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Post by fenwaythehardway on Jan 25, 2013 15:30:34 GMT -5
Since 2008, Lars Anderson has only had one stretch where he OPSed over .800, and it was that month at AA where he put up 71 PAs of production inflated by an unsustainable .395 BABIP. He's basically never hit above low-A. Lancaster doesn't count.
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Post by Oregon Norm on Jan 25, 2013 17:42:06 GMT -5
Since 2008, Lars Anderson has only had one stretch where he OPSed over .800, and it was that month at AA where he put up 71 PAs of production inflated by an unsustainable .395 BABIP. He's basically never hit above low-A. Lancaster doesn't count. Not quite true. He mashed when he first hit town in AA. Over those 41 games and 163 PAs, he went a cool .316/.436/.526, one of the many poster children for SSS, unfortunately.
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Post by fenwaythehardway on Jan 25, 2013 18:18:36 GMT -5
Yeah, and he's had a few other good months in the high minors at other times as well, but I'm talking about the kind of success that doesn't come with a sample size qualifier. The last time that happened was in Lancaster, which is it's own qualifier...
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Post by pokeefe363 on Jan 29, 2013 20:42:42 GMT -5
What do you guys think about calling up the Phillies and seeing what it will take to get Darin Ruf? Here's his stats for reference: www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=ruf---001darThey just picked up Delmon Young and seem to have Howard entrenched at first. I think he might be a good option for the minimum. Not sure what they'd ask for in a trade, but one of our hitting prospects in the lower levels should suffice.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jan 31, 2013 17:54:56 GMT -5
Add Lyle Overbay's name to the mix. The Sox invited him to spring training. He has an opt out clause - wouldn't think or hope he'd make the major league team and it won't stop the Sox for looking for a better alternative, but he's now aboard.
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Post by jioh on Jan 31, 2013 18:34:05 GMT -5
What do you guys think about calling up the Phillies and seeing what it will take to get Darin Ruf? Here's his stats for reference: www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=ruf---001darThey just picked up Delmon Young and seem to have Howard entrenched at first. I think he might be a good option for the minimum. Not sure what they'd ask for in a trade, but one of our hitting prospects in the lower levels should suffice. I think they said Young would play right, so the RHH Ruf would be in left and former top prospect LHH Dom Brown splits time with the two RHH starters.
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Post by jioh on Feb 13, 2013 6:29:36 GMT -5
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Post by jmei on Feb 13, 2013 9:14:34 GMT -5
The Red Sox have been in the market for a left-handed 1B/OF and Carp is one of the few out there. He's worth taking a flier on since he is much younger has more upside than Lyle Overbay and has experience in the outfield, but he's not a great defender and has not hit for enough power in the majors considering how much he strikes out. The Red Sox could hope that the Mariners outright him and try to claim him on waivers since they have relatively high priority, or they could try to swing a trade.
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Post by jioh on Feb 13, 2013 9:29:51 GMT -5
Interesting to note, however, that Carp so far has had a reverse platoon split, although is it in enough PAs to make it real?
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Post by jioh on Feb 13, 2013 9:32:06 GMT -5
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Post by James Dunne on Feb 13, 2013 9:53:30 GMT -5
A .372 BABIP against lefties in only 138 plate appearances indicates that it's probably a fluke. An adjustment to .298 (it's .296 vs. righties) would leave him with a split vs. lefties of .246/.290/.408.
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Post by rjp313jr on Feb 13, 2013 10:03:57 GMT -5
Carp is an alright gamble and wouldn't cost them much, if anything, but not sure you can find out if you have anything as a backup. Doesn't give him much of a chance. This is the year we get to see if Shaw is for real. Playing a full year at AA will tell us a lot. Big numbers in A ball don't mean anything, but production in AA does. He could be the answer for beyond... Honestly, Cecchini and WMB could be the corner infield answer long-term.
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Post by jioh on Feb 13, 2013 11:13:49 GMT -5
Shaw will be in AA at 23. At 22-23 Carp was in AAA and 21 games in mlb. Hard to judge Carp's PCL stats but they are pretty good, and show both power and patience, and he uses the whole field. With Gomes in LF and Napoli at 1b, Carp could get a lot of at-bats. Carp turns 27 on June 30, and is under team control until 2017
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Post by jioh on Feb 13, 2013 11:19:54 GMT -5
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Post by gatortough on Feb 13, 2013 11:59:43 GMT -5
FWIW (which probably isn't much):
@peteabe MLB Source: #RedSox have discussed Mike Carp internally. But no decision made whether to pursue him.
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Post by rjp313jr on Feb 14, 2013 9:01:46 GMT -5
Does it really matter if Carp was in AAA 5 years ago? If anything that's a negative in his column not a positive. Shaw is right where he should be but this is a telling year. One has nothing to do with the other so if they can get Carp on a waiver claim and give him a lot of spring ABs then they should.
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Post by elguapo on Feb 14, 2013 10:03:24 GMT -5
Just to clarify, as far as I understand Carp has not been placed on waivers. The Mariners have 10 days to trade, release, or outright him to AAA - if the latter, he would have to be placed on waivers. But most likely - assuming he is more or less healthy - he has some value and they will trade him.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Feb 14, 2013 18:47:57 GMT -5
Sox will likely only pursue Carp if he clears waivers and becomes a free agent, I think. The solution for the final bench spot so far has been ML free agents Overbay and Sweeney, and I doubt they'd clear a 40-man spot now. They're competing for the final bench spot (/probably depending more on Nava picking up/not picking up first base), and one of them is going to take the 40-man roster spot that'll eventually be vacated by a cut or traded reliever. Carp isn't enough of an upgrade to change that plan now, but he would be a great option to bring in for that competition.
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Post by James Dunne on Feb 14, 2013 20:00:33 GMT -5
Sox will likely only pursue Carp if he clears waivers and becomes a free agent, I think. The solution for the final bench spot so far has been ML free agents Overbay and Sweeney, and I doubt they'd clear a 40-man spot now. They're competing for the final bench spot (/probably depending more on Nava picking up/not picking up first base), and one of them is going to take the 40-man roster spot that'll eventually be vacated by a cut or traded reliever. Carp isn't enough of an upgrade to change that plan now, but he would be a great option to bring in for that competition. Kalish is almost certain to go on the 60-day DL, so they could add Carp and keep the winner of Sweeney/Overbay when the roster crunch cuts down a reliever. Considering the roster constructions, which team says no to Aceves for Carp?
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Post by rjp313jr on Feb 14, 2013 20:45:25 GMT -5
When are you able to put guys on the 60 day DL?
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Feb 15, 2013 22:14:22 GMT -5
According to the USA Today transactions, players are already being placed on the 60-day.
That said, no reason to do so until the Sox need the spot.
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Post by bluechip on Jun 17, 2013 7:32:55 GMT -5
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Post by awall on Jun 17, 2013 7:44:33 GMT -5
i'd rather see Nava fill in as long as needed and let JBJ get another call up.
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Post by mattpicard on Jun 17, 2013 7:59:19 GMT -5
i'd rather see Nava fill in as long as needed and let JBJ get another call up. If Napoli and Carp were set to miss a minimum of 9-15 games or so each, I think that recalling Bradley would make some sense. Instead, they both should be back in a day or two, so I'm not sure it's worth bringing back JBJ over just playing Gomes against a righty. WMB makes sense at 1B too, if only because it's a) a rare opportunity to play all the guys being log-jammed on the left side of the infield at the same time, and b) it won't hurt WMB to get the experience going across the diamond sooner rather than later.
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Post by awall on Jun 17, 2013 8:09:41 GMT -5
that makes sense.
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