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  1. harmony
    Awaiting the returns of Mitch Haniger and Tom Murphy, the Mariners have already made modest additions to a team that finished three games ahead of the Red Sox with MLB’s youngest roster. Seattle has the payroll flexibility and prospect assets to further improve the club. Or not.
  2. harmony
    https://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=Team Click on the top of WAR column. Seattle fans are discouraged with the stunningly low projections for the young Mariners.
  3. harmony
    FanGraphs columnist Dan Szymborski's ZiPS projections* show a wide gap between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2021-zips-projections-new-york-yankees/ https://blogs.fangraphs.com/zips-2021-projections-boston-red-sox/ * the projections were for rosters current as of November 13 for the Yankees and December 17 for the Red Sox
  4. harmony
    An MLB.com reporter offers her early 2021 power rankings: MLB Power Rankings to begin 2021 WWW.MLB.COM The first Power Rankings of the new year is always the most challenging. Predicting what teams will look like in April -- or even in February, when pitchers and catchers normally report -- can turn into a combination of playing whack-a-mole blindfolded. Even in normal times, momentum can swing with
  5. harmony
    Rick Porcello will likely sign with team whose disgruntled casual fans will cite the unsightly 1-7 record and 5.64 ERA of 2020. And the team will move forward. MLB front offices have more -- and better -- information than the casual fan. Much of that information is not made public but each free agent signing probably follows a scouting report that at least rivals this 26-page dossier on righthander Chris Flexen, whom the Seattle Mariners signed last month out of the Korean Baseball Organization: http://benhowell71.com/chris-flexen/ It's fun to second-guess the folks who have better information and more expertise than we do ... but let's keep it all in perspective.
  6. harmony
    Porcello, Porcello and ... Porcello.
  7. harmony
    Citing the win/loss record and ERA is certainly old school. FanGraphs and MLB Trade Rumors ranked Rick Porcello No. 43 and No. 46 among free agents this offseason: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2021-top-50-free-agents/ https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/11/mlb-free-agent-predictions-2021.html ... ahead of Jake Arrieta, Anthony DeSclafani, Mike Fiers, Jon Lester, Homer Bailey, Brett Anderson, Aníbal Sánchez and Cole Hamels. The San Francisco Giants signed DeSclafani to a one-year contract for $6 million plus incentives.
  8. harmony
    On the topic of post-prime, check out these dates of birth: 12/27/88 - Rick Porcello 3/30/89 -- Chris Sale 2/13/90 -- Nathan Eovaldi 8/28/89 -- Matt Andriese 4/4/91 -- Martin Perez
  9. harmony
    We now have the luxury of combining a 162-game season and a 60-game season for a 222-game sample. Over the past two seasons Rick Porcello has posted 3.5 fWAR in 44 starts, which prorates in 32 starts to 2.5 fWAR, which this year was valued at about $20 million. Which is not to say Porcello will land a $20 million AAV this offseason.
  10. harmony
    In the same division as the Orioles, the Red Sox are probably no worse than a fourth-place team.
  11. harmony
    MLB Trade Rumors columnist Steve Adams wrote that piece and added a reply in the comments: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/12/rays-trade-rumors-kevin-kiermaier.html#comments
  12. harmony
    Happy New Year! Wishing you the happiness that engulfs me every day of the year.
  13. harmony
    Chaim Bloom was hired to field the best possible Red Sox team. Bloom was not hired to spend, spend, spend.
  14. harmony
    And then the power went out for an hour. That's a bad sign.
  15. harmony
    And then the Red Sox could spend the saved money in a free agent market that yields poor returns on the dollar. More likely than not, the Sox would be stuck holding another underwater contract.
  16. harmony
    Isn't Dustin Pedroia's contract underwater?
  17. harmony
    Would the Red Sox trade Dustin Pedroia for a token return? Internet posters can treat players as faceless assets with assigned numbers. Real-life employers -- in and out of baseball -- have human considerations.
  18. harmony
    Would the Red Sox trade Dustin Pedroia for a token return?
  19. harmony
    The Rays won that trade ... likely short term and more certainly long term. Or not.
  20. harmony
    Which is not to say the Tampa Bay Rays would trade Kevin Kiermaier for a token return.
  21. harmony
    Agree. The latest regarding Kevin Kiermaier's availability: ... or lack thereof.
  22. harmony
    According to SoxProspects, Brayan Bello and Jonathan Arauz are ranked No. 22 and No. 25 in an undistinguished Red Sox farm system. Arauz is an unlikely trade target for the Rays who currently have middle infielders Wander Franco, Vidal Brujan and Xavier Edwards ranked No. 1, No. 41 and No. 67 overall at MLB Pipeline: Top 100 Baseball Prospects | MLB.com WWW.MLB.COM The Official Site of Major League Baseball
  23. harmony
    Certainly does not work for the defending American League champion Tampa Bay Rays. According to SoxProspects, Brayan Bello and Jonathan Arauz are ranked No. 22 and No. 25 in an undistinguished Red Sox farm system. Arauz is an unlikely trade target for the Rays who currently have middle infielders Wander Franco, Vidal Brujan and Xavier Edwards ranked No. 1, No. 41 and No. 67 overall at MLB Pipeline: Top 100 Baseball Prospects | MLB.com WWW.MLB.COM The Official Site of Major League Baseball
  24. harmony
    In the words of a wise man: "Sorta makes it harder to deal Vazquez..." Or not.
  25. harmony
    Baseball Trade Values assigns 30-year-old Christian Vazquez a surplus value of $21 million and 28-year-old Willson Contreras a surplus value of $28.3 million. https://www.baseballtradevalues.com/players/9649/ https://www.baseballtradevalues.com/players/7916/
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