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Everything posted by notin
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Never saw Piersall, so I go with JBJ. Coco Crisp was probably the Web Gem leader ( ), but his highlight reel plays might have made folks forget he had no throwing arm…
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I suggest a new sport where we send all the NASCAR drivers through a golf course while the Whatever Snobbish Open is playing, awarding Death Race style points to the drivers for running over pro golfers. And then we arrest all of those same drivers on vehicular homicide charges and eliminate two horrible sports at once…
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I dunno. Nick Pivetta has a 0.82 ERA. That means he’s on pace for a 0.82 ERA…
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I didn’t say Halloween. More like Extra Virgin Olive Oil Day (September 30). And no, I don’t expect a card…
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Pitching out of the pen would also help his ERA+ and WHIP as well. In 2022, Stripling threw 134 IP with an ERA+ of 127. Bello threw 157 IP last year with an ERA+ of 107. But he also ended poorly. If you look at Bello after 131 IP, his ERA was 3.57. This would translate to an ERA+ of about 127 for a pitcher on last year’s Ted Sox staff. (By comparison and interpolation. Jansen was the closest comp.) -
October. If teams like the 2007 Rockies can be 7 games out with 20 games left, miss the division lead by 1 game, make the wild card, and ride that wave all the way to the World Series, is it ever too late before math officially says so?
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Stripling was an All Star, but that was back in 2018 when he was on that squad Mike Foltynewicz. Foltynewicz completely fell apart one year later at age 27 and retired by age 29. Point: Stripling’s line All Star appearance was a long time ago. Unlike Kirby’s. Stripling’s 2022 was very good, but his 2.7 bWAR that year was worse than the 3.2 bWAR Bello posted in 2023. Pretty small difference and arguments might exist that Stripling pitched better. But it’s not so blatantly obvious, and it’s easier to give Bello the edge..
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You’re in luck. mvp has a shuttle that makes frequent trips to the sun…
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Both teams? How many teams can start with a west coast swing? (Actually, 6, not counting the west coast teams.) But it was SNOWING here yesterday. They did get both games in anyway…
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Maybe. There were theories that he would lead to some improvements. Also the new attention to defense probably helps…
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It’s also only been a week. And in some cities (Chicago, for example), the weather has not been conducive to hitting…
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Exactly. Getting blanked by Kirby? No shame. Getting nearly blanked by Ross Stripling? Not horrible but certainly worse than getting blanked by Kirby…
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Seattle is very unlikely to make that deal, especially since mlb.com lists 6 SS prospects in their top 17, and the only reason to even consider the deal is if they need a SS. Of course most of those SS prospects won’t stick at SS if they make MLB at all. But I think they’ll take that chance and keep Kirby. Still it was a solid value for him..
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But.. but.. but those trades NEVER HAPPEN!! That means that platform is useless. Or that you’re jinxing it! You jinx person! But in all honesty, that’s actually a pretty good trade…
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Early expectations were maybe 3-7 or 4-6 on this swing. The Sox have a chance to go 8-2 with a worst case now if 5-5. However, like Boston, the Angels are off to a surprising good start at 4-2. The last 3 might not be as easy as anticipated…
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Actually George Kirby was an All Star last year…
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Not sure why Cora leaves defensively questionable Enmanuel Valdez in a one-run game while Pablo Reyes sits on the bench…
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Possibly aided by playing 33% more games than everyone else? (Except the Dodgers)
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I believe DRS takes some plays into account…
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Not my fault the Padres chose to ignore the holes in their outfield…
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1. Sending Rafaela down for this year did have merit for thos e who thought 2024 was a lost year anyway, and the idea of him reaching free agency at age 28 doesn't help the sox at all. Of course, a lot of that rested on Abreu showing 2023 was slightly representative. 2. Knocking BTV because GMs do nt make exact trades we imagine is stupid. How many trades did people suggest before BTV that came to fruition? At least BTV trades avoid the common proposals of "hey let's dump our garbage for their all stars" propsals that get rampant when folks made trade suggestions. But if you need an example, I almost completely nailed the Dylan Cease trade before it happened; I only added a couple extra names that were left off since I thought maybe the Padres might also want to address their empty OF situation at the same time. https://www.baseballtradevalues.com/trades/165039 Take out Dillon Head and Oscar Colas, and I nailed it...
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Yes the list of players he kept was better. But what happened was he also let the sox with no minimum wage talent coming up from 2018 and 2019. With no minimum wage talent, it makes it harder to keep his existing players. For example, he could have dealt Bradley instad of paying him $25mill from 2017-2020 and kept Margot, who made about $1.6 mill in that stretch. Probably not enough to make sure the Sox kept Betts, but certainly gives them more to work with towards that goal. And before you go determine this means i think keeping Bradley was the sole reaon they let Betts go, I am not. But I am saying not having any minimum wage players come up at all during those years made it more difficult to keep Betts. Agree?
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Not what I asked for. And the notion that “he knew who to keep” list gets presumptuous when you include Bello, Crawford and Rafaela. Did he know to keep them or were these just 3 names that weren’t worth anything at the time. Unlike Devers and Benintendi, who were all over top 100 lists, none of these three were mentioned in Fangraphs top 29 prospects within the Sox system. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/evaluating-the-2016-prospects-boston-red-sox/ Not even in the quick hits below that list other notable omissions…
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I suppose a big reason is after the first round, the CBO doesn’t always know who will be available to him. Heck, he may not know it even for the first round…
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If the NFL wants to get more exciting, do the following. 1. No more PATs. Waste of time. Consider it automatic unless the team tries for a 2 pt conversion. (Failure to get two pts and the TD is only worth 6.) 2. Three downs instead of four. This is one thing the Canadians got right. 3. Get rid of all those useless time-wasting penalties, like illegal formation, illegal motion. You know, the ones that happen while no one is actually playing. If you’re on your side of the ball, it’s good. Start the play…
