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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Jan 22, 2021 20:38:04 GMT -5
2 years, $14 million for a journeyman utility infielder/outfielder. Not impressed. They could have taken a couple of flyers on closers to build out their bullpen and still have money left over.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Jan 19, 2021 8:06:03 GMT -5
Porter terminated this morning. Had to be done. His career is toast.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Jan 18, 2021 19:37:38 GMT -5
Remember DD is on the other side of this transaction. We could be getting a nice lottery ticket type player, plus some nice cheese steaks from Pats or Genos.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Dec 9, 2020 20:37:28 GMT -5
Sad day for Lowell and local baseball fans. I enjoyed seeing Red Sox prospects play there, including Papelbon, Ellsbury, Mookie, Benintendi, Cecchini, etc.
The stadium was great to bring kids, get them an autograph and enjoy the game. .
Portland Is too far for a day trip and I have no interest driving to Worcester to see AAA play.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Jul 4, 2020 9:42:26 GMT -5
This is a great series, I appreciate the all of efforts pulling this together. Great trip down memory lane. Can’t wait for the “prospect who will not be named” and others.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Jun 15, 2020 9:38:43 GMT -5
The Royals are finding access to the BA's top 500 like no other team right now. They've signed 6 guys according to BA's tracker, 5 are in BA's top 500 and the other made their list of top 25 seniors. Plus one of their signings is Kale Emshoff...I want to say he's a consensus top 200 type. How much money did teams really save by releasing minor league players as well as only agreeing to pay them for part of 2020? The Royals, Twins, Astros and Reds agreed to pay their minor league players for all of 2020. Seems like a missed opportunity for the Red Sox, among other teams, to be penny wise and pound foolish. www.si.com/mlb/2020/05/30/twins-royals-astros-reds-pay-minor-league-players-mlb#:~:text=With%20teams%20across%20the%20league,Heyman%20and%20ESPN's%20Jeff%20Passan.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Jun 13, 2020 5:17:50 GMT -5
One of the top HS players that didn't get drafted, Harold Coll, decided to do a PG year and reclassify into the 2021 class. Will be interesting to see if other HS guys do this. I would not be surprised if other HS players do this. They missed out on their senior season and there is no guarantee there will be a college baseball season next year with a possible second wave of COVID. You could be scouted this summer and then do individual workouts similar to international players.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Jun 12, 2020 3:08:22 GMT -5
A reminder that teams are barred from negotiating and signing UDFAs until 9am on Sunday. I think you can pretty much guarantee that teams were talking to potential UDFAs during that 4th and 5th round last night.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Jun 10, 2020 20:19:15 GMT -5
Mets get PCA and Bitsko was also available. Nothing against the player, however, this seems like Belichick was whispering in Bloom's ear that you can never have enough special teamers/second baseman. The move was unnecessarily risky, particularly with Bitsko and PCA there for the picking.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Jun 10, 2020 13:22:16 GMT -5
With the short draft and no 2nd round pick, the underslot approach seems very confusing. Agree...That approach is extremely risky as you could get stuck with a less talented first round pick while guys you thought you could draft and sign go off the board between the Red Sox 1st and 3rd round picks. Anything other than best player available with the 1st round pick would be real risky.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on May 8, 2020 19:17:22 GMT -5
I hope the Red Sox seek to capitalize on the 5 round draft by signing 100 plus undrafted free agents for $20 k each. Seems like a relatively low cost ($2 million) high reward potential. Many colleges are going to continue remote learning in the fall and many of these kids would rather play baseball than stare at a Zoom video most of the day.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Apr 23, 2020 11:11:36 GMT -5
Watkins wasn't fired. I'm guessing he will get whatever pay percentage the rest of the Sox staff gets.No winks needed. He was suspended for 2020 without pay. The "without pay" part is what I was referring to. And it's not like he'll be able to apply for unemployment benefits like those who are being laid off are at the moment, so it's a pretty harsh punishment compared to what he's accused of doing, imo. It strains credibility that Watkins acted alone and that many within the Red Sox management team knew or should have known about this sign stealing scheme. It makes me wonder if someone within the Red Sox told MLB that they had evidence of many other MLB teams doing it which could have been used as leverage to limit the punishment. Honest question here: did you actually read the report? He is an advance scout and part of what he does is try and figure out what other teams' signs