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Everything posted by notin
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I doubt Houck leaves the rotation until a second starter (Bello? Paxton?) is activated. And at that point they’ll demote Kelly because Ort is apparently too difficult to demote…
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Cherington’s Pirates have the best record of any team run a current or former Sox executive…
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But how’s the glove? Of course, if the Sox did sign Andrus, maybe they don’t sign Duvall and would instead be 1-5 right now.
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Only 6 players in MLB history have had the first name “Nolan.” Four of them came up playing 3rd base. (Arenado, Gorman, Jones, Fontana). Only one (Reimold) started out as an outfielder. And one one was a pitcher - the infamous Nolan Swancy. And the one you’re thinking I somehow omitted from this actually used his middle name - Lynn Nolan Ryan…
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On the bright side, there’s a good chance they’re better than Brian Rose and Jeff Suppan. (Payback to 5Gold for stepping on my injury joke toes.)
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Plus the Sox did at least extend Devers while Pirates’ star Bryan Renolds was demanding a trade (or an 8 year $134mill contract extension)…
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It’s sad because he’s done a decent job identifying guys who can pitch. Wacha maybe could have been have for a multiyear deal that didn’t break the payroll…
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Unlike most, I don’t have any complaints about Kike’s glove anywhere he’s played. I don’t like him as a leadoff hitter, but e haven’t seen that yet this year. I still like McGuire behind the plate, and in limited action, there’s been nothing to dislike about him at the plate, either. The issue with Bloom isn’t the little allegedly unconverted moves. He’s had a good share of successes there. But his flaw is his frequent under commitment for vet talent. Why only all these one year deals? Why is the one pitcher he tried to go “all in” Zack Elflin?
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Fangraphs had him as their #15 with a FV of 45. The Sox closest equivalent middle infielders had FV of 40+ and were Jeter Downs and David Hamilton. Downs was certainly on his was down the prospect ladder. Hamilton? I make that deal. BTV - and working from memory here - gave Rojas a similar surplus value to Jarren Duran. I can see reasons why Miami does and doesn’t make that deal…
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Better. Stay in your lane…
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Reportedly the Sox did try to acquire Rojas. Not sure how far it got…
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I was actually surprised they sat out on Correa. I figured Cora would be pushing heavily…
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Both Texas and Seattle reportedly offered Story deals similar to the one he got in Boston, but it seems as though Story’s agent(s) tried to leverage one offer against the other and both teams backed off. Texas moved on the second choice Corey Seager. Seattle held on to Crawford…
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I’m not buying Ort just yet, but I think I’ve stopped selling on him. Or at least I’ve stopped leaving him outside and hoping some wandering vagrant steals him…
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If the Sox were all about signing free agents to make the fans happy (and do so on the cheap), then our shortstop today would be Elvis Andrus at a minimum.
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I’m not so sure Story is a guy you sign to placate a fan base. I think they signed him because 1) his offense would be close to Bogaerts’ and 2) his glove would be better. So far he has yet to play a single inning at shortstop…
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Paxton is going to minimize bullpen innings?
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AAA. Why break up the pen right now?
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19 of those 65 runs were given up by Houck and Crawford - two injury replacements in the rotation. So first of all, was Houck’s first start representative of his last two spring training outings?
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I assume we should draw the same conclusion for the Mets?
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Hey!! I do the injury jokes. You go back to your word play tie-ins and obscure baseball references!!
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They also had Ryan Weber as the #3 starter…
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Bello and Whitlock could be at/near the top of this rotation for the next 4 years. That’s not a bad starting point…
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No. Why are you counting the spring training games?
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But he didn’t do a great job of it. For Lackey - who was going to make minimum wage the following season - he got Joe Kelly and salary dump Allen Craig…
