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Post by sarasoxer on Jan 11, 2020 23:06:42 GMT -5
Wow....in the OF Mookie was +7 and Jr. at +6. Beni was -10.
Robles was +23 and Kiermaier at +17.
Tauchman, Judge and Gardner of the Skanks were +9, +8 and +2 respectively.
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Post by sarasoxer on Jan 1, 2020 8:39:48 GMT -5
Just a quick shoutout to Brad for calling some good timeouts yesterday to stop Hornets runs before they got out of control, great to see that. Also, Kanter has been way better than expected. His rebounding really helps us. Amen to that. Kanter has been a welcome beast. I've said before that Smart has appeared to have slimmed down this year. He's still tough but quicker and more facile on both ends. What a great on the ball defender. When first drafted, I had my doubts but what an asset now.
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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 29, 2019 11:58:15 GMT -5
I don't think it's holding anything against the player....Get what you can get if that's the primary motivation. The issue is that paying such a sum over many years can hamstring the team as a whole. Look where we are with our starters and payroll. Nate Eovaldi at $17m AAV hamstrings you. Mookie is the franchise. Well Eovaldi was great when we needed him to be great. Another guy with great stuff who had developed a cutter. We took a gamble and it didn't work out in 2019. Blame it on the talent evaluators/decision makers if you want. One could say the same about good guy Porcello, Sale or Price. But too much hindsight and we'll all go blind. If Mookie were the only guy with huge bucks, ok. But we all know that he won't be for the Sox. Devers is in the on deck circle, X is in place and there will be clamor to fill out 2b, 1b, CF (presumably) as well as for pitching. Bloom will streamline to avoid the albatross situation we now find ourselves in. Hear, hear.
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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 29, 2019 9:22:10 GMT -5
Mookie has been my favorite player since he came up. But my affection is modified when I look at the rumored contract numbers he is seeking. Why, though...? Wanting to get what they're worth according to the market is a strange thing to hold against a player. I don't think it's holding anything against the player....Get what you can get if that's the primary motivation. The issue is that paying such a sum over many years can hamstring the team as a whole. Look where we are with our starters and payroll.
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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 11, 2019 14:28:55 GMT -5
Might as well give them E-Rod too... I hear he will make a buck or two in arb next year, and we can't have that. This offseason is the worst. You forgot to mention who we'd get back...
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 23, 2019 19:26:03 GMT -5
Kenster: How do you know they don't have a plan?
Just because no trades/moves have yet been made?
Should they make a move to make a move?
If you were for another team, wouldn't you think you had leverage thinking the Sox would want to jump....and try to exploit that?
If the Sox made such a move, would you be ready to applaud it or criticize that they should have done better?
In Chaim I trust.
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 13, 2019 21:33:57 GMT -5
The Celtics really look good right now. The Wizards aren't good, but good to bank wins, especially with no GH. Still a close game. Without Timelord we have little interior defense/rim protection. Washington can score. Game up for grabs. I wouldn't light your cigar just yet.
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 11, 2019 23:11:05 GMT -5
I get it. You're in a contest with Dirtywater43.😊 Brown, Walker and Smart have played tremendous ball....Smart's offensive improvement from driving/finishing to the 3 is remarkable. Walker has been clutch in the 4th like Isaiah was..Brown was right about himself. He is a much more skilled player. I love Green's athleticism, slashing & D. Great addition. Get Hayward back and get a center.... My opinion about the GH injury, was my opinion. The stuff about the playoffs 2 years ago was the truth and I could post articles behind it. This perceived no negativity allowed makes this board a tiresome place to go through sometimes. Anyways, Kemba is a dynamic offensive package of talent. Tonight was one of his nights where he kept up with superstar Luka. One would hope Green takes away all of Semi's minutes away real soon. Semi has the lowest point total out of any player in the NBA so far this season who has over 80 minutes played. Wait....shhh. No negativity. I was only kidding you guys..... Hey, I can be as negative as anyone given the stimulus. Semi is as good as gone....give him his football and weights. Green is major surprise. Now if he can only hit from 3. Loved watching Langford ...but also needs a 3 ball. I wish Waters was a bit bigger but what a motor. Poirier looks like, early on, that he can't play at NBA speed.
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 11, 2019 22:39:03 GMT -5
This is shaping up to be a pathetic loss. I get it. You're in a contest with Dirtywater43.😊 Brown, Walker and Smart have played tremendous ball....Smart's offensive improvement from driving/finishing to the 3 is remarkable. Walker has been clutch in the 4th like Isaiah was..Brown was right about himself. He is a much more skilled player. I love Green's athleticism, slashing & D. Great addition. Get Hayward back and get a center....
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 6, 2019 9:46:38 GMT -5
Not sure how keeping Mookie in 2020 or gets us much payroll relief and certainly not approaching 208M without us weakening the team elsewhere.
I assume Porcello is gone but does trading any of Eovaldi, Price, Sale and/orJBJ give competent return in mlb players at lower cost or replenish the farm but leave additional rotational holes and another in the OF?
OTOH, Mookie is going to the highest bidder.. (Yankees or not...) so there are only a few teams that would trade for him limiting return there as well.
Bloom needs to be a Rubik's master.
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 1, 2019 22:09:17 GMT -5
If the Yankees sign JDM what do they do with Stanton ? Stanton goes to LF.
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 1, 2019 21:56:58 GMT -5
Toughed out win vs poor Knicks at home. Cs playing with resilience. But boy do they need a top center.
Smart looks more flexible this year. He can drive and pop mid-range. Hayward is now valuable...still a bit away... Walker has been the reason for wins in the last three...the anti-Kyrie. Quiet, efficient, team guy.
