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  1. Hugh2
    going out and adding underwater contracts to this roster would be like rubbing salt on a wound. Dear god, if this team sucks just sell....just sell and look towards next year.
  2. Hugh2
    Small sample size but Caleb Durbin the past couple weeks is batting .297 with a .794 OPS He also has 4 more RBI's than Alex Bregman in 94 less plate apparences. So.....it could be worse and perhaps he's turning it around.
  3. Hugh2
    I looked this up the other day and the number was actually higher than I would have guessed, I don't care to look it up again but it was something like 7% of the time. Which despite my feelings on the issue is still really low. If Chapman is good enough he's going to go to FA and get a higher 1 year deal.
  4. Hugh2
    Most good baseball players don't come up and immediately produce at an all star level. Some guys need time to develop at the MLB, most guys do. Lots of ball players inbetween Tony C and now. A young player like Mayer burns a bigger hole on your roster when your roster sucks to begin with. So therefore the problem isn't Mayer. The problem was never replacing Devers/Bregman
  5. Hugh2
    I don't think anyone clings to them like the know all be all. I'm very ingrained in the world of prospectum and everyone is very aware that prospects will break your heart. It feels more like the opposite to me, a prospect is ranked very highly and prospect people get excited knowing they can bust and people who aren't into prospects are the ones who get all pouty about it when they don't pan out. Pure conjecture on my part, but that's what it looks like to me.
  6. Hugh2
    I haven't heard that one, but I believe it. I believe people think the Sox influence those lists. But, even so, Mayer was ranked high as a top draft prospect before he was ever in the Sox system.
  7. Hugh2
    I think the term "overhyped" gets over used. No one can predict a humans future with 100% certainty. What organization isn't going to have high expectations for a kid drafted #4 who was ranked as the top draft prospect nationwide? He could still end up being an all star.....or a dud. I don't think calling someone "overhyped" in hindsight is really fair. If people want to say "I think he's a bust" that's a more defensible argument, still too early to say so in my opinion but at least it makes sense.
  8. Hugh2
    Ok but to be fair he was a good hitter while here.....he was never a gold glover.
  9. Hugh2
    I don't want to say they are definitively wrong....But I think you'd agree with me that it's pure conjecture on their part.
  10. Hugh2
    You made the comment that his poor stats are a result of hitting at a pitchers friendly park and all I did was point out he's actually been better at home than on the road this year. You brought in Fenway park.
  11. Hugh2
    He was ranked #1 pre draft by just about everybody.
  12. Hugh2
    SUre, past is all we got. But the past also tells us that every single baseball player eventually starts going downhill. The wall is undefeated. Is Devers there? probably not yet.
  13. Hugh2
    Point is, it's not like he moved because he couldn't play SS.
  14. Hugh2
    Speculation, I said "for all we know" because you don't know how he would be doing here.
  15. Hugh2
    Now that's an entirely different argumen. You also heard a lot of people, including me, saying that the Sox needed offense and they added very little and lost even more. If the Sox signed a big bat like Schwarber or Alonso and had other people hitting in the lineup no one would care about Mayer, heck maybe he'd even be doing better without so much pressure on him. Expecting your rookies to carry the team is ridiculous, even if they end up blossoming into All Stars.
  16. Hugh2
    He's 23 years old with not even 300 at bats.
  17. Hugh2
    How do you or anyone know that for a fact? For all we know he could be putting up much worse numbers right now.
  18. Hugh2
    It's a small sample size, but his stats are even worse on the road than they are in SF this year. I don't disagree, but I do wonder if we are possibly seeing the very beginning stages of a Devers decline. Only time will tell.
  19. Hugh2
    Yes because his home runs are way down. His slugging% is well below his career average and he's sporting a .711 OPS right now Heck Connor Wong has a .713 OPS He's fine at 1B, but he's also far from a gold glove there. The Sox should not miss Devers at all right now, maybe miss who he was when he was here but not who has become.
  20. Hugh2
    Arizona has Perdomo and Marte at SS/2B who each were arguably the best SS and best 2B in the NL last year. Lawlar didn't move to the outfield because he couldn't play SS.
  21. Hugh2
    Chapman is in the last year of of his contract. Yes, we have an option on his contact but it's mutual and mutual options are picked up by both sides 6.7% of the time the past couple decades. He's effectively a 39 year free agent who will actually return you an arm and a leg right now. You are in last place and have almost no chance of winning a world series. NOT trading Chapman and bringing in something of high value for him would be roster maplractice.......and it's exactly what I expect from this team at this point.
  22. Hugh2
    He slipped through a lot of fingers drafted in the 7th round. Heck, the Yankees wouldn't have waited that long if they knew what he was. No one has a crystal ball. You don't know how every 17 year old is going to mentally and physically mature over the next several years.
  23. Hugh2
    He's 23 years old with not even 300 career MLB at bats. They can't all be Mookie Betts
  24. Hugh2
    I for the life of me don't understand why they let Bello start instead of giving him a starter and having him come out in the 2nd inning. I can't explain it, but the results are clear, Bello performs when he has an opener. Not sure if AAA can change that or if you just except him for who he is and roll him out in the 2nd.
  25. Hugh2
    He’s up to .194 he’s one 2 game hit away from crossing it.
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