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  1. koufax37

    X Leaves the Spot for San Diego: 11 years, $280M

    But we both know that X can and will play elsewhere. And while I am bullish on Meyer (my son played against him in high school) he is not yet Tatís or even Kim, and might be a ways away. Mookie moved because he was blocked and it worked out fine. And yes SS is covered with Story to Meyer, but...
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    X Leaves the Spot for San Diego: 11 years, $280M

    A 11 year contract to a 30 year old is silly at some levels and this reminds me of when the Cards were so far away when Pujols went to the Angels. But remember that the Pujols deal wasn’t bad because of being 41 and 42. It was bad because he didn’t perform from 35 to 38. Years 10 and 11 aren’t...
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    What's going on with Rodriguez?

    For me this is eerily similar to Lester's 2012, which was also his 28 year old season (like ERod) In that year as he put up a 4.82 (in 33 starts and 205 IP) and: Lester's H/9 jumped up (8.6,8.2,7.2,7.8, ***9.5***) while his HR9 went up slightly, his walks trended down a little and his Ks...
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    Sale's Return - When and in What Capacity?

    I don't think there is a medically significant reason to differentiate a start in Worcester and a start in Fenway at this point in Sale's recovery. I also think he is deep enough into his pitch count and arsenal and stuff that his in game approach wouldn't be different from a stepping stone...
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    Boston Red Sox 2021 Draft Class

    Not exactly expecting or wishing for Rocker to be our pick. It was just a reference to the uncertainty of future draft position and how things can change. From #1 lock to #10 unsigned to potential surgery and the unknown. Great player and I hope he gets back to being healthy and goes much...
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    Boston Red Sox 2021 Draft Class

    Completely agree, with complicated age shifting as an argument I made years ago against the Cubs manipulating Kris Bryant's service time. Betting on himself is a double edged sword. If you think you are good enough to dominate in the spring and get back to a top 10 pick to get more money as a...
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    Marcelo Mayer, and his gorgeous hair, drafted by Sox / 4 Overall

    I live a couple miles from him, my son played against him this year. Speed isn't there, but the bat and defense are legit. I think the Seager comp is a really good one. Everyone has him sticking at short, but I can see him shifting to third as a plus defender there because I would worry that his...
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    Kevin Pillar to Sox for 1 year, 4.25 million

    I think most people are evaluating him as a normal player, not a 4th outfielder. As a 4th outfielder he is protected by his platoon splits as he has consistently done better against LHP, and he should be facing primarily LHP except when the schedule or an injury requires otherwise, so we are...
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    Sox talking Mookie trade with Dodgers, Padres - News & Discussion

    The part I'm confused about is if you really value David Price at less than $16M for the next three years. If you pick up 50% for him not to play for you, then you are choosing $16M No Price over $32M Yes Price. In my mind that is too steep a subsidy if you have any optimism about his...
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    JDM

    Unless (like the Astros bidding on pitch tipping Darvish) you think you can fix it and get much more future than the past. I don't think that myself, but that is a pretty reasonable assumption for a team going high on Hosmer, whether they prove to be right or wrong. Although launch angle at...
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    Winter Meetings 2018: Rumors and Speculation

    Yes. I wish him well, but a good time to refer to MORNEAU, JUSTIN and I don't think any analytics department can accurately assess brain injuries. Giants have to take the risk and wish for the best, but we don't.
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    Winter Meetings 2018: Rumors and Speculation

    Bradley+ for Abreu, sign Martinez and we have added a lot more RH Power than the MFYs. The interesting thing is going to be how aggressively we go after RH relievers with the idea of neutralizing the Stanton/Judge/Sanchez core. Someone threw out Addison Reed's numbers against Stanton (which...
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    Putting Pedroia Out To Pasture?

    The decline phase will not always be a pleasure, but I think we are jumping the gun. His four years starts at $16M and goes down each year, so it is not difficult to envision him with enough WAR to cover that, Mojo/History/Legacy aside. I remember when this town had decide Roger was done...
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    Farrell Watch

    Lovullo quite clearly and obviously and stated by many when it was the clear and obvious transition with its window of opportunity closing...but we happily watched that ship sail. Alex Cora would be a better manager for this team in 2018, and I think there are several more. I think Farrell has...
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    Farrell Watch

    This. Unfortunate that we had bad Sale in game 1 (I do blame his usage for this and think he was mishandled late in certain games), and unfortunate that we didn't get to have our walk-off extra inning magic worked by Kimbrel dominating and not allowing any more runs as would be expected of him.
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    Farrell Watch

    So you are talking about the slider to Beltran? Because Kimbrel's opening sequence in the 8th had nothing to do with multiple-inning. What cost him dearly was Sale throwing a bad changeup, and Bregman not missing, and the Kimbrel not being his overpowering plus command self, and getting some...
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    Farrell Watch

    I don't follow this at all. Using your best relief pitcher in a situation where a run is really terrible for the team instead of a lesser reliever seems like a really really good idea. He didn't pitch his best, and having Sale get through it and hand him a one run ninth inning lead would have...
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    Farrell Watch

    Strong disagree here with one inning players needing multiple "setup" "get ready for it" appearances to perform. Kimbrel wasn't his best today from his second pitch onward, and picked a bad time to not be his best. Sale was awesome today, but leaked a changeup, his third best pitch, back...
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    Does Extra-Innings Success Translate to Post-Season Succcess?

    I have really enjoyed the extra inning success, although I think it has been fueled by two things: 1) A very good bullpen, putting zeros on the board when putting a 1 on the board would be a disaster. This is a terrific and wonderful thing to have in the regular season, and in the post season...
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    Devers called up to Majors

    Not as cool as not making four errors, but we know both the flaws of SSS and the flaw of using errors as a measure of defensive performance. I would think his eight games don't have much predictive value for his defensive value in his first few weeks in the bigs. Hoping the bat plays better than...