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I guarantee you all his teammates who speak Spanish first know more words in English than he’s learned in Spanish.
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I don't think Tatis Jr. has really gotten into an unreasonable amount of trouble that is raising red flags. Also, something I learned about being young, often the difference between the kids getting in trouble and the kids not getting into trouble is complete luck.
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Make me a millionaire at 21 and I'll show you dumbassery.
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I also think our perception of who these players truly are as people is highly skewed by a very biased media. Everyone thought everyone hated John Lackey. If you listened to the media he was the most hated player in the clubhouse and was an ******* to everyone. Turns out....pretty much the exact opposite was true. This is why I just chuckle at all the s*** people say about Verdugo now, and Cora too for that matter.
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The dude is also 24, and men often are villainized. I'm sure if he has kids they're getting taken care of they are his. Money does crazy thing to a young man, but it does crazy things to women too. Back in the earlier days the NBA had to warn it's players to bring their own condoms with them in and out of the hotel rooms they would stay at with women. Everyone loves a "man doesn't take care of his kids story" before he even knows who she is but you don't ever hear a news story that says "man works ass off and takes care of kids" With that said, my morning marijuana and thus pipe dream of Tatis Jr has ended. In a perfect world if San Diego was having a fire sale and Tatis Jr. could be had for a reasonable price I would love for Boston to be in on that, but Soto is probably the more reasonable player to discuss coming from SD.
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I never said the price would not be high, I just don't think it's Mayer, Bleis, Anthony, Yorke, Bello, Houck high. If it is, then he's staying in SD because no one would pay that.
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Yes 50% isn't a great rate, unless you're playing baseball I suppose. There's just so many variables that I don't feel that take into account. It's like selling a house, I don't care what the market says, if a distressed asset is known to be distressed.....the value goes down. Still, Soto seems like a more reasonable target. He would be a nice upgrade over Verdugo
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I never said most, I said this could be the lineup by the end of the year.
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Maybe Soto is more available from SD
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If the rumors are true and SD wants to shed payroll I don't think the cost is anywhere near that high.
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As we all know BTV is king.
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I forgot about Pivetta. If Mayer hits the ground running in Portland in 2024, he will be knocking on the door end of year. If there's a hole, and I suspect there will be, he will get some playing time. A la Bogaerts 2013
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Trade Alex Verdugo for prospects with a third team, trade for Fernando Tatis Jr, Then sign Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Aaron Nola. Your lineup by the end of 2024 could be Wong Casas Story Mayer Devers Duran Rafaela Tatatis Jr. Yoshida Bench: Ref/Reyes/McGuire/Abreu Rotation Yama Nola Bello Sale Crawford Bullpen: Whitlock/Houck/Winc/Janses/Martin/Bernardino/Schreiber/Murphy
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That’s another thing, even if all the prospects he traded bust, if he overspent at the time he had less prospects to make other trades down the road. That’s effectively what happened to DD because he always paid 1.2x the price to make sure he got his guy. Bloom was too far the extreme in the other way perhaps. At least DD had balls
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I’m sure there are lower moves that happen all the time that we don’t hear about it. How often is it reported when the Sox hire a new scout? Or doctor? We dont
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Yup
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Yup….we don’t learn our lesson at all around here.
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If used correctly he’s fine. Career .824 vs LHP and a .936 in 2023. With a lefty heavy outfield he’s the perfect fit
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A much better fielder I think, but he would still be a good. At vs. RHP, and not much of a drop off at all from Duval if used properly, Bader actually has a better career OPS vs. LHP.
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It’s not 2024 yet. I’m actually cautiously optimistic in Trevory Story and the 2024 Boston Red Sox short stop. But a lot can go wrong in baseball. (And right)
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Well, it’s not like there’s a lot of option up the middle, and can you imagine if Story comes into camp injured? 2024 up the middle could be worse than 2023
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I’m open to signing Duval to come back, but if it’s a no then I’d be perfectly fine with Harrison Bader.
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I’d say no. Maybe Urias, but given the market I think there’s a real possibility the Sox go with a Valdez/Urias platoon
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I nominate this post for comment of the day
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I'm like 1/4 Scottish myself (along with the rest of Europe in there). I'm actually very proud of that fact.