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Post by jimed14 on Feb 3, 2020 19:42:26 GMT -5
I kind of like the Success Rate Added stat on Baseball Savant. Isn't that relatively comparable to the /150 rate stat?
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Post by soxfanatic on Feb 5, 2020 8:20:53 GMT -5
I would seriously entertain the idea of signing Yasiel Puig to a short term (1 or 2 yr deal) contract. With the left handedness of the OF there are plenty of at bats to go around. I gives the added benefit of easing Verdugo back into it.
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Post by gator39 on Feb 5, 2020 12:29:24 GMT -5
I agree that they could use a righthanded hitting OF. I'm not sure that Puig is the best fit though. Maybe Domingo Santana.
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Post by mwgray13 on Feb 5, 2020 16:33:12 GMT -5
So now that we are under the CBT, can we resign Holt ($4M on 1yr contract)? So we have a better bench.
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Post by mwgray13 on Feb 5, 2020 16:52:46 GMT -5
I would seriously entertain the idea of signing Yasiel Puig to a short term (1 or 2 yr deal) contract. With the left handedness of the OF there are plenty of at bats to go around. I gives the added benefit of easing Verdugo back into it. This has serious upside. Lets consider the signings of similar players: Nick Castellanos - $64M/4YR Avisial Garcia - $20M/2YR Corey Dickerson - $17.5M/2YR Kole Calhoun - $16M/2YR if we could get Puig on $12M/2YR or $6M/1YR could be a decent value. The real upside here is if he adheres more to the Red Sox plate approach.
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Post by jdb on Feb 10, 2020 7:43:37 GMT -5
I think I’d like Kevin Pillar on a one year deal as an additional RH OF. He had a good LHP split last year and can back up all three spots well so we don’t have to hold our breath every time a balls hit to Chavis in LF or JDM.
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Post by mobaz on Feb 10, 2020 9:27:19 GMT -5
A legit 4th outfielder would be great. Keep JDM off the field and let him carry more offensive burden.
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Post by James Dunne on Feb 10, 2020 9:29:21 GMT -5
A legit 4th outfielder would be great. Keep JDM off the field and let him carry more offensive burden. The more I look at the team, the more I think Andreoli fits better than bringing all three infielders (Chavis/Lin/Arauz), and that he makes the big club with a good spring.
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Post by oldfaithful2019 on Feb 10, 2020 10:27:43 GMT -5
With only one year left now on his deal and with the Sox now having some salary space, Rusney Castillo is a wild card for a back up OF role. At 13 mil he of course would be way over priced in the role but depending on what others move are made and the salary impact of those moves, if he rakes in ST, just maybe ?
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Post by soxcentral on Feb 10, 2020 10:38:56 GMT -5
With only one year left now on his deal and with the Sox now having some salary space, Rusney Castillo is a wild card for a back up OF role. At 13 mil he of course would be way over priced in the role but depending on what others move are made and the salary impact of those moves, if he rakes in ST, just maybe ? Castillo would put the Sox back over the limit and probably isn't a great fit even if he earned it. Updated luxury tax payroll appears to be $198.7M, putting us $9.3M under, according to Fangraphs: www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/payroll/red-sox
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Post by sibbysisti on Feb 10, 2020 10:39:10 GMT -5
Rusney Castillo is my choice for 4th outfielder. He's in the last year of his contract. Being a RH he can spell any of our three regular outfielders. And we wouldn't have to trade to get him.
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Post by jdb on Feb 10, 2020 11:03:14 GMT -5
I’d be shocked if Castillo gets a chance. With the CBA loophole he’s stuck. If we want to increase our payroll sign some guys one one year deals we can flip for prospects if we fall out or look into buying prospects taking on a Jed Lowrie or Wil Meyers type.
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Post by oldfaithful2019 on Feb 10, 2020 11:32:59 GMT -5
With only one year left now on his deal and with the Sox now having some salary space, Rusney Castillo is a wild card for a back up OF role. At 13 mil he of course would be way over priced in the role but depending on what others move are made and the salary impact of those moves, if he rakes in ST, just maybe ? Castillo would put the Sox back over the limit and probably isn't a great fit even if he earned it. Updated luxury tax payroll appears to be $198.7M, putting us $9.3M under, according to Fangraphs: www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/payroll/red-soxYeah, did not realize the impact of the benifit line on the total salary cap figure. Surely would not be a way to have Castillo make sense with the current picture. Even if JBJ were traded, Castillo is not a candidate for a starting OF position at all. Maybe when he is a FA next winter and available dirt cheap !
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Post by iakovos11 on Feb 10, 2020 13:41:27 GMT -5
Castillo would put the Sox back over the limit and probably isn't a great fit even if he earned it. Updated luxury tax payroll appears to be $198.7M, putting us $9.3M under, according to Fangraphs: www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/payroll/red-soxYeah, did not realize the impact of the benifit line on the total salary cap figure. Surely would not be a way to have Castillo make sense with the current picture. Even if JBJ were traded, Castillo is not a candidate for a starting OF position at all. Maybe when he is a FA next winter and available dirt cheap ! He's not going to want any part of Boston, though. I doubt Bloom will have any interest either. Honestly, with a decent year of progress, Duran will be better.
