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Turner made himself a lot of money this year. He owes it to himself to seek the best deal he can.
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Duvall is a free agent. Duran’s trade value is probably at an all time high. Verdugo is an extra left handed bat with trade value. It is easier to trade for an outfielder and stash an AAAA outfield bat at Worcester than any other position. We move verdugo and Duran and see kind of pitching prospect we can get in return
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Duran, dalbec, and cassas all started slow when they became full time starters, two out of the three figured it out, made the adjustments and contributed. Abreau and Rafeala have earned the right to have that same chance!!! Valdez defense is so bad, I am not sure he is in the same category as them!
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Pitching. Pitching. Pitching and more pitching should be the offseason priorities! Bello and four days of rain is not a good strategy. Sale breaks down more than a 1978 ford pinto. Pivetta is dr. Heckle and Mr. Hyde! Houck and Whitlock are bullpen only guys
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Last night, Rafeala scored from third on a dribbler to the pitcher. This is what the kind of excitement and guts he brings to the lineup. I hope he and abreau start the year in Boston next year and verdugo and Duran (sell high) are traded away. We can always sign Hunter Renfro and stash him in Worcester
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Free agent signings I want to see: 1.) starting pitcher snell - bad peripherals not withstanding 2.) starting pitcher inomega - Japan posting 3.) starting pitcher ryu - risk reward signing 4.) relief pitcher matsui - Japan posting Trade verdugo, Duran and dalbec for a quality relief pitcher or prospects
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To add injury to insult, Hang’em Chaim assembled some of the worst defensive teams ever. Our infield was leakier than the titanic (post iceberg) bad pitching, terrible defense and good hitting do not win many championships
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I think you are correct. Our lineup is very left handed. And we have more quality lefties coming up in the farm.
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That was when Hang’em Chaim was here. One of holtzon, smith or Massey would be a huge drop off from burns
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Blocked paths for prospects. We have many prospects whose path to Boston is blocked. Dalbec, hickey, meidroth, rosier, a castro, etc. Would Miami take verdugo and dalbec and lui for a pitcher like cabreara?
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If we all start an internet rumor that burns has a ucl tear and hope and pray that he falls to us in the draft!!!!!
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Has abreau, Valdez or Rafeala done enough to impress for next season?
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When you watch how Anthony approaches his at bats and his bat to ball skills, it is easy to see he is bogey special. I see him in Worcester by June 1st. Come September or injuries, he could be Boston by the end of the year. I think he is elite
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Is this post a snide way of pointing out Hang’em Chaim’s short comings????
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I think we have some assets teams might be interested in, verdugo, dalbec and Duran. I believe cassas is untouchable! I think we should call Miami and work something out with them. We also might want to call arizona, if we prefer some prospects
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His swing is too long and too slow. In the last week of the season, it looks like he is starting his swing earlier and able to get the head of the bat through the ball. I do not know if this adjustment translate to fewer strike outs next season, but I think it is a good start
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This guy could be your right handed bat
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I think every year the biggest thing teams hope to go right is health. Obviously for us, that has been an issue. Our offense was a top ten offense for most of the year. Our problem was pitching (describing it as a dumpster fire is actually being generous) and defense (I think we lead the American League in errors) Pitching SP1 - Snell SP2 - Sale SP3 - Bello SP4 - Inamaga (Japan signing) SP5 - Crawford Long relief/spot starter - pivetta Long relief/spot starter - houck Closer - Jansen 8th inning - Martin RP - Whitlock RP - wincowski RP - matsui (Japan signing) RP - schreiber Lineup: CF - Rafeala (above average defense) 3B - devers (dumpster fire defense) DH - yoshida (dumpster fire defense in lf) 1B - casas (dumpster fire defense) SS - story (average defense) RF - verdugo (average defense) LF - Duran (dumpster fire defense) 2B - Urias (average defense) C - wong (average defense) Bench C - mcquire (fringe defense) OF - Refsynder (fringe defense) U - Reyes - (fringe defense) U - Valdez - (dumpster fire defense)
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Kavadas almost got to 100 walks again this season!!!! Pretty amazing eye for the strike zone
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Now that Hang’em Chaim has been put out to pasture, will we sign more international free agent pitchers
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Been quite a few years since we had a top 20 this talented. Only 4 pitchers in your top 20! Very sad. Of your top 20 Anthony, teel, Rafeala, winkleman, abreau, Valdez and Walter could all be in Boston a year from now.
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I have seen Mayer about 20 times and Anthony and bleis about 10 times. When these three guys get in the batters box, they way they approach the at bat and the bat speed and the bat to ball skill is all elite. Opposing pitchers pitch these three guys differently then they do other hitters
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Hang’em Chaim was very rigid and he vastly overvalued his assets. Very tough to complete trades with that mentality. The failure to execute the schimdt for verdugo trade was very frustrating to me.
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I have never seen cespedes or teel live so I cannot speak to them. But Mayer, Anthony and Bleis are really good. Like bogey, Betts type good (when those guys were coming up)!
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I think you are right. I see someone pitch live 3-4 times a year! Not really enough to judge properly.