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Everything posted by notin

  1. notin
    So we get 40 games of Ceddanne Rafaela as DH? And some folks say letting him play 2b is a waste of his skills…
  2. notin
    Casas might have to, just to prove he can throw a baseball without decapitating himself…
  3. notin
    Bregman isnt signing for 3 years and Bichette isnt likely to sign for six…
  4. notin
    Neither Hamilton nor Donovan is Marte. I am ok with a 2b, but I think the Sox would be better off with Mayer at SS, Story at 2b and getting a new face for 3b…
  5. notin
    And yet the WAR balances out which tells me Donovan is much weaker on the other side. Now if the Sox play Donovan at 3b and Mayer at 2b, maybe thats an improvement…
  6. notin
    Is Donovan? His career .615 OPS vs LHP carries over and isnt the product of a couple bad years early on. Hamilton’s only really had two partial seasons and has 550 career PA. You might not think thats enough to hand him the 2b job, and I agree, but isn’t it enough to think maybe Donovan is not the overall improvement we want? He could wind up being an expensive lateral move …
  7. notin
    I’m starting to see Joe B’s point. Donovan is 8 months older than Hamilton and averages 3.7 bWAR/162 as opposed to Hamilton’s 3.5 bWAR/162. Neither hits LHP very well. Given the cost to acquire Donovan, what’s the point?
  8. notin
    Boston gets: SP Kris Bubic, 2b Brendan Donovan KC gets: OF Jarren Duran St Louis gets : C Blake Mitchell, SP Kendra Chourio, RP Brandon McNeely Then sign a RP and start the season…
  9. notin
    My mistake. I read those names reversed…
  10. notin
    Over 500 PA, Donovan is worth to about 5 more times on base, but 25 more total bases. That makes up for the SBs. More really, since Donovan would hopefully not be limited to 500 PA…
  11. notin
    On this team, I’d prefer Gore over the OF depth…
  12. notin
    Sure, if Contreras only gets 120 plate appearances. Donovan is very popular for a reason. Hes a .280/.360 hitter, which makes him an on base upgrade over Duran. I’d gladly take him and I’m not sure why anyone would be hesitant, beyond holding out for Marte…
  13. notin
    Getting a SP from any team interested in Duran makes no sense. Maybe something involving a third team like: KC gets OF Jarren Duran Washington gets C Carter Jensen, SP David Shields Boston gets SP Mackenzie Gore That work?
  14. notin
    Do scouts recommend value? I think Bloom put the dollars on the table. Not blaming the scouts for overvaluing Duran, who is still very valuable. Just not Ragans level…
  15. notin
    I’m sure someone will step up and fill the whiny bitch void left by trading Devers. Sure players like Chapman will take a step or two backwards. But players like Abreu could easily take even more steps forward. But I withhold any real predictions until I see the actual product. At least on paper…
  16. notin
    If the Sox are asking for Ragans, there’s a good chance they might be the ones with questionable valuation techniques…
  17. notin
    Or an Internet guy who writes articles and thinks he covers sports. I read a great one about Roman Anthony going to the Padres, and it was written like Anthony was a free agent saying stuff like “the lure of San Diego might be too strong” and citing how Anthony will want this move. It completely ignored than Anthony signed with Boston for 8 more years. Never even mentioned it. (The Crochet trade had plenty of buzz beforehand. We even discussed the pros and cons of his acquisition on this forum before the deal was final.)
  18. notin
    So one more win despite the clear upgrade from Toro to Contreras?
  19. notin
    Him or Coulombe or Chafin. Im still assuming a 2b/3b is in their future. It might not be Marte or Bichette or Bregman, but that doesn’t mean the Sox are settling for Jared Triolo either…
  20. notin
    Contreras is a downgrade in talent? Our leader in games played at 1b last year was ABRAHAM TORO. And on that list, only Schwarber and Alonso are off the board. (And maybe Parelas, but I am not sure who you are referring to so I don’t know). Obviously thr Sox are going to miss out on others, and presumably land one or some other rough equivalent. Most rumors are clickbait with either no substance or exaggerated interest. So who knows how interested the Sox were in any player, and who they’re really in on. How many Sonny Gray or Johan Oviedo rumors did you hear prior to those deals?
  21. notin
    We do if we are continuing this aversion to free agents…
  22. notin
    I predict other moves will be made…
  23. notin
    He would likely not play the OF much, but bear in mind Cora used Rob Refsnyder out there a lot, and the only person who think he’s a good outfielder is maybe Mrs. Refsnyder. Maybe. And while other full time DHs like Alvarez do get out on to the field once every 10 games or so, a lot of them are also very poor fielders like Yoshida. Ever seen Kyle Schwarber in the OF? That’s why he plays DH…
  24. notin
    And Cora always lets LHH face LHP…
  25. notin
    And I think you refuse to acknowledge he doesn’t fit your statement about the trend being to rotate players into a DH role. Whether or not Ihtani could field is irrelevant. He doesn’t, except at pitcher. He didn’t take over for a struggling Conforto in LF for example. And no one on the Dodgers rotates into the DH slot even when Ohtani pitches. And that is because even when he pitches, he DHs. MLB even changed the rules so that he is two players, just like in Yahoo fantasy baseball. And he DHd 158 times last year. I do hope that counts as full time. Sorry, but your premise that teams use the role as a rotation to rest players most definitely does not apply to the Dodgers, more so than any other team…
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