might be. That is completely above board and legal. The issue is that he updated that information while he was working as the video guy during games. How does it strain credulity that he acted alone in doing so? Also, consider (a) previous reporting that this is not a thing that the Red Sox were alone in doing, and (b) the note in this particular report that other teams had their advance scouts working in similar positions. Those on Twitter who are expressing righteous indignation that the Red Sox penalty was so much lesser than the Astros' was are, in my opinion, outing themselves as not actually having read any of this stuff. I agree with this. There has to be something that MLB isn't telling us. Otherwise, the league taking a 2nd round pick makes no sense. As stated previously in this thread, the problem is that the Red Sox were already slapped on the wrist for something similar with the Apple Watch incident. I'm sure if not for their being "second-time offenders," there's an even lesser punishment, and there might not have been nearly as intense an investigation by MLB. I did read the report. Why was Watkins, a Red Sox advance scout, also responsible for in game video during the games? Who assigned Watkins to that role and did they consider that there might be some possible blurring of ethics to use such in game video real time? Who was responsible for supervising Watkins and reviewing his reports? Just because there was no rule against it doesn't mean it was above board or ethical. Ethics and integrity is doing the right thing when no one is looking. Why did MLB allow the Red Sox and other teams to allow their scouts to use in game videos and not restrict the use of those videos in game? MLB and Manfred lose some credibility here. They should admit that they did not adapt their rules and regulations with respect to the use of video and ban the use of in game video effective immediately.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Apr 23, 2020 6:04:34 GMT -5
It strains credibility that Watkins acted alone and that many within the Red Sox management team knew or should have known about this sign stealing scheme. It makes me wonder if someone within the Red Sox told MLB that they had evidence of many other MLB teams doing it which could have been used as leverage to limit the punishment.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Feb 24, 2020 12:23:06 GMT -5
In the best interests of baseball, Manfred should resign effective immediately. He has botched this sign stealing stuff from the jump. There are reports that the A's notified MLB about it in 2017 and it doesn't appear that MLB did anything about it. We wouldn't even be talking about this today unless The Athletic had a bunch of confidential sources talk to them and then publish a number of critical articles. Anyone thinking that only the Astros and the Red Sox stole signs is naive. It would have been much better if Manfred pulled the bandaid off in 2017 and told all 30 MLB teams to cut the sh%t or else owners, executives, coaches and players will be subject to significant penalties, including suspensions and fines.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Feb 21, 2020 19:25:11 GMT -5
Manfred is fast becoming the worst commissioner of the 4 major sports. He is making Goodell appear to be almost competent relative to how poorly he has handled the sign stealing situation in MLB. As much as the players (and Patriots’ fans) hate Goodell he is a very successful commissioner. Look at how much money that league makes. MLB is also extremely profitable. Nevertheless, this scandal is dragging out and could (though it hasn’t yet) be a second Black Sox scandal when fans become concerned about the quality of the product on the field is the result of legitimate play. The league initially tried to cover that up as well. Then they hired a commissioner who restored confidence by banning all the players. (that commissioner was also a terrible and a major black mark against the league) Now it is coming to light that Manfred has known about the Astros’ cheating since 2017 when the A’s reported it to him. Let’s see how long that Manfred lasts as he continues TJ shoe pool judgment throughout the cheating scandal. The NFL is being subsidized by Fantasy football and gambling. None of this success is attributable to Goodell who is an empty suit.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Feb 18, 2020 21:55:17 GMT -5
I haven’t seen anything this offseason that would make me interested in Quantrill. Just don’t see the draw. Campusano would make it worth it though. I agree about Quantrill who would be like a rotation filler/Rt 95 shuttle guys. You need to get a top 10 prospect plus either CB and/or international pool money to acquire Myers who has been pretty bad the past few years.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Feb 18, 2020 5:46:11 GMT -5
I watched the most recent Godzilla movie over the weekend. This is the one that features Boston and Fenway Park. Yesterday’s press conference with Henry , Werner and Kennedy stating that the Mookie trade was not about the money reminded me about the three headed dragon destroying Fenway Park at the end of the movie. The Mookie trade was all about the money as the Red Sox decided that they were not going to pay Mookie what he was worth as the second best player in baseball. Resetting for the future is going to take a 3 to 5 years given their current roster and weak farm system.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Feb 16, 2020 21:57:47 GMT -5
