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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Why do they think Woo, age 25, will be worse (he had 2.4 bWAR last year)? Does anyone realize how good Bowden Francis was in the second half of last season, when he made 10 starts and had a 1.80 ERA with a .140 BA and 0.600 WHIP? In three games vs. Boston, his WHIP was 0.385. If Scherzer can make 20 healthy starts, Toronto's rotation can hang with the Sox. But the Jays' have a huge ish because Vlad's a lame duck, and they may have to take pennies on the dollar in trade -- because who is going to give up legit prospects for a player they know they can't sign?
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ugh -- a whole bleacher section in California of fans wearing Devers skullcaps, and a soft West Coast candy called Freshwater Raffy.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Story won't be able to play, but they'll let him shot put the first pitch.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It better not take him too long for a comeback, because if he waits until midseason when Bregman, Campbell and Yoshida make the All-Star team, it's going to be awkward.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The only peeps are from the peeps with the microphones and notebooks. Raffy didn't go to them and call for a press conference. He just answered questions, just like Casas did. Devers doesn't stay up all night tweeting unhinged outrage in uppercase butchery of his own language. He's not going to demand a trade, or hold out until they send him to a new team. Because even if it's actually mentioned, Rafael Devers isn't going to turn down $30 million dollars to hit a baseball.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Is 2.0 bWAR average for a starter? Maybe average for a solid starter? Every team in the American League had at least one last year, and six had at least three: NY, TB, KC, Minny, M's and Stros. The Royals clearly had the most valuable quartet... but they clearly pitched in the same division as the White Sox. '24 WAR for AL Starting Pitchers (from bottom up): LA: Anderson 3.1, Soriano 2.1; A's: Sears 2.3; Tex: Eovaldi 2.3; M's: Miller 3.4, Gilbert 2.8, Woo 2.4; Hou: Valdez 4.5, Blanco 4.5, Brown 2.6. Chi: Fedde 4.7, Crochet 4.1; Minn: Ober 2.9, Lopez 2.5, Ryan 2.3, Richardson 2.0; KC: Lugo 5.3, Ragans 4.9, Wacha 3.5, Singer 3.1; Det: Skubal 6.3, Flaherty 2.4; Clev: Bibee 2.6. Tor: Berrios 2.2; TB: Littell 2.8, Pepiot 2.1, Baz 2.1; RED SOX: Houck 3.5 (best in East), Crawford 2.0; O's: Burnes 3.4, Suarez 2.1; NY: Gil 3.1, Cortes 2.6, Schmidt 2.0, Cole 2.0.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The rules are clearly laid out in the Umpire's Style book. An official swing by a batter includes the following: - hand movements that cause a decreased angle of the bat from approximately 90 degrees from the elbows to 45 degrees... or 65 degrees... or 89 degrees - chin juts forward at least three inches (or 10 centimeters in international play) - any grin or grimace that shows teeth - raised back eyebrow - walking to the front of the batter's box like Juan Soto for anyone who is not as good as Juan Soto - whatever a base ump 90 feet away from the plate decides, as long as when all eyes and tv cameras are on him, he gets to punch the sky
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Put it this way: Crawford's best ability isn't his fallibility. Any pitcher who leads the majors in games started has to at least be good enough and healthy enough to make the starts.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Story's arm is too "old" they may move him back to second and insert the young stud at short. I don't think they're going to make Bregman an LA Mookie (though he would've had two homers yesterday if the game was up north at Jet Green Park).
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And I can hear them say: Hey, you've got to hydro love away...
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They're all better than meteorologists -- none of them even study meteors.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The BOX? That stupid outline that is the exact same size whether the batter is Altuve or Judge? The square that doesn't align with the exact same angle of every centerfield camera at every single ballpark, just to confuse and frustrate viewers beholden to this age of misinformation? The box that is only 2-dimensional and doesn't reflect the depth of a pitch when it actually crosses the plate and/or lands in a catcher's mitt? How would anyone ever watch baseball again without it? Consider this: has anyone, at any time in their lives, ever witnessed a spectator at a live ballgame at any level holding a cutout cardboard rectangle in front of their eyes so they could replicate the living room experience?
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The box score shows a familiar name relieved Fogell and chased home all his inherited baserunners, And I thought we chased Anderson out of Boston last year.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Boston would not either (not if I'm CBO). Acquiring a good pitcher in his 30s who is owed around $100 million would only be worth it to the Sox if they were a true contender for the World Series, and that is highly unlikely for a club with no reliable bullpen and question marks at every infield position (the only sure thing is Bregman somewhere). Rafaela is a not a refined veteran like Castillo, but even if he doesn't maximize his five-tool potential could still give Boston around 3 WAR per year for the next eight seasons (Ceddanne had 2.8 WAR in '24 and... never walked!). Would Castillo contribute commensurate value?
