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Everything posted by notin
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History has shown he keeps spending at $240-250mill maximum. Then he makes the GM go below the limit. It’s a simple pattern. Don’t expect too much variation…
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No!! We like those guys!!
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But he still kept resetting anyway. I don’t think he minds spending. I think he just doesn’t like taxes…
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If that’s the case, then trading Vazquez had nothing to do with disrupting team chemistry, since the team kept Cora…
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Yes. Amuch smarter approach than to think he’s going to drop more than a quarter of a billion dollars just to appease some whiny old man on BDC…
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You need to account for inflation…
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Then why exactly is it important?
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But does chemistry create winning or winning create chemistry?
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It’s not about whether or not fans care. It’s a reality that Henry cares and we know this from his frequent resets. You don’t get any more correct by telling those who acknowledge this obvious fact that you prefer to ignore it…
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The same way Renfroe went from being a guy Tampa released rather than pay $3mill, to a player somehow drawing favorable comparisons to Dwight Evans?
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Then totes right; it’s not part of his job. He can’t be “one of the guys” if his job involves releasing other guys…
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Not only 3 games out but they likely anticipated Chris Sale coming back, or at least not being stupid enough to go bike riding…
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Do they even have to add him to the 40 man roster? He’s not listed as Rule 5 eligible on Soxprospects. Not ever. If the Sox don’t have to add him, he’s not in the picture…
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If the Sox keep Casas and Dalbec, besides some growing pains, what’s the issue?
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Cordero is a DFA candidate. We know this because, despite having an option left, he has been DFAd before. Dalbec could move as well, but the Sox are also trying to increase his versatility (and with some success). Trading Casas was part of the prediction, although IMO the least likely option of the three…
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His only attribute is someone else pays for him. He doesn’t hit well enough to DH and doesn’t field well enough to push Casas to DH. I suspect a low budget team looking for help at 1b (Milwaukee? Oakland? Pittsburgh?) may take a flier or maybe SD might realize they can’t afford Josh Bell and are paying for Hosmer anyway…
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Prediction The Sox will either trade one of Casas or Hosmer or DFA Hosmer. I just don’t see this team dedicating two 40 man roster spots to 1b and trying to squeeze the protectables on to the same roster before the Rule 5 draft…
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Finally come around to my valuation of Bogaerts…
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That’s why I originally said it looks like he’s lost power but I’m not sure it’s a bad thing
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Why not? They had no $$$ to bring in anyone better than Travis Shaw and he certainly provided optimism at the end of last year. But I think we know more about what Dalbec is. He appears to be a weak side platoon option at the plate…
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Is that even true? I think a lot of people hear “analytics” and leap to the conclusion that everything is therefore data-driven robotics with no consideration for other human beings whatsoever. If you watch interviews with Bloom, he certainly comes off as personable…
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And has played in MLB in parts of 10 different seasons…
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There’s a difference in losing power and declining. The problem with OPS and OPS+ here is Bogaerts has seen rises in OBP, due to a slight increase in BB% but also, this year especially, a huge bump in BABIP (.375!!). Some of this is likely due to the fact that his last two seasons are his two highest for LD% per Fangraphs. (It’s hard to quantify that without knowing exactly what Fangraphs considers a line drive.)
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Bogaerts’ ISO went from .246 to .202 to .198 to .156. That’s a drop in power…
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Think of that viral Javier Baez/Will Craig scenario from a couple years ago. At any point, Craig could have touched Baez or 1b and nullified that run…
