Hugh2
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So far every single team the Sox have faced has a winning record. Except for Detriot, which if you take out their games against the Sox have a winning record so far this year. We beat winners, everyone.
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I mean if this is the new twilight zone then maybe Chris Sale is Chris Sale again, for the next two years and the Sox actually pick up his option and you got Ohtani/Sale headlining your rotation for 3 years.
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I thought the twilight zone was supposed to be things that scared you? is it the other teams being scared?
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I know this is going to make me sound like an arrogant D-bag but I really wish I could remember all the people (or maybe it was a person) I had an argument about Sales stuff. Last year, my argument was if Sale comes back healthy he can still be dominant because he still has elite stuff. A concept that Poster xyz just couldn't handle. Now, to be fair, his stuff looked like it took a little step back in ST and even his first start. But his stuff has looked a LOT better his past two starts, with the results showing in this one. Which is very encouraging to me. Sale still has it, and maybe the rust isn't completely shaken off right now, maybe he's still got an egg or two in him before he constantly finds that consistency but what he showed last night was real elite stuff. It will be really exciting if he can stay healthy. That is the key with him.
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He is, but the system was still very weak back then. October 12, 2018 1 Michael Chavis 2 Triston Casas 3 Jay Groome 4 Bobby Dalbec 5 Darwinzon Hernandez 6 Tanner Houck 7 Bryan Mata 8 Antoni Flores 9 CJ Chatham 10 Durbin Feltman 11 Nick Decker 12 Mike Shawaryn 13 Brandon Howlett 14 Danny Diaz 15 Jarren Duran 16 Travis Lakins 17 Josh Ockimey 18 Nick Northcut 19 Alex Scherff 20 Gilberto Jimenez
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It’s just feels like Braisers 99 lives are up.
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Some guys just don’t hit, prospects will let you down more often than not. Also, the system was pretty weak back then too. Michael Chavis was the #1 prospect then haha
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Read it. Agreed. And you’ll get to say goodbye to 1-2 of them shortly. Unless of course someone else on this team goes on the IL. Which would not surprise me at this point.
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4/18 Twins @ Red Sox, 7:10 pm
Hugh2 replied to Maxbialystock's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
“Let’s go Red Sox let’s go Red Sox” - Tom W. -
Or we can just not use CERA which is a widely horrible stat. Both Reese and Wong are above average defenders in my opinion. Defense metrics seem to agree. Reese has a better bat but Won’t had an elite arm, which makes it very interesting given the new base rules
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It’s kind of strange, in the past you’ve been the biggest proponent of CERA and I’ve never seen someone put so much stock into it now. I’ve never been into CERA, but If there’s anything there I think you’d need a very very large sample size for the state to stabilize. Like, 1,500 innings or something. Game to game means nothing. Sale is a good pitcher, he should pitcher better, no excuses.
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This is confusing.
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I was totally making this up, but how effing hilarious would it be if true. I won’t complain. Is LAD out of the running? I know they reset this year but I thought I read Trevor Bauer being reinstated out the Dodgers on the hook for his salary putting them above the luxury tax threshold this year. They might bow out and reset. My concern is if he’s ok coming to the west coast that puts the Mets and Yankees in the running. Unless of course, Yoshida convinces him to come here. Everyone!!!! We have to be very very nice to Yoshida, we want him to like it here.
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This was obviously a mistake. He threw two innings in spring training. He effectively had zero spring training. Bello should have never started yesterday, he should have started in Worcester today. And maybe even 1-2 more starts down there. Spring trainings serves a purpose that Bello didn’t get the luxury of. It’s not worth judging him over because the Sox messed him up. If he’s as good as they say, he will be fine after a few starts I’m not worried.
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Maybe Ohtani wants to play with Yoshida, so the sox overpaid him and stayed under the luxury tax to go hard after him next year.
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I was thinking this same thing while making this argument. I suppose I had a problem with not leading a Yoshida even though I’m not trying to advocate him leading off. Weird concept I know. But I was thinking Cora does this less than other managers and he does move things around. He deserves credit for that, but that mentality still exists in the game today and I find it slightly annoying
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Yes! I don’t even need Yoshida to be a power hitter, if he can just become a gap power guy he will be fine with his approach.
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Same, especially with the OBP the 3rd highest in the team. Think how much better his OBP would be if he was just at the Mendoza line, he’d be a .400 guy. Plate discipline is a great predictor of future success. If he can identify strokes and balls it means he has the mental acuity, reaction time, and Intelligence to identify MLB pitching. I think Yoshida will be fine. Probably .750 ops by the end of the year if not +
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Crawford is already on the roster with a Kelly out he’s not replacing anyone.
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I mean someone has to go when Paxton/Mondesi/story come back. But until then, who are you replacing them with?
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How much more miller lite does 18 million get you>?
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I don't think the posting fee matters. At least when comparing players. Like Shwarber needs help haha
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2025. No chris sale in 2025
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4/17 Angels @ SOX 11:10AM ET
Hugh2 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
I thought it was pretty obvious. It extends beyond just getting rid of Bloom. They need to take a top-down to the bottom and back-up to-the-top approach at evaluating this organization. There's something fundamentally wrong with the concept of not developing a TOTRS in almost TWO decades. That's not a few executives at the top, that's scouts, managers from A ball up, coaches (pitching coaches to strength and conditioning) to all player developmental personnel. I'm not saying they're all inept and unable to do their jobs but it's blatantly obvious the organization as a whole is doing a s*** job. I'm just acknowledging that it goes much deeper and is a more complex problem than just blaming the guy at the top. Bloom very well may be s*** at his job, but he's not all that is wrong with this organization, far from it. -
And WAde Boggs topped at 4.5 million