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  1. Niastri

    Red Sox sign RHP Chase Anderson

    It does kind of sound like Anderson was a guy they had on a short list of potential pickups if he was released. Especially since they signed him to a major league contact immediately. No waiting to see the market develop at all. They wanted him, despite all of our reservations. Maybe they...
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    Are the risks of "Max Effort" worth the cost?

    I have dozens of clients who were middle aged when I met them and they have literally nothing saved for retirement. They are going I can be a savior for them when they can only spare a couple hundred dollars a month and only have 15 years before they want to retire. People are in really bad...
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    Are the risks of "Max Effort" worth the cost?

    I will calculate it for you... But the bottom line point is: Risking Tommy John surgery in exchange for getting a shot at the major leagues is an absolute no brainer decision. I remember once reading somewhere that 90% of Olympic hopefuls would do whatever it took to get a Gold, even if it...
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    Are the risks of "Max Effort" worth the cost?

    To those who replied... I wasn't referring to lifetime income, I was referring to lifetime retirement savings. It is unfortunately rare for Americans to have accumulated 750k in retirement savings during their lifetime. Sorry I wasn't clear in my comment.
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    Are the risks of "Max Effort" worth the cost?

    Hell yes, this is true. If you ride the shuttle for three years, manage to stay on a roster for a few more, getting a couple arbitration awards, and then have your arm blow up and are out of baseball.... You're still set for life if you managed your money well. This isn't the 50's or even the...
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    2024 NFL Draft Combine

    When measuring for shirt size, you measure from the middle of the neck to the top of the shoulder and then down the arm. 36-37" dress shirts are pretty standard for a tall guy. 38-39" for really tall guys. These offensive linemen are having just their arms measured, not the space from their...
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    2024 Red Sox Spring Training

    It sure sounds like the change in general manager and some of the coaching staff has led to a significant difference in the way practice is being run. Perhaps Bailey will have more input about how the bullpen is managed?
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    Sox trade John Schreiber to KC for minor league right-hander David Sandlin

    Interesting thing about the Sox Prospects scouting report. They said that he was a "Short strider with well below-average extension." It is unusual for a guy at 6-4 to be "well below average" extension. Is this something they might try to fix? Is changing how far he extends to the plate...
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    Sox trade John Schreiber to KC for minor league right-hander David Sandlin

    With this tweet, we've heard his arsenal includes fastball, slider, curve, change and now splitter. What does he actually throw? The first reports suggest that he has two plus pitches in his fastball and slider, and some show me other pitches that have potential. Maybe Breslow thinks he can...
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    2024 Red Sox Spring Training

    I wrote my post before reading that portion of the thread... I was pretty sure it works be covered since I was a day late to the thread. But I wanted to ask opinions about the relative values of taking a shot at Rookie of the Year since the draft pick and pool money are so valuable. Is even a...
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    2024 Red Sox Spring Training

    Wanna be pulp fiction writer stuck in a job at the sports desk.
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    2024 Red Sox Spring Training

    Rafaela meets the requirements for a rookie to earn his team a PPI draft pick if he wins the Rookie of the Year. I wonder if the Red Sox will use that in their calculus. An extra draft pick is pretty great if they think he has that kind of talent... A GG quality center fielder who can hit for...
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    Too Many Hitters? How the Red Sox Draft Strategy Changed

    For lower round pitchers there seems to be two schools of thought: Group A: Draft a guy with great raw stuff and teach him how to pitch. And Group B: Draft a guy who really knows how to pitch and see if you can improve his stuff. Looking at Red Sox drafts, it felt like we were mostly...
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    Red Sox to be 1st MLB featured on Netflix series

    Hell yes. So many years later and I still tear up almost instantly when I spend a little time thinking about that year. I'd love something I could help indoctrinate my son with... His mom is a MFY, and it's extremely important he doesn't go that way for obvious reasons.
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    The Fallacy of the Anthony/Mayer/Teel "Window"

    Yeah, I had that same sensation: Anthony did WHAT in AA ball at 19 years old?
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    The Newest Vaughn

    Scouting reports keep referencing his hit tool. Does he have an unusually high line drive percentage driving up his BABIP?
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    The Newest Vaughn

    That scouting report seemed to think he could not just stick at short, but be average to plus defensively there. With Grissom's offensive profile, a top 10 ranking didn't seem crazy. Since then it's become clear he's no shortstop, though. Still, a masher who can play league average 2b is a big...
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    2024 Lineup (What we actually have - no trade speculation.)

    Dreams of Dalbec becoming an everyday player seem to be past... But he still could bea very productive backup at three positions and an excellent platoon pinch hitter, if his at bats are limited to LHP as much as possible. Even when he starts, he should only hit against righties if the game...
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    Red Sox sign Cooper Criswell for 1 year, 1 million

    Could somebody please explain extension and it's value to a pitcher? I've heard of several potentially valuable "non-stuff" attributes that can contribute to success, but not this one.
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    What made Koji so great?

    Uehara had great control with both his splitter and fastball, and great movement on his splitter. But what made him great that season was his perfect tunneling of his pitches. They looked exactly the same until after the batter had to commit, then the fastball stayed flat, while the splitter...