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8/03. Astros vs Sox. 11:35AM EST
Hugh2 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
I love how Breslow missed the boat but the guy wasn’t traded. Every team in baseball failed to trade for Ryan. He wasn’t moving -
8/03. Astros vs Sox. 11:35AM EST
Hugh2 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
No Giolito is -
There’s no way the Sox do that, and he’s likely not opting out.
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I was just thinking the other day that in recent years it really feels like the level of talent that moves around the deadline has really fallen off.
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Add. After June 1st Story's K% is 25% which is fine.
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I remember at the time all who were against Story were convinced he was a downgrade over Bogaerts. At the time of the signing Story had the same exact away OPS away from Coors field as Bogaerts did. No one is trying to say Story is Aaron Judge, just that he's a good player who is finally healthy.
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I get that, but I think we have to consider other factors and put that all in to context. He was either playing hurt, or never had enough time to get going throughout his tenure here in Boston. If you want to look at the larger sample size then I COULD counter with saying what he has done the past two months is more in line with his career norm than the previous two years. This includes his defense which has been solid.
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I don't expect this team to win a world series, and I'm certainly not betting on it or expecting it, but I think they have enough talent on this roster that if they got hot and stayed hot at the end of the year.....they could surprise a lot of people. Obviously every season stings when you don't win the last game, but I could feel good about a playoff berth with these youngsters getting a series or two of experience in the postseason. I remember being disappointed during those 2016 and 2017 seasons, but I think the experience they earned those years helped them tremendously in 2018,m and obviously JDM and Price helped push them over that hump.
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This team is easily the best team they've had since 2021. Hopefully they have some magic like that team did.....hopefully just a few games more magic.
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He probably is a better option than Buehler at this point. May will probably get a shot at a start next, Love it or hate it the Sox traded for him. They might like him, and see something in his delivery or pitch mix that they can tinker with to get him better. And if May lays a bunch of eggs Criswell will probably get another shot. Or, if Harrison starts to look good they may give him a shot at the 5th spot as well.
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We haven’t seen May pitch one pitch here
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There’s a saying. There’s no such thing as a bad one year deal
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He pitched a good game, but do we think he’s an ACE or he transformed into what he’s not been overnight? The Astros also gave him a LOT of outs too. He will be up again at some point
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Sandoval was always about 2026, there was a chance he might pitch at the end of this year. Thats no looking like a reality now so we are back on it being all about 2026
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For the record, Priester looked worse than the likes of Kyle Harrison and Dustin May when we traded for him. Teams don't just trade for a stat line on a piece paper, or a 3 month track record nor do they trade for a what a guy did while playing away. They're trading for what they think they can turn a guy into. I don't see many people complaining about Lucas Giolito, who was a signing not a trade but still they thought they could get him right. Eliminate a pitch, add a cutter, add some velo, mix up the pitch mix, change an arm angle. Teams look at guys differently than us. They also must see the forest for the trees, which us as fans often do not.
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Brewers are good at taking pitchers and making them better, kind of like the Rays. At the end of the day, Priester returned us more value than we spent on him. You do that on every trade, you're going to come out on top in the long run.....even if Priester turns out to be a stud, which he may not. Lets see how he does in the long term. We also have no idea what we have in John Holobetz, Marcus Phillips, or Yophery Rodriguez yet. And we probably won't for years to come.
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Story atrocious start is still suppressing his overall stat line. since June 1st he’s batting .290 with a 130 WRC+ and an .853 ops and 7th in the AL in RBIs overall. his offense is great, just need him to stay healthy. My only would be if he could only walk a bit more.
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Taking a guy who is one of the worse starters in baseball this season and replacing him with a serviceable starter is saying a whole lot. it’s not the guy behind Crochet I wanted but it’s certainly an upgrade to the rotation. Or bullpen.
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Velocity has been creeping back up the last few starts. Away home splits? Wanna use those, well his expected HR% would have been the lowest at Fenway. offspeed stuff is still decent, velo is returning, with some reasonable projection he’s probably a huge upgrade over Buehler right now.
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Well, it’s the roster he’s been given, and he has to play these guys. So that actually makes a lot of sense.
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I’m a huge fan of judging a trade on its merits alone. I don’t think we should consider what happens after a contract expires to be a grading factor. what if they extend him in lieu of someone else who ends up performing much better? Doesn’t make sense to assign a higher grade in that scenario but we do. my two cents
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No, I think he was playing match ups like he loves to do. He then pinch hit for Toro when a lefty came in. while he’s taking a step back, for about a month Toro was hitting RHP.
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It was nice to see the Yankees deadline acquisitions blow up melt down and lose them a game. cashmans balls just got deflated.
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What a great win
