Hugh2
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Well, I'm not really sure who you can throw in there, they only have a few guys on their bench and 1/2 of them are catchers. In low A, I don't think they care as much about stat lines as much as they do about getting the guys they deem to have a higher potential of future impact playing time to develop. Tyler McDonough who is a recent draftee will start getting some playing time, and the rest of the lineup is either studs or past high picks. Lugo, Jordan, Yorke, Decker, and Jimenez are names that seem to fit that mold.
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The opposing pitcher walked 6 of the 15 batters he faced including the last four. The guy couldn't throw strikes, which is not uncommon. Meanwhile, Jay Groome and Nick Yorke deserve a promotion.
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Timing is everything with the luxury tax, you need to stay under to reset and then go over. They're resetting this year so they can go big presumably next year. It's not just going over or not going over.
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It's perfectly plausible that he adds a pitch and his trajectory changes as a MLB starter. Right now, I wouldn't project him as a starter.
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AUG 4: BOS (ERod) @ DET (Mize)
Hugh2 replied to moonslav59's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
I think he knew he couldn't go after the other guys either because ownership told him to stay under the luxury tax, so he got creative with Schwarber thinking outside the box. Here's a guy who might have a similar upside to Rizzo/Cruz, will cost a fraction of the prospects because he's on the D.L. and management will approve of the trade because he stays under the tax limit. Sometimes, you do the best you can, with what you have. DD might have made the trade for Rizzo, and if the FO told him he had to stay under he'd be giving up Casas/Yorke + to not eat the money. -
Exactly.
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AUG 4: BOS (ERod) @ DET (Mize)
Hugh2 replied to moonslav59's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Schwarber has been running the bases, that hammy is starting to look pretty good. -
You almost have to wonder if someone is really that stupid? or if he's an alias for another poster in here who just enjoys trolling people.
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such insight. we are blessed.
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High A really? so, demoted down not 1 but 3 levels????? Why?
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The 4 seamer is flat and not a good pitch. Unlike the two seamer. If you look at what happens the first time Houk goes through an order vs. the second time his ERA drops from .87 to 4.05 and his batting average against goes from .143-.333 This is a small sample size from 2021 at the MLB level, but this matches up EXACTLY with what scouts have been saying about him all year and what had been happening to him down in the minors. He looks great for 3-4 innings and then things fall apart when hitters get a second look at him.
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With me it's not complaining, it's stating a fact. Houck is a two-pitch pitcher and looks destined for the bullpen. To be clear, I think he could be REALLY GOOD there, as in, one of the best closers in baseball. Is it possible he adds back in another pitch and changes his trajectory? of course it's, but it's unlikely.
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It's as if some people don't understand Bloom can't go over the luxury tax, and they're mad at him for doing his job. It does appear that ownership is going to give Bloom the green light to go over the limit after this season.
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That's exactly what's going on. Ownership does not want Bloom to go over the luxury tax limit. A man can only do so much when you're starting off right up against it.
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The team has either been horrible all year and overachieved.......or they've been horrible for a short amount of time. If the latter is true, you're freaking out and NOT being realistic, if the former is true you're making the argument for why it was appropriate to hold onto resources and forgo going "all in" on a team that was not that good to begin with. Being realistic is understanding the balance of that situation. The Sox are either not very good and overachievers or they're really good and just struggling. You have to pick one and complain about it, we can't have our cake and eat it too.
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At this point, anything less than a WS win will be enough for people to complain. SEE! we should have signed EVERYONE!
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That's a whole lot of assuming for a guy who doesn't get all worked up over a little skid. Am I disappointed? yes, am I concerned? of course. But I'm not freaking out because a good team is doing what every good team does every single year. If they have an entire bad month and drop to 3rd I'll be very concerned. I call it how I sees it too, and I see this happen time and time and time and time again. And I call what I also see is people getting all upset and dramatic over small sample sizes. You guys do realize that teams lose? and that good teams lose to bad teams? and that even world series winners have losing streaks. We've had a bad 2 weeks and 1/3 of the season has yet to be played. That's plenty of time to recover, and plenty of time to fall out either. Enjoy the freaking ride and have a little patience before you start freaking out.
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I was here back then, up until around the end of 2013 when I took an 8-year hiatus.
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lol, the one caveat I enjoy about sucking is seeing other people freak out. Listen, this team could implode, this team could not make the playoffs. But it's even more likely they're just going through a funk and will be fine. 100 win teams still lose close to 40% of their games. Take your panties off and put your pants back on....there's plenty of baseball left to play.
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162 games.......realistically 100 win teams go through funks. Calm down folks, plenty of baseball left to play. We have enough to time struggle for a month and get super hot in September and take the division. It's going to be ok.
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I kind of missed the days where you could trade for a player at the deadline and then let them walk and pick up a first-round pick for them. In 2011 the Sox had 4 first-round picks, lol. I understand why the can't do that, and why they won't be going back to that, but it certainly would have made shopping at the deadline easier this year.
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My god.....look at all this whining, we went from winning to whining. There's still 1/3 of the season left. Teams have ups and downs. Ye of little faith in here.
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Someone is all hot and bothered.
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It's more than just being hot. Especially the way minor league baseball is played now, in the beginning of the year the WOOSOX played 3 teams the first month and two of them have among the minors worse pitching. It's about who they're playing and other various factors. A guy might be a GREAT mistake hitter and put up great numbers in the minors but a front office might be skeptical that he will replicate that in the majors where the quality of pitching is much tougher. As fans, we scout box scores, and often get angry when guys aren't moved accordingly, but these major league teams know what they're doing.