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Everything posted by notin

  1. notin
    Why?!?? I was real patient with Game of Thrones. How did THAT turn out?!
  2. notin
    Liar!! Chris Sale doesn’t have sides!! He’s strictly two dimensional!!
  3. notin
    In what has to be an MLB first, there are three closers in MLB named Tanner…
  4. notin
    The Masses, and often the media, often judges everything by today and not the bigger picture. Now that’s not the wrong approach; you can only watch what’s on today. (I mean, you would never watch an entire seaso of a TV show that sucked because you thought “But next season will be awesome!!”) And there are obvious drawbacks to future plans, like things just don’t always work out. But some people do keep an open mind and I believe a GM running any team certainly has to have some sort of eye on the future. But there has to be a balance (or ratio) between future and present …
  5. notin
    Not sure about this league, but head-to-head fantasy tie breakers usually go for the points within the matchups. (Of course, in many leagues that’s your “record” vs a player.) If that’s the case, I’m up 12-8 on you. But I don’t think it will matter, since I don’t plan on being tied with you all year…
  6. notin
    Actually like Arroyo, Refsnyder is an infielder whose most common position throughout his career is actually 2b. But, yes, why platoon the #9 hitter, especially if he is a gifted fielder?
  7. notin
    I disagree that the Sox needed a RHH OF to platoon Bradley at all, but using a RHH infielder is just asking for trouble. Bradley is coming off a season in which he barely hit RHP, but the big worry is how he does vs LHP? Seriously? He was brought in for defense. Use him that way and bat him ninth. I don’t revenge anyone ever platooning with Ozzie Smith…
  8. notin
    No it wouldn’t. He doesn’t look good in the outfield. That’s why Bradley should just start out there period. Like I said all off-season, he’s hitting 9th anyway…
  9. notin
    But Arroyo in RF? Is that Bloom or Cora? Or both? (It feels like Suzuki fallout, as Seiya would have enabled the Arroyo-Bradley platoon, but with Kike flipping from 2b to CF.). And why has no one just said “leave Bradley out there regardless of whose pitching.” Not like they acquired him for his bat…
  10. notin
    You’re tied. And I own the tiebreaker. You’re only listed first because it’s alphabetical. If I want to pass you up, all I need to do is put a “C” in front of my team name…
  11. notin
    Bloom was talking about a tight-handed outfielder right after the Bradley deal in early December. Suzuki didn’t sign until March…
  12. notin
    Myers contract overall was beastly but his AAV was/still is much lower. But I’d think Bloom was right to gamble on Verdugo and Downs/Wong. Although as I’ve sad (far too) many times, I’d have kept Graterol…
  13. notin
    Supposedly he’s got some marital issues. So it is possible she hates Detroit…
  14. notin
    Hence the Mets’ patience with deGrom…
  15. notin
    Not sure. They booted me off that Zoom call by then…
  16. notin
    The Padres reportedly offered one of LHP Joey Lucchesi or RHP Cal Quantrill plus one of OF Josh Naylor or OF Manny Margot, but the Sox also had to take back Wil Myers’ entire contract…
  17. notin
    This is supported by history to some extent…
  18. notin
    He also inherited a $240mill payroll and a directive to get under the luxury tax threshold. That was the whole point in trading Betts. It’s not the he got a team full of bad players; he got a team full of talented but very expensive ones and couldn’t keep them all, and a farm with very limited MLB-ready talent to try to fill any gaps with minimum wage players…
  19. notin
    Were the pickings made any slimmer because of the Hill/Houck piggyback situation? ( Answer: Yes) Whoever made that decision did do damage to the bullpen and for multiple games, as it limited the best reliever to pitching every 5th day. Ang if it was Cora - something none of us know - then he doesn’t get a pass because of what he was given…
  20. notin
    I think the RHH OF Bloom was referring to was Suzuki. Just because a lot of folks on this board assumed it was to platoon with Bradley didn’t mean that was the case. Just like when some of us (myself included) thought Renfroe was brought in to platoon with Benintendi. So whose idea was Arroyo in RF?
  21. notin
    I was ok with Barnes once, but by the time the second or third extra inning appearance for Barnes was ready, literally any other pitcher in that bullpen was a better option. Even Sawamura and Danish have been more effective
  22. notin
    So you think that makes them better options than Houck? Or justifies their usage in June? Not to mention, whose idea was Arroyo in RF? Just play Bradley out there…
  23. notin
    Given his addictions to using Hansel Robles in save situations and Matt Barnes in extra innings (and Arroyo in RF), this point is debatable…
  24. notin
    There’s nothing wrong with them being backend starters. Every team needs one or two of those as it is…
  25. notin
    And Barnes…
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