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Groome had a rough year last year, he injured himself in the first game of the year and then his father ran into all kinds of legal trouble. That is a lot of a 17-18 year old to deal with. However for a couple of weeks there, he showed us why he is a prospect. The ball jumps out of his hand. His stuff is beyond electric! His curveball could become kershaw like. I saw him once on one of his best outings of the year and he blew me away with the movement on his stuff. Yes he needs to work on control, but how many 18 year he olds don’t. No player in the sox system has nearly as much upside as groome. The gamble for desperate Dave is if groome ever reaches his potential.
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Leon clearly handles sale and to a lesser extent porcello better than Vazquez. But Vazquez is the better hitter.
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No one on this board is as anti dave as me, and I can not call him out for anything on either ohtani or Stanton,
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Good pitching beats good hitting!
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Very true! Maybe they should start looking for relocation options now. Vegas for example!
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As far as free agent pitching goes. I am looking at starter Vargas.(if healthy) And 2 relievers from kintzler, Hughes, dukes and McGhee.
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I was watching some film of Zach Duke. He seems to generate a decent amount of ground balls. Anybody think he is on dave’s radar?
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How do we feel about signing goins as our starting 2nd baseman until pedroia is healthy? He had a decent year north of the border and can also play short.
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Looking at what Miami got for Stanton and Gordon and it seems to be a self fulfilling acknowledgement of the old axiom “ you can not cut your way to prosperity”
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There is no difference in the win loss record if the Yankees win a game 8 to 6 or 11 to 6. With better pitching, we can beat the stacked Yankees lineup 5 to 4. But we need more pitching.
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Congrats to the Yankees. They got the premier power bat in all of baseball for Castro and a bunch of tier 2 minor leaguers. For the record, I was never on suicide watch when it came to trading for Stanton. Same for signing Martinez, as I am scared of the frequent trips to the dl. And I am not really interested in either royals infielder. I am all for signing more pitching. A solid starter and two solid lefty relievers. For first base I prefer Matt Adams, but would settle for a return of Moreland.
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Amen brother!
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No we need more pitching! There are some decent arms out there and desperate dave’s Job is to sign a starter and two relievers.
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Amen brother! They have done terribly run sports teams in that city.
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Who do you think no will trade for pedroia?
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The Dodgers could send puig and jock Pederson to Miami for Stanton.
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Well said! I agree 100%.
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Is this his second time with them?
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He’s always been steaky because he gets pitched inside until he starts hitting inside pitches.
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If I were the giants I would immediately reduce the package I was offering Miami. If I were the Dodgers I would offer Miami a bag of used baseballs and a couple broken bats for Stanton, If jeter wants out of that contract teams on the west coast need to make it painful!
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Bradley missed a lot of his final year in college after getting hit on the wrist by a pitch. His hole in his swing was a fear of any inside pitches. It took him until last year to finally get over that fear. 2017 appeared to be a return of that fear.
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I have to wonder if the major leagues is the best place for a 3rd baseman with defensive development issues. I have to think our pitchers are not all that overjoyed by it as well!!!!
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if Stanton goes to the angels, they suddenly become a very scary team!
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So desperate dave predicted that a 20 year old starting the year in double a was going to to make it to Boston and contribute to our team by August? Clearly I need to contact desperate dave so he can give me the winning power ball numbers for th next drawing.
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Except for Fisk, no catcher has handled a pitching staff as well as varitek. Pitchers loved throwing to him and didn’t he catch something like 5 no hitters? Except for Fisk, no catcher in our history can compare to him! He was a perfect fit for our organization . And guess what, we got him in a trade and we did not overpay! Hint hint to desperate dave!!!!