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Post by dirtywater on Nov 18, 2014 8:27:54 GMT -5
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Post by dirtywater on Nov 17, 2014 14:09:17 GMT -5
Sign Jon Lester 6yr/150MM (25AAV) Sign Chase Headley 2yr/36MM (18AAV) Trade Yoenis Cespedes and Teddy Stankiewicz for Hishashi Iwakuma (SEA) Trade Shane Victorino, Anthony Ranaudo, Deven Marrero + cash for Evan Gattis (ATL) Resign Burke Badenhop 2yr/8MM (4AAV)
Lineup
Betts RF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Napoli 1B Headley 3B Bogaerts SS Castillo CF Nava LF Vazquez C
Bench Gattis LF/Backup C Holt Util Craig 1B/OF
SP Lester Iwakuma Buchholz Kelly De La Rosa/Webster
RP Uehara Tazawa Mujica Workman Layne De La Rosa/Webster Barnes Badenhop
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Post by dirtywater on Nov 11, 2014 12:13:56 GMT -5
But if you really delve into the numbers, De La Rosa didn't just have a bad September once he hit his career high in innings. His July and August weren't exactly spectacular. You could even argue they were quite below average to poor (i don't have time to delve into all the stats, but ~.880 OPS against from July on). Webster threw more innings in 2014 than he had in any season of his entire pro career as well, yet his good September once he was beyond his career innings threshold seems to be dismissed or punished.
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Post by dirtywater on Nov 10, 2014 15:20:44 GMT -5
What do you guys think of signing old friend Jed Lowrie for like 2yr/22MM as a fallback option at 3rd? Assuming Sandoval and Headley resign with Giants and Yanks respectively. Coming off a down year, he could be serviceable and cheap. A little stopgap until Cecchini or Devers.
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Post by dirtywater on Nov 4, 2014 8:53:44 GMT -5
Call me crazy, but I really think Allen Webster figures it out in the end. He showed a little bit of improvement as the year went on last year. Maybe it's just wishful thinking, because I really don't think his stuff plays in the bullpen. There are countless examples of guys like him who failed in their first or second major league trial. Not sure if Garret Richards is the fairest of comparisons but I don't think it's beyond the realm of possibility we could see a similar breakout happening with him. You look at the numbers and they are comparable. 6ish k/9, 4.5ish BB/9 in their first two years. Both guys have electric stuff and were rated 50-100 of top prospects. But both have to learn in the majors that hitters won't chase out of the zone as much as they do in the minors. Hopefully he harnesses his repertoire because it is major league caliber. But it's just a hunch.
I'm definitely higher on him as a starter than I am with guys like Rubby, Ranaudo, Barnes and obviously Workman or Wright.
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