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    Sox trade John Schreiber to KC for minor league right-hander David Sandlin

    Edited down just to say that I can't agree more with this type of assessment. Many bullpen arms tend to be so volatile not only from season to season, but from seemingly month to month and a smart baseball organization can cycle through guys enough until something sticks in a given year that...
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    Red Sox, Ceddanne Rafaela agree to contract extension

    I talked about this earlier in the thread too, and I don't mean to dismiss defensive stats, but I think that is part of the idea of "watching the games" vs just looking at the stats. Not only is @greenmountains on point about the 3 errors, but it also doesn't take into account the fact that...
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    May: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins

    Genuine question here (meant with no snark or any such) as I don't know and I can't really find an answer on BBSavant (which is the only place I could think of to look) is he being pitched differently? Ie - if he's pulling everything, is there a book out there on him that he can't identify...
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    May: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins

    Maybe. I just get the sense that (like Rafaela) Valdez would just go back to AAA; not be challenged, put up another wRC+ in the 115-130 area, come back up to the bigs and being facing the exact same issues (with the bat) he is now. Obviously this can't be proven, but he does have...
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    May: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins

    Agree with this totally. I obviously wanted Montgomery (and Nola, but that ship sailed very early) and I'd still be more than thrilled to have Montgomery. But its why I never thought the one year deals to old players made a bit of sense at all and had no interest in any one year deal to any...
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    Is Connor Wong a starting catcher?

    While I get what you're saying here, he's also not a really bad one either. I tend to think all in, he's a little above average. Which is fine and certainly not a problem. Or, put another way, plenty of other stuff to spend time worrying about and trying to fix than Connor Wong as the...
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    May: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins

    Strong agreement with the others about Rafaela. One of those "watching the games" vs "straight analytics" things that I don't think FG or BBRef or whatever has truly captured about him on the defensive side. In CF he already "saved" two games in Oakland that come to mind. At SS he's certainly...
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    Is Connor Wong a starting catcher?

    It was an absolutely beautiful play. Merloni did a nice job on the broadcast last night also talking about how that really was a key tipping point between Crawford's line being an excellent 7ip with 2er as opposed to 5+ip with 2er and seeing leaving it up to the Joley Rodriguez' of the world...
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    May: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins

    One of the dumbest I've seen (the rule about them being on those arbitrary lists, not the incentive thing, which I think is a cool idea but implemented poorly).
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    May: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins

    He is considered a rookie, but if you were thinking on it from the RoY and extra 1st round pick thing, he's not eligible. He didn't appear on top prospect lists. This is dumb, but it's the rule. Eligibility is based on the preseason rankings. Eligible prospects have to appear on at least...
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    Wave of mutilation: The latest injuries

    I think the bigger thing is "so you don't go into the season penciling him in for 30 starts and covering 180ip." It's easier to find relief pitchers off the scrap heap and from quasi prospects then it is MLB caliber starting pitchers - Cleveland and TB have been doing this for years. (As an...
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    Wave of mutilation: The latest injuries

    Oh, for sure. I mean, if the Red Sox were to go out and get someone like Abrahom Toro (Hernandez) from the As for whatever fringe prospect he'd cost then sure, send Dalbec to Worcester. Nothing wrong with that at all. I do applaud them for keeping a player doing something passably in the...
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    Wave of mutilation: The latest injuries

    Totally respect that. Don't we all! But yeah, of course it would be great if he would succeed HERE, I just feel at this point there is so much evidence that it's not going to happen (regressing for three straight years, regardless of the numbers he puts up in AAA) that hoping the organization...
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    Wave of mutilation: The latest injuries

    I don't get this. I don't think anyone on the board is rooting against Dalbec or any other player. I'm certainly not. There is a difference between having an opinion that you don't think someone is capable at their job vs not wanting them to succeed. Aaron Judge is entirely capable and I...
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    Sox to trade for Garrett Cooper, Pablo Reyes DFA’d

    Im probably guilty of some recency bias from last night, but I guess I kind of expect him to make mental lapses like playing so far pinched in leading to a routine ground ball instead being a run scoring single. That said, he could have been instructed to be playing as such I suppose. Though I...
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