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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 20, 2024 18:06:17 GMT -5
I was hopeful that the Breslow/Bailey thing would improve the pitching. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect anything like this. I have my fingers crossed that it continues. They’ve been spectacular. If it looks like it’s going to sustain. We really owe it to team to get a MLB shortstop and play Ceddanne in CF to keep OF defense up. Hope Pivetta and Whitlock get healthy
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 20, 2024 6:01:45 GMT -5
The team is stacked with young pitching but can't field a competent SS to save their life. Need to go SS in the draft to balance out the system. Hahahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahaha Was he cereal?
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 18, 2024 14:13:04 GMT -5
"This draft is really atrocious after the top tier or two — there’s a very strong group of eight college players who should be the first eight picks in some order, then a decent second tier of guys from the college and high school ranks that maybe gets us to about pick 20, and then the position player group and the college pitchers just kind of fall apart. There are certainly interesting players beyond that, and if you are willing to swim in the high school pitching pond there are plenty of those guys to sign, but this year’s draft is going to have a lot of first rounders who wouldn’t go nearly that high in a typical draft." I'm a broken record with this, but I definitely think if you had to choose an optimal strategy in a vacuum it would be whatever college player in that tier you feel will go underslot and then high school arm in the second. How is 2025 Draft? We should have a Top 10 pick.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 14, 2024 14:33:55 GMT -5
Is Nero fiddling? #romanempire #dayoff
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 12, 2024 19:23:47 GMT -5
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 12, 2024 15:48:50 GMT -5
Worrying about the floor is why we drafted Yorke and Romero. Draft some GD power arms early and develop them. I think if they were so concerned about floor they would’ve gone college player, I think they picked them because they liked them as prospects Nope. We picked them because we could sign them to under slot deals Chaim was always looking for a bargain.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 12, 2024 15:22:58 GMT -5
Worrying about the floor is why we drafted Yorke and Romero. Draft some GD power arms early and develop them. Fun fact - there is more than one round of the draft! Zackly. You can draft power arms 2-5 too!!
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 12, 2024 14:27:38 GMT -5
Worrying about the floor is why we drafted Yorke and Romero. Draft some GD power arms early and develop them.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 12, 2024 4:23:35 GMT -5
You have to tip your hat to the Orioles and call them your daddies. #pedro
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 11, 2024 20:30:48 GMT -5
Feel bad for our pitchers. Absurd
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 10, 2024 7:55:39 GMT -5
Orioles are about to be insane when Kjerstad also comes up. It’s basically setting up for them to trade for another Ace because there simply isn’t room for some really high quality guys that are either MLB ready or already on the MLB roster They’re 20 games better than us. If they keep Burnes, I don’t see how we can hang with them for at least 3 years.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 9, 2024 7:41:15 GMT -5
Beautiful day here in Pa. 70 degrees at 7p. Will feel like Ft Myers after Portland. High around 70 on Wednesday and Thursday with chances of light rain. More rain on Friday. Clears out for weekend . May need one DH. But, should get 6 in. I’m going on Saturday and Sunday.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 8, 2024 17:22:30 GMT -5
The Aces of The Diamond got this.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 6, 2024 12:50:23 GMT -5
5 of only 8 walks on the night too, so it’s not like the opposing pitchers were consistently super wild. Also the Garcias in the Salem box score are going to be very confusing this year I believe confusing names are mandatory. Wait until the scorers get it wrong for daily corrections. I wanted my kid’s middle name to be NMN. When you don’t have a middle name, that’s what military used to fill in space. I got talked out of that😂
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Mar 29, 2024 18:32:17 GMT -5
Portland is in Reading April 9-14th. Hoping to catch a couple of games. Can’t wait to see Marcelo, Teel and Anthony. Amongst others.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Mar 27, 2024 20:35:06 GMT -5
We started 2019 season on the west coast. Lost 3/4 in Seattle, then 3/4 in Oakland and 2/3 in Arizona. I remember Cora mentioning that start after the season. Had a lousy spring training that year. Hope our solid spring training doesn’t allow that to happen again.
