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  1. JoeBrady
    The problem isn't 'we should've traded someone'. Every team in baseball could make that claim. I think the board was divided on Yoshida's contributions. Maybe 40% of us liked the guy, but understood the balance issue. And everyone else wanted him gone at all costs. But there was no reasonable way to predict Yoshida's good start and Duran's weak-ish start. Had we traded Duran, and gotten a .550 OPS from Yoshida, we'd have had a problem. And 6 weeks from now, we might be very happy we kept Duran, for a wide variety of reasons.
  2. JoeBrady
    I had him as a good #3. He's not only exceeded my expectations (SSS ), he looks like he sets a good example. I don't see anything special, but I never see anything down the middle, and never see the same pitch twice.
  3. JoeBrady
    Little things I like. Monasterio had a check-swing on the steal. The ball was a foot outside, but the batter should always have the bat in motion so that the catcher cannot step into his throw.
  4. JoeBrady
    I love having gray on the mound. I had to respond to an E-mail, and by the time I finished, he had already retired the side.
  5. JoeBrady
    Now we have to hope that Gray hasn't cooled off in that long half-inning.
  6. JoeBrady
    7 ABs, so I not overly concerned. And we didn't hire him for his bat. But that was a nice bunt. I always like when the bunter can put some pressure on the defense, even in an obvious bunting situation.
  7. JoeBrady
    Some of that might be selection bias. Story was an amazing 31/32 last year, but you can't steal 1st, and he is one of the few players with a lower OBP than average. Mayer can be excused because, out of his 5 hits, he has 3 doubles and HR. And our best OBP and 2nd best base stealer (Masa), is not an every day player.
  8. JoeBrady
    Fair enough. I hadn't about the lefty angle either. I wouldn't give Story that pitch even if the count was 2-2, let alone 0-2.
  9. JoeBrady
    The pitch was a ball (real close), not a meatball. Past that, you're right. He should've buried a pitch low-and-outside, Just a bad call.
  10. JoeBrady
    I'd bet that we'll have dinosaurs at some point. Technology is advancing too quickly.
  11. JoeBrady
    After Bucknor had that really bad game, he was umping at 1st. He called out the runner because he said the guy missed 1st. The guy's foot landed right in the middle of the bag, in a regular stride. If any of us saw that play 1000 times, we would get it right all 1000 times. The runner was safe on appeal, but that was a play you should never, ever get wrong.
  12. JoeBrady
    I don't see any issue. Duran had 9 DRS last year, and two this year.
  13. JoeBrady
    I doubt it. I've read a lot of posts saying that we gave away Devers for nothing. So I think the Harrison and Tibbs we received, must be a different Harrison and Tibbs.
  14. JoeBrady
    I'm not expecting much, but a good comeback might be worth another 1-2 games in the standings.
  15. JoeBrady
    I think that's one of the keys. When gamblers bet the under/over, they take the HP umpire into consideration. The higher the K/W, the lower the ERA. It's not huge, but I'm guessing that the ERA difference at the two extremes is a solid 0.25. IMHO, one of the best changes since the NFL stopped measuring for first downs.
  16. JoeBrady
    An understandable rookie mistake. It feels like he was trying to NOT be overly anxious. I think a veteran would've jumped all over that first pitch. And bad mistake by the pitcher keeping the pitch in the zone.
  17. JoeBrady
    It was maybe his 3rd AB. The count was 1-0. The pitcher threw a nice-enough pitch, belt-high on the outside. Maybe a strike, but maybe not. But Story swung like it was an 0-2 count. Like he was trying to protect the plate. When you're ahead of the count, you should only swing at pitches you can drive. By swinging, he was either going to go to 1-1, or make an out. There was no upside to swinging. The best possible outcome was likely a swing-and-miss. This is grammar school level philosophy.
  18. JoeBrady
    It was maybe his 3rd AB. The count was 1-0. The pitcher threw a nice-enough pitch, belt-high on the outside. Maybe a strike, but maybe not. But Story swung like it was an 0-2 count. Like he was trying to protect the plate. When you're ahead of the count, you should only swing at pitches you can drive. By swinging, he was either going to go to 1-1, or make an out. There was no upside to swinging. The best possible outcome was likely a swing-and-miss. This is grammar school level philosophy.
  19. JoeBrady
    I think the idea was that Mayer would be sitting against tough lefties, Romy (and then Monasterio) hitting aginst the lefties. Since neither Romy nor Monasterio can play SS, then neither could Mayer.
  20. JoeBrady
    Since none of those guys were traded, it is difficult to blame the RS for not trading for them.
  21. JoeBrady
    Contreras is outplaying Alonso, so maybe take that off the table.
  22. JoeBrady
    My favorite part of the season is when the GM gets blamed for dumping someone for peanuts (Tibbs & Harrison), while other threads blame the GM for giving away Harrison (1.80 ERA) and future superstar in Tibbs.
  23. JoeBrady
    Guys like Eaton and Refsnyder are kind of journeymen at this point.
  24. JoeBrady
    Roman hasn't impressed me with his fielding. He spent most of his time in the minors in CF, so there might be a learning curve.
  25. JoeBrady
    No doubt in my mind that I could make an argument for just walking away. Part of my issue with his value was that he largely a product of Fenway, with a career .869 at the Fens. His road OPS is only .748, with an average of 16 HRs/600 ABs. With a mediocre glove, that makes him a mediocre SS overall. Like you said, even $150M/6 was pushing it. That said, it probably worked out worse for SD than I would've predicted.
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