Hugh2
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Lets just be thankful the DD got here and Bogaerts, Betts, and JBJ were able to establish themselves as MLBers.
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That is 100% not hindsight, Iggy was playing well above a level he ever had before with an inflated BABIP and no power. I was calling for him to come down to earth then and he did.
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Owens was never considered a future ace, I've been following prospects and the Sox prospects for a long time now and the ones who were following around Owens always through around middle of the rotation starter tag on him. Also stating that he'd need to refine his command to reach that level. People who don't follow prospects all that much and looked at his stats said he was a TOTRS, Espinoza has a ceiling that is much higher than Owens is or ever was.
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Heres a good read on what we just gave up. https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2016/04/14/anderson-espinoza-confident-his-future/PuDSdooJtaVThs7s3HENSJ/story.html
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Iggy was never regarded as highly as Espinoza is now, and how has Iggy performed the last couple years? We also had Drew who was good in 2013 and Xander Bogaerts MLB ready and an All star now. We traded the best pitching prospect we had since Clemens for a guy on a career high, who has never pitched more than 150 innings in a season. We have 2.5 seasons of a guy who has never pitched more than 150 innings for a guy who has a better chance than anyone in the minors to be a true ace. I get it, this is the price to pay if you're "going for it" but it's a steep price and I would have rather not paid it.
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I mean, to be fair DD has a good reputation in the trade market but it's not a perfect record. The knock on Espinoza has been his size, and that has had some concerned about his ability to go 200 innings at the MLB level. But others have said that his delivery is so smooth and controlled that they see him easily being able to handle those rigors despite his size. I hate comps, but for those reason many compared Espinoza to Pedro Martinez.
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2016 MLB Draft Thread.
Hugh2 replied to Hugh2's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I'm thinking it may not be 100% coincidental that Groome is signed at about the same time the trade away Espinoza. -
I'm saying you wouldn't trade one of the top prospects in all of baseball for him
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This is a win now trade, this is a classic give up way more future potential for the chance to win now. I hate it, I don't care if it give us a better chance to win this year.
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Brock Holt was an all star.
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I really really really like Kopech and am impressed with his velocity but without a 3rd pitch I don't think he has the same ceiling as Espinoza who generates high 90's with very smooth and easy mechanics.
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Pomeranz has pitched 102 innings this year......thats a career high for him at 27. We just traded arguably the best pitching prospect in the minors for him.
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I'm disgusted with this trade. Where is my pitch fork
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2016 MLB Draft Thread.
Hugh2 replied to Hugh2's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Groome is signed. -
He's also the youngest player in A ball by a lot and thrown more innings than he ever has. He's tired, his performance has nothing to do with his potential.
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Espinoza was my #1 untouchable, even above Moncada. I would rather of thrown Moncada+ in with Espinoza and got a true TOTRS than trade one of them for a mid rotation starter.
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I'm shocked, I figured they'd trade Devers and Kopech but Espinoza is the best pitching prospect I can ever remember the Sox having. Pomeranz is good but he's not elite guy.
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Espinoza
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No word yet on who we gave up for him.
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I wonder who headlined the deal? My guess is it's someone in the Devers, Kopech, Sam Travis range. I'm hoping it's not Devers.
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Sox get Drew Pomeranz. A guy I was interested the past few weeks as a better option than dealing with Atlanta. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/07/padres-trade-drew-pomeranz-red-sox.html
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2016 MLB Draft Thread.
Hugh2 replied to Hugh2's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
If I'm right on my prediction and Groome signs for a lot less than what people are speculating in the 3.7-3.8 range then I hope they are able to sign Quintana as well. It's easy to assume they will spend all the money they can but then again everyone thought they were going to make a run at Boldt or Sheffield in 2013 but neither signed and they left almost a million on the table. -
After a horrible start Devers was .313/.352/.386 in June and has been on fire in July .376/.453/.750 Lets not forget that he's 19 and in high A, and by all accounts he's been fine at 3B. While a move isn't out of the question one day the consensus seems to be he's convinced scouts he has the athleticism for 3B.
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He's the only person to have Benintendi ahead of Moncada, also he's much higher on Devers than anyone else. Devers has been hitting really really well lately.
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I'm not 100% sure on this but from my understanding radar guns are very reliable and accurate. Sometimes stadium guns are manipulated in the minors to add a tick or two. There was no stadium gun, and it was registered on multiple guns.