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm watching them all on defense. Hamilton missed a line drive, and Saturday had a perfect peg by Narvaez squirt out of his glove on the tag. Sogard made miscues at 3B and 2B. Anthony half dove for a liner that clanked off the heal of his glove, then heaved a lollipop to second. Rafaela threw a laser to nail a runner at the plate. But we should especially keep an eye on Story. If he's going to run the ball halfway to first because he can't make a strong throw from shortstop, we have problems. Shortstop's pretty important.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    After watching Story shuffle-shuffle-shuffle and then bounce an easy throw that Casas couldn't scoop today, I have to wonder if Trevor's arm will be even be able to handle an entire season (if nothing else breaks down and puts him on the IL). I'm not saying Story is already injured or even sore, but maybe the internal brace just doesn't give him the arm strength he once had before elbow issues. We know he's a fitness fiend, so maybe he's just taking it easy because it's Spring Training... ... we also know Mayer has the young supple tissue and power to just plant his back leg and fire a strike to Casas.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I have said many times Rafaela is unlikely to be traded because of his contract -- including the post you skimmed over. Unlike all the Sox' other hot prospects, Ceddanne is no longer making minimum wage AND he is locked up longterm... so if he turns out to be a bust, the new team's budget is cracked. Big risk. The only mistake I made is when I typed a Skenes type, I didn't uppercase TYPE, nor elaborate that I meant any other guy with a 60s Western movie mustache dating a gymnast (or even a circus acrobat). A Skenes type could also include Paul's uncle -- his mother's older brother -- still pitching in his late-40s... only underhand 3 to 12-foot arcs in slow-pitch softball. Uncle Fester only has about a decade left of effectiveness, so Rafaela might make a good centerpiece in a trade. If not, at least he could hold up candles on both sides of a centerpiece.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The guy I was thinking of is Tony Phillips, who played all over the diamond for a career bWAR of 50.9. Listed as a second baseman because that's the position he played the most, Phillips also led the AL in range factor as a left fielder one year, and as a third baseman in another. Never an All-Star, yet in his seven-year peak (1990-96) averaged 5.3 WAR over 162 games. Baseball Reference's scale considers 5+ WAR as "All-Star Quality." In 18 seasons, Phillips had a career Slugging % of .389, identical to Rafaela's. But Phillips, who averaged 97 runs scored, walked to first on BB about as frequently as Ceddanne walked back to the dugout after whiffing in '24...
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And now the dumb Dodgers have a second starting five that is as good as most rotations in the bigs: Dustin May, Tony Gonsolin, Gavin Stone, Bobby Miller, Landon Knack. Here's LA's other rotation: Ohtani, Snell, Yamamoto, Glasnow, Sasaki. Damn, forgot Kershaw. At least in the playoffs only one guy can throw at a time when Soto is up.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The only scenario is if he's starting. Mayer won't be called up to sit on the bench. He needs to play regularly somewhere for an entire season.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Current Red Sox management is all about versatility, and Rafaela is unique in that regard. Besides the fact that Ceddanne is signed through 2032, I just don't see current management trading a guy who can provide elite defense at the two key non-battery positions on the field: centerfield and shortstop. Yes, I saw him make Es at both, but he also made plays that no one else besides maybe Jackie Bradley and Trevor Story could make. If Rafaela is a centerpiece in a deal for a Skenes type, ok -- but Boston won't ever give him away just to make room on the roster for another prospect. The Sox might make room on the bench for him, though...
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'd be ok with the challenge system if they compromise and get rid of the constant check-the-check appeals. Just entirely get rid of the totally subjective concept of asking another ump 90 feet away from the batter whether he "went around" -- which, in my lifetime has evolved from a batter actually "breaking his wrists" (turning his top hand over) to a guy flinching the barrel of his bat about an inch off his shoulder.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    At Worcester last year, I saw two times when called strike challenges were made -- one by Grissom, one by Yorke -- with each overturned in the batter's favor. In both instances, a count of 1 and 2 reversed to a count of 2 and 1. Everybody should be able to see the dramatic differences in those at bats... On the next pitch, both batters singled.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Big Gameday! Crochet pitching, Bregman playing -- hope winters eternal!
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Narvaez doubled and gunned down two runners stealing (Hamilton dropped the ball on the first tag).
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