Manfred is fast becoming the worst commissioner of the 4 major sports. He is making Goodell appear to be almost competent relative to how poorly he has handled the sign stealing situation in MLB.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Feb 11, 2020 13:19:54 GMT -5
I am with Bauer. This proposal would make September games even less meaningful. I would have zero interest in watching a show where playoff teams pick their opponents and likely wouldn't even watch earlier playoff rounds, until they get to the respective League championships. The NBA is the only one of the 4 major professional sports with a competent commissioner.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Feb 9, 2020 17:33:22 GMT -5
The Twins were planning on using Graterol as a reliever. That makes sense given his delivery motion, history of arm and shoulder problems, and being significantly overweight. He missed two months last season due to injuries. All this information is publicly available. Why would the Red Sox think he could be a starter? Not a good start for Bloom and his scouting staff. Lolololol Your post became an absolute joke when you said he’s significantly overweight, there’s video of him playing last year. You know that right? Marble-sharp Numerous sites, including Baseball Prospectus list him at 6’ 1” 265 which is significantly overweight for a baseball player. legacy.baseballprospectus.com/card/106074/brusdar-graterol
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Feb 9, 2020 6:24:01 GMT -5
The Twins were planning on using Graterol as a reliever. That makes sense given his delivery motion, history of arm and shoulder problems, and being significantly overweight. He missed two months last season due to injuries. All this information is publicly available. Why would the Red Sox think he could be a starter? Not a good start for Bloom and his scouting staff.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Feb 8, 2020 18:54:09 GMT -5
I don’t understand why the Twins would be motivated to go back to the table in the interest of acquiring Maeda. If the Dodgers tmrwakit want Betts then they should be motivated to trade some of their top minor league players. Now the door is open for other teams such as the Padres and Braves to come back into the trade negotiations. The amount of projection by guys like Rosenrhal are putting out there is over the top, How about reporting that deals aren’t done until teams sign off on the medicals. The rush to be first shouldn’t compromise the importance of being accurate.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Feb 8, 2020 15:23:52 GMT -5
Not sure who has more leverage at this point, the Red Sox or Dodgers. If there is a trade it would have to be a straight up deal vs adding a third team at this point. Perhaps the Padres, Braves or Angels come into the picture for Betts only. The Red Sox may be stuck with Price for the near term.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Feb 7, 2020 9:44:45 GMT -5
Describe to me his association with the sexual assault. He stood there and watched a drunk girl get beat up by other drunk girls. What a demon. If I were to criticize him for standing there as a drunk teen and watching somebody get beat up I would be a hypocrite. It’s obviously preferable that he would have stopped that but again, He’s a drunk teen. As long as he isn’t doing the assaulting I do not care From what I read on SOSH, he wasn't part of the assault, but if I read it correctly, he was taping what was going on. If I misread it, I apologize profusely, but if I understood it correctly, he was recording it. That's not something to be proud of, to say the least, and it makes me uncomfortable with him being on my team, not that it matters how I feel. Makes it feel like I'm only rooting for laundry in his case, particularly when I contrast that with Mookie sneaking out to feed the homeless. Between that and past immaturity issues, perhaps that's why the Dodgers haven't blinked when putting him on the trade block. I hope his past immaturity issues are in the past and he's learned from his mistakes, but it's not a good look to say the least - if what I interpreted was correct. Here is an article referencing the assault of an underage girl. It is alleged that Verdugo was the player who recorded and posted on social media the incident where the 17 year old girl got beat up by two other girls. BTW-Kapler doesn't look good for his part in this incident, including trying to arrange an apology for the girl. highheelsonthefield.typepad.com/all_heels_on_deck/2019/02/dodgers-after-dark-the-sexual-assaults-mlb-never-investigated-a-teams-culture-unexamined.html
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Feb 7, 2020 8:27:10 GMT -5
Per Jon Heyman...
Red Sox are said to be trying to reconfigure the part of the Betts 3-team deal with the Twins (meaning more than Graterol). While there’s still hope the mega deal gets done in some form, some involved are now suggesting it’s not a certainty.
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