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he sang it to me and i dont even have a sister

It was called "Jed Lowrie f'd your sister"

One of my best friends wrote a song about how much he loved Jed Lowrie

luxury of still being able to win championships despite holes, not luxury of fan contentment lol

So 4, not 4+

And when you have elite players, you have that luxury.

4+ years running then

Who needs 1 good ballplayer when you can have 6 mediocre ones

You just went up a notch in my book Welcome to notch 1

Of course, dont find the most ripped dude you can and assume he can play ball. However, when you start holding certain things constant like experience - the body does make a huge difference.

On opening day, sure. Cedannes hitting could regress to AAAA, someone could get hurt.... Im okay parking Masa in AAA if we can, Im not okay giving him away to whomever will take the most salary.

I lean DH Roman because Duran is durable and if we lose Roman to injury the season is probs over.

Certainly not if we add Paredes because then against righties thats your bench (with wong). But I guess you do have an OF at DH, so its not like 0 OF coverage but it def feels like too much mediocre -> below second baseman, which honestly Wong kinda counts for that also. And even Cedanne can play the position. We may not have a second baseman, but we certainly have enough 2b depth lol

You are correct, and sorry to beat a dead horse here but working out is huge for health. Im sure we've all had a phsyical therapist tell us that adding muscle to our problem areas (in my case my neck) adds padding and in addition building up "stabilizer muscles" really help (thats what my physical therapist told me and my neck got better after working with her) and Ill stop here because I am 100% sure that someone here knows this stuff better than I do as Im not a physical therapist.

The Red sox were concerned about Mayer work out habits. If he was hitting the ball hard last year hard and he comes back with added strength because he's embraced protein and lifting - thats exciting.

Mayer is a great example of what I am talking about. Show me a shirtless picture of Mayer from May last year and one taken right now, and Ill tell you if we can start getting excited for what he can do this year. OF COURSE body isnt everything. Pitch recognition, approach, swing trajectory - this stuff can get better and improve performance at the plate even without adding muscle.... But 90% of the game is half physical.

I agree that hes not the easiest guy to project and there is some variability , a lot of variance, in his year-to-year end of year stats last 3 years. But he works out and he works out a ton, and hes 6'1 He has a better baseline than a 5'11 guy with no muscle. Not as many MLB players work out as you may think and people underestimate how much body matters to prospect readiness. Yes, you can in very many cases , look at a guy and tell if hes ready. No boys. Roman Anthony is not a boy, I can tell by looking at him. Even in high-school, there are some 15 yr olds who are 6'3 and fully filled out and some 15 yr olds that are still children in appearance.

I dont mind and never mind hoping for homerish expectations, like Romy is going to hit against righties like he does against lefties or Anthony is going to be a superstar this year or Abreu is going to be an .850+OPS bat even playing everyday or Mayer is going to take 2 giant leaps forward at the plate. Hope away. I hope so too. But I get shy when we start assuming/counting on these things.

Even if the swing trajectory never adjusts enough to include consistent loft to become a 30+ HR guy, it would still be huge if he could learn to consistently rip it over the corner infielder's down the line a la Tony Gwynn. Will have a higher batting average doing this than smashing the ball into the ground because even if you hit it into the ground at 105+ MPH (and he will) a non small portion of those are still getting fielded and he (Anthony) isnt Ichiro like outrunning fielded ground balls.

Im not sure Hamilton is pushed off (yet), if IKF is the backup. But maybe if Romy grabs the everyday job

those jokes dont bother me.

Rooker is a player I like who I can make sense with logic why he could be available but I havent heard like rumors of oak shopping him, and ill stop bringing him up because paredes is (or at least has been) part of actual conversations so theres actual smoke there and not forum speculation. I dont like when people were like did you hear the new rumor and its some fan talking about why he would try to get player x and im like thats not like "a rumor" we need to differentiate between fan saying "how about this guy?" (in this case, me with Rooker) vs like something on mlbtraderumors from a real insider "Sox and houston have discussed Paredes". I dont mind fan trades at all or bringing it up (exactly like Im doing with Rooker) just saying its worth pointing out that some fan saying "I like this trade" is much different than like Peter G reporting the GMs and player X is at the center of conversations. So ill stop going back to Rooker. Its just a guy I like who I can make a case for being moved (31 yr DH in Oakland making 12m + incentives)

Yes Im aware and Notin has mentioned this before....They have to want to trade Rooker and its very very very likely they do not. I just assume that because hes a 31 yr old DH , making 12-18m/yr (based on incentives) that Oak would flip him. But I honestly think it would be hard to pry him loose because he's a legit very very very good hitter and people like him.

Ima check out Moons sick place, but I need to be outta the southwest by summer, not a heat guy.

To me, Brent Rooker is that DH