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  1. notin
    Yeah but that’s an evaluation of talent. Not results. If the Sox had signed McHugh over Diekman, would things be any different today?
  2. notin
    By who? Larry kept out of the limelight, so he didn’t have LeBron’s non-basketball career. So it’s really tough to make this claim within a different, much smaller circle. In this respect, Bird was much closer to Tim Duncan than LeBron…
  3. notin
    I looked at McHugh’s season. Has he really been that much more effective than Diekman? ERA’s are very close. Diekman’s FIP and K/BB suggest he’s been luckier, but to date I don’t think McHugh would have made much difference. McHugh has been better at stranding inherited runners (24% to 42%) but not all stranded runners are equal…
  4. notin
    The Sox acquired RHP James Norwood yesterday. Who got DFAd?
  5. notin
    While not as good as McHugh, Diekman is getting a bad rap. He’s pitched in 27 games and allowed 9 ER this season. 6 of those 9 came in 2 games. (Diekman has allowed 5 of 12 IR to score this year.) He walks way too many people to be trusted in high leverage situations, but he’s been much better than Barnes and Robles…
  6. notin
    Since May 15; .563 OPSA 2.64 FIP 3.00 ERA 11/1 K/BB Only over 12 IP, but he certainly has been better…
  7. notin
    What will it take for them to lose faith in Robles?
  8. notin
    They don’t have to be traded. They can be DFAd and released. Barnes and Diekman are the only ones making actual money, and neither has any sort of immovable contract. Heck, Robles signed a minor league deal…
  9. notin
    Steph Curry, unlike any other NBA superstar with the exception of Charles Barkley, is actually extremely funny. He’s the executive producer of an extreme mini-golf show on NBC (called Holey Moley), and they give him plenty of camera time in which he does some prepared material, and it’s absolutely hilarious…
  10. notin
    Did you just say Larry Bird is more charismatic than LeBron?
  11. notin
    But no movie for Hot Pie?
  12. notin
    Why?!?? I was real patient with Game of Thrones. How did THAT turn out?!
  13. notin
    Liar!! Chris Sale doesn’t have sides!! He’s strictly two dimensional!!
  14. notin
    In what has to be an MLB first, there are three closers in MLB named Tanner…
  15. 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 …
  16. 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…
  17. 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?
  18. 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…
  19. 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…
  20. 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…
  21. 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…
  22. notin
    Bloom was talking about a tight-handed outfielder right after the Bradley deal in early December. Suzuki didn’t sign until March…
  23. 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…
  24. notin
    Supposedly he’s got some marital issues. So it is possible she hates Detroit…
  25. notin
    Hence the Mets’ patience with deGrom…
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