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It's unfair to say Japan fielded their best team and won because they wanted to. Every player interviewed representing any country said this WBC tournament meant more than anything they had ever competed in. The only ones who couldn't feel that way didn't participate.
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In that moment on that stage, that 3-2 slider from one legend throwing 100 mph to another trying to hit a home run may have been the greatest pitch of all-time. At least on TV.
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Who know who I meant: the highest paid pitcher and highest paid position player in the history of -- ah, fugedaboudit.
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It has to be at least embarrassing for Manfred and Steinbrenner that the WBC featured zero players from the MLB's flagship franchise and perennial World Series favorites.
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My 12-year old wondered what the problem was with the top U.S. pitchers. His logic is that Team USA plays in either Arizona or Florida, where all big league pitchers already are in Spring Training, so they don't even have to travel. Plus, the WBC has strict pitch limits -- just like MLB clubs "taking care of" their arms, stretching them out, a little more each time. He asked, "Are they afraid of themselves being too competitive, trying to throw a million miles per hour for their country... or are they just afraid?"
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If Duvall bats behind him, Yoshida will lead the league in walks.
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It's already evident from watching Yoshida in ST and the WBC that he has the approach of a good hitter: early in the count, use the middle of the field; ahead in the count, look for something to drive; down in the count, look away. It would greatly behoove the Red Sox if the guy they bat behind Yoshida isn't an all-or-nothing swinger.
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A Realistic View of 2023: Part II
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Now you know how many doughnut holes it takes to fill up Albert Belle. -
Mayer will be the shortstop before most of us expect it. Kike needs to be back in center ASAP; the outfield looked hapless yesterday -- yes, they were dealing with sun and wind, but those aren't abnormal elements of weather on Earth.
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Overlooked in his WBC record RBIs is the defensive play that saved the game for Japan -- when Yoshida gunned down a runner at the plate for the last out in the 8th, keeping it a two-run deficit. He's fundamentally sound.
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The key is not to over-analyze. It's easy for fans to understand Merloni when he describes Bello: "Every pitch looks like a change-up, because the movement is ridiculous." Sounds like guy who's going to be hard to hit. What's not to like.
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A Realistic View of 2023: Part II
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Play him backwards and he'll say, Paul is Ohtani... -
A Realistic View of 2023: Part II
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Take a sad Song, and make him badder... -
If he's sick, I blame notin's doctor for coughing on him.
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And don't forget the rigors of military discipline that guarantees to turn boys into men. No doubt Song is rock and his arm is ready to roll. He just forgot how. For now.
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A Realistic View of 2023: Part II
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
It's all laid out there in the Henry scene in Moneyball. He wants to win, just in the most affordable way possible... but not by cutting corners, staying out of free agency, and just hoping/relying on prospects to be pre-arb stars. John Henry wants to win and make money in clever ways -- that's the challenge for a man who has everything. -
Song admitted in a ST interview he is not ready to be a pitcher yet, much less a big leaguer. He wants to be, but right now can't even find comfort in the grips of various pitches. That doesn't sound like a guy that any team, even a cellar-dweller, can afford to carry on its MLB roster even for one day.
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A Realistic View of 2023: Part II
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
It sounds like he'll be starting in Worcester and then join the big club as soon as one of the older guys breaks down. It makes sense, since they have a lot invested in the veterans, and Bello has options. With a presumably easier schedule the first couple weeks, the Sox may just be saving their best rotation for later late-April/May, when a trio like Sale-Bello-Whitlock can make a statement (in a best-case scenario). -
From the info out there, it appears if the Phils decide not to carry Song all season they can put him on waivers, and if no other club claims him, the Red Sox can take him back for half the Rule V fee (50K). So Bloom could keep Song and still pocket enough Dombro bucks to replace those fake Smartboard markers and erasers he chucks across the room during boardroom presentations on the progress of his trade acquisitions.
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Some poster poopers will say he only faced Triple A batters Sunday, the same peers he dominated last summer. But that list might include future big leaguers -- and any level has trouble with a guy who throws 97 with movement, and commands sinkers, change-ups and sliders. Maybe he won't be an All-Star this year, but Bello will throw some of the best games in the Red Sox '23 season.
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Great post -- the perfect time to remember the clarity of Jerry Remy: "2-and-0, look middle in."
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A Realistic View of 2023: Part II
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
The metrics show potential for a new calculus in the aerospace engineering and astrodynamics of his delivery. Once Ort acclimates and finds his algorithms, it's just knowing when to pull the triggernometry. -
We can't trade Duran, he's a better outfielder than Verdugo! Recap from last night's Mexico WBC win from Boston Globe: "Jarren Duran entered the game as a defensive replacement for Verdugo in right field in the ninth inning."
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The answer is definitely yes. But on BTV, my trade proposal of the NL saves leader for the Mets' second-best catching prospect (with a "below-average" arm) was met with a resounding Realty Check! ... which means it's the perfect deal in the unreality of Steve Cohen's checkbook offseason. Re. Robertson and Otto, you can tout the patchwork bullpen that the upstart Phillies rode into the '22 World Series all you want, but there's no way the New York Mets spent all that dough on big names this winter to rely on a little name with games in the balance.
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In an article on possible replacements for Edwin Diaz as Mets closer, MLB.com is already speculating, "Perhaps the Red Sox will be willing to part with Kenley Jansen..." Ok, Mets, ready to deal for last year's NL saves leader? After spending half a billion dollars on free agents this offseason, what's a measly top prospect? New York's #1 prospect, Francisco Alvarez is a catcher, and Boston sure could use one... but the Mets' #3 is another catcher, Kevin Parada, #36 on the MLB's Top 100. That position looks like a surplus for Cohen's contenders...