I am now enjoying watching the Celtics a lot.
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Post by sarasoxer on Oct 27, 2019 7:32:34 GMT -5
This team looks really deep and good. The uptick in rebounding has been amazing and something we've missed the past few years. Grant Williams is on his way to being a Draymond Green PJ Tucker hybrid who does all the little things amazingly. What a steal. It will be a much more fun year. I think tho that the absence of interior defense will be the Achilles heel. Grant has done well rebounding so far but he's 6'6. And where do all these good guys play? I remember great Celtics teams playing mostly 7-8 guys. Of course the league has changed. Rest is important and teams are deeper in talent. At least Tacko, Edwards and Grant are rookies so we won't have a Rozier like issue.
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Post by sarasoxer on Oct 26, 2019 8:46:08 GMT -5
I don't think Hazen can come back. Arizona can deny them permission to talk to him. From Jen's article, the two that I'd be most interested in are David Forst, who is the A's GM, or Chaim Bloom, who is the VP of Baseball Ops for the Rays. Good experience developing farm systems and winning on the margins, would be interesting to see what they do with the added resources. As the first person on the board to reference Bloom by name I'm going to request Rosenthal and all other media outlets credit me with having this first, thanks. But hell, you're his neighbor!! One thing for sure is that this adds to and portends a super exciting winter. Even if what was once unthinkable...that Mookie goes...I have acclimated to it and am anxious for, as someone above said, the Reset.
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Post by sarasoxer on Oct 23, 2019 22:14:08 GMT -5
Stevens wasting no time showing incompetence as a coach. C'mon man! It's one game. Where were you 2-3 years ago when Stevens pulled the team up into contention? I want the C's to do well as much as you do. Tonight it appeared that their lack of height and attendant interior athletic defense was a determinant factor. Brown was not a 28M/yr player and Tatum looked stuck in year 1. He is a weak mid range guy, and not particularly fast or agile on drives. He arrived as incredibly advanced and mature. His upside potential has long been a question for me. My belief is that we are under talented.... But I don't fault Stevens.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 30, 2019 8:41:13 GMT -5
That's a lot of hope....
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 26, 2019 9:18:31 GMT -5
To Fenway's post above that I should have copied...
Oh heck I'm not thinking that strikeouts will recede to the 1980s level. Chicks dig the long ball and long balls mean more player money. Pitchers are bigger, stronger, faster. Some combination of factors will result in huge strikeout numbers. We are encroaching on an all or nothing game tho...a bit like little league.
I don't know that baseball lied about the ball tho. I think that it was at a loss as well and circled the wagons when attacks came.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 26, 2019 8:55:15 GMT -5
Porcello may have had first inning troubles historically and a poor year, but the guy always gave an honest effort and had uncommon class. He took the mound every fifth day, and if he hadn't, it would have been someone considerably worse. As rough as his season was, he still finished comfortably above replacement level. [quote source="/post/399580/thread" timestamp="1569466345" sarasoxer: Porcello's performance this year was more that of a back end starter and not commensurate with his salary. He has always been at least a hit/inning guy notwithstanding his wonderful Cy Young year. His consistent first inning troubles were a mystery and often put us in a hole. Even so, he was an innings eater. When I said that he always gave an honest effort, that was a compliment and not a backhand. I like the guy personally. He is low key, humble, a team guy and not a me first guy. I think his high ERA, FIP and WHIP were a reflection of his less than dominant stuff, his always being around the plate and the juiced ball.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 26, 2019 8:21:03 GMT -5
I'm from a different era eating hot dogs, drinking Coke and believing in the holiness of mom's apple pie, and that may have implanted a naivete, but I don't see a conspiracy behind every bush. The ball will be corrected next year for the good of the game as we've come to know it and as the stewards well know. Too many homers make a cheap pinball mockery and will contribute to declining, not increasing, attendance.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 26, 2019 7:24:33 GMT -5
thanks for everything, Rick! Porcello may have had first inning troubles historically and a poor year, but the guy always gave an honest effort and had uncommon class.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 25, 2019 20:22:37 GMT -5
Porcello is good at throwing the ball middle. Perhaps you meant "middle-middle".
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 23, 2019 22:46:16 GMT -5
Let's add a throwing contest to the MLB All-Star game festivities...length, speed, accuracy.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 22, 2019 10:03:43 GMT -5
Well he wasn't blowing that for Boston. His velo, from memory, was up the second half of his first year after a slow start but was down again the next year. He might have been injured in Boston or could have had the dreaded "it's his mechanics" disease...but coupled with his poor command, he was always walking the tight rope.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 22, 2019 7:45:56 GMT -5
They haven't moved. They are still 18th (they lose all the tiebreakers because of their record last year). Is the difference in money or player available that great b/t 15th and 18th pick to be an incentive to tank? They've gone to Smith at various times this year and they were essentially out of pitching ammo last night. They didn't start Smith. It seems to me that this is the time of year to better evaluate your players and that's what they are doing playing Owings etc. If it were a true tank, would the Sox be playing Bogey, Mookie, JD, RAF? The foot may be off the gas but I don't see that as tanking.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 18, 2019 6:26:15 GMT -5
Very different batting stances. Grandpa Carl's bat looked 10 times bigger too. Yaz's stance the last few years was not a thing of beauty. In years gone by players were much more diverse or idiosyncratic in their stances and swings. It's like golf was long ago. Miller Barber, Doug Sanders, Arnie are some examples. The more instruction and analysis there is, the greater the standardization.
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