Hugh2
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Not everyone makes their debut and is an all star right away. Sometimes the only way to tell if someone is going to be the next Pedroia or the next Middlebrooks is to just roll with them and see how they develop. Also, if you recall, it’s been said for the last several years how weak the Sox system is. Well, this is what happens in a weaker system, you have less MLB guys coming thru the pipeline. That’s changing in Boston, but some of those guy won’t be ready for another year or two and as we all know…..some of them won’t pan out
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No one who matters at least.
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Wasn’t German acquired around the same time as Whitlock? Seems kind of strange that the Yankees would have someone no good to trade and yet have more talented guys not protected on the 40. German is a relief only profile, has flashed plus stuff this year, not getting my hopes up, but certainly you’d never see me talking down a prospect after one bad outing on the majors. I’m not that shallow.
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I don't know if German will have a good, great, or bad MLB career, but I know he will be judged here by what he does in his first 5 IP.
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Nimmo Bogaerts/Turner Contreras Degrome
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Houck in the pen for certain, Whitlock I go rotation but don’t hate him in the pen.
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Exactly kind of have to, not everyone can play ss. Most guys in MLB played SS/C/CF in highschool, many of the pitchers too and vis versa
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Well they can’t all go SS now. Maybe more so this year, but we didn’t get the big lumbering 1B/DH Kavadas type pick this year. Their first three picks were all solid up the middle guys highly ranked
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Exactly, but the Sox went crazy with up the middle this last year
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I don't think that's why they got Franchy and Duran. Franchy was a high reward low risk guy who may amount to nothing but has crazy tools and Duran was a draftee. If anything Duran is worth less as a defender now because he's not a good defender. if anything, this might be why the Sox went back to drafting all up the middle players.
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This is correct. If a team has two great speedy outfielders I could see them do this against an extreme pull hitter. Don’t think we will see a ton of it though.
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Am I 100% wrong on this? I’d love to know for 100% certain. It also appears the most of draft position is gone too. If this is all true, there’s almost no excuse to not at least go right up against the second threshold.
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So far I can’t find anything that even says the new CBA excludes repeat offenders from not receiving revenue sharing
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That’s a pretty big assumption, I’m unclear here but I know in other areas of revenues sharing changes were made. So I think we should get some accurately sourced information here to be certain
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Is that the old CBA? Is one of us going to have to read the whole damn new one lol? Wouldn’t mind doing it but I probably won’t get around to it for a while. It could very well be true that they both still get a partial rebate and it’s an amount high enough to make Henry and most owners want to reset before 3 years.
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Hold on so you’re saying you suspect what was in the old CBA is in the new? You may be right but that’s a horrible assumption to make. I think we need some clarification on this.
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Yeah but it wasn’t just bad results, he looked unready. But now he looks better in AAA, he might be one of those guys better suited to get a longer look elsewhere
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2nd to home and 1st to 3rd allows more room for error because he has time to get going and make up for a bad jump. So yes, he adds value going 2nd to home but don’t expect him to turn into an expert base stealer, yes he’ll swipe some bags. But the kid has a .268 OBP at the majors, if he can’t get on base, he can’t add value. So let’s not make him better than he is. How much value is negated going 2nd to home from a guy who can’t get on base when a much higher premium is now placed on outfield defense? I’d argue at best he’s retained his value, which is pretty low right now. The good news is, he’s young enough to turn it around. But I wouldn’t be planning on it right now, I’d it happens great.
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$318 is the per team amount of total MLB revenue, which now that I think of it I'm not sure if that's total revenue or revenue sharing. I think it may be the former which should be easy to derive since MLB takes 48% of each team's revenue and divides it evenly. So the actual figure may be closer to $150 million. That still likely blows any chance of the Sox every staying over the cap for three consecutive seasons out of the water.
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That just seems like a Bloom type of move.
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This is true, but you could probably pry away one of Miami's arms for taking on Garcia or Soler and still end up paying 1/3 of what you would if you went out and bought a Degrome type...and you're getting a much younger commodity as well. Think of the JBJ trade where we effectively bought prospects to take on their payroll (JBJ) except here we would be taking back a MLB caliber arm instead. You might still have to still send a prospect, but if you're helping them shed payroll it's saving you someone from our top 5, maybe even top 10 from being included. If someone like Soler can stay healthy, well now you have a better outfield too, which would just be a bonus. If he does bounce back he probably opts out his last year which may or may not net you a pick. (probably not).
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Neither do I, which is why I see them getting creative with their cap space to bring in talent. Such as taking Payroll off Miamis books to bring in a starter, and the. They go big next year when you have to for Devers
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That would entail the Sox spending over $273, which they won’t. If they wanted to spend $272 they could easily sign Devers, Bogaerts, and go out and get Judge/Degrom. Resetting in 2024 would be a tall task though. But the pick is nowhere near as big a deterrent as the money. $318,000,000 is > moving back 10 slots.
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That's pretty much my thoughts, I think they could reset after next year but I"m thinking they're going to reset this year.
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considering the Sox generate the 3rd largest revenue they're likely not getting back what they paid out. Still, we know the revenue per team to be $318 million. But I stand corrected, teams have to share 48% of their revenue. I highly doubt JH, or any sensible business owner would ever lose half his revenue and not get back $318 million.