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  1. JoeBrady
    He looks as good as ever, imho. He has a 2.47 career ERA as an RP. I don't see a single negative number on his resume.
  2. JoeBrady
    No. But I figured we'd either keep X or Devers. I thought the gold standard for SS signings was Swanson. Good, but not great, consistent, and wouldn't break the bank. Swanson got $177M/7, and was one year younger. Story was $140M/6. Part of this might also be that I liked the guy. He was one of us. But had the RS walked away without an offer, I wouldn't have thought it was strange. 6 years starting at age 30 is rough, but not impossible.
  3. JoeBrady
    That's a pet peeve of mine. We have limited information about everything. I'll voice my opinion, but I'm also completely aware that moves are made in anticipation of other moves.
  4. JoeBrady
    Even Boras must have been chuckling under his breath. I had $156M/6 as the right number, though I'd have paid a little more since I liked him. SD was over-market by a solid $100M. I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone miss by that much.
  5. JoeBrady
    We and he needed that.
  6. JoeBrady
    We and he needed that.
  7. JoeBrady
    The DP is hardly his fault.
  8. JoeBrady
    Mostly true of many RS hitters. That was a particularly bad pitch given Rafael's free-swinging nature.
  9. JoeBrady
    That's the story of his year. He takes very few pitches. Just pitch to the corners until you get to a 3-ball count.
  10. JoeBrady
    Are you sure? I'd have sent him 100% of the time.
  11. JoeBrady
    Of course. Keep your friends close and you enemies closer.
  12. JoeBrady
    This is more important than just winning a series. Establishing a minimum-wage #3 is one of the most valuable things a team can do. If we develop 2-3 good SPs (not even great), you can throw $40M-45M at a guy like Skubal without checking with your minimum-wage accountant.
  13. JoeBrady
    The study says no, But I have my doubts. But there are other issues at play, imho. If I'm pitching to a good base stealer, with a good average hitter behind him, I'm throwing it down the middle before I walk him. The margin behind the two hitters has to be large. I'm not throwing the ball down the middle to Soto just because Judge is behind him. Soto is too good for that. But I would throw it down the middle to Goldschmidt, for example, rather than risk walking him in front of Judge.
  14. JoeBrady
    No biggie. A strong B+ becomes an A depending on my mood. Still, if/when I make a mistake, I like to find out why. Sometimes it's simple, sometimes a blind spot. It's important to know which.
  15. JoeBrady
    But all workouts are good. Some better, some worse, but all good. And there are *some* advantages to high weight/low rep lifts. One is that personal bests inspire you more. A second, in my amateur opinion, is that a lot of weight will signal you what part of your body needs more work.
  16. JoeBrady
    I'll get back to the rest of the post another time, but this was always a pet peeve of mine. I remember a TE the NYG drafted in the 3rd round, maybe 40 years ago. He came into camp way overweight and got cut. Even back then, I think it was a $300k gig. Another dude on Seton Hall (Wright?), maybe 6'10'-6'11 and had some talent. If he had spent 6 months eating nothing but protein and veggies, and spent two hours a day in the gym, he'd likely have been a top-15 pick. He could've hit Dunkin on the way home from the signing, but he'd still have some serious money.
  17. JoeBrady
    There were other 'Tea Parties' prior to Boston.
  18. JoeBrady
    Rightfield until Suzuki returns. That why I question signing guys like Bregman. You get a good player to replace a pretty decent player, when the $31M could've been spent elsewhere.
  19. JoeBrady
    Functional weight-lifting has made a lot of advances over the years. My gym has a baseball bat attachment for the rotational cable machines. Just in case the boys try to get the band back together.
  20. JoeBrady
    I'd have gladly extended him after his first year with us.
  21. JoeBrady
    There was an article in Men's Health on-line showing a study that said heavy lifting increases joint flexibility. I'm thinking that, if your knees/shoulders can handle a heavy lift, it is probably better able to handle a hard slide into a base.
  22. JoeBrady
    I think that's a perfectly legitimate question. And, tbh, I have no idea why, but here are my theories: I could've been exaggerating for affect. Was my previous assessment a response to fred? The difference between an A and a strong B+ is not that different. It could all depend on what day I answered the question. If you don't mind, please post my original remarks. I didn't like Murakami, so it had to be Okamoto. And the difference between Okamoto and Durbin is not that much, imho.
  23. JoeBrady
    Suppose I don't want to remember?
  24. JoeBrady
    I remember a couple of people complaining about his use of the 'f' word. Such a great speech. Short and sweet, and he said exactly what needed to be said.
  25. JoeBrady
    I gave them a strong B+.
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