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  1. Hugh2
    I think I’m failing to make my point so I’ll be more direct. There’s almost a 100% chance someone like Jimenezs development gets screwed up playing at the MLB level. If what you’re saying materializes it’ll happen with a pitcher, not a hitter. Player development hasn’t changed, the gap in talent between low a and MLB hasn’t changed. No one is wasting a spot for Jimenez in 2022, and if they did it would be to work out a trade.
  2. Hugh2
    Jimenez is not even close to as good as the 26th man on any teams roster. Do we think the gap in talent between low A, High A, AA, and AAA is marginal? Take any team, give me there worse position player in the bigs and he’ll put up a better OPS in A ball than Jimenez did. The gap in talent at levels isn’t make believe. So it’s not just about wasting a roster spot, it’s about wasting a rule 5 pick.
  3. Hugh2
    The point you keep coming back to is purely hypothetical, how many GMs (since rosters expanded) have elected to reach for a low A player? Regardless, 26 man, 25 man, 100 man, it doesn’t change how athletes develop. If a team likes Jimenez that much, why are they going to stunt his growth and ruin his value and future? If a team liked Jimenez that much they’re just going to trade for him.
  4. Hugh2
    Can’t sign if the CBA expires.
  5. Hugh2
    It’s not ideal, it’s counterproductive. You’re an unrefined toolsy prospect in A ball. You’re not getting better by being a defensive sub and bench at bats. Jimenez needs at bats at a comparable level to develop. Teams do what you’re talking about with a guy at the AAA level, doing it to Jimenez would only stunt his growth and waste a roster spot. It’s not a real risk losing him, it’s not logical that a team stashes him for a full year.
  6. Hugh2
    This has got to be the worse take on Bloom I have ever read.
  7. Hugh2
    This. You either play Jimenez or you sit him. Either way you’re ruining his development. Teams often select guys in the rule 5 who they believe can help a mlb club. Who takes we takes Jimemez and sits him on the bench all year? Who takes Jimenez and watches him ops .350 3 levels higher than he should be? If he was a pitcher, who had one elite pitch and a team figures he can get a guy or two out here and there while developing his stuff in the bullpen that type of jump is possible. But he’s a position player with raw talent. Not refined talent, but raw talent. He needs consistency at an appropriate level to develop. Again, he’s not getting drafted.
  8. Hugh2
    Gilberto was just too far away to be a real threat. And if it was closer than it is this would still be the year. Remember, every teams farm is going through the same thing and there’s a ton of talent with missed development time. It’s a deep rule 5 with AAAA talent that might stick and could really help teams. I hope we steal someone great from the Yankees again.
  9. Hugh2
    I think you're looking way to much into this, Notin is right. You assume way to much of the worse. The new CBA still looms overhead and salaries could actually go down, Erod might have jumped at the best offer out there that also gives him an opt out in 2 years if he can make more. He also knows that the Sox focus on spending money is going to be on extensions for guys like Bogaerts, and Devers. The money won't be there for him. The Sox are going to spend money.
  10. Hugh2
    Actually there's some confusion here on my part still. But I believe the compensation comes after the 2nd competitive balance round, which would put the pick somewhere around 75.
  11. Hugh2
    So it's after the first competitive balance pick round and before the 2nd? That actually sounds more correct. Even better!!!
  12. Hugh2
    $2.6 million more for just one year. He also has an opt-out after 2023.
  13. Hugh2
    $15 million per plus a 1st round draft pick.
  14. Hugh2
    The stats on Dalbec struggling with velocity concern me. Makes sense that he can get his stats up over a 162 game season but not surprising he struggled in the playoffs when teams are going to just throw velocity at you all day. He's fine, I like him, and with Casas hopefully ready sometime between mid 2022 to early 2023 he's fine to start 2022 at 1B. He might improve his stock there, and if he regresses then hopefully we'll have signed Schwarber and we can plug him there until 2023 when he can DH and take over for JDM.
  15. Hugh2
    Now the Red Sox should get approximately the 75th pick in next years draft. All because they made E-Rod a 1-year offer that he was bound to refuse. It was the logical decision all along.
  16. Hugh2
    Another reason why I should read forward more before posting. You hit the nail on the head, and with more brevity than I.
  17. Hugh2
    First off 3-5 innings for 30 starts is an average of 120 innings. While the trend is there (starting pitchers not going as long) that’s far from realistic expectations. No manager is happy with 3-4 innings. That’s 5th 6th starter territory. Now, in terms of going after “non crap shoot” bullpen arms. Well, most bullpen arms are a crapshoot. Even high end bullpen arms can be a crapshoot outside a couple years of dominance. Oh well, we all (well most of us) saw the EROD QO coming. Some didn’t like it because they thought he’d accept it, he is not accepting it. Sox will get a team friendly extension or a draft pick. Winning!!!
  18. Hugh2
    EROD been getting a QO
  19. Hugh2
    Whatever the odds are that a guy like Gilberto gets picked in the rule 5, the odds that he gets sent back to the Sox is much higher.
  20. Hugh2
    I remember Josh Hamilton being a rule 5 pick. Imagine losing an MVP candidate and getting nothing in return.
  21. Hugh2
    I'm too lazy, but I'm certain the rules had be different for the rule 5 draft back then. That or Clemente was drafted when he was 14 lol.
  22. Hugh2
    Or the Sox can make 50K when the player is returned to them.
  23. Hugh2
    I doubt that happens with position players, pitchers I can see.
  24. Hugh2
    Yes, and usually with guys that are in the high minors, and when they're a little lower they're pitchers. If you're a pitcher you can be stashed in the back of the bullpen and still develop your pitches during bullpen sessions. A hitter needs to face live pitching in live games and a progressively increasing difficulty to develop. You will never get that sitting on the bench, and if you're jumping from Low-A to the majors you're likely going to get screwed up. Teams just don't do that with guys.
  25. Hugh2
    If Jimenez was that type of player he’d be higher up in the organization. I think it would be interesting to see how many low players have been plucked in rule5. I’m sure there’s some pitchers
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