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Post by James Dunne on Feb 10, 2020 13:43:09 GMT -5
Castillo wasn't very good last year. He hit poorly in a year where offense was up, and got more than 3/4 of his playing time in right field. I do think in different circumstances he'd have provided real value in 2017-2018 as a complement to Bradley, but I think that's past.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Feb 10, 2020 13:49:50 GMT -5
Yeah I think with the depth chart as is, either Andreoli or Longhi (if they like him in the outfield, which I did when he was in the org before and never understood why he didn't get more time out there) makes the team. With a 5-man bench, it would be silly not to have a true 4th OF.
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Post by soxin8 on Feb 10, 2020 14:06:12 GMT -5
With only one year left now on his deal and with the Sox now having some salary space, Rusney Castillo is a wild card for a back up OF role. At 13 mil he of course would be way over priced in the role but depending on what others move are made and the salary impact of those moves, if he rakes in ST, just maybe ? Castillo would put the Sox back over the limit and probably isn't a great fit even if he earned it. Updated luxury tax payroll appears to be $198.7M, putting us $9.3M under, according to Fangraphs: www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/payroll/red-soxSomeone pointed out to me (wcsox?) that Cot's is the site to see where the Sox stand for the CBT. Other sites don't factor in deferred money like in the Sale contract that only make it a 25 MM hit each year rather than 30. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRHU26eqSx5Ei3OAlzcqYreTOpeAEpGIFmXkmcze-c76bh-lioOnk5iyXenZDM3bBpzm6Xp_iRFijdB/pubhtml
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Post by oldfaithful2019 on Feb 10, 2020 15:11:01 GMT -5
Yeah, did not realize the impact of the benifit line on the total salary cap figure. Surely would not be a way to have Castillo make sense with the current picture. Even if JBJ were traded, Castillo is not a candidate for a starting OF position at all. Maybe when he is a FA next winter and available dirt cheap ! He's not going to want any part of Boston, though. I doubt Bloom will have any interest either. Honestly, with a decent year of progress, Duran will be better. Totaly agree ! I was kind of lampooning the fact that if he tries to keep playing after banking the rest of his 72 mil after this year he will be a a much much lower pay grade.
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Post by mobaz on Feb 11, 2020 8:53:22 GMT -5
Addition of a AAAA outfielder. Not a bad thing.
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Post by James Dunne on Feb 11, 2020 9:10:38 GMT -5
That's a good signing. I wouldn't even necessarily classify him as a Quad-A guy, though he's kind of became one in the era of 13-person pitching staffs where everyones backups had to play every position. Good defender in the corners, can handle center as a backup. Not really the power for the corners, but he's patient and will make a pitcher work. Now that teams will have four-man benches again he's exactly the type who fits. His rough stretch with the Marlins looks like bad-BABIP luck, though fringy backup types needing a bit of luck to stick is not a new phenomenon.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Feb 11, 2020 9:20:21 GMT -5
He looks likely to make the roster. RHH OF they needed.
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Post by soxcentral on Feb 11, 2020 9:27:23 GMT -5
Addition of a AAAA outfielder. Not a bad thing. Eric will be happy.
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Post by oldfaithful2019 on Feb 11, 2020 10:13:55 GMT -5
This is good. .829 OPS vs. LHP in 2019. Adds another 4th OF option in camp. There is a job to be won and the roster will be enhanced if the 4th outfielder is not an infielder or DH.
Also feel it is best to reserve the new found money for a starting pitcher upgrade.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Feb 11, 2020 10:30:28 GMT -5
That's a good signing. I wouldn't even necessarily classify him as a Quad-A guy, though he's kind of became one in the era of 13-person pitching staffs where everyones backups had to play every position. Good defender in the corners, can handle center as a backup. Not really the power for the corners, but he's patient and will make a pitcher work. Now that teams will have four-man benches again he's exactly the type who fits. His rough stretch with the Marlins looks like bad-BABIP luck, though fringy backup types needing a bit of luck to stick is not a new phenomenon. I looked closer at his OBP and it's not as respectable as it is because he draws a good deal of walks. I mean his BA is so-so and his walk total isn't that great. It's his propensity for getting hit by pitches that pulls his OBP up. The man is good at doing a Ron Hunt, getting drilled by pitches, to bolster his OBP. But at least they have a functional 4th OF for a change. Eric Van must be stoked. He was pushing for this addition.
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Post by julyanmorley on Feb 11, 2020 10:30:37 GMT -5
Boy, I like that signing. Totally reasonable to start the year with him on the big league roster. If he surprises people and has a better year than people expect, then you're pretty excited about him having 4 years of control left.
All of Bloom's signings have been veterans with team option years, or guys with fewer than 5 years service time. He gives himself a chance to win big on every deal.
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