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  1. notin
    No, when the players are here, fans focus on everything they do wrong. But when they move on, the same folks focus on everything they do right. Grissom’s OPS is only .686, but somehow he’s a great hitter now?
  2. notin
    Eyes Wide Shut?
  3. notin
    Blue Thunder? Also, Clockwork Orange was a cheesy adaptation at best. And when ranking Malcolm McDowell movies, it falls behind Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes…
  4. notin
    No great hitter has ever done that before…
  5. notin
    Anthony is 22 years old and has 443 plate appearances with an OPS of .805, which translates to an OPS+ of 129. He actually is hitting, and it doesn’t matter that you only measure hitting by RBI and don’t like OPS…
  6. notin
    On that list, I’m surprised Marte and Paredes stayed put m. The rest were a bunch of players either their teams didn’t want to move or no one wanted to acquire…
  7. notin
    Thats been the problem all year…
  8. notin
    My wife says I’m a good listener. At least I think that’s what she is saying. Honestly I usually just walk away after a sentence or two…
  9. notin
    Are you two dating the same girl? And how weird is it to find out on this forum?
  10. notin
    Tayron Guerrero is simply not a Major League pitcher. And Tracy keeps bringing him in for close games and watching him push the lead just past the Sox late rally. I’d rather see Ryan Watson than Guerrero…
  11. notin
    Because anyone trading for Chapman is only looking at 2026. Chapman is far from being part of any 2027 plans anyway since he has a mutual option that he can decline. In fact, his option is mutual so he only likely exercises if he tanks (at which point the team declines it). Not sure what he is worth in a trade but not likely anyone’s top prospect. But the Sox can at least pay some salary to get a better one. Theyre not going to acquire a franchise-altering piece here, unless it’s someone in A-ball that just breaks out, like Houston got with Yordan Alvarez for Josh Fields…
  12. notin
    Cut him some slack for 1999, when he split time between being a starter and a reliever (closer, actually). In fact from 1999 to 2001, he pitched in 190 games, including 66 starts and 56 GF. He did anything and everything the team asked. Unlike a certain nameless third baseman….
  13. notin
    Werner’s explanation for “full throttle” commentary proved to be nothing but stupid lip service. Not sure why anyone ever quotes the front office or puts any faith into their statements. By the way, it makes no sense to say this team can’t hit the baseball in one sentence and then follow it up with one saying they have the nucleus to compete for the AL East pennant…
  14. notin
    Ok you lost me. Your premise was to avoid those 1-2 year flier deals and sign one pitcher to a big deal, right? But now you’re opposed to it? Most free agent pitchers are 30 or older. Any worthwhile free agent under 30 seems unlikely to settle for a mere 5 years (source: history). And very few free agent pitchers have as many as 5 good years left. Hopefully Suarez does, and his non-reliance on velocity might help but it’s not any sort of guarantee…
  15. notin
    Year two of an 8 year deal that costs more than all the Sox one year fliers combined…
  16. notin
    True, but there voting history is littered with voters claiming “if Babe Ruth didn’t get in unanimously” or “Ripken is getting in anyway so I will vote for X instead.” None of that happened here. I mean, who voted against Ted Williams and why?
  17. notin
    It clearly wasn’t…
  18. notin
    KC was rushed, but Mayer was pressed into duty due to Bregman’s injury. If Bregman stayed off the IL, we probably don’t see Mayer last year. And if the options were Mayer, Sogard, or some other Abraham Toro clone, I get why they opted for Mayer…
  19. notin
    It’s a small honor, but IMHO an undeserved one. And undeserved honors are the basis of being overrated. ”Overrated” doesn’t mean “bad;” it just means you got more love than you deserve…
  20. notin
    Ive seen that, too. bWAR uses runs allowed while fWAR uses FIP. So pitchers with higher bWAR can benefit from defensive play better. Doubtful that makes the full difference here, but it’s the biggest difference…
  21. notin
    And pay down what it takes to get a worthwhile return…
  22. notin
    True. He did a bunch of 4 and 5 out saves, although I’m not going into each one to see who he faced. Thr current role of closer doesnt do that. But even taking that into account, does he make sense ss the first unanimous HOF selection? It seems like that unique honor - however small you may think it is - there were many more impactful players that were passed over for it…
  23. notin
    It’s a good way to represent perception. When the topic is closers being overrated, I need an inarguable method to show how overrated they are. If course saying closers are overrated isn’t saying relief pitching is overrated. I think Rivera was best used taking on other team’s best hitters when they come up rather than as working almost exclusively in the 9th inning when any hitter is due up. No, I do not believe the 9th inning are the “toughest outs in the game.” I do believe the best hitters on the other team are the toughest outs in the game. A little less romantic, a little less imaginative. But reality isn’t always romantic and imaginative…
  24. notin
    How many 30+ pitchers are worth their 5 year deal?
  25. notin
    And if we take out IKF and substitute Pete Alonso - because we know that was the choice…
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