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I expect the AL East to be a good 3-way battle for second but with the yanks out in front. I think the Yanks and Mariners are easily top 2 in AL, and then you can make a case for either us, Toronto, Orioles, Tigers for 3rd in AL - put personally I think its a reach to put Tigers there. But I think the favorites in the AL are Yanks/M's. We might be 3rd.

The Yankees are a powerhouse of a team. The Jays are very beatable. PECOTA and the other projectors have Os either a tiny step ahead of us or behind us/practically tied. With the Jays closer to the Yanks than they are to us. Personally, I think the Jays should be roughly equal to us and Orioles but Yanks still a significant step ahead.

My point is Im happy about the Quinn trade because I think it was part of the reason they overpaid for Harrison. "Last time we got a Red Sox depth starter, it really worked out for us, yes Durbin + 2 depth pieces that I can see contributing + a comp pick is surely steep for a RS depth starter + Hamilton + the Shane Drohan experience - but Hamilton is even higher ranked than Priester and look at how much he worked out for us." I wonder if they think that because QP did so well for them that Harrison will improve as much as QP did since both came from RS, and if thats one of the reasons they overpaid. Kinda like how people told me for years that Jed Lowrie was untradeable because Pedroia didnt hit the ground running either, or like how now whenever a Bruins prospect struggles everyone yells Marchand struggled when he first came up, therefore this must be the new Marchand! And Im like isnt it more likely that this guy will NOT follow Marchands extremely rare career arc or coming up expecting to be a third liner, struggling to do even that for 1/2 season, about to be sent down and deemed a minor bust (cant call him a big bust because he was never expected to be anything more than a 3rd liner) - then poof - outta nowhere one of the best goal scorers for years and years. Some people use stuff like this as a lesson that every prospect that struggles will be Marchand and every prospect that doesnt struggle will be better than marchand and I dont think thats the right takeaway.

We we sure on these years? Could it have been 23-24 where he was rule 5 drafted and got hurt/struggled, came back last year, pitched will in minors , and grew into an "enough value to be protected" I think I remember him repairing some value at some point, to answer your question more directly. Might have been second half of year after being returned in same year drafted. Im sure he had some value in the deal, so Im glad we protected and traded him. Even if he wasnt the main piece, maybe he is what got the comp pick included. Everyone loves the comp pick. So much so, you almost dont want to make them. Kinda like driving a new car off the lot.

Shane Victorino had a HR that should not be forgotten

TY mr moons point from yesterday and MVPs point from earlier today

Shrimp Mozambique? Lamb Vindaloo? Schezuan style hot pot?

I prefer Longhorns , Texas Roadhouse and even Chilis to Outback, personally. I would take Outback over Applebees and TGI FRidays (if they still exist).

What are you a wendys chicken sandwich

A rate that they expect to raise due to park factors and having a full season under his belt.

He didnt, he said HR's against matter a lot towards winning the who will hit more HR us or them battle.

Okay mr stealing Moons point from yesterday (its a good one though)

Do we owe Quinn Priester a thank you? Is it fair to call this "hidden secondary value" to the Quinn Priester trade? Just thinking - and I agree, this trade is hard to see from their perspective and im wondering if QP has anything to do with it (obviously small amount but what if its merely something like this) GM: Id like to move an infielder for some more pitching, preferably young MLB ready pitching Asst GM: One young pitcher with MLB experience and a not terrible 2025 ERA who might be available is Harrison on the Sox because they have him buried on their SP depth chart GM: Should we be concerned that the Red Sox buried him Asst GM: well they had Quinn Priester buried and that was a good addition for us GM: Good point, good point

Homeruns are highly correlated with a hungry approach with hungry eyes. If you are hitting homeruns, your reads are correct, you are making contact out in front, you are pulling the ball, you are swinging your hips like the coach teaches in Happy Gilmore (RIP Chubs), and yes HR's really help. I do like the Durbin trade, and not only because of what we gave up (or #9 best SP for a versatile above average infielder who is immediately expected to be an everyday regular) - I also like his pull approach, defensive versatility, gritty demeanor. The only downside to me, is that its now yet another full time position locked up for the foreseeable future with a .711 OPS guy, which I expect to get better, but one less place to put a 1,000 OPS guy and yes I want one knowing that there are only like 5 in the league but guess what all 5 are on tems that do very well , so coincidence - I think not! (thinking Judge, Ohtani, Vlad, Cal, and Soto and I expect the NYM to make us all stop making fun of them this year)

Im now questioning if you understand what "at best" means. And no even with Bassitt on Os , this still isnt true. It does make 4th place more likely tho, and might make it a coin flip with third place. Right now, I would guess: 1st place: 8%, 2nd: 22.5%, 3rd:32.5%, 4th: 30%, 5th: 7%

Feel like its at least warmer than over the weekend where it was like low single digits at night and up to negative teens with windchill (at least here in providence)

I thought Kira Sedwick was the OG closer.

Its a cute quip, and possibly the best thing Schilling has ever said, Ill give you that.

that makes it better, i would still recommend falling back from "100% true". Cute quips arent even meant to be 100% true. They are meant to be high level observations that are generally true.

Wait, Im not sure Ive heard blooming idiot. Is that like a blooming onion

4th place at best is irrational. "4th place" as a prediction is not. But its not rational to consider 4th best case.

Stop. Had you said that 2nd was as likely 4th, I might have been able to let that slide, but 1st place? Its also possible we finish last. Or at least finish 4th. It will be a competetive division, but give the competition a little more credit. Note: I honestly do believe that 2nd is as likely as 4th. I would say 1st: 7.5%, 2nd:25%, 3rd: 35% 4th:25%, 5th: 7.5%

I agree here, the buy/sell hybrid deadlines and the cross our fingers and stand pat despite the wheels coming off deadlines. 2022/2023/2034 were tough.

This is about where I have us as well. I just think that the teams in front of us, at least in some cases, are more than just a tiny step in front of us.

So you are saying that the guy who broke his promise to Wake when Wake was on his deathbed, who also scammed RI was 100% correct when he says that the team that gets the most starts from their regular starters will finish with the better record. Harmony already told you that 2 yrs ago, the mariners got all their starts from their starters and struggled. So....right there you know, not 100% true. But sure lets say its 90% true. I have a great idea. Lets have all 18 yr old non-drafted high school players on offense and have a 8 man rotation. Because we are 8 deep "regular rotation", we'll prob get a lot of starts from our regular starters. Because when one gets hurt, we'll just drop to 7 man rotation, down to 6 man.....Sounds like a guaranteed championship to me, Im on board. Yes, if Torontos starters miss 40, and our starters miss 10, we're likely to have a better record. But that doesnt mean that this is 100% true. On the flip, if we miss 40 starts from our rotation, except from one injury that we will not say.....I think we'll be better for it because I think our 6,7,8 pitchers are better than our 2,3,4 pitchers and Breslow wasted all that money. 100% true. Also, why even go get Ranger and Gray if its 100% true that the team with most starts from their regular rotation will win most games. Because Schilling said it? He also said that the state of RI should loan him millions for a video game company, that went belly-up pretty fast