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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 16, 2018 8:17:53 GMT -5
Feltman gave up 3 hits and a run in a mop-up inning. Interestingly 17 pitches, 15 strikes but only 1 strikeout.
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Post by jimoh on Aug 16, 2018 8:51:11 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 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. Certainly Lin has value. But this comment reflects the frequent attitude on this site—but denounced rightly on the last podcast—that you should keep all of your prospects who are good and trade the ones that are bad. Making trades is not like looking in your closet for shirts you don’t wear to give to the thrift shop. If a prospect has little value, he is not worth much in a trade. If a prospect has good value, he can help the team either on the field on in a trade. This “don’t trade him, he’s good” idea is just wrong. |
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 16, 2018 9:19:30 GMT -5
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. Certainly Lin has value. But this comment reflects the frequent attitude on this site—but denounced rightly on the last podcast—that you should keep all of your prospects who are good and trade the ones that are bad. Making trades is not like looking in your closet for shirts you don’t wear to give to the thrift shop. If a prospect has little value, he is not worth much in a trade. If a prospect has good value, he can help the team either on the field on in a trade. This “don’t trade him, he’s good” idea is just wrong. No, the idea that you trade assets that might be useful is wrong. You deal from excess like relievers in the past and 3rd baseman in the future. Please do not put things into my posts that aren't there. Reading comprehension courses might be beneficial. |
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 16, 2018 9:38:29 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. They changed the rule so that if they send him back down to AAA, his salary would count against the cap next season. So it won't happen. |
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 16, 2018 9:39:49 GMT -5
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. Certainly Lin has value. But this comment reflects the frequent attitude on this site—but denounced rightly on the last podcast—that you should keep all of your prospects who are good and trade the ones that are bad. Making trades is not like looking in your closet for shirts you don’t wear to give to the thrift shop. If a prospect has little value, he is not worth much in a trade. If a prospect has good value, he can help the team either on the field on in a trade. This “don’t trade him, he’s good” idea is just wrong. No it's not. Lin is absolutely necessary to have in AAA as SS depth. Without him, they'd be really hurting if Xander was out for a month. Find another SS with options that is as good as Lin and then figure out how much it would take to trade for him. The problem is that teams never want to trade major league depth with options left. |
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 16, 2018 10:13:04 GMT -5
Certainly Lin has value. But this comment reflects the frequent attitude on this site—but denounced rightly on the last podcast—that you should keep all of your prospects who are good and trade the ones that are bad. Making trades is not like looking in your closet for shirts you don’t wear to give to the thrift shop. If a prospect has little value, he is not worth much in a trade. If a prospect has good value, he can help the team either on the field on in a trade. This “don’t trade him, he’s good” idea is just wrong. No it's not. Lin is absolutely necessary to have in AAA as SS depth. Without him, they'd be really hurting if Xander was out for a month. Find another SS with options that is as good as Lin and then figure out how much it would take to trade for him. The problem is that teams never want to trade major league depth with options left. LOL, real life symbolism.. It's night time, my wife is asleep so I am using my computer in the dark. A bug, about flea size walked down the monitor from the top. A small lizard spotted him, walked up onto the monitor and waited over where your post was. I had to wait to read your post but, the bug is history. |
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Post by dmaineah on Aug 16, 2018 12:16:30 GMT -5
You have to be on the 40 man roster to get called up even in September don't you? I don't see them adding castillo
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Post by telson13 on Aug 16, 2018 17:20:43 GMT -5
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 BA wasn’t the point of the post. If that’s what you’re focusing on you’re arguing a straw man. |
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