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Everything posted by notin
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Who made up that rule? Let me guess. Was it the same guy who thinks it’s wrong to acknowledge the Sox did win 78 games?
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The signing was announced after. No idea when terms were agreed upon. But Yoshida was apparently a long term goal for the Sox…
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Of course they do. Haven’t you read MLBTR this off-season and seen the slew of DFAs for Hoy Park and Lewin Davis? The reason teams keep claiming them and exposing them to waivers is they want to keep them, but not dedicate a 40 man roster spot? Know why? BECAUSE THEY CARE ABOUT ALL FORTY PLAYERS ON IT! Really, only have 14 MLB-eligible players to call up doesn’t leave any team much wiggle room. Especially since most teams will need at least 10 spots just for pitching…
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That’s the mentality that creates the problems the Sox have…
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Why would the Sox trade anything to pay $16mill to 36yo Brandon Crawford and his 85OPS+ and -4 UZR/150? At some point, the hope appears to be to do anything to keep Duran off the field. Even paying tons and tons money to equally ineffective players who don’t even have the hope for turning things around thanks to Father Time. To me, players like Crawford just aren’t worth that “upgrade”. Not in 2023…
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When was surgery recommended? Did it happen before last week?
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I haven’t seen any indication about how many years Andrus wants. Or money. But at some point, he might just want a contract…
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Right now it is possible the Sox are left with 40 players they don’t want to DFA, which makes signing players difficult. What the Sox want (off this is true) is a player to sign a minor league deal that they can promote once teams can place players on the 60 day IL again…
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And leave 2b vacant?
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So you don’t know what a cover up is either…
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And play CF…
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But per your own story, Trevor played a full season on it. There’s a good chance the Bagwell and Biggio thing - which from your post sounds like you only heard about and didn’t actually hear what they said - is nothing but a misinterpretation…
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Is there any link or context to the medical opinions of Biggio and Bagwell?
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Went down that road. Already turned back…
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Apparently Frankie Montas injured himself while avoiding arbitration. That process must be more physical than I realized…
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I smell a wager…
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Can’t say about why teams passed on him, although they certainly did. My assumption was simply he was the least interesting of the free agent shortstop class, which, while true, might not be why. Teams passed on Correa last off-season, too, and he’s a franchise-altering player. However, it does seem as though his own teammates are standing up for him in that this was not an expected outcome. Not sure why Boston media talking heads - many of whom deliberately create controversy where there is none - get any more credibility here than Story’s teammates…
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So fWAR is better for high K / low BB types, particularly if they can limit home runs. bWAR works better for groundball/soft contact pitchers…
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It seems especially useful for pitchers, because fWAR and bWAR each seem to be geared to different types of pitchers. fWAR is based on FIP, which is a function of walks, strikeouts and home runs. bWAR is based on Runs Allowed, which is not what many think, but rather a function of ERA+ and IP…
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Eh. They’re no big deal to calculate. There was a time when B-R didn’t put up OPS numbers, but we managed to scramble through the complicated math to get the numbers…
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And I did, presumably among many others. I also theorized he knew it and that was a factor in accepting that deal. But that’s a theory. Sale won’t return my texts to confirm or deny it…
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Is it? I can think of maybe 10 or so players to have it in the past 15 years. I’m sure there are plenty I don’t know about, but even if you triple my known quantity, we’re talking about 2 players per year. I think it’s still pretty uncommon…
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At the time, I thought it was a cheap deal that I was surprised he signed, given the deals being thrown around at older and worse pitchers like Price, Greinke, etc. And especially since Sale spent the bulk of his career as the most underpaid player in the sport thanks to that initial White Sox contract. Not sure if that ever bothered him or he wanted to rectify that reputation. I never made the “wait a few months” argument ever. That doesn’t even make sense. What the logic? “If he doesn’t get hurt by June 1, he NEVER EVER WILL!!” If anything, I’d be on board with the protective clauses like the Sox had in the deals for Lackey and JD Martinez…
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I am not opposed to this…
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That’s an interesting take on Sale I never considered. Of course it would have been nice if Sale knew about this. And the last three Sale injuries are obviously unrelated to the one at that deal. But my primary gripe at the time was - just don’t sign him…
