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  1. Hugh2
    I mean if I found a million dollars and someone offered me 2 million dollars for my car I'm not saying no because I already have a million dollars.
  2. Hugh2
    I haven't given up on Houck yet, I'm hoping his problem is more mechanical than talent. I'm also not convinced that his best position might still be in the bullpen opposed to starting.
  3. Hugh2
    BTV accepts. Duran/Arias/Sandlin for Joe Ryan
  4. Hugh2
    I've been wrong many times, but I doubt we ever see the 5'8" Yoshida at 1B
  5. Hugh2
    It’s not that I’m against an upgrade at 1b, I just feel it’s lower on the totem pole. but hey, I’ll jump on the Rafaela train with you any day.
  6. Hugh2
    Who says anything about platooning DH? no one is on this roster because they have to DH, except maybe Yoshida who has yet to take one at bat. DH, since Raffy left, has been the exact opposite of 1B, and Romy can play other positions as well, it's not like you're talking about having 4 guys on the roster for 4 spots. I'm also not 100% convinced that they're not trading from their outfield depth. THere's a decent chance they're trading one of Abreu or Duran and plugging Yoshida in left and rotating the DH the way they're doing it with Duran/Abreu/Rafaela/Anthony now. Look, we can argue all day long, I just don't agree that an upgrade at 1B is either necessary or that there's even a big upgrade available out there.
  7. Hugh2
    I would kindly disagree, and I believe I have addressed it. But to reiterate past points I have made I would prioritize starting pitching, relief pitching, and a 2nd catcher to split with Narvaez at the deadline. The Toro/Romy platoon at 1b has netted us a .965 OPS at 1B. If they're platooned right than Suarez is a downgrade. If regression comes into play then it's a marginal upgrade AT BEST. I'm sorry, I think people just get stuck on the long ball. Suarez swings hard, but the reality is I don't think he makes us that much better. Or at the veyr least, he does not make this team as better as getting pitching would. The team should buy pitching. The offense will be fine. Maybe get a catcher who is serviceable behind the plate who can hit, why not upgrade there? Wong is literally the worse offensive player in baseball this year so you'd think if you wanted to upgrade the offense you'd look there.
  8. Hugh2
    The Yankees and Dodgers get to beat up on crappy teams and pad their stats too. At least where finally doing that too now.
  9. Hugh2
    Are you talking about Eugenio Suarez? It's just odd that you think Toro is going to regress to the mean and not Suarez? who's had an OPS about .100 NORTH of his career average. Why should we believe he won't and Toro will? It's not like he's younger or anything. And his defense is not that great. And as I've pointed out the Toro/Romy platoon has performed well. Suarez is only an upgrade if those guys regress and Suarez does not.
  10. Hugh2
    We were 5th in MLB in OPS in June and have been 2nd in July. With guys getting healthy and youngsters growing and coming into their own I don't see the offense as first priority. Meanwhile, we've been in the bottom half of almost every pitching category. Pitching is more of an issue than hitting. I think this team is good, but I don't think they're so good that you empty the bank. So therefore you have limited bullets. I would spend them on pitching.
  11. Hugh2
    I don't think there's even anyone on the market who can play 1B who is going to give you more production than we've got already at 1B. In my opinion it's just wasting bullets.
  12. Hugh2
    No, but pitchers do make adjustments to adjustments and I'd be interested to see how he continues to progress. I love Rafaela, and he's certainly exceeding expectations to date and I love what he's doing but the approach is still concerning. It doesn't mean he can't keep up what he's doing, it's just rare that someone with his profile can, but maybe he's that rare guy that will. Improving his BB% is exciting, but 4.6% is still very low. I think he has the 12th lowest BB% in the majors. Which again, is an improvement from the worse, but still bad. Don't mistaken my critique here, he's on pace for to have over a 5 Fwar season, if he can do that he's worth every penny and more.
