in his entire career, and therefore gets more opportunities to hit home runs and drive in runs than a lot of other sluggers not named Matt Olson, who is equally freakishly healthy..
  5. notin
    No much magic…
  6. notin
    More slugging is more fun to watch, but your views on walks and OBP might be, well, dead wrong. Five of the top 6 teams in MLB in BB% made the pistseason. Only one team (Atl) in the bottom 6 did. Five of the top 6 teams in ISO also made the postseason. But 3 in the bottom six did, and all 3 are still playing. No magic formula…
  7. notin
    Hitters that walk a lot by merely taking pitches (and they’re out there) are not really the type of OBP hitters you want. Theyre just hoping for bad pitches and many of them see their strikeouts jump up as much or more than their walks. As OBP became recognized as more important, lots of hitters adopted the “I’ll just take lots of pitches until they put me on base” mentality, and far too often they just walked back to the dugout. But truly disciplined hitters that recognize a ball and don’t swing - those you do want. But that kind of strike zone recognition is so difficult to attain if you have never had it…
  8. notin
    Would you trade Abreu, Arias and Bennett for De La Cruz?
  9. notin
    C: Rutschman 1b: Contreras 2b: Story 3b: Durbin SS: De La Cruz LF: Duran CF: Rafaela RF: Anthony DH: Mead It’s not horrible, regardless of what drewski says. But there are opportunities to upgrade. Duran would need to bounce back, hopefully to 2025 levels. Bring back Gray or add local boy Michael King and the Sox do look a lot better…
  10. notin
    BTV actually gives Arias plus Abreu a surplus value of $96mill and De La Cruz a surplus value of $93mill on his own. Now does Cincy’s settle for “equal value” here? Not likely. But what do they really need? They really are loaded with pitching, especially if Hunter Greene is ever healthy. Their lineup is fairly weak after De La Cruz (SS), Stewart (1b), Stephenson (C), and maybe Bleday (LF/RF). Not sure how they feel about Ke’Bryan Hayes, but if nothing else, they certainly have weaker options in CF, RF, and 2b assuming at some point they realize Matt McLain is just not working out. Arias and Abreu does make sense. But what else would they want? Doubtful Mikey Romero maked their belly button pucker and unpucker with glee..
  11. notin
    Arias and Abreu is a good starting package. But reportedly Cincy wants “an overpay.” At what point do you stop and think “no, too much”?
  12. notin
    .500 career OBP with Boston!
  13. notin
    No way. Never again…
  14. notin
    Better act fast!
  15. notin
    Miguel Rojas!
  16. notin
    The spherical globe, while incomplete and probably very inaccurate, was first invented around 150 BC by Greek philosopher Crates of Mallus…
  17. notin
    The Astros had 3 consecutive #1 overall picks. Correa certainly worked out. Appel and Brady Aiken, not so much. Didn’t slow them down at all, though, did it?
  18. notin
    Id certainly take De La Cruz for Arias plus, but I have my doubts as to SS projecting to be their worst position. 2b (if not Mead), DH (if Anthony is in LF and Mead is at 2b) and LF (if Duran is there) all could and should be worse…
  19. notin
    McAdam seemed to think so as well. The Sox eould no longer need a SS. Cincy would. And Boston didn’t really have anything else nearly as appealing…
  20. notin
    Milwaukee was a mediocre slugger but near the top at OBP. Something to be said for not making outs…
  21. notin
    And he doesn’t necessarily share our views on how to build a team.. But as I keep saying, there is no magic formula. Many insist the Sox lack of power (26th in home runs) was the flaw that stopped them. But 3 of the 4 teams left are 22nd, 28th and 29th in home runs…
  22. notin
    DH works too
  23. notin
    So is everyone else. The fun part is waiting to see who gets upset at Breslow (labeling him an egomaniac, ironically) for not following their plan…
  24. notin
    I assume Crawford is the 4th…
  25. notin
    Why? Last year when they had them, Story was injured and Arias was in AA (or recently bumped to AAA). Neither of those things are true right now. It would be easier to ride out Story (who isn’t that bad) and just plop in Arias after Trevor maims himself. Depending on what they do with Mead and Durbin, the Sox could add a bat at 2b, 3b or DH..
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