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Everything posted by notin
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Sure it can. Coach little league. You have 10 year olds who run under the ball and then try to follow it(which NEVER works). By the time they’re 12, some of them can actual do the high lever calculus involved in determining where the ball is (approximately) going to land and run directly to that spot. It’s straight up learning…
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Paxton has 5 IP. Not ready to put him atop any lists yet…
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You can’t teach instincts. That’s the definition of instincts…
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For the record, you can teach speed. You just can’t learn it…
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Right. Trade Mayer now…
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He’s becoming a Pedro Ciriaco-esque cult hero…
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And not related to the fact that any pitcher who doesn’t have a signature ungodly breaking pitch and can’t top 96mph repeatedly is stuck in AAA purgatory?
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He crossed it for Devers. Three years later…
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Time travel is real!! You just have to understand it only works in one direction. And isn’t very fast…
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Folks say that during the year they win the ring. But afterwards? It’s a weak defense of the contract at best. Was Price worth it? It’s arguable that deal was part of the reason for dealing Betts…
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Maybe. But he was also a Cuban star and the Sox needed OF help (Bradley still had a career OPS under .600 and Betts had just started learning center field - not right field, center field)…
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Two similar age players with similar backgrounds as of now yielding similar results…
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Definitely early Yoshida after 155 PA - .888OPS Fukudome after 155 PA - .889OPS
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I’m ok with it. If he was struggling, I’d have given up on him by not…
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Your 2023 Red Sox starting rotation/depth - as it stands
notin replied to Bellhorn04's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Oscar Wilde said it… -
More money in starting. But relieving is simply easier work…
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Not so sure. The Rays did sign Manny Margot for 2 yrs / $19.5mill. He’s not exactly a superstar…
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But OTOH, being the 27th ranked staff over the 29th is a small consolation at best. The bottom line is pitching - overstated or not - is a clear issue. It could absolutely get better with the addition of Paxton and the pending return of Crawford and Whitlock. But for how long? The Sox staff - even without Eovaldi - has a large subset of replaced tendons and sore-armed vets that any improvement could easily be temporary…
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There’s realism and supposition on both sides. But one side does provide more data…
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ERA is really a measure of pitching plus defense plus ballpark. FIP eliminates the defense (albeit questionably) and xFIP normalizes the ballpark factor. None of them are good alone…
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That’s why you open with Kelly’s roast beef…
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It’s really come down to one poster being optimistic and the other one decrying him for it. Like the Red Sox are reading our posts and concluding “we’re doing ok! Absolutely no need to do anything at all for the rest of the season!!”
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Well, the Sox gout “outbid” by geography. Orlando-area native Eflin had his agent take the Sox offer to Tampa, who matched it. Eflin had a clear desire to play near his home. I don’t know if the Sox were even given a chance to counter…
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Are you saying the Marlins promoted Eury Perez to appease the 12,000 fans (not a made up number) that flock to their home games? Or were you referring to the Mets as the team that promoted a top 10 prospect to generate fan interest, apparently after the luster wore off their $400mill spending spree this offseason? Has to be one of these two, since the only other top ten prospect with MLB experience is Jordan Walker, and he was demoted. Of course, none of this is a reason to push Marcelo Mayer out of A ball directly into MLB…
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Whitlock has at least shown something as a starter and even reels off the occasional great start. He might not be an ace in the making, but the floor shouldn’t be that high anyway. The only real issue for him as a starter is the repeated injuries and health issues…
