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  1. notin
    I see no point in trading away Hicks or Yoshida if the goal is to clear payroll since the Sox are likely to have to cover a big chunk of money and not likely to get anything back that fills a need. At least trading Duran should net a useful player (or two?) and probably clears more cash…
  2. notin
    And because we love players named “Sandoval”…
  3. notin
    Kind of an odd choice even for MiLB depth. The Sox reportedly liked Tristan Gray because of his hard hit %. Then the depth follow up is a guy who struggles to hit period. I know a meaningless depth signing for a non-40 man player who likely won’t get that many more plate appearances in Boston than I will, but the difference is still a bit striking…
  4. notin
    I think this is more of a wishlist than a generic definition of a #2 starter, and it’s ok to have all of this on your wishlist. Sensible, even. But no definition of a #2 starter should exclude Tarik Skubal. He should quite obviously rank higher than that. Provably worth noting - only 30 pitchers had a sub-4.00 ERA and over 160 IP. That might be closer to being the definition of a #1 starter…
  5. notin
    I assume they mean fall behind NY and Toronto. But yes - this is a premature conclusion. No one knows what any of the lineups for these 3 teams will look like, let alone the rotations...
  6. notin
    Sonny Gray more than meets that criterion…
  7. notin
    Exactly. Gray is an improvement for this team. Theres also a lot of talking about “replacing players” and whether or not it’s just status quo. If they replace Bregman with Player X and Giolito with Player Y, then we are no better than last year. Or will be when we replace Devers. Stop. Thats not how it works and we all know it. Especially arguing the team needs to replace both Devers (who played less than half of a season) and Bregman (less than 3/4 and wasn’t that good when he came back) with TWO FULLTIME NINE FIGURE CONTRACTS. (No one ever just asks to improve over Abraham Toro.) The rationale for what this team needs looks like nothing more than cries and pleas for more free agents. No wonder John Henry hates you people…
  8. notin
    So we finish 1/2 game behind Toronto?
  9. notin
    So what is a #2 starter?
  10. notin
    A reasonable way to look at #2 or #3 pitchers!! Are there even 30 better than Gray?
  11. notin
    Some numbers going the wrong way, some not. But the only one that scares me of the one mentioned earlier - age.
  12. notin
    By what metric? If you’re using fWAR, the drop from 3.8 to 3.6 really doesn’t indicate decline…
  13. notin
    He is 36. The 2 year downward trend is arguable in many cases…
  14. notin
    Of course teams see different from fans. Do people think teams use undefined terms like #2 starter?
  15. notin
    On many metrics, Gray is closer to Crochet than Bello…
  16. notin
    What I meant is, FIP didnt neutralize ballparks abd has nothing in it for ballpark factors. But I do disagree that ballparks make pitchers better or worse. If you’re a good pitcher because of Petco, youre probably not a good pitcher. ERA+ or ERA- are both better than ERA, as both are park-adjusted to neutralize effects of the ballpark…
  17. notin
    Or in old Memorial Stadium if Cal Ripken was on an errorless streak…
  18. notin
    It does not. xFIP normalizes the HR rate to neutralize ballpark effects…
  19. notin
    On Fitts, he was the talk of ST but he got hurt before he could prove anything…
  20. notin
    Actually, they’re opinions…
  21. notin
    It feels likely. We shall see but I think they will to move on while dealing him for something useful…
  22. notin
    Not if fWAR stands for Weight Above Replacement…
  23. notin
    Casas is frustrating but he can hit. I’m hoping he isnt first option at 1b, but he’s ahead of Campbell. If Campbell isn’t traded, he likely heads to Worcester, plays LF, and waits for the right injury. Not sure what this whole “wrinkle” in the plans is…
  24. notin
    Actually the Brewers are paying Woodruff $32mill tjis year. Prior to accepting a QO, Woodruff declined a mutual option and accepted a $10mill buyout. All the more reason they would prefer moving him over Peralta…
  25. notin
    Oscar. A bit of a hot dog, but every kid wants to be like him…
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