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That's one guy for one game, I'd be interested to see what Kutter looks like as well as the rest of the rotation a few times through with some extra rest.
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This is pretty much the way I see it as well.
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And Abreu plays the field more with plus D in right, Ref isn't as bad in left field as he is in right. That platoon would still round out to be plus D.
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Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
Hugh2 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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That’s a fair point, and how can you let him work on it when someone like Ref is just so good against lefty’s???? Makes you wonder if he is trade bait. We don’t know how any particular team values a certain player. But anyone who is convinced Abreu can adjust to hitting LHP probably sees a potential all star caliber player. Would make for a nice piece in a trade. I’m not 100% convinced Anthony starts in Boston next year, nor am I convinced he won’t struggle for a while until he adjusts, so I’m not sold that this offseason is the time to do so
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I truly believe the rotation is just a little fatigued. I also think giving these guys some rest can help them end the season on a high note and leave them prime for the playoffs. The solution may be a 6 man rotation for a while, whether that be Criswell, or Winckowoski, or someone like Fitts/Priester if they look primed. That would be equivalent, or essentially is adding a 4/5 starter. But if that guy rounds out a 6 man it might make the guys at the top better
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Feels like some combination of a Mayer/Anthony/Teel promotion is imminent.
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Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
Hugh2 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I read this as, he can be average to fringe average in center, maybe passable at worse....but can be plus on the corners. -
That's also a small sample size, 27 ab's in 2018, 31 ab's in 2019 and 73 at bats in 2021 in high A. The fact he got worse as the competition is telling, but not a nail in the coffin either. After seeing Durans progression, I have convinced myself anything can happen.
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Exactly, if Abreu ever Wilyer ever learns to hit lefties we have a stud, if not, a Refsnyder/Abreu platoon is like having an outfielder batting AVG/OBP/SLG .301/.375/.572 good for a .947 OPS with 17 HR. with average to better defense. That's elite.
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For Abreu to be the best bat in the outfield he will have to hit better than .433 OPS. Vs. LHP
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IDK, he did say he liked the trade, he just didn’t get the Yorke hate around here. I can agree with that. While Yorkers value wasn’t at an all time high, he obviously rebuilt a lot of it. Just because the Sox traded him doesn’t mean they didn’t like him either That goes for every player the Sox trade away too, or at least 99% of them.
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I think Cespedes will be fine at 2nd, but if he hits as he's supposed to he will be just as fine in the outfield. Mickey Romero is starting to turn things around down in the farm and Franklin Arias is another guy who may have a huge ceiling up the middle and unlike Yorke (and seemingly everyone else) he's right handed.
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It's 10X easier to find another Yorke than it is another Priester. Priester is arguably a much better prospect, and Yorke doesn't really have a future in Boston. He's redundant, He doesn't have much over the fence power, he's a hit first prospect who hasn't hit in over two years except for the past month, and his defense is fringe average at best. We also have several prospects who will probably make a better second baseman than he will, some with a LOT more potential coming up behind him. I'd make this trade over and over and over again if I could. Priester might not become a TOTRS, but if you make several moves like this.....one of those guys will.
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Kind of seems that this was one of those hitting for pitching trades we always talk about finally coming to fruition. If anything, we need more trades like this.
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MLB Pipeline ranked him #60 last year.
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Zeferjahn, Kavadas, Lugo and Yeferson Vargas is the cost. There’s your rule 5 crunch trade right there. Also, Sox will need room on the domestic reserve list too with all 20 draftees signing. I don’t hate this trade
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I wanna guess someone like Guerrero, Hickey, and Sogard. With Yorke out it Opens the door for a Teel/Mayer/Anthony promotion
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Seriously though, hearing three prospects from Worcester were traded for Garci
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1 for 1
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Sox sending Roman Anthony to LA for Garcia
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After seeing a team trade what would be the equivalent of one of our top 3-4 prospects for a reliever….i don’t think any big moves are coming.
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The Sox have to do something, maybe that can't "veer off the plan" but perhaps they should at least consider a pit stop? I wonder if Breslow has some kind of mandate to "have fun at the deadline, but don't touch Mayer/Teel/Anthony" Even then perhaps he could peition to change their mind if the right offer came in. I'm the biggest prospect homer on earth, I want all the draft picks and all the prospects I can get, and I believe in building up a farm system. But a farm system exists to support the big league club, and you do that by developing guys and also trading for them; sometimes you have to cash in your chips and get that shiny new mlber. No one wants to part with the big three, but if the Sox got a young starter back in return, or heck even a position player who bats right handed with big power I'd be fine with it. I'm fine with multiple alternate futures, as long as they don't sit on their hands and do absolutley NOTHING.
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It’s also worth noting Anthony is playing LF in AA today. This could also be to him looking more like a corner outfield and as he approaches closer to being MLB ready the organization wanting to expose him there. Rafaela/Duran may have CF/LF locked up. Calling up Anthony to replace Abreu would be ballsy. We’ve seen to prospects hit the ground running at the MLB level and we’ve also seen them struggle for a while. Anthony could be three times better than Abreu long term but not an upgrade long term. Abreu is also under team control for several years AFTER this season. He will still be a movable asset in the offseason. The team would be better off holding onto him. The only real value Anthony might provide is he might not have sever platoon splits like Abreu does. But even then, that might be more of a long term outcome with him rather than a what you’re getting now from him.
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He’s 23 mowing down low a batters. Good college players go to high a nowadays. Dean might become a big leaguer one day, but calling him good because of his stats vs kids in low A is like calling me the next Pedro Martinez because I’m striking out 100% of t ballers. And Yorke? I like Yorke, I’m hoping he can become an everyday player but you’re not selling me on a guy who had one good month after TWO WHOLE YEARS of sub par to crappy play. You don’t start baking that guy into your future plans just yet. Especially because his defense isn’t great.