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  1. notin
    Was Crawford ever really a reliever? He made one relief appearance in the minors and a handful in MLB. But he’s really always been a starter…
  2. notin
    It’s not a question that starters are more valuable. It’s just that when you have a pitcher who has only topped 73 IP once in his major and minor league career (and that resulted in surgery), and attempts to put him in larger roles keep injuring him, when do you decide the lesson has been learned?
  3. notin
    I will say one concern - this whole “keep trying to make him a starter when he’s clearly a reliever” is becoming a recurring theme…
  4. notin
    Also confusing - why he’s our sixth highest paid pitching draft pick over the last decade…
  5. notin
    I don’t believe that to be true, but I would agree that some of these running backs posing as outfielders do have significantly greater batspeed than Williams and can - with more difficulty - hit one out 502 feet or greater to right field. I think, for example, Kyle Schwarber might be able to do it. Granted, Schwarber will strike out 1,000 times trying. But eventually…
  6. notin
    There are some rules, and not just the infield. Ballparks bill after 1958 are subject to rule 2.01, which has minimum dimensions for new ballparks as well as remodeled ones. And Fenway does not comply, as the nearest fence has to be 325 feet from home plate down the lines…
  7. notin
    His trade to Boston was odd, since he was playing well when DFAd. But the other 3 team scenario isn’t uncommon. Miami traded him to San Diego because he was a pending free agent. San Diego lost him to Chicago through free agency. Jordan Montgomery played on 3 teams in that same time frame. Did that mean he has a few flaws in his game, too?
  8. notin
    Yes. Two strikeouts. Also only one game…
  9. notin
    Not in either plate appearance?
  10. notin
    Dalbec is the one who has struck out 55 times in his last 108 plate appearances. That’s over 50% of the time since 2022, folks…
  11. notin
    I meant more established than draft picks. I did mention that could mean upper minors. Sorry for the ambiguity…
  12. notin
    At $600K, the only pitching draft picks paid more over the last decade are Jay Groome, Tanner Houck, Michael Kopech, Shaun Anderson, and some guy named Dalton Rogers. No idea about IFA pitchers…
  13. notin
    Not true. They traded for Fitts, Sandlin, Winckowski, Slaten…
  14. notin
    Kuhnel DFAd. He looks like he deserved it. Doubtful Breslow has any interest.
  15. notin
    Clearly this means God has Enmanuel Valdez on his fantasy team...
  16. notin
    In the draft alone, they have given out 5 since giving Tanner Houck $2.6mill in 2017. The draftees the Sox have given out $500K+ bonuses to are Durbin Feltman, Elmer Rodriguez, Ryan Zeferjahn, Dalton Rogers, and Matt Duffy. None of these bonuses exceeded $700K. In fact, only Dalton Rogers exceeded $600K. If you had just aimed a little higher with your barrier, the numbers would have dropped off rapidly. If we go back the full ten years, you can add Jay Groome ($3.2mill), Shaun Anderson, Michael Kopech ($1.3mill) and Jared Cosart to the 6 mentioned above...
  17. notin
    I don't care whio they draft in the first round, as long as they think that is the best player available. Drafting for position is probably the fastest way to ruin your draft. Any pitcher they draft could easily be years away from making an impact. Better off bulking up the farm system as best you can with blue chip prospects and pursuing trades for pitchers already more established, even if they are only established in the upper minors...
  18. notin
    The stats people have never really come up with a way to account for a team beig inefficient at double plays. It's probably rolled into some larger more encompassing stat, but it is one area that might require more specialized attention. Teams probably have ways to measure it, but it is largely unknown to those of us who have no real use for it, but would probably like it anyway...
  19. notin
    I bet ERA was, especially when originally applied to starters. Of course this stat goes waaaay back but was originally created for relief pitchers since they already had a metric to measure starting pitchers - wins…
  20. notin
    The real problem with defense is that errors really become the only part fans can evaluate while watching a game on TV. Well, that and Web Gem type plays, although they can be misleading, too. But for the rest of the plays, we only see what the camera lets us. That's why I like DRS, OAA and UZR. granted, they don't always agree, but really, they don't measure the same things anyway. And for team defense, I don't like Defensive Efficiency, which can be a worthless stat since ballparks can drastically effect the numbers on balls in play hit into the outfield...
  21. notin
    Defense is more than just errors. The balls your players don't get to that others do are hits...
  22. notin
    He can be sold for parts...
  23. notin
    I think Casas is the only player that would cause issues with the 40 man roster this season. Giolito, Story and Murphy are not coming back this year. I suspect Giolito and Murphy are probably both out until after the All Star break in 2025 (but will have to be added to the 40 man in November)..
  24. notin
    They are clearly not in any rush to promote anyone from Worcester. Valdez is likely demoted today once they officially activate Grissom. Hamilton will probably be demoted when Gonzalez is activated. Cooper is really a bland journeyman, but will probably be the primary stopgap 1B until Casas returns or he plays himself out of the position. And given the leash Dalbec had with the role, that could be a while even if he struggles. As for those last two 40 man roster spots, most likely they are monitoring the waiver wire for arms. I suppose they could claim Aaron Hicks and become the next team in line to realize this guy is just not going to ever play up to his potential. Or see who Houston DFAs today when they clear a spot for Joey Loperfido. (The Astros have a few borderline pitchers like Dylan Coleman, Blair Henley, Joel Kuhnel and Parker Mushinski that Breslow might like more than Houston does. But I suspect the Stros DFA INF Trey Cabbage, who is far less interesting beyond his cool name.)
  25. notin
    Why would they DFA Dalbec when Romy gets healthy? Romy Gonzalez is already on the 40 man roster. Dalbec has options. And, as noted before, they have two open slots on the 40 man anyway. Kavadas can be added at any time with no other moves made. The DFA of Reyes was probably because they were through with him and/or he had fallen out of favor. They didn't need to DFA him; they must have wanted to...
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