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Post by iakovos11 on Aug 15, 2018 6:32:44 GMT -5
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Post by vermontsox1 on Aug 15, 2018 9:23:28 GMT -5
Howlett with his 5th HR.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 15, 2018 10:47:18 GMT -5
GCL Sox released RHP Andres Jimenez and IF Freiberg Marin. Both were international signees that hadn’t made it out of rookie ball in their third (Marin had one additional year lost to injury) year in the system.
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Post by iakovos11 on Aug 15, 2018 12:08:42 GMT -5
Great start for Yasel Sanatana today, 2R and 7K/0BB/6H over 5 IP. Nice relief effort from Ryan Fernandez, too.
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Post by nomar on Aug 15, 2018 12:45:17 GMT -5
He's striking out 22.5% of the time, but besides that he's been a beast. And fFWIW (which isn't much) he's got an above average FRAA so far defensively.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 15, 2018 12:51:09 GMT -5
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 15, 2018 13:44:54 GMT -5
In relief of Cuevas, Matthew Gorst let up 2 earned runs. The last time he let up an earned run was May 13th...
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 15, 2018 15:05:46 GMT -5
Butler has officially cleared waivers and is heading to Pawtucket.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Aug 15, 2018 15:37:05 GMT -5
He's striking out 22.5% of the time, but besides that he's been a beast. And fFWIW (which isn't much) he's got an above average FRAA so far defensively. We got a good report on him from Florida. Might be a very nice late-round find for the org. We'll probably discuss on the pod we're recording this weekend. (Speaking of which, questions for that welcome at podcast@soxprospects.com )
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2018 15:55:37 GMT -5
I was at that game, and that was really hard to watch. Anyone know if he's okay?
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Post by soxfan511 on Aug 15, 2018 18:45:56 GMT -5
Anyone else find themselves tuning into the Portland box scores every night to check up on Dalbec and Chavis? Two very exciting players
Dalbec with an RBI double first at bat
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Post by telson13 on Aug 15, 2018 21:26:01 GMT -5
Just a reminder that Tzu-Wei Lin is white hot in AAA; tripled today and is carrying a .336/.391/.498 line with 17/2/5 for 2b/3b/HR. He absolutely needs to be in MLB.
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Post by soxfan511 on Aug 15, 2018 21:43:57 GMT -5
Just a reminder that Tzu-Wei Lin is white hot in AAA; tripled today and is carrying a .336/.391/.498 line with 17/2/5 for 2b/3b/HR. He absolutely needs to be in MLB. Disagree. Castillo is batting .325 in AAA does that mean he should be in mlb too? If Lin was on Boston where would he fit in who would he replace? I think Lin is good trade bait
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 15, 2018 22:00:01 GMT -5
Just a reminder that Tzu-Wei Lin is white hot in AAA; tripled today and is carrying a .336/.391/.498 line with 17/2/5 for 2b/3b/HR. He absolutely needs to be in MLB. Disagree. Castillo is batting .325 in AAA does that mean he should be in mlb too? If Lin was on Boston where would he fit in who would he replace? I think Lin is good trade bait I wish there was a dislike button, my friend. Lin has way too much value to this team to trade. He could even conceivably replace Xander in 2020 if Xander prices himself out of Boston by that time.
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Post by telson13 on Aug 15, 2018 22:00:38 GMT -5
Just a reminder that Tzu-Wei Lin is white hot in AAA; tripled today and is carrying a .336/.391/.498 line with 17/2/5 for 2b/3b/HR. He absolutely needs to be in MLB. Disagree. Castillo is batting .325 in AAA does that mean he should be in mlb too? If Lin was on Boston where would he fit in who would he replace? I think Lin is good trade bait Castillo is batting a nearly-empty .325. His triple slash includes a .367 OBP and .425 SLG. Which means Lin has roughly a 50% isoD advantage and has a 60% IsoP advantage. Castillo would cost 50% over his salary for the lux tax hit, meaning the prorated portion of his $12M salary, not the prorated portion of league minimum. He’s 31 y/o, to Lin’s 24. They already have a high-performing OF, but they have an expendable utility INF in Nunez who is inferior in essentially every aspect of the game to Lin, markedly (ludicrously) so on defense, especially SS. That was one of the most nonsensical comparisons ever.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 15, 2018 22:01:38 GMT -5
Just a reminder that Tzu-Wei Lin is white hot in AAA; tripled today and is carrying a .336/.391/.498 line with 17/2/5 for 2b/3b/HR. He absolutely needs to be in MLB. Disagree. Castillo is batting .325 in AAA does that mean he should be in mlb too? If Lin was on Boston where would he fit in who would he replace? I think Lin is good trade bait No way Lin is going anywhere. Sox control him for a lot of years to come. He also happens to be the only guy majors or minors capable of backing up Xander in a crunch.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Aug 15, 2018 22:07:32 GMT -5
Just a reminder that Tzu-Wei Lin is white hot in AAA; tripled today and is carrying a .336/.391/.498 line with 17/2/5 for 2b/3b/HR. He absolutely needs to be in MLB. Disagree. Castillo is batting .325 in AAA does that mean he should be in mlb too? If Lin was on Boston where would he fit in who would he replace? I think Lin is good trade bait Why would they ever trade the ideal AAA utility man? Edit: guess I wasn't the first person to jump on this so it was a little redundant.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 15, 2018 22:08:28 GMT -5
Just a reminder that Tzu-Wei Lin is white hot in AAA; tripled today and is carrying a .336/.391/.498 line with 17/2/5 for 2b/3b/HR. He absolutely needs to be in MLB. Disagree. Castillo is batting .325 in AAA does that mean he should be in mlb too? If Lin was on Boston where would he fit in who would he replace? I think Lin is good trade bait Lin is infinitely more useful to the MLB team than Castillo is. Even without the albatross of a contract, I would still rather take Lin. Lin can conceivably play every position on the field except catcher and first base. And he does so at a high level. Combine that with his on base skills and that’s a player that will fit on every single roster in the league. But you have the right to think otherwise and to back up your opinion. Would you rather have Castillo? Why?
