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Didn't Rentaleria blame his poor fielding in Boston on the grounds crew for the way they manicured the Fenway infield?
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I never said they couldn't handle it, just that they didn't want to deal with it. Price loathed every media member. AGon hated national Sunday night games that come with the market. Crawford may have been damaged goods, but maybe it was his eyesight as much as his leg -- he couldn't make contact (I've never seen a guy with so many at bats in an 0-2 count) and couldn't even judge a fly ball. Had to be many factors; a .300 hitter and Gold Glover doesn't forget how to play baseball well overnight. It couldn't all be a high-fat, too-rich diet commensurate with his contract...
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It's more about occasional players not buying it, guys who don't want to "deal" with playing in Boston and answering to mass media and rabid fandom. I can't think of too many prospects who crumbled from the spotlight, probably because they don't last too long if they fail, but it's more veterans who accept big money but then try to shun the attention that comes with it. That list is easy to make: Price, Crawford, Pablo, AGon, Renteria, etc. etc. I wouldn't include Rusney, who wanted to play in Boston but wasn't allowed to because they paid him too much.
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Nope, but I'm fully on board with asking, "who is?"... as I have been the past two years. My point has always been that Eovaldi was never overpaid; just earning the market rate for a mid-rotation starter (especially if Sale and Price supposedly established the rate for top end starters). And now ERod makes the market rate... somewhere else. And next year, if Nate is "off the books," some of us will be praying Bloom doesn't replace him with two more mediocrities for the price of one Eovaldi.
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That's a decent list, and the reason I don't say good to great is that all have had recent injuries and will be over 30 next winter (except Nola, 29). What I didn't know is that DeGrom is older than Eovaldi... The reason I think Nate's workouts make him a good future investment is that he continues to establish a program, in-season and off-season, to try to ensure regular turns through the rotation all year. He missed a few starts in '20, but has been by far the dependable ace the past two seasons. It's an encouraging trend.
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Yep, Bloom finally splurges on Story at $23+M per, but won't sign another legit righty bat to replace Renfroe's -- not for a guy like Pham who costs $7.5M (what the Reds just gave him). That's a similar amount to what some data valued Renfroe would also fetch (more than double than last year), and why some speculate Bloom traded him in the first place.
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Again, who has, that 1) will even be available, and 2) would be a better investment than someone who has improved and established himself in Boston over the course of his contract?
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Any overhand pitcher at any age is an injury risk, every year. Two things we know about Nate: he's been successful in Boston and he's a workout animal. Healthy lifestyles are a decent predictor.
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I still don't get those who excitedly say, "Next year, Eovaldi's contract will be off the books!" Nate loves Boston, says he wants to stay in Boston, and Boston can afford to keep him; but can the Sox afford to lose him? Having money to replace an ace at the top of the rotation is great... but good luck trying to find another one.
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I'm just assuming Beane is the happy barker, scanning the room, playing bidders off each other, upping the ante, asking all what's a metaphor you?
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Never happen, because Billy has been reading how much we want Lou. Well, actually, Billy hasn't been following the forum; he makes Jonah Hill do it.
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Maybe he's part of a big trade in the works...
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Then he'd get my vote for the Cy Clops Award. -
A Realistic View at 2022: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Not in the first month, but it happens often in the second half, usually with also-rans or tankers. I just have a feeling with the long lockout, fast ST, expanded rosters and inevitable injuries (and cold weather; good thing Boston didn't recruit any old, brittle arms)... ps. wait, what am I thinking -- it's the 25th century! It won't be a starter, but a bulk guy who becomes a set-up man. -
Yankees 2021-2022 Offseason Thread
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Other Baseball
DJ's a three-time Gold Glove second baseman. I knew this a long time ago, but didn't want to tell any Yankee officials because they were wasting him at first base. -
A Realistic View at 2022: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Pardon my impertinence for ignoring the unwritten rules about minor leaguers experiencing proper developmental paths, but I'm making a prediction: somewhere in the bigs in the first month of the season, some young pitcher, barely in the pros a few years, will get added to the 28, throw a gem, and become a surprise member of an MLB rotation. -
You're welcome to your opinion, but then contradict yourself by typing "we're just dreaming on Casas." I happen to think he's a better overall hitter than Duran is now and last year because of his deliberate approach. Despite weighing 260 lbs, he sacrifices power for contact, and chokes up with two strikes. Casas' goal was never to crush 30 homers in the minors to get called up; it's to stay and star in the majors when he gets called up. The longball will come. I'm not in love with the guy, but I'm enthused about the possibility of a prospect coming to Boston that won't be a K machine like Dalbec, Duran, Chavis or Franchy. The Sox have a history of promoting top prospects when they deem them ready, no matter how young. Meanwhile, what's wrong with looking ahead -- are we supposed to be pumped by the return of Travis Shaw?
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Babe Ruth in Boston was nothing but an old-timey version of Big Papi: three rings. Give me Harry Hooper, the greatest winner in Red Sox history, with four World Series rings. Ah, forget it; Hooper also batted lefty. Chaim knows we need a righty-swinging outfielder -- someone who can actually hit, before Opening Day.
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That's kinda the point -- Rendon got $245M after his age 29 season; Raffy will be a free man after age 26. But to my other point, if Bloom and ownership don't want to commit Mookie money, we know they'll gladly deal Devers for prospects before it's too late.
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Yankees 2021-2022 Offseason Thread
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Other Baseball
Marwin was the Opening Day leftfielder for a club that fell two wins shy of the pennant last year. Then he still had a game-winning hit in the World Series! -
Rendon got $35M AAV for seven years, so the younger Raffy's market value this year is at least $30M... another two seasons mashing like his last two full ('19 and '21) and the price to keep him will only go up. He knows it, his agent knows, and Bloom knows it. They also know there will be multiple teams willing to pay him.
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I don't think anyone will hold Casas back for long. He already proved himself last summer -- batting third for the Olympic team, playing with ex-big leaguers -- and was more ready, in my opinion, to handle a Boston promotion than Duran. I'm not ruling out a midseason trade of JD that may create a roster opening as a corresponding move, but don't anticipate the Sox or Bloom manipulating service time or worrying about age. They haven't with other top prospects in the past.
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This isn't even a joke: a few summers ago I went to a Double A night game that ended before it got dark.
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John Henry feels your pain, comparing boyhood idol Stan Musial to Mookie... (though that may be the last thing he told the Nation after handing the black hood and keys to the guillotine to his latest chief baseball officer). It could be worse. Imagine growing up in Oakland in the 1970s and seeing all your favorites get traded or leave when free agency began. And then years later, which player for the A's do they make a movie about? None -- it was about the GM.
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The pitching is more rag-tag reclamation projects with no viable replacement yet for ERod, and I wasn't even a supporter of his. But ERod was under 30 and dependable before and after Covid, and I would say mostly because he was under 30. Barring a trade, the best hope is that at least two young starters take a step forward -- though two is unlikely. I'm not worried about the offense. Story's righty power replaces Renfroe's. Schwarber will be missed, but remember he was only a factor for about two months, and some other bats could improve.
