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  1. Yo La Tengo

    The Fenway Park Experience

    Watched the Phillies v. Pirates in Philadelphia last Saturday. A clobbah by Schwabba, a Trea Turner slide across home plate, and watching Oneil Cruz was great, including an opposite field homer. Plus a walkoff by Castellanos after being heavily booed earlier in the game. A couple of things...
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    How am I feeling? Extremely surprised, a bit skeptical, and still very uncertain how Ohtani and his team of advisors/accountants could not notice the ongoing theft of $16 million dollars. But I would be happy if Ohtani is found to have been a victim and not participant since I enjoy watching...
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    The Frailty of the Modern Pitcher

    Interview with Verlander that echos many of the topics raised here. I continue to think that adjusting the baseball and the strikezone is the only path forward. But Verlander suggests having a team lose the DH if their starter fails to hit a particular threshold of innings. Interesting idea...
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    4.3 - A’s Kickin’

    5-2 feels pretty good.
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    The Fenway Park Experience

    I think the "fan experience" is a chicken/egg situation. Fenway has a great atmosphere because it packs more people close to the field and is incredibly loud during competitive games, but, as I noted above, there are trade-offs to that design. I lived in Seattle for a number of years and went...
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    The Fenway Park Experience

    So many of the pros/cons of Fenway are two sides of the same coin: the atmosphere outside the park is fantastic and the walk through the surrounding neighborhood is so much more fun (for me, actual results may vary) than a slog through endless parking lots... BUT there is no...
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    2024 Lineup (What we actually have - no trade speculation.)

    Nathan Hickey? Seems like this is a big year for him as to whether he will move forward as a catcher. 24 years old, AAA, career MiL OPS of .881.
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    2024 Rotation and Bullpen

    I agree but couldn't quickly find further breakdown between 2-seam and 4-seam as compared to the Giants last year. The A's are terrible against fastballs (and most other pitches) so it will be interesting to see what the usage looks like the next few days. Big picture, I think the 4-seamer at...
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    2024 Rotation and Bullpen

    Some interesting quotes from Bailey about pitching philosophy. Sox starters have struck out 37 batters and issued just one walk. Thinking about fastball usage, there will be a change, but not a drastic one: Last year, the Giants threw the fewest four-seamers and two-seamers in the league...
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    Who Should The Sox Extend?

    How about Chris Martin? Turns 38 this year with only 303 MLB innings in his career. I bring this up somewhat in jest since extensions are usually not for guys approaching 40 but I'd love to see him here for another year and also potentially extend Hendricks once he shows he's healthy.
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    Let's Lay Off That Throttle

    I think assessing "stuff" and pitch shapes and other specific objective measurements is really helpful when deciding who to draft or which under-performing player should be targeted. For example, Giolito was really bad the second half of last year and not great the year before, but there could...
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    Let's Lay Off That Throttle

    Here's my speculative take: Breslow and crew agree with your position on Montgomery's "stuff" and decided early on that he was not going to be a target, especially considering the anticipated cost. Plus, no long term deals for pitchers over 30 (which I agree with!). They targeted Giolito...
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    Let's Lay Off That Throttle

    I think that is likely why the Sox, and other teams, were hesitant to offer a 6 year deal. But do they think he's going to not perform this year, at age 31, after putting up very consistent stats over the last three years? And their pitching mojo/tweeks/program would work on Giolito but not...
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    Let's Lay Off That Throttle

    Worth noting that the Sox braintrust was definitely not interested in playing out this experiment when they signed Giolito. Which is significant when assessing their expectations for this staff and as a point of comparison with potentially signing Montgomery, since Breslow and Co. decided they...
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    2024 Rotation and Bullpen

    Eno Sarris is a stats guy at the Athletic who writes some smart stuff. Here's his summary about the Sox, in which he predicts Boston with have a top-five rotation in the AL: The Red Sox rotation had the fifth-best strikeout-minus-walk rate in the American League this spring, and that’s usually...
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    Let's Lay Off That Throttle

    The Sox have more than enough resources to easily cover any of the monetary penalties that could be levied for a payroll well over that initial line. Considering the Sox are currently $95 million under the initial penalty threshold for 2025, they have a ton of room to maneuver and could likely...
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    2024 Rotation and Bullpen

    This is great! Sox pitchers threw more than 5 innings 62 times last year, winning 41 of those games. And they threw less 5 innings 63 times, and won only 20 of those games. Not sure what to make of that symmetry but my instinct is getting the sub-5 inning starts up to 5 innings is likely...
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    2024 Rotation and Bullpen

    I don't disagree with your math but I am concerned that there is essentially no room for injuries or poor performance from the five starters. I can see plausible upside for each of them. But I think it is really unlikely that all five achieve those improvements in both performance and...
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    Let's Lay Off That Throttle

    A couple of relevant details. Any team that is over the initial luxury tax threshold and signs a free agent who turned down a a qualifying offer will lose $1 million from their international signing pool while a team that is not over the luxury tax would only lose $500,000. In addition, a team...
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    2024 Rotation and Bullpen

    I agree with you about Pivetta and hope he can get to 180 innings. Bello seems like a different story in that he really faded down the stretch last year, pitching poorly over his last 5 or 6 starts. He looked worn out (that was reported as well). I hope he can get to 170 innings but that...
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