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In 2020, working out of a six-man rotation until August 27, Taijuan Walker ranked 72nd among all pitchers in innings pitched, just ahead of Garrett Richards and Blake Snell, among others. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=50&type=8&season=2020&month=0&season1=2020&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2020-01-01&enddate=2020-12-31&sort=8,d&page=3_30 FWIW this poster has never described Taijuan Walker as an innings-eater.
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Taijuan Walker had Tommy John surgery in April 2018, pitched only one inning at any level in 2019 and then posted an ERA of 2.70 in 53.1 innings in 2020. When Chris Sale underwent Tommy John surgery in April 2020, the lefthander was five-and-a-half years older than Walker was when the righthander had his TJ surgery. Sale's timeline will be interesting to follow.
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James Paxton and Taijuan Walker are not innings-eaters at this point of their careers, especially Paxton. MLB Trade Rumors ranked Paxton and Walker No. 22 and No. 23 on its offseason list of top free agents: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/11/mlb-free-agent-predictions-2021.html ... predicting a one-year, $10 million contract for Paxton and a two-year, $16 million contract for Walker. Garrett Richards trailed at No. 24, Corey Kluber at No. 31 and Charlie Morton at No. 33.
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Injuries limited 32-year-old James Paxton to 20.1 innings over five starts last year while 28-year-old Taijuan Walker tossed 53.1 innings in 11 starts. Steamer, ZiPS and Marcel project Paxton with 142, 119.1 and 102 innings this year while projecting Walker with 163, 100 and 132 innings. Each former Mariner has other ties to Seattle: Paxton is from nearly British Columbia and Walker's wife is originally from the Puget Sound area. It will be interesting to see where Paxton and Walker land.
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The question was simply whether the Red Sox starters could go from dead last in 2020 fWAR across baseball to the projected fifth best in the American League. Forum members offered answers and the follow-up question was: How many starts will the Red Sox get from Eduardo Rodriguez, Garrett Richards, Chris Sale, Nick Pivetta, Nathan Eovaldi and Martin Perez in a 162-game season? Marcel projects those six pitchers will toss 623 innings in a 2020 season of roughly 1,458 innings. Thank you for the responses.
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Oversight. Thank you. An encouraging note on Garrett Richards: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/sunday-notes-garrett-richards-has-elite-spin-but-his-sinker-may-hold-the-key/
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How many starts will the Red Sox get from Eduardo Rodriguez, Garrett Richards, Chris Sale, Nick Pivetta, Nathan Eovaldi and Martin Perez in a 162-game season (and who will start the balance)? The Sox have kept Ryan Weber, Matt Hall, Chris Mazza and Kyle Hart around for a reason.
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Has the Red Sox rotation improved that much from 2020 when the Sox starters finished dead last in fWAR? https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=sta&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2020&month=0&season1=2020&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2020-01-01&enddate=2020-12-31
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Steamer and ZiPS project Jake Odorizzi with 2021 WAR of 1.7 in 152 innings and 1.8 in 119.2 innings. Steamer and ZiPS project David Price with 2021 WAR of 1.5 in 126 innings and 1.1 in 89 innings. Odorizzi is four-and-a-half years younger than Price. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jake-odorizzi/6397/stats?position=P https://www.fangraphs.com/players/david-price/3184/stats?position=P
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Bold prediction: Jackie Bradley Jr. and David Price will reunite on the New York Mets. Or not. Think about the financial implications of the Trevor Bauer sweepstakes. Or not ... again.
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Jonathan Schoop reportedly has re-signed with the Detroit Tigers:
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The slightly better: https://www.soxprospects.com/history.htm
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Perhaps the Red Sox can reunite with center fielder Luis Alexander Basabe, whom the San Francisco Giants have designated for assignment: Or not.
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Jackie Bradley Jr. reportedly may be seeking a contract of more than four years: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/02/jackie-bradley-jr-reportedly-seeking-lengthy-contract.html
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Spiraling revenues from marijuana taxes go to far worthier causes.
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FWIW the taxpayers of Portland and Oregon are unlikely to subsidize a stadium for a profitable private enterprise. This Portland resident is fine with that.
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I beg to differ: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SEA/SEA201807210.shtml
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Righthander Chris Archer signs one-year, $6.5 million contract with Tampa Bay: Steamer and ZiPS project Archer with 2021 WAR of 1.7 in 26 starts and 1.6 in 19 starts. The Rays could contend again. Or not.
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The last baseball game I attended in person was a college game at Stanford on Saturday, March 7, 2020. Two days earlier Stanford announced that seating would be limited to one-third of the 2,113 capacity at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond. https://gostanford.com/facilities/klein-field-at-sunken-diamond/8 The nearly empty stadium was eerie that day amid coronavirus fears.
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The column suggests the Seattle Mariners would like to take back their trade of Ketel Marte to Arizona. After that trade the Diamondbacks got 16.8 bWAR: 14.1 bWAR from Marte, 2.9 bWAR from Taijuan Walker and -0.2 from Zac Curtis. The Mariners got 17.3 bWAR: 10.6 bWAR from Mitch Haniger and 6.7 from Jean Segura (who was later included in a trade for Gold Glove winner J.P. Crawford, who has posted 2.8 bWAR at a fraction of the cost). The M's even got 0.4 bWAR from Walker over five 2020 starts in his return to Seattle as a free agent.
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At the end of his age 23 season Pablo Sandoval reportedly weighed 278 pounds but weighed in at 240 pounds the following February: https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/02/18/giants-notebook-pablo-sandoval-weighs-in-at-240-pounds/ Coming off his age 23 season, Rafael Devers weighs 240 pounds, according to Baseball Reference: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/deverra01.shtml
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An improved Rafael Devers falls within the range of possible outcomes. So is the career of Pablo Sandoval, who had slightly better numbers than Devers through their age 23 seasons. Each option carries risk.
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FWIW In the Over the Monster Pick 5 contest back in October I had the Red Sox landing Alex Cobb: https://www.overthemonster.com/2020/10/21/21526062/mlb-offseason-preview-predictions-trevor-bauer-marcell-ozuna-jackie-bradley-jr-andrew-benintendi
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Righthand-hitting outfield prospect Jordyn Adams (and change) might be a more realistic target. Or not.
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Most of those "multiple websites" were merely the echo chamber repeating a rumor first shared by Ken Rosenthal: https://theathletic.com/2305777/2021/01/06/rosenthal-francisco-lindor-yu-darvish-blake-snell/