Obviously, I’d rather have a great team like 2018. But, following a developing but talented team is interesting.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jan 5, 2024 13:51:35 GMT -5
Part of me is screaming “make it happen”! Part of me is whispering… who is this guy. 5’10”, 30-years-old, average fastball velocity… are we *sure* about this? in my mind it kind of comes down to how you feel about analytics versus more traditional scouting. He’s small, gives up some home runs and has average velo. However, all the advanced pitching metrics love his stuff and i think a few changes to his approach to pitching could lead to him becoming a very good pitcher. I like this a lot more with breslow, Bailey, and Willard in the organization now compared to how i would have felt about it last year. Add: I should clarify i don’t mean it’s either one or the other as far as analytics or scouting, most teams are going to use both and they both have pros and cons. Just teams that rely more heavily on analytics are probably going to like him more than those who don’t. I’m getting Kei Igewa vibes about him. Yankees consolation prize for not getting Dice-K
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Dec 8, 2023 8:57:28 GMT -5
I think Yamamoto ends up with one of NY teams. Snell is our fallback option. Just reading the tea leaves. Snell has pitched well in big games. Hope it’s not more than 6 years.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Nov 29, 2023 13:07:57 GMT -5
I remember Heymen saying Max Scherzer will sign with west coast team only because of family reason but he signed with the Mets. Yamamoto will go where the money is they always do.False. For instance ... The Red Sox outbid the Mariners for Adrian Beltre the first time he was a free agent. They wanted to use him at SS for a year until
Bill Mueller's contract was up. Why the heck did we let him leave? If he stays, Youk stays at 1b. We don’t trade for Adrian Gonzalez or sign Pablo Sandoval. Oy vey
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Nov 10, 2023 14:55:23 GMT -5
How bout Marcelo(Hometown kid) and Abreu for Tatis . If we also take Xander back for Story. Saves them a helluva lot of committed money. And, might allow them to keep Soto.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Oct 9, 2023 16:27:03 GMT -5
I just remembered something about Ohtani's last in-person visit to Boston (at least with the Angels - maybe he flies in to hang out at Quincy Market on off days). He pitched on Patriots Day, so he had to be ready at 11 am (obviously 8 am in LA), and it was also one of the worst weather days you'll ever see for a baseball game that was actually played. It rained all night the night before and was cold, rainy, and drizzly all day. The game was delayed an hour before first pitch, then another long delay after Ohtani pitched only two innings (although he played the rest of the game as DH). I wonder if that's the first thing he thinks of when he hears the word "Boston." To extend his pitching career I’d only pitch him on Saturday nights. Doesn’t pitch after travel days. Can always go Sunday if rainout and still pitch following Saturday. I want him for 10 years. Not 2-3. Want him for big games. As we’ve seen the last few years, many favorites are losing early in playoffs. Get in healthy with big game studs. Ohtani and Yamamoto. Along with Bello. Live from Fenway Park. It’s Shohei Ohtani!!
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Oct 7, 2023 6:26:49 GMT -5
No, the Sox arent a slam dunk to make the playoffs with Ohtani the way the Dodgers would be The Angels won 73 games with Ohtani. The Sox won 78 games without Ohtani. Ohtani presence maybe gives them an additional 5 wins. If I were Ihtanu, I'd want to know that the Sox are bringing in 2 front line starters. If they do that could vault them to 90 win status and Ohtani would have a legit reason to think the Sox are a real playoff possibility, and the Sox do have some good position prospects on the way in Anthony. Mayer, and Teel. . I would think playing with Masa and Yamamoto would make it very comfortable for him in Boston. Can always trade for a starter. As soon as he’s healthy. 2025. There’s your Big 3. Ohtani, Yamamoto and Bello.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Sept 29, 2023 8:58:37 GMT -5
I beiieve anything but a sweep in the Det/Cle series gets us there. If Det wins 2 we would be tied with Cleveland at 76 wins, but pick ahead of them because of last year's record. And the picks above in your scenario and mine would be #7. Mets pick drops 10 spots.Only if they don't end up in the top 6. They currently have the 7th best odds so they very well may end up in the top 6 when the lottery takes place. If the Mets(host Philly) win one this weekend. Or, as long as Washington(at Atl)or St Louis(host Cincy) don’t sweep their opponents. Very doubtful Mets fall to 6.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Sept 16, 2023 17:39:40 GMT -5
I’d rather tack a year on to Turner’s deal than Duvall. Too damn streaky.Add 1yr 15m to keep JT for next two years.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Sept 12, 2023 17:36:21 GMT -5
Great loss. Need to recoup some draft positioning. Need more middle infielders. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
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