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Everything posted by notin
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Agree. Extend O’Neill. Not like the Sox have an abundance of RHH Gold Glove corner outfielders with power ready to step in…
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Mayer has played like 5 games since last July...
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It didn;t start with Hanley, either. But the frequency changed with Cora..
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I threw the name Elvis Andrus out there. Second year in a row...
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Hamilton strikes me as someone who can show you both sides. There are days when everyone will wonder “why do we have him?” And days where we think “oh, that’s why.” The trick for him is to have more of those second days. Now whether or not he’s capable of that is another matter…
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Just because someone isn’t learning doesn’t mean no one is teaching…
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It’s not always so easy in April, when other teams are not selling and therefore not always so willing to move their shortstop insurance…
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4/13 Here we go again Angels @ Red Sox
notin replied to gojohn99's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
See him do what? Heal? Recuperate? Start his PT program? -
4/13 Here we go again Angels @ Red Sox
notin replied to gojohn99's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
And one major difference - that being the Angels have a weak farm system and are notorious for their mistreatment of players in it… -
4/13 Here we go again Angels @ Red Sox
notin replied to gojohn99's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
It’s certainly more expensive… -
Hamilton doesn’t look like one. Valdez gives you moments when you think he is. But those moments only come with his bat. I’d argue Reyes is an MLB caliber bench player…
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Well, get him back in it!!
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Cora’s strength isn’t his command of the typical managerial approach we’re all used to. Houston hired for his deep understanding of the analytical part of the game. And then learned they vastly underestimated how good he was at that…
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I was only talking about hot there seems to be a common thread among moving players to positions they are not familiar with. Fans usually blame the FO, probably because they remember that scene between Brad Pitt and Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Moneyball where they argued about Scott Hatteberg and Hoffman's contract, and think it is commonplace for the GM to force the lineup. Of course the reality is that never happened. Howe (Hoffman's character) was reluctant, but professional and played along (and did not bitch about his contract since 1. he still had a year left and 2. he had an agent who did that for him for a living). But sometimes, playing the guy somewhere new might be the manager's doing. In fact, I bet it is more often than not...
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Everyone does internal options first. Much easier to undo if they don't work out. Minnesota is having the same problems in their infield, and are handling it the same way - internal options first...
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Cora had nothing to do with that. That one is owned by Cherington and/or Farrell...
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And Romy Gonzalez' Soxprospects.come page is much more favorable of his ability to play SS. I get playing Hamilton while Gonzalez is injured; at some point depth does run out. But according to that NESN article, Cora (mentioned by name, no less) plans a platoon with Hamilton and Gonzalez. That leaves Hamilton as the strong side of the platoon. Of course, it is just a NESN article, and Cora has not actually done it yet. But if he does, will you defend that?
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Understandable. But two points. 1. Duran still plays there fairly often even now. 2. Duran is a much better at CF than Hamilton is at SS. I keep the fragile O’Neill in the safer LF…
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Yes. I don’t know whose idea it was to put Blake Swihart in LF, but if you told me that team also employs a guy who would play Christian Vazquez at 2b, Christian Arroyo in RF, Hunter Renfroe in CF, Justin Turner at 2b, never remove Kike from SS, etc. I might keep him in mind as a suspect. I don’t hold Franchy at 1b against Cora. But the others? Plus all the ones that don’t leap to mind? I can see questioning his commitment to defense…
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He missed last year and no one signed him as a free agent. No one signed Elvis Andrus, either. Why is Breslow not on this? Does someone in the Sox org hate Elvis?
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Early May? So far he has played one game in Worcester…
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But this is also a $6mill AAV on a contract that only runs through his early 30’s. That’s pretty low risk. These days, $6mill gets you Phil Maton, so the Sox might need to use their farm if they want mediocre middle reliever who gives them 60IP…
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He probably didn’t care about the farm until they get called up, and he (like many/most managers) probably didn’t get everything his Xmas list. But he’s also shown a questionable commitment to defense in the past, and some folks like to blame it on the people above him, either only giving him so many players or (and no one has ever proven this happens anywhere) ordering him to play certain players out of position. It’s been going on through three CBOs; Cora is the only common link left…
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I use them interchangeably. None of us knows the degree of his say, but Cora absolutely is involved in those activities to some extent. Every manager is. They have to be. The principle of inter-office communication and its benefits has surely reached MLB by now. Also, Houston hired Cora for a lot of his input, and he wasn’t even a manager there. But they were interested in his extensive knowledge about analytics. Boston undoubtedly wanted his input as well. If you think Cora is just working with what they give him, you’re operating on an agenda…
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No doubt. It’s probably not possible to accommodate all his wishes. The CBO can only work within his budget. But that doesn’t mean Cora has no input…