  13. Hugh2
    The Romy/Toro platoon at 1B is on a 4.6 FWAR 162 game pace. Are there even any 5 WAR 1b on the market this trade deadline? Id' always welcome an upgrade, but upgrading a big bat at 1B is very low on my totem pole. Of course, the offense has been gelling lately, if this team wants to go deep they should focus on buying pitching.
  14. Hugh2
    Toro shouldn't be playing every day, he should be platonning with Gonzalez who can also play other positions all over the diamond. Gonzalez isn't clogging the roster and you'd have to clear up a space for Toro if you went out and traded for someone anyways. Toro is 28, in his prime, and I agree he's probably a one year wonder here but so what I'd ride it all year long. I think it's perfectly reasonable to bet he can continue hitting better from the left side this year. His combined efforts with Romy at 1B are already pretty good. How much better of an upgrade is out there than that???? Marginal at best, and lets be honest, you only have so many bullets to spend. We aren't going to the grocery store and checking every item off the list and I'd put many other needs well ahead of finding a slugging 1b right now. If living with a Toro/Romy platoon allows me to go out and get a #2, a reliever and a back up catcher I'm happy to have that at 1B.
  15. Hugh2
    No really ranked, as I eluded my order isn't important. But for the reasons I stated above I'd argue it's a huge need.
  16. Hugh2
    A power bat would be nice, but where are you going to put him? I feel like you'd get a marginal upgrade somehwhere at best. Of course, Story could always turn back into a pumpkin or an injury could necessitate a need somewhere but I wouldn't undervalue a back up catcher. Wong has really regressed this year, and Narvaez will break down at some point given his current usage. If they lose him things could completely hit a wall and get ugly. I'd love to jump out in front of that problem and get a good catcher to split duty with Carlos
  17. Hugh2
    When I said this is the type of the guy the Sox should be looking for, it didn't necessarily mean the top top of the market. But I would like to see a bullpen arm of a higher caliber than we have seen at the deadline the last few years.
  18. Hugh2
    I kindly disagree, good relief pitching is at the top of every teams shopping list with playoff ambitions.
  19. Hugh2
    On the last soxprospects podcast they eluded to Tolle rising to #3 in the system. Mayer and Anthony will not graduate for another month, so this means that when they do Tolle should be the #1 prospect in our system. If nothing else changes we will have 6 of our top 10 prospects be starting pitchers. Breslow certainly can't take all the credit but he's definitely helped continue and add momentum to the Sox initiative to improve the development of pitchers in the organization.
  20. Hugh2
    You know what? I do too. To me, I think BA is clearly a step above MLB.com but I don't think MLB is garbage either.
  21. Hugh2
    The Toro and Gonzalez platoon at 1B has been working out fine. Feels like their combined efforts has actually given them more at that position than they've had in a while. I also think Gonzalez can have a future on this roster, seeing how Refsnyder is retiring. I'd like to see him get some reps in LF and add that to his repertoire. But that can wait until the offseason.
  22. Hugh2
    Breslow has made a couple of bad moves, but he's made more than enough good ones to make up for it. If you make a lot of moves you will have a few blunders, the right idea is to have the Cojones to make moves and live with the bad to get the good....which Breslow apparently has this ability
  23. Hugh2
    In my opinion if the Sox want to make a run their priorities should be 1. A solid backup catcher 2. Relief pitching 8th inning guy 3. A #2 starter You can totally change my mind on the order of priority.
  24. Hugh2
    I use BTV all the time, I love it, but I'll be the first to admit it's highly flawed. I believe how someone like Chapman would be valued at the deadline is probably about as good of an example as you could ever have of this. It's tough, long term horizon having the opportunity to bring in the value that Chapman would command is tempting. You make enough moves like that and you can complete build a farm system. On the other hand, Chapman is the exact type of guy I'd want to trade FOR at the deadline.
  25. Hugh2
    Given what all star level closers have got at the deadline in recent years I’d say that value is low. Way way way too low
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