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  1. notin
    I’m sure they liked all of them to some extent. Hamilton is the most obvious inclusion to me - they are an extremely aggressive team on the base paths and his speed plays into that. And they need an interim shortstop until they promote Jett Williams…
  2. notin
    One I discussed aspect of this trade is Milwaukee apparently plans to use Hamilton as their starting shortstop full time, at least until they think Jett Williams is ready (or gets another year of service time).. This makes him a viable fantasy sleeper for late rounds or $1 bids. One of the fastest players in MLB on a team whose attitude is @if the next base is free, take it. If it isn’t, go for it because it probably will be by the time you get there.”
  3. notin
    Will Okamoto replace Bichette’s bat? Can George Springer hit 32 again? (Most HRs for him since 2017.). And while Dalton Varsho will likely hit 20HRs, is he really much else on offense given his sub-.300 OBP and .725 career OPS?
  4. notin
    Out-homering a team doesn’t only mean muscling up and putting multiple shots over the wall. It’s a relative term. It just means hitting more home runs than the other guy does. So could you out-homer a team by using good pitching to limit their home runs? How many of those 40 games involved the losing team not homering at all?
  5. notin
    Ummm… Banda’s career BB/9 is lower than Aroldis Chapman’s…
  6. notin
    Schilling is not exactly the voice of wisdom, and in many cases, not even the voice of common sense. But the spirit of his point was the importance of the health of starting pitching, and he right that keeping all 5 starters healthy absolutely makes a team much, much more competitive. That Mariner team didn’t go 75-87. And they had a really young rotation with only Luis Castillo older than 27. And they still almost made the postseason…
  7. notin
    Houston has to either bench one of Yoshida and Yordan Alvarez or play him in the field? I don’t see that as a selling point. Not sure why Houston doesn’t just sign OBP Machine Jesse Winker. How much can he be asking for at this point?
  8. notin
    It’s not about “accumulating WAR” at this stage as it is about accumulating PROJECTED WAR. If the Sox do things right, the actual WAR will take care of itself…
  9. notin
    It gets easier when you only out conditions on one side. What if Devers doesn’t do well?
  10. notin
    One option Rotation: Crockett, Suarez, Gray, Bello, Sandoval BP: Chapman, Whitlock, Weissert, Slaten, Watson, Moran, Crawford, Tolle Minors depth SP: Oviedo, Early, Uberstine, Bennett BP: Kelly, Samaniego I miss anyone? (40 man roster only) I say DFA Gasper, claim LHRP Anthony Banda, put him in the pen and push Tolle back to AAA…
  11. notin
    I believe Oviedo has an option left. And if everyone is healthy, it’s likely to be used…
  12. notin
    The issue could be as simple as only having 62 PA..
  13. notin
    The problem with Stanton is the 75 games always appears more likely than the 30 home runs. He’s topped 114 games once since 2019, and his pro-rated 2020 season doesn’t come close. And he’s not likely to get healthier as he ages…
  14. notin
    To be fair, he only suggested where the ask starts, not where it gets negotiated to…
  15. notin
    And I think Cheng is this year’s Hoy Park!
  16. notin
    Plus his name is Zack and he doesn’t pitch. Is that even allowed?
  17. notin
    So… Complaint B…
  18. notin
    I’m thinking it’s more like: Durbin - 2b Story - SS Mayer/Kiner-Falefa - 3b If Cora doesn’t get to platoon someone, he gets the heebie jeebies. And with Romy potentially out, you just know he’s looking anywhere he can…
  19. notin
    And at what point does it become Alonso plus, say, Oviedo vs Contreras and Suarez? I have my doubts that the Sox sign Suarez if they bring back Bregman or sign Alonso…
  20. notin
    If the Sox get 30 fWAR out of Durbin in the 5 years before he hits free agency, you folks better damn well be “happy”. And by “happy” I mean building altars to Breslow and naming all your children Craig, including both your twin daughters. But if the Sox get 10-15 fWAR out of Durbin in the next 5 years, the trade was still good…
  21. notin
    That bullpen looks good, but that leaves the rotation with very little depth beyind the starting five, with just Oviedo, Early, Uberstine and Bennett. And Uberstine scares me, since I was not a huge fan of his work in AAA. Also his name sounds like a monster built from re-animated corpse tissue that was made for the purpose of driving me home…
  22. notin
    It’s 2/10!! He’s late!
  23. notin
    So bad he needs you to speak for him? Not playing Mayer at SS doesn’t mean he doesn’t think Mayer is ready or has any thoughts about whether or not Mayer can handle it, just like not speaking to Devers about playing first didn’t mean Cora did not think Devers could handle 1b. Usually when one of us suggests moving a player, it’s supported by bad defense. And rarely anything else. Devers was a really bad defensive 3b after all. Sort of a laughable theory that Cora wouldn’t move Devers to 1b because he didn’t think Devers could handle first base when it was already blatantly obvious Devers couldn’t handle third base. Story’s defense is definitely not what it once was, which is not surprising as he ages. Devers sucked at 3b. Casas sucks at 1b. Bogaerts had no range at SS. These are not opinions. They are facts that Cora chose to back burner, probably for reasons related to keeping players happy…
  24. notin
    This happens more often than many realize - extension for a player you think will be really good di you lock him up before he even debuts. Detroit did the same thing with Colt Keith, who is still in MLB (unlike Campbell) but is limited to platooning roles. Although some of that might be because AJ Hinch is overly dedicated to platooning. Something about those ex-Astros garbage can bangers, I guess. One can only assume Carlos Beltran would have overutilized the strategy as well…
  25. notin
    Yes, when it affects pinstripes…
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