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  1. notin
    Spring training stats don’t matter. Most of us that have been watching baseball for a long time have seen players struggle in spring training and go on to have good seasons. And we’ve seen players with good spring training numbers struggle when it matters. Of course we have also seen players struggle in the spring and go on to struggle in the regular season as well. And therein lies the worry. Yes, it’s likely to happen to someone on the Sox, but it’s not as foreseeable as one might think. Spring training is absolutely not for “practicing as you play” and you only need to follow the increasing trail of IP to realize this. Spring training is for getting loose and (even more important) not getting hurt. Most roster decisions have already been made before anyone even dons a uniform for the first time, so trying isn’t necessarily anyone’s priority. Sure the occasion fringey player like Braiden Ward might try to get noticed. And the occasional battle for the last bench spot or the last bullpen slot might happen. But even then, how often are those decisions made by ST performances?
  2. notin
    There’s a decent chance Whitlock is closing before the season ends…
  3. notin
    I’m going to put out there mu long shot prediction for the opening day lineup / roster, ignoring the fact that the likely opposing pitcher is LHP Nick Lodolo. LF: Anthony 3b: Durbin DH Duran 1b Contreras RF Abreu SS Story 2b Mayer / IKF CF Rafaela C Narvaez BN: Yoshida, Kiner-Falefa, Wong, Eaton. SP: Crochet-Suarez-Gray-Bello-Early BP: Chapman, Whitlock, Weissert, Slaten, Watson, Moran, Kahnle, Kelly. I so want to put Tolle in that bullpen (over Kelly), at least until Coulombe is deemed ready…
  4. notin
    He also has an option remaining. Why put him on the IL?
  5. notin
    Both have options. Monasterio had the better spring and is the more traditional utility infielder, but he is behind IKF on the deoth charts. Eaton was with the Sox last year, played in the WBC, fills the need for an OF off the bench, and is one of the fastest runners in MLB which gives him usefulness as a pinch runner. To me, no brainer. Keep Eaton and demote Monasterio. I suppose the Sox could keep Thaiss over either of them while also keeping the versatile Wong in the team, but I think that’s a long shot…
  6. notin
    Well, not to mention it’s not like Andruw Monasterio is Andruw Jones with the bat…
  7. notin
    Over 90% of hitters are right-handed (Notice I said “hitters” and not “MLB hitters”.). Right-handed hitters that struggle against RHP (unless they really excel elsewhere) quite often don’t get within sniffing distance of MLB…
  8. notin
    I do like Durbin as a #2 hitter over Story. Also is Monasterio the better platoon option over IKF?
  9. notin
    Not sure, but I can tell you how to find out. Take the number of players still in camp. Subtract 26 from that number. Boom - answer!
  10. notin
    Wong has a career .680 OPS. Delay has a career .610 OPS. While Wong did struggle for the Sox last year, Delay was lighting AA and AAA to the tune of a .518 OPS as he was not good enough for the Pirates. Don’t be fooled by 15 spring training plate appearances…
  11. notin
    Or Eaton …
  12. notin
    That was Timbuk Three…
  13. notin
    It doesn’t make them the ‘27 Yankees. It makes them the Less Successful Milwaukee Brewers, who didnt make the list at all…
  14. notin
    Thaiss is a 30 year old fringey Major Leaguer. As trade bait, the Sox might deal him for another 30 year old fringey major leaguer…
  15. notin
    Thaiss was so popular this offseason thr best offer he received was a minor league deal with an upward mobility clause. The Sox might add him over Wong for some depth, but I’m not sure why any team that was completely uninterested in Thaiss from November until January 31 might now suddenly be interested him, unless that team has seen a backup catcher go down. Has there been any such injury?
  16. notin
    Arguing the offensive merits of Wong vs Thaiss for back up catcher is like arguing over which member of the three stooges you’d have the most confidence in as your heart surgeon…
  17. notin
    The Mariners win one division level playoff series in 20 plus years and suddenly they’re the class of the American League?
  18. notin
    It was someone else’s job to make the team over him. I blame Sam Bowen and Garry Hancock for not being better than a 40 year old man…
  19. notin
    Well, when you play for 23 years you’re probably not the same hitter in year 22 that you were in year 2. And that sentence doesn’t need the word “probably”…
  20. notin
    Bumped down for reasons related to his involvement with the Kardashians. Also for Wonka…
  21. notin
    Brooklyn a slum? It’s the Man Bun Capital of the Empire State!!
  22. notin
    I just cannot figure out how this guy is successful throwing changeup after changeup after changeup after changeup. I mean, is it really a changeup if you never throw a fastball to change it up from? Doug Jones got like 300 career saves doing the same thing. And it confused me back then…
  23. notin
    And even then, you’re using lifetime numbers. Safe bet Yaz hit LHP a bit worse those last 7 or 8 years of post-greatness…
  24. notin
    Plus they’re behind Puerto Rico, Washington DC, Northern California, Timothy Chalomet, Greenland, and Vermont on the Statehood Waiting List…
  25. notin
    At a minimum, give back the oil tankers we seized. Not the oil. Just the tankers…
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