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Babe Ruth was traded in 1919. You are thinking of Gabe Tooth, the RS pitcher traded in 1960 for a pack of Joe Camel Cools cigs and a coat of green paint to touch up the wall

In 1993 I thought the Mendoza line was Ramiro Mendoza, the yankees reliever, as in "you are so bad , you cant even outhit this pitcher" and I was always confused why of all pitcher, Ramiro Mendoza was chosen as the bar/standard

Hope he was good in the field

That doesnt feel right but Im not immune to home team homerism. I think that the Yanks and Ms are the T1 of AL and tier 2 is Jays, us, Tigers, Orioles, T3 is Stros , Rangers, Cleveland ,,,,My opinion....Not sure why Pecota thinks of us as T3. I think if we're heading that way we'll add like Michigan Adam was saying. At least I hope so. Plus the pitching is going to win a lot of games. I think to go deep in playoffs we'll need either a breakout bat (or multiple) internally or to add bats externally as the season progresses....But even without further additions/unforseen breakouts, 82.2 feels quite low. HATERS!

I was trying to compare your optimistic leaning post to his pessimistic leaning post, and it didnt work and I apologize. I agree, 4th place at best is nowhere near reasonable, and you were never unreasonable. I think 4th is more realistic than I wish it was, but I think thats a function of the division's strength , and I think 3rd is still most likely. 2nd 3rd and 4th are all close to equal in likelihoods.

At this point, you would have won the wager. But it would have had to go to arbitration if you claimed victory due to IKF (had we never gotten Durbin). I remember it being left vague as in "a good or solid starting infielder", it could have been subsequently defined. I know Fred tried to define it as .820 OPS which was too high.

Thats what I said , then he regurgitated his definition of "at best", which remains incorrect.

Aaron Judge was hurt last year pretty significantly. He just played through it and was still the best hitter by a mile and has had an offseason to recover. Two sides to look at that. If you are feeling optimistic - yes reinjury risk, yes maybe had they shut him down last year hed be more healthy today, yes hes still not 100% recovered (but hes more recovered since we saw him last when he was still pretty darn good) That 6'8 body will probably crash out eventually. He plays hard in RF. Hes prob too good hitter to play the field.

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)