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So my hypothetical example that could never happen isn't that simple? Of course not, I used it to exemplify a point. You'd draft Ohtani, Wheeler, Degrome, Cole, and Sale before you'd take a reliever. That's pretty simple, you need 5 starters. You'd take Franando Titis Jr, plug him at SS, maybe take Bogaerts and move him to 3B, you'd take Vladimir Guerro JR. and plug him at 1B, you'd take Altuve and finish off your infield before you took a reliever. At no point would someone say "well Titis is pretty good, but gosh darn it we need a closer" CLosers are overvalued. #truth.
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Remember when we all took the SAT's and you saw Boogle, and all boggle were zoodles but not all zoodles are doodles, you saw a doodle is it a boggle? Or however, it went. I feel like that's where the Mo conversation went. No one is trying to say Rivera wasn't great, or that closers don't carry a lot of value. But someone should be able to comment on the reality of them being overvalued without being burned at the stake for blasphemy. Tough to swallow pill. Relievers are overvalued. They will never be as valuable as position players and starting pitchers. If we were starting over from scratch, you were the GM, and we lived in an unfair world where YOU got the first 25 picks in an MLB player draft who would you draft top 12? no one here would take a closer, not one person.
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Also, Dalbec has not been very good defensively
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I’m not worried about finding Arroyo at bats, he’s never really been an everyday player but he’s earned a shot at 2b on this team. Kike will spell him. I’m not worried about Kike getting at bats. Cora will get him at bats. He will get about as much playing time as a starter as a super utility player on this team. I’d be more than happy picking up a bat who could platoon with Dalbec and DFA Marwin
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Well let’s talk about value. Let’s imagine Gaetti and Mo in their prime entering FA. In today’s numbers. Who would get the bigger contract?
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Exactly, that was intentional. Gaetti in his prime would be an MVP candidate today, and he had a solid career.
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I hope bloom spins the tires on some upgrades, and I think he will but I'm not sure this is the year you go after the premium player at the deadline and pay a premium price. I don't think the guys are that good. I'd be interested in bullpen depth, I think the back of your pen is fine. Playoff time you have Barnes, Ottavino, Whitlock. I think those guys will be better if they start getting more rest. They're being overworked, especially Barnes. You don't need an elite closer you just need someone to take pressure off those guys and we probably have in-house options: Houck, Ort, Valdez, and maybe even Seabold. What I want to see, is what they can do to improve 1B. I like Dalbec, and I don't want to give up on him yet, but if the team wants to make a serious run in the playoffs they can't have that black hole in their lineup. I'd settle for a platoon if it can be a good fit and the price is right.
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I'm not opposed to selling prospects for rentals, so I hope no one takes this post out of context, but I am cautious. A farm system exists to supplement the big club, and that means trading away future value for present value. However, there always seems to be some people that are 100% about instant gratification and want to sell off the farm seemingly at any time. That's all fine and Dandy, but keep in mind NOT selling the farm at times has given us Bogaerts, Devers, Vasquez, and Barnes and in years past the likes of Betts, Pedroia, Benintendi, Lester, Papelbon etc. And yes, sometimes you trade away those prospects for the likes of Sale, Lowe, Varitek, etc. But a good GM doesn't just buy for the sake of buying sometimes you the best trades are the ones you do not make.
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Fair.
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Oh absolutely.
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Heath Hembree has more world series wins than Mike Trout.
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I'm a huge fan of closers. I'm just a fan of players who add more value to a team. That's how you win world series.
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Um, I would take Gary Gaetti in his prime over Mariano Rivera any day.
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He's also on pace for a career-high in appearances and innings pitched. Barnes has been overworked. This is why Houck is an important addition IMO.
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Ironically, most of the people being 'bashed' for saying Duran wouldn't come up this year were ACTUALLY saying he wouldn't come up until later in the year.................which is exactly what happened.
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34 PA's is a small sample size. How do we know he didn't crush 8 balls right at someone? Also if the Red Sox deem him ready, if he's in a mini-slump that doesn't make someone more or less ready.
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It’s so great to see Duran coming up to bolster the 1-9 and Houck come up to bolster the bullpen.
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I mean, to be fair, I would, have, and will do the same thing. Who wants to scour through 300 pages of forum banter? But I was thinking about it this morning, we'd spend less time than the days longs arguments that ensue if you added it all up and put the work in. But I think that's just the thing, people enjoy banter.......that's why they're here. But yeah for the record, to my recollection people were in two camps (generally speaking). Duran should come up now, or Duran should come up soon.
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In my opinion you’re too high on everyone on that list but the first two picks. Which, to be fair are the two important ones and there, I think you might be dead on the money.
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I always hate the ceiling/floor convo because realistically his floor could be never reaches the majors. But with some reasonable projection I think one could say Fabians floor is high than Dalbec. Dalbec has power and that’s it, Fabian has speed and plus defense at a premium position. He has other ways he can impact the game.
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Or to coin a newer catch phrase. “Pics or it didn’t happen”
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I’ve always been a big fan of “put up or shut up”. If people are so adamant about this board hating on Duran, go back, find the quotes, and post them. That would seriously take less time than all this bickering and mud-slinging.
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Yeah, this doesn’t make sense to me. Everyone pumping the breaks on Duran still thought it likely we see him at some point this year.
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So I was only 11 days off on the Duran promotion. I said for a while he will not play CF in Boston. I’d like to critique that statement. He will not play CF in Boston long term. I think he starts there but moves to a corner rather quickly. Who knows, maybe his defense makes a jump at the next level. But I would have figured he’d get at least a few starts in LF down in Worcester before bringing him up. I don’t think the Sox will be shy about switching his position but I have a hard time believing they do it in his major league debut.
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2021 MLB draft
Hugh2 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I think you're right on Kavadas too MVP, I think he takes less. I could never do what Mike Andrews does, but he's far from perfect.