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Sale is a non-starter, all puns intended. His name should be banned from the forum until June, or at least relegated to a separate thread; we could call it "If ifs and buts were candied nuts..." All we can do as fans for now is hope team nutritionists develop a healthy diet for the poor guy, so he won't crack another rib during any other bodily functions. And no jokes -- don't make him laugh. Or sneeze. And paste those sticky foot grips in his tub, so he won't slip in the shower.
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Sixto Sanchez, 6th on the Marlins' list, would be Boston's #2... until Nate got hurt.
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They could be good, but not number one ranked going into the season.
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Welp, maybe I'm biased against New York, but I'd bet there are close to 30 GMs that would take the rotations from the Brewers, Mets, Blue Jays and White Sox over the Yankees. As for depth, who's better than Houston: Framber, Garcia, Verlander, Urquidy, Javier and McCullers?
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I thought about that, and most teams want to avoid helping intra-division rivals... but these are the Rays, who are so confident they're ahead of all dinosaur systems that they won't hesitate to do anything and deal with anyone to keep the machine churning and the industry reeling. ps. they did once give up a hitting prospect/catcher to Boston for a pitcher who threw a 500-foot homer off Acuna's bat... what did the Rays know that Bloom didn't?
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It has to be if the Sox want to be better. Forgotten in all the '21 postseason excitement is that the bullpen blew lead after lead, even in games that the Sox walked off; Robles more than once, Braiser, Sawamura, Darwinzon, even Houck and Whitlock -- forcing Cora to burn out Eovaldi in the turning point in Game 4 of the LCS. Yes, the offense totally stalled at the end vs. Houston, but the difference between the quality of the two clubs was the pen. Diekman looks like a Robles type: high K-rate, high pitch count, high stress level for viewers, but more unhittable, with a .219 career BA-against. Robles, Barnes, Strahm are all in the .230s. I'm pinning my hopes on newcomer Kutter's mix that hitters will have to adjust to...
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I believe so. Tigers reportedly gave up a "Competitive Balance Round B" pick. The infielder is the equivalent of maybe Arauz, so it has to be all about the pick for Tampa.
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Tampa traded Meadows for a young back-up infielder and a draft pick. Paredes had a few cups of decaf where he batted .215 with a .592 OPS. Meadows received AL MVP votes the past two full seasons. Giving up both a prospect and a pick probably make such a deal prohibitive in Boston, but isn't that a reasonable cost to add a 26-year-old All-Star outfielder to a core of a future sustained contender? If not, what is?
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The bigger question may be can Sale even stay healthy and effective at all when he returns? 2022 ERA projections (source BB-Ref) -- Hill 3.93, Sale 4.11.
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I know, but I like to address him once in a while because even if he's not a regular alias here, he must at least have a minion monitoring us. It's good to check the pulse of the nation (even if some of us are closer to rigor mortis).
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Just hanging in there until reinforcements arrive every year doesn't sound quite like being "all in," Sam.
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I just wished they invested a little more in decent pitching. We were all hoping for at least a trade for a legitimate reliable arm, especially after they went so far with below-average relievers (except Whitlock) and lost ERod. The Rays won 100 games with dozens of guys who throw 95 with a change-up. The Jays traded for and locked up Berrios, replaced Ray with Gausman, and added Kikuchi. And the Yankees are always predicted ahead of Boston because of Cole and an elite bullpen (it's not because their power hitters strike out more than ours). Meanwhile, the Sox added old pitchers rejected by Tampa and NY...
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That has to be a worry for Sam Kennedy, juggling his executive hat in the private meetings with his carnival barker cap on the outside. At least Chaim believes his own lines, because he's locked into his longterm vision.
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If not, it may look a lot different on August 1. And for conspiracy theorists, maybe that's the plan.
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Even with Hill and Wacha, the rotation looks to be better than Baltimore's (and that's about it, folks). But if Whitlock starts, the bullpen is a trolley wreck. Make that dreck... Bloom wouldn't or couldn't part with the minor leaguers to trade for Manaea, so once again the hopeful reinforcements will be healing veterans: Sale and Paxton -- and whatever they can give us. If only we can get through the first month's 13 games vs. the Yanks, Jays and Rays... and then hang on for the next month... and the next...
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A's get: IF Euribiel Angeles, RHP Adrian Martinez (from MLB.com).
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For me, BB-Ref is more accessible and user-friendly because when I click on any team from any season in history, I instantly see photos of the top 12 WAR players in order, L to R. And when I click on any guy, I get his entire career. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Fangraphs makes me type in names for searches (BB-ref also has this option).
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Pads get Manaea for their numbers 12 and 26 prospects. Someone with Sox prospect knowledge can dig up Boston's equivalents (assuming they're about equal to SD's)... ... then we'll have something new to argue about. ps. according to one Sox' website, #12 is Gonzalez, #26 is Hamilton (from the infamous Renfroe haul).
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Maybe we should just agree that any baseball statistic can have beauty in the eye of the beholder. It doesn't hurt to still respect opinions that find value in batting average or runs batted in or pitcher victories -- like many, many players, fans and writers did for a hundred years. I hope I always will, even while appreciating stats like OPS and WHIP. Just don't group me with Ghost wins, runners or anything... when the shades come back to haunt the game.
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I've accepted WAR, because it's designed to evaluate a player's overall value based on a combination of offense and defense. An issue for old-timers like me is that none of the WAR sites use the exact same formula, and even if they did, it's too complicated or time-consuming to calculate for the average fan (unlike counting stats or batting averages). Both Fangraphs and BB-Ref caution that WAR is an estimate and that players shouldn't be definitively compared to the tenths place. And yet, isn't our whole concept of numerical values based on totals? And could someone please tell me why past WAR changes? Everytime I look at the 2018 Red Sox, Mookie's WAR is different: 10.7, 10.6, 10.8... and that season is still in the past.
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Those charts are really helpful, and show the success if not value of top relievers. Maybe GMs and front officers still refrain from acquiring some veteran bullpen guys because of the actual high leverage mileage on certain arms (combined with veteran salaries, of course). We're can be sure Bloom and Co. have all the sufficient data they need to decide; Dombro, probably does, too, but ignores it!
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Only if he steps on the rubber (which is better than guys his age who are under the hill).
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Agreed, for the position players. For the pitcher lists, the B and D columns -- ERA and WHIP ratings -- maybe best represent the past half decade. I say this because as Sox fan I can't claim Sale has been the #1 guy in any league the past two or three years (as in C, the FIP). Also, Nola and Wheeler aren't top 5 in any lists but A; WAR for pitchers always seems a bit unreliable, compared to position players... maybe because it undervalues relievers who succeed in just as many high lev situations (just not as many IP).
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Every year, Rich defies the cliche by showing he's over himself.
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Thanks -- and I don't want you to research this -- but we also know that the "type" of pitches has to make a difference, as well. Barnes coming in to face the heart of the order with baserunners aboard in the 7th or 8th has to present different stress than Kimbrel starting the 9th with the lead and throwing to the 7-8-9 hitters. Now, certain guys who just aren't as effective coming into the 8th or in a tie game -- instead of a clean 9th inning save situation -- are candidates with what we might call a mental issue.