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 15, 2018 22:30:17 GMT -5
I was at that game, and that was really hard to watch. Anyone know if he's okay?
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 15, 2018 23:13:26 GMT -5
Just a reminder that Tzu-Wei Lin is white hot in AAA; tripled today and is carrying a .336/.391/.498 line with 17/2/5 for 2b/3b/HR. He absolutely needs to be in MLB. Disagree. Castillo is batting .325 in AAA does that mean he should be in mlb too? If Lin was on Boston where would he fit in who would he replace? I think Lin is good trade bait You're comparing a 30 or 31 year old player to a 24 year old kid? Lin will eventually displace Holt I would think. I wouldn't push Xander out of the way to make room for Lin. They might need Lin next year if Pedroia doesn't make it all the way back. Castillo might have made a decent backup outfielder, but at that price tag it's not happening in Boston or probably anywhere else.
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Post by soxfan511 on Aug 16, 2018 0:52:00 GMT -5
Disagree. Castillo is batting .325 in AAA does that mean he should be in mlb too? If Lin was on Boston where would he fit in who would he replace? I think Lin is good trade bait I wish there was a dislike button, my friend. Lin has way too much value to this team to trade. He could even conceivably replace Xander in 2020 if Xander prices himself out of Boston by that time. I’ve been watching Lin for 3 years now. In my opinion, Lin would be a massive downgrade to Xander at the plate. Hopefully that does not happen.
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Post by soxfan511 on Aug 16, 2018 0:55:53 GMT -5
Disagree. Castillo is batting .325 in AAA does that mean he should be in mlb too? If Lin was on Boston where would he fit in who would he replace? I think Lin is good trade bait Lin is infinitely more useful to the MLB team than Castillo is. Even without the albatross of a contract, I would still rather take Lin. Lin can conceivably play every position on the field except catcher and first base. And he does so at a high level. Combine that with his on base skills and that’s a player that will fit on every single roster in the league. But you have the right to think otherwise and to back up your opinion. Would you rather have Castillo? Why? No. I was trying to make a point that having a high batting average in AAA doesn’t mean it will translate to the majors or mean you should automatically be promoted. I would not rather have Castillo for numerous reasons that have already been pointed out. Personally, I think Lin is pedestrian. Good bench guy in the majors, but nothing more. Not a regular starter. His bat isn’t good enough in my opinion. He could prove me wrong. But I’m not high on him. Just my opinion
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Post by soxfan511 on Aug 16, 2018 0:57:45 GMT -5
Disagree. Castillo is batting .325 in AAA does that mean he should be in mlb too? If Lin was on Boston where would he fit in who would he replace? I think Lin is good trade bait Castillo is batting a nearly-empty .325. His triple slash includes a .367 OBP and .425 SLG. Which means Lin has roughly a 50% isoD advantage and has a 60% IsoP advantage. Castillo would cost 50% over his salary for the lux tax hit, meaning the prorated portion of his $12M salary, not the prorated portion of league minimum. He’s 31 y/o, to Lin’s 24. They already have a high-performing OF, but they have an expendable utility INF in Nunez who is inferior in essentially every aspect of the game to Lin, markedly (ludicrously) so on defense, especially SS. That was one of the most nonsensical comparisons ever. I think Lin belongs in AAA. I don’t see him replacing anyone on Boston’s offensive roster. So I disagree that he should be in the majors
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 16, 2018 6:00:44 GMT -5
Castillo is batting a nearly-empty .325. His triple slash includes a .367 OBP and .425 SLG. Which means Lin has roughly a 50% isoD advantage and has a 60% IsoP advantage. Castillo would cost 50% over his salary for the lux tax hit, meaning the prorated portion of his $12M salary, not the prorated portion of league minimum. He’s 31 y/o, to Lin’s 24. They already have a high-performing OF, but they have an expendable utility INF in Nunez who is inferior in essentially every aspect of the game to Lin, markedly (ludicrously) so on defense, especially SS. That was one of the most nonsensical comparisons ever. I think Lin belongs in AAA. I don’t see him replacing anyone on Boston’s offensive roster. So I disagree that he should be in the majors What is the offensive roster? How would one be on the offensive roster and not defensive roster? Just throwing away his defense like that is ridiculous. You literally have no argument other than "I think he belongs in AAA" and pointing at Castillo's batting average while ignoring Lin's OBP and slugging and defense and salary and age.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2018 7:46:05 GMT -5
Just wondering, if Castillo is called up in September, is the salary cap still a thing? Would the Red Sox still get their pick bumped ten slots? Because if not I don't see why not to call him up. His salary should allow him to clear waivers, and the Red Sox have a high budget. If so, I would call up another outfielder (Likely Wren or Tavarez, maybe Sturgeon) before calling up Castillo. They still have Wright to 60-day if he isn't back by the end of August.
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