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Everything posted by notin
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His heater averaged less than German’s. I’m not blaming you, but I am questioning your assessment of Ort and several of the Sox former younger pitchers…
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1. German’s velocity (97.9 mph) was greater than Ort’s (96.3). 2. Are you saying German (age 25), Thad Ward (age 26), Darwinzon Hernandez (age 26) and Jacob Wallace (age 24) are a bunch of jabronis, but Kaleb Ort (age 31) isn’t?
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Are you actually going to blame people on this board if the Sox do?
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German is more likely to be dealt, since he’s not outside the price range of any team…
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I don’t get the faith in Ort. Not to mention, if the goal is to slip someone through waivers, why not the 31yo career minor leaguer that every team in MLB has been ignoring since his days on the Joliet Slammers…
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Or maybe he thinks new stars = increased interest?
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Not to mention, let’s not go and reverse position on defense and suddenly start overvaluing it. I kept hearing Evan White was the greatest defensive 1b ever. And after you’ve watched him play, it becomes impossible to differentiate his MLB counterparts from 6yo T-ballers. And then Seattle went out and extended him accordingly. And now he just sort of looks like an overpaid Doug Mientkiewicz out there. I mean, no one was wrong about him being good defensively. But it turns out that when you can’t hit, sometimes even great defense just isn’t enough…
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You think he didn’t? Or at least put a cap on the budget?
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If Rafaela is higher, it’s presumably due to Casas being a 1b, not exactly a position many teams struggle to fill and it’s the position more players switch to than any other. As some scouts rank not ability, but likelihood of being an impact player, the competition at 1b should impact the ranking. Doesn’t mean Casas is worse than Rafaela. Just means he plays a tougher role. Bear in mind reigning NL MVP Paul Goldschmidt, who also has three other top 3 MVP finishes, was never ranked by anyone in any top 100, despite absolutely raking throughout his entire minor league career. 1b is a tough position to get ranked sometimes…
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Ask Old Red. He sat in on most of the negotiations…
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I don’t think he botched them at all. Bloom just preferred Story over Bogaerts. I don’t, but I also don’t think it’s a ridiculous substitute. After Bloom got his shortstop, he was probably fine with Bogaerts if X met his price. But if X didn’t, he had already moved on…
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Years matter…
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If you’re going to sign two of the three, you think Betts should be the one to go? If so, that’s on abloom predecessor, who had 4 years to make it happen…
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I do it think the choice was ever Betts vs. Renfroe, Ottavino and Richards. The Sox are always going to have a few short term journeymen filling roster spots…
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He did. Probably because he was no longer injured. But I’m not sure why Devers is suddenly “more susceptible to injury” beyond Recency Effect. Betts missed more time in 2021 than Devers did in 2021 and 2022 combined, and his play suffered for it…
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You’re either responding to the wrong post or supporting your point with the wrong year from Mookie. In 2021, Betts posted 3.8fWAR/4.2bWAR. In 2022, he got back up over 6 WAR on both scales…
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Did Betts look better in 2021? He missed more games and was very far from being himself…
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Betts has missed 60 games over the past two years. Devers has missed 27…
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Now do you believe Betts when he says he would have signed his current deal if the Sox had offered it?
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If extending Betts meant both Bogaerts and Devers walk, are you on board ?
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Betts is the clear better player today. Betts is signed through 2032. Devers through 2033. Both are owed roughly $300mill between now and then (Devers is owed more due to the extra year.) Which one do you think will be better between now and the end of the deal?
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The “time is right” thing (link? I didn’t see it in that article posted by Bobe) smacks of Politispeak. Bottom line was the Betts ship sailed, and the Sox were likely only going to be able to retain one of their two remaining stars. To me, there were arguments for and against both of them…
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I don’t care if the Dodgers make bad deals. Do you think it’s a good deal by the Dodgers?
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I still would have liked it. If the Sox are going to have their future payroll hamstrung, it shouldn’t be by someone who played their best baseball in another uniform…
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Absolutely not. Not Lester. The big issue with free agents is that the overwhelming bulk of them are stat over 30. So now the Sox are paying players in their 30s for what they did for another team in their 20s…
