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  1. Hugh2
    The only way Anthony sniffs Portland this year is if he’s still raking and Portland has better playoff opportunities. In which case it’s still September baseball. I don’t think it happens, the Sox brass have criteria they like to see at every level and it’s not all about stats, at all. Anthony has some holes in his swing, and very bad splits right now. The Sox aren’t going to push him to Portland right after pushing him to Greenville.
  2. Hugh2
    “Only being a rental” lowers the return. If you want to keep the farm strong by not depleting it and you still want to strengthen the big league club for a possible playoff run…a rental is what you should be looking at.
  3. Hugh2
    False equivalency, Baltimore doesn’t spend. LA is a better model, they focus big on drafting well, scouting and building up their farm. Then they spend big, and the results have been pretty darn good in LA.
  4. Hugh2
    I feel like they sign one of them. Someone gets less than thought somewhere and one of those guys takes less than thought. Maybe Schlaegel on 250K or something like that. This is pure speculation.
  5. Hugh2
    That's my boy. I hope he continues to impress, would be really nice to have two stud catchers in the system.
  6. Hugh2
    If you look at Tampas drafting they've missed on a LOT of guys, but they hit here and there too. It's easier for them to do that with the number of draft picks they get. Sox don't have that luxury.
  7. Hugh2
    Two different issues. You will have to ask the Red Sox the answer to that question.
  8. Hugh2
    And two world series wins. How many teams have 1, let alone 2 in that time frame. By that time frame, one can't argue against the merits paid off by the "strategy" whatever it may be.
  9. Hugh2
    Unless the Sox fail to sign Anderson/Zantella (unlikley) they don't sign him. If one of those guys does not sign you have potentially 1 million + to play with to throw at him. unlikely to happen.
  10. Hugh2
    So then it's even more likely that Call is not signing.
  11. Hugh2
    That's a spot-on description. young pitchers go bust at the top of the draft more than anyone else. You can always trade for pitching, or play the numbers game at the IFA level where you don't have to wait your turn like a draft.
  12. Hugh2
    Fair, but he was far from a blue chipper too. He was 19th overall. That's highly regarded but certainly not like having a top 5 pick. Guys like that aren't top 100 prospects until they earn it. It would have been equivalent to the Sox trading Mickey Romero, who could turn out to be Dustin Pedroia OR Deven Marrero. It's not like getting someone that is currently a legit top 100 prospect caliber. They got a guy, and they hit.
  13. Hugh2
    We should have an idea soon enough, Anderson and Zanetello reportedly are both going above slot. Those top 3 picks probably take up around 8 million. Leaving 1.5 million for Duffy and Reimer, if those guys sign at slot that gives you enough to throw 600K at Call. Is that enough? doesn't sound like it but it could be because we don't know his asking price. If someone comes in lower, or on of their 2/3rd picks don't sign they can jus throw 1.5 2 million at him, or if both Zanetello and Anderson get over 2 million there just won't be any money left over for him.
  14. Hugh2
    yes. I went from no way they sign Call to maybe they sign Call back to I don't think they sign Call. Call was for insurance if they couldn't sign Zanetello or Anderson, that's what I believed the day of the draft. Perhaps someone signs for way less than expected.
  15. Hugh2
    But he wasn’t at the time, he wasn’t ranked and was a lottery ticket at the time. Cubs hit
  16. Hugh2
    I wouldn’t expect an ACE but the Sox will look to add a starter. I think they have too
  17. Hugh2
    This board would be shocked to learn how much little input guys like Bloom and DD have on bringing in amateur talent. Theo probably never heard of Bogaerts until he was already in the system. Same with DD and Bello. These guys don’t touch that stuff, aside from a first round draft pick it’s the guys in the amateur scouting department making those moves. Bloom can set the overall strategy, and pull the trigger on trades based on information provided for him but aside from MAYBE Teel, Bloom is just learning about a lot of these guys drafted too. So, it’s a little silly to compare DDs system to Blooms. Because it’s not really their systems
  18. Hugh2
    Mayo?
  19. Hugh2
    I’ll take the under at 3. Then he will disappear for 1-21 days
  20. Hugh2
    There is moving the goal posts. Then there’s moving the post to the exact location needed for your goal to roll in.
  21. Hugh2
    Theoretically, maybe not. Playoffs, throw the regular season out. How many times did the Yankees sweep the Red Sox In 2004?
  22. Hugh2
    I’d do it
  23. Hugh2
    Ohtani has said “I’m tired of losing” recently, he’s obviously unhappy in LA and if there was a sliver of a chance he’d resign there trading Trout wouldn’t help. They are not retaining him. He wants out.
  24. Hugh2
    Take out the losses to the Rays and it looks even better and they got a playoff spot locked.
  25. Hugh2
    No Chang had the same affect in m the team before going on the dl before. So it’s not just recency.
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