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  1. Hugh2
    Same way you ban anything. Would you let one team raise the mound when the others do not? no you wouldn't. Of course other teams could raise the mound as well. But that could throw off a pitchers mechanics and teams probably want pitchers to get used to that in the offseason and spring training. If an aspect of the game, whether it be the mound, or the bat etc etc etc. can add a significant advantage it needs to be implemented universally across the game. Yes, other teams might of had access to these bats as well but it is up to MLB to inspect and approve of them and in hindsight perhaps they should of introduced them at the milb level for a few years collected data and then shared it with teams before just allowing it.
  2. Hugh2
    They take wood from the end of the barrel and use it to fatten up the sweet spot. So hitters are going to make better, harder, louder and hitting it further contact whenever they square up a ball. But doesn't this also reduce their capacity to protect the edge of the plate? if a guy wants to reach out and get a fastball outside and try to foul it off on a 2-2 3-2 count. I'm not saying the good might not far outweight the bad but there may be a downside to torpedo bats that we are not seeing yet.
  3. Hugh2
    add: That or mlb will ban them.
  4. Hugh2
    Ok real opinion. I'd be interested to see what an actual in depth study shows about these bats. I'm sure we will start to see a lot more data trickle in as they're under a microscope now. I wonder if the bats are as game changing as they suggest now. If they are adding wood to the sweet spot they are taking away from others. There could be disadvantages here. The whole balance of a players swing will change, and some players are much more reliant upon muscle memory than others. But I'd image it would be harder to protect the zone and make contact at the end of the barrel to stay alive. If the bats truly do add a huge advantage, then I'm a little disappointed the rules committee approved them without extensively studying them and distributing that information league wide. Perhaps they should have tested them for a year in the minors in one of their leagues and compiled the data. But in the end it will not matter, because if they truly are that revolutionary everyone will be using them soon.
  5. Hugh2
    A new investigative report has uncovered that the wood the Yankees added to the sweet spot of their bats was taken from the Boston Red Sox bats.
  6. Hugh2
    Sounds like Campbell is going to get done at some point too. Sox locking up their talent.
  7. Hugh2
    You almost kind of hope its only 6 years (counting this year) right? If he doesn't opt out at the age of 31, you have to think something went very wrong in 2028/2029.
  8. Hugh2
    Counting this year Crochet will be here for 6-7 years and will pitch during his age 26/27/28/29/30/31 seasons. They're getting a prime pitcher, in their prime. You almost hope it's 6 years. Because if it's 7 something may have gone wrong.
  9. Hugh2
    Except it's not, it would be a 140/5 deal if he opts out after 30' 168/6 if he does not. The deal starts in 2026.
  10. Hugh2
    I actually think they're highly overrated and due to take a giant step back this year. The Yankees are probably worse, they did add Fried, but lost Soto and a ton of players in Spring. The Orioles did nothing to get better, lost Burnes The Rays have done very little and don't have the same talent coming up in the pipeline like they have for decades the Blue Jays did very little to get better. If the A.L. East is tough this year, I think it's because BOSTON takes a big step forward this year.
  11. Hugh2
    At this point in the season, I literally have zero concerns other than injury for anyone.
  12. Hugh2
    I'm not using any exact metric here (E.G. Zip projections) Rather I was just expressing my generally optimism in the sox bullpen given the talent in there.
  13. Hugh2
    I have faith that Slaten is going to be really good too. I think Chapman is going to be who Chapman is. It doesn't look like any of the starters out are seriously injured, more like starting later, although I do have a little bit more concern with Crawford. Who might end up back in the bullpen by the end of April. I think he would be lights out there. I'd take the over on the 2025 Boston Red Sox bullpen.
  14. Hugh2
    Well, seeing how baseball starts today we are going to have that questioned answered pretty darn quickly
  15. Hugh2
    I have mixed feelings on this bullpen. I do have concerns about the lack of clearly defined roles, yet at the same time between the Boston team and the depth in Woo they may have more talent and depth in their pen than they've had in a long time. I won't be surprised if they've settled into a nice groove with a set up/closer/high leverage tandem that works great by June. Or not...
  16. Hugh2
    Lets just hope Chapman goes K/BB/K/BB/K and not BB/K/BB/K/H/K
  17. Hugh2
    While this may be true, a lot can change in a few years. Bregman can opt out. Maybe Story has a great year and opts out, maybe he has another injury riddled season and looks like shouldn't be in the starting player conversation again. Maybe Rafaela/Duran have serious regressions. Someone could get traded, a few guys could get traded, people get injured. ETC ETC.
  18. Hugh2
    Add: I know you weren't comparing Perales to Mata, but I think Luis has shown us more and given us a lot more hope than Mata ever has.
  19. Hugh2
    Yeah, I don't like giving up Perales, but the reality is he's the type of prospect you'd have to include in a basket of prospects so it's whatever. I didn't want to trade Teel, and Montgomery either but that's the price of admission and to be honest, I'm not even thinking about those guys right now.
  20. Hugh2
    So Campbell made the team before Mayer and Anthony just as I predicted. I poke at Notin, I had to have my fun. Honestly, a tad just a wee bit surprised. I agree with the last 4 sentences to a T. I figured the Sox may use Campbells struggles as a reason to give him just a little bit more seasoning in AAA and see if Hamilton/Grissom could figure things out. I was a little late to the Campbell bandwagon because I read into the scouting reports about his unorthodox swing and the pessimism that created. But last year he slowly turned all his doubters into believers and a lot of those concerns have been eased. Nothing is guaranteed in this life, and you're not a good mlb player until you're a good mlb player. But you have to love the trajectory this kid is on.
  21. Hugh2
    That's a lot of the pitching depth we've actually managed to start building up. I'd want to trade out one of those arms for a Mickey Romero
  22. Hugh2
    Good, trial by fire. Lets see if the kid can adjust. If he can, he's going to be stud.
  23. Hugh2
    I mean, if we were going with ST stats you'd think they 'd plug Mayer in at 2nd. But we might see a Campbell/Mayer infield at some point this year.
  24. Hugh2
    It's been obvious all offseason that the Sox wanted him to have the job, I thought he might be playing his way out early this spring. I think he will be fine, I'll be interested to see how he is performing come august, I won't complain if he Dustin Pedrioa's it out of the gate but I think he's going to be great once he settles in. Here's to hoping he nets them a pick amongst many other good things hopefully to come for the team.
  25. Hugh2
    The pitching in the system has taken a massively encouraging step forward this year so far.
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