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Five former Ivy League players have seen MLB action this season: Brent Suter and Sean Poppen from Harvard, Kyle Hendricks and Cole Sulser from Dartmouth and Jake Cousins from Penn. According to one source, the NBA currently has one former Ivy League player in Devin Cannady from Princeton https://basketball.realgm.com/ncaa/conferences/Ivy-League/14/nba-players As of January 2021, 13 former Ivy League players were in the NFL, according to another source: https://en.as.com/en/2021/12/10/nfl/1639158921_102106.html
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Through 10 games the Red Sox starters have averaged 4.5 innings per game and the bullpen 4.4 innings per game.
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Through Sunday, Seattle pitchers had surrendered 15 home runs, second-most in the league, despite a team ERA of 3.14, third-best in the league. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/2022-pitching.shtml
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Different teams deploy their pitching staffs differently. In eight games this season the Seattle Mariners have posted three quality starts under the traditional definition. A starter has gone at least six innings in four games and at least five innings in two others. Through seven games Seattle starters had an ERA of 3.43 while the relievers had an ERA of 2.77. Later this season will the Mariners pay the price for extending their starters early in the season?
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John W. Henry reportedly attended a community college and then took classes at three University of California campuses -- Riverside, Irvine and Los Angeles -- where he majored in philosophy but did not graduate. Chaim Bloom holds a bachelor's degree in Latin classics from Yale.
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4/15 Twins @ SOX
harmony replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Red Sox fans hope the distance is in the right direction (and tend to underestimate opponents such as the Twins with their Opening Day starter Joe Ryan). -
4/15 Twins @ SOX
harmony replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Last year the Red Sox went 5-2 against Minnesota, outscoring the Twins 46-29. -
4/12 SOX @ Tigers 1:10 PM
harmony replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Not significantly better than some other divisions ... but this is not the thread for that debate. -
That would be a problem in any division.
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As do some other underdogs.
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FWIW in 2021 Ty France played 915 of his 1,107.1 innings in the field at first base, which skewed his fWAR downward because of the position adjustment: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/explaining-win-values-part-three/
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FWIW FanGraphs ranks the Red Sox bullpen ninth in Major League Baseball: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2022-positional-power-rankings-bullpen-no-1-15/ FanGraphs ranks the Seattle bullpen 19th despite the additions of Ken Giles, Andres Munoz and Sergio Romo to a bullpen that last year ranked fourth in reliever fWAR: https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=rel&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2021&month=0&season1=2021&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2021-01-01&enddate=2021-12-31
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This biased poster likes the 16th-ranked Seattle rotation (and depth).
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FWIW FanGraphs ranks the Red Sox starting rotation 12th in Major League Baseball: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2022-positional-power-rankings-starting-rotation-no-1-15/
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Thank you for the correction.
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That's a question for ZiPS. FWIW Paul Konerko had an OPS+ of 121 through his age 36 season -- including OPS+ of 160, 141 and 130 in his age 34, 35 and 36 seasons -- before the decline set in with an OPS+ of 77 over his age 37 and 38 seasons.
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FWIW Paul Konerko posted a wRC+ of 118 and 24.0 fWAR in 2,349 career games while Ty France has posted a wRC+ of 121 and 4.5 fWAR in 264 career games. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/paul-konerko/242/stats?position=1B https://www.fangraphs.com/players/ty-france/17982/stats?position=1B
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Baseball Trade Values provides entertainment but does not always reflect reality, in part because the site does not take into consideration each team's needs. BTV is generous in its valuations of Bobby Dalbec, who turns 27 in June, and Jarred Duran, who turns 26 in September.
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Why would the Mariners trade for two players who would be stuck at Triple A Tacoma? ZiPS projects Jarred Duran and Bobby Dalbec with 2022 WAR of 1.1 and 1.0, respectively: https://www.fangraphs.com/projections.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&type=zips&team=3&lg=all&players= ZiPS projects 16 Seattle hitters with at least 1.1 WAR in 2022: https://www.fangraphs.com/projections.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&type=zips&team=11&lg=all&players=
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Perhaps because Steven Souza Jr.'s consensus projected 2022 WAR of 0.0. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/steven-souza-jr/5667/stats?position=OF
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In 2015-17 Steven Souza Jr. posted 6.1 fWAR in three seasons with a Tampa Bay Ray club that had Chaim Bloom as vice president for baseball operations. Thank goodness BTV does not run the Seattle Mariners. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given the crowded Seattle outfield, the righthanded bat of right fielder Steven Souza Jr. could be available after the nearly 33-year-old veteran pounded his third homer of spring Monday. Or not.
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FanGraphs columnist Jay Jaffe ranks the Red Sox 24th in projected WAR from right field: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2022-positional-power-rankings-right-field/
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FWIW last year the New York Yankees were the only AL East team with a winning record against the AL West as the divisions finished within one game of .500 in head-to-head competition. Jim Bowden of The Athletic gave these offseason grades: D - Orioles B - Red Sox B - Yankees C+ - Rays A - Blue Jays C - Astros B- - Angels A - Athletics A - Mariners A - Rangers https://theathletic.com/3200369/2022/03/28/mlb-offseason-grades-for-all-30-teams-jim-bowdens-guide-to-a-wild-winter-and-whats-next/ (subscription required) Of course the high grade for Oakland was based on its sell-off that has resulted in 2022 win projections that rival lowly Baltimore. And a Jim Bowden endorsement is often a kiss of death. Here's to an enjoyable 2022 season.
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FWIW: This year the AL East draws the NL Central instead of the NL East in interleague play while the AL West draws the NL East instead of the NL West.