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FanGraphs Depth Charts and Steamer project Eduardo Nunez with a 2018 wRC+ of 102: https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=6848&position=3B/SS ... while ZiPS is bearish with a projected 2018 wRC+ of 93: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2018-zips-projections-boston-red-sox/ Nunez's 38-game sample with the Red Sox last year probably is not representative.
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OPS+ is ballpark-adjusted. https://www.fangraphs.com/library/offense/ops/ If one prefers wRC+, Nunez has a career wRC+ of 97, with a wRC+ of 100 with the Giants last year and 133 with the Red Sox: https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=6848&position=3B/SS
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As a a defensively limited player with a career OPS+ of 98, Eduardo Nunez posted an OPS+ of 99 in 76 games with the San Francisco Giants last year before posting an OPS+ of 129 in 38 games with the Red Sox. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nunezed02.shtml I expect Nunez, who turns 31 years old in June, to produce near his career norms. Depending on his contract, Nunez could be a wise pickup.
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Perhaps Tim Lincecum will set his sights higher.
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Perhaps non-economic issues are at play.
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MLB Trade Rumors looks at potential suitors for J.D. Martinez: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/02/what-other-teams-could-emerge-for-j-d-martinez.html#comments
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Over the Monster columnist Matt Collins omitted Esteban Quiroz in his analysis of Red Sox position battles: https://www.overthemonster.com/2018/2/14/17010494/red-sox-spring-training-position-battles I corrected that in the comments below the column.
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The Tampa Bay Rays sign J.D. Martin Oops ... wrong J.D. ... ez mistake.
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Jackie Bradley Jr. is underrated by many fans but I suspect front offices properly value Bradley.
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Slow down.:) Jose Abreu is a far better mentor to fellow Cuban Yoan Moncada than Hanley Ramirez (not to mention $9 million cheaper, three years younger, with more years of team control unless the dreaded option vests, and more productive with 9.1 to 0.6 fWAR over the last three seasons).
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I suspect J.D. Martinez is more patient than mad.
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The Red Sox are in the running for left-handed reliever Tony Watson, according to this tweet from Jon Heyman: What luxury tax implications would a Watson contract have? MLB Trade Rumors projected at two-year, $12 million contract for Watson: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/11/2017-18-top-50-mlb-free-agents-with-predictions.html
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I was going to attend the 40-year reunion of the 1969 Seattle Pilots -- made famous in Jim Bouton's classic book Ball Four -- but I broke my wrist in a bicycle mishap the morning of that afternoon gathering in August 2009. That evening I barely made it to the Mariner game where the Pilots were honored.
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So what part is BS? The posted photo was taken on my phone in the bottom of the first inning (as noted by the scoreboard) when the host Pacific Boxers advanced the runner visible at third base: http://www.goboxers.com/boxscore.aspx?id=4032&path=baseball
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Logan Morrison is only four days younger than J.D. Martinez.
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Let's look at the baseball months (average precipitation in inches): March: BOS 4.33, SEA 3.70 April: BOS 3.74, SEA 2.68 May: BOS 3.50, SEA 1.93 June: BOS 3.66, SEA 1.54 July: BOS 3.43, SEA 0.67 August: BOS 3.35, SEA 0.87 September: BOS 3.43, SEA 1.42 October: BOS 3.94, SEA 3.46 https://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/boston/massachusetts/united-states/usma0046 https://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/seattle/washington/united-states/uswa0844
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Boston has an average annual precipitation of 43.76 inches, Seattle an average annual precipitation of 34.1 inches and Portland an average annual precipitation of 35.98 inches.
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I suspect the net migration between Seattle and Boston suggests the typical Seattle resident does not envy the typical Bostonian. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5229083/Moving-study-People-continuing-west.html I like Boston, a world-class city, even though I've been there only three times in my 62 years on this celestial sphere. I survived 100 degree temperatures there in 1973 as a 17-year-old hitchhiker from Iowa. I did not return until 2010 when a friend and I made Fenway Park the first stop on our eight-day tour of six MLB stadiums on the East Coast. My final trip came in 2016 when my younger daughter competed in the Head of the Charles regatta. Again, Boston is a fine city. But I don't envy the people living there.
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Not unlike the international television ratings for the World Series.
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The Seattle Sounders have advanced to the Major League Soccer Cup the last two seasons, winning in 2017, the year after the Portland Timbers won the MLS Cup. The Sounders averaged 43,666 fans per game last year while the (relatively) nearby Vancouver Whitecaps and Portland Timbers average over 21,000 apiece. The New England Revolution averaged 19,367 fans a game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Soccer_attendance I am a baseball fan who keeps promising to attend soccer matches. When my wife was out of town last fall I wandered down to a Portland Timbers game and paid a scalper $20 for a ticket that turned out to be void. I've dealt with scalpers my entire life and that's the first time I have been burned. I shrugged my shoulders and wandered home.
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Fortunately my life lacks a success void yearning to be filled by the on-field successes of my favorite sports teams. I despise generalizations, but bear with me. Red Sox fans tend to be visceral while Mariner fans tend to be cerebral. The Sox attract bandwagon fans in search of immediate gratification The Mariners attract aspiring problem-solvers because each year the franchise offers up a wealth of problems. At least that's my take. For what it's worth, I live in Portland, not Seattle. Here is a piece of Portland trivia for you Boston fans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Penny
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Oregon State is a college baseball powerhouse with two national titles despite its outdoor stadium in a climate that is not conducive to baseball in the spring. Nevertheless, on Sunday in Oregon I enjoyed four innings of NCAA Division III baseball as the Pacific University Boxers hosted the Lewis & Clark College Pioneers in the Northwest Conference Preseason Tournament.
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MassLive columnist Christopher Smith asks whether the Yu Darvish contract will impact the J.D. Martinez negotiations: http://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf/2018/02/yu_darvish_signing_cubs_report.html#incart_river_index
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BP Boston columnist Matthew Kory examines the PECOTA projections for the Red Sox: http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/02/09/the-red-sox-and-pecotas-pessimism/
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True enough. I was thinking of professional women's basketball. Perhaps UConn has crowded out interest in women's basketball at the professional level just as the Red Sox have crowded out interest in baseball at the college level. New England (and New York) have not fielded an NCAA Division I baseball champion since Holy Cross in 1952. https://www.ncaa.com/history/baseball/d1 When I joined my office in 1996 baseball was discussed in the lunchroom and the office fielded a softball team. Today soccer is the lunchroom talk and the office has a soccer team. This baseball fan is an old relic. Times have changed.
