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That usually happens when there’s not a spot in the rotation. You see, in organizations that have not been devoid from developing any talent in decades sometimes they actually accumulate talent. I think there’s a permutation of the future that has Bello in the pen this season. But they obviously view him as a starter and want him staying stretched out. That’s a good thing, not that I’d complain keeping him in Boston in the pen. But sometimes this is the life of a young rookie with options.
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We have a back up catcher. Also, Valdez likely ceiling is a bat first utility type or platoon player. Trading that potential value for immediate value might not be enough. Valdez doesn’t get you there.
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Who, in their right mind, ever said Valdez is a good defender? I’ve never heard anyone say that. All I’ve ever heard is that he is going to have to hit to play at the MLB level because his defense has fringe average potential. As in, he has the ability to maybe not be a butcher if he really works hard at it. He’s a butcher right now
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Thats what I heard about his second start, I have no ideal about his 3rd but you would think that is why the team would ask him to do that. Perhaps they think his other pitches are lagging behind the fastball. It sounds a little weird to me at this point, he should be up to speed by now after his 4th start.
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I heard after Paxtons first start his velocity was there so the team told him to throw mostly offspeed and breaking pitches afterward. THat was two starts ago, I don't know if they asked him to do that in his last start nor did I look at the pitches thrown but if that is the case....it explains a lot and leaves me less concerned.
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This was my experience with Bello. I saw him pitch in AA in 2021 and 2022, three times, and BOY what a difference a year made once he got comfortable. I don't think anyone here is giving up on Bello right now, that's not the impression I get from any poster. Maybe a disagreement on where he should be pitching right now. You'd have to be an idiot to give up on that arm.
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I think Hamilton would be better at 2nd. Problem is, we need SS.
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Hamilton has a 30 arm. He'd be the league leader in giving up infield hits at SS
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Also not sure how much “help” they needed rolling with a 6 man rotation.
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I understand that, and perhaps they didn’t have a better move, I still think it was the wrong move. He pitched two innings in spring training. So he effectively had none. And then they throw him out after one game? All the other Sox starters got about 4 starts. I’m not saying that completely explains away the poor results, but I don’t think you can rule it out either.
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1 start in AAA after having 2 IP in spring training. One start against a good team? a bad team? good hitters bad hitters? doesn't matter. He didn't ramp up like everyone else. He should have been given more time.
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It's weird. Paxton gets all these starts but they threw Bello into the fire after one start and only 2 IP in spring training.
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I don't think that's the case. Jose has been a FA now for two weeks after being released. I'm not sure a team would want to give up assets for guy they could have just signed now. Team needs can change though. Re-read your post. You're pretty much saying exactly this.
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eh, I mean are they? I suppose to some extent you have to be right here, as the season goes on I'm sure they will get a better feel for who fits better with who. But it's not like any team starts a catcher 158 games a year. Most back up catchers easily start 40-60 games a year so by them going back and forth seemingly every day without some getting maybe a few more starts isn't abnormal.
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So, he should have pitched a perfect game with WONG.
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4/25/2023 Red Sox @ O's 6:35 EDT
Hugh2 replied to vegasbob's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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Remember guys like Price are always to complain about not signing (remember he was a cy young contender before he came here) but then complain about when the signing is presumably an overpay. High end baseball salary has been about a 9-10% inflation rate. What would we think of the DeGrome contract that would be 275/5 in 2028?
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They’re higher on luxury tax, than dollars committed
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Also, the Sox are 12th, not 14th. If you go by the only number that matters.
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Listen, I’m not going to defend all the moves the Sox have made nor defend them. But it’s not like they haven’t been transparent to their strategy. Their strategy just hasn’t paid off yet. They want sustained success, cut payroll, reset, add payroll on shorter term deals so you have the ability to reset every so often. And when the farm starts trickling up lock guys up and go big. They haven’t got to the end yet, but they just exceeded the payroll last year!!! 3 years after Bloom was supposedly brought in to cut payroll and he’s actually adding payroll to go over the luxury tax limit two years in a row. It’s not if they spend money. It’s how they spend their money.
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When is the last time they ranked out of the top 10 two years in a row? Is there precedent for this in the John Henry era?
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Of course, yet they still tried to sneak under. Even LAD have limits. The Mets, apparently do not.
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So might point is strengthened that the options were bad.
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This is baseball. They track everything.
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But who expected him to be this good? thats my point.