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Post by patford on Apr 9, 2024 17:37:24 GMT -5
Dalbec will be picked up by the Rays. Hit .217 with 47 HR and 93 RBI.
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Post by patford on Apr 8, 2024 19:10:48 GMT -5
Is it past time for MLB to expand rosters to allow additional pitchers? It would have to be pitchers only no added position player slots. Maybe that would help? It's getting ridiculous.
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Post by patford on Apr 8, 2024 12:17:55 GMT -5
The mention of Campbell on the most recent pod plus his most recent shoutout in the Baseball America article. Tantalizing! It's mentioned the same scout who was long ago raving about Anthony is now raving about him:
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Post by patford on Apr 7, 2024 16:13:03 GMT -5
You gave a super specific set of criteria and I thought of a player off the top of my head who fit it. Broaden it slightly and you can include guys like Beltran, Trout, Tulowitzki I think clearly the solution here is we should spend the next several hours of our Sunday on Baseball Reference to find examples to win an argument over the internet, as to comment on an injury whose severity we won’t know the details of until like tomorrow night. Only to endlessly go around and around because...important.
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Post by patford on Apr 7, 2024 10:58:28 GMT -5
Man, we could have signed Xander Bogaerts for a little bit more money and at least had a guy who would log a lot of games...instead we have this albatross of a contract for a guy who is unable to stay healthy. What a disasterclass. Do we think he tops the 162 games played in a Red Sox uniform before 2026 or nah? The Red Sox need a SS not a 1B.
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Post by patford on Apr 7, 2024 10:57:42 GMT -5
I wish Mayer was ready to step in now and even be an average MLBer but he's not even in the equation yet in my opinion. If story is out most the year they really should go out and get someone to cover them this year if there is anyone available out there. Not sure there is at this point in the season so they'll probably have to make due with what they have and maybe try and poach someone off waivers in the coming weeks/months. Highly unlikely but within the realm of possibility. Reports from those who have seen him are his fielding is very advanced. If by chance he hits the cover off the ball at AA and then at AAA he could easily force the issue as there is a need at the position. Quite a few teams are promoting their young high end prospects.
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Post by patford on Apr 7, 2024 8:52:26 GMT -5
Horrendous error by Devers. At this point the sooner he can become a full time DH the better because he is unlikely to ever solve his problems at 3B. Putting that aside, will this team ever start to hit? Duran and O'Neill and the catchers have been great but the rest of the lineup has been a black hole.
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Post by patford on Apr 7, 2024 8:45:05 GMT -5
Saying Story's career is over seems pretty asinine to me. Its not like he keeps having some nagging injury. Don't understand even saying that one bit. Just agree with him or you'll be spending the next six months on this.
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Post by patford on Apr 6, 2024 19:50:10 GMT -5
Apropos of nothing, but David Hamilton yet to be activated before the game tonight (meaning the Sox would effectively have a 3 man bench if we assume Story isn’t playing.) Cora said they are still waiting for MRI results for Story (he took them at 4 pm PST) - but you’d figure they would know enough as to whether at bare minimum he should be put on the 10 Day IL… right? Best possible outcome would be if it was a stinger. Michael Hisey, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon: "A stinger can be caused by a downward force to the shoulder. This sudden force pinches—or acutely stretches—the nerves in the neck. When the nerves are suddenly impacted like this, stinging or burning and possibly neurological symptoms may radiate along the path of the nerve into the arm. Stingers get their name from the intense, electric-like pain that characterizes the injury. Symptoms also include sensations of tingling and/or weakness in the arm and hand. Typically, the pain lasts 10 seconds or less, but sometimes continues for hours or even days.
The pain is triggered when the impact stretches or presses on the group of nerves called the brachial plexus. These nerves start in back of the neck and travel down into the arm and hand. After the initial electrical discharge at the time of impact, the nerves' motor fibers that allow movement in the arm often do not function well. The dysfunction is evident by weakness in the arm and possibly the hand."
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Post by patford on Apr 6, 2024 19:03:23 GMT -5
It certainly seems even in the best case scenario story is going on the IL. His post just prior to that says Hamilton is on the taxi squad and no roster move has been made. That may be a glimmer of hope the Sox think it's not as bad as it looked.
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Post by patford on Apr 6, 2024 19:01:00 GMT -5
It certainly seems even in the best case scenario story is going on the IL. That isn't how it reads to me but I'm none the less expecting very bad news. Hopefully not season ending.
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Post by patford on Apr 6, 2024 16:28:17 GMT -5
David Hamilton has some strong defensive metrics on the minors, and the Red Sox claim to believe he's a strong defender. He doesn't pass the eye test for me, but what do I know. My best guess is that he's the guy you want starting at SS vs RHP among current options. Wasn't the knock on him his glove all along? Super athletic with granite hands.. Lets hope Story's injury isn't as bad as it looked. I've seen very little of him but Ian Cundall has seen loads of him and has very consistently said he's not good. He was at least as bad as Hernandez when he was up with the Sox last year.
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Post by patford on Apr 6, 2024 16:26:06 GMT -5
Calling up David Hamilton doesn't make any sense to me. He can't play SS at more than a bottom of the league level (if that) and he can't hit. I hope (and think) the plan isn't to have Hamilton start a lot of games at SS if Story is out awhile. Pablo Reyes is the SS for now unless they want to get weird with Cedanne, and hopefully the news on Story isn't too bad when the MRI comes back. Hopefully. You would think after the Hernandez fiasco it should be clear SS is still a defense first position. It's fantastic if the SS also hits but having someone out there who clearly does not belong is a bad idea.
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Post by patford on Apr 6, 2024 16:10:55 GMT -5
Calling up David Hamilton doesn't make any sense to me. He can't play SS at more than a bottom of the league level (if that) and he can't hit.
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Post by patford on Apr 6, 2024 10:48:41 GMT -5
Again per Fangraphs, since 2015 there have been 20 players age 31 or older to play at least 120 games at SS in a season, and like I said earlier only 6 of those were able to put up more than 2 WAR. By comparison there have been 41 players age 31 or older to play at least 120 games at 2B, and 27 of them were able to put up at least 2 WAR. I'm using the term 'injury' loosely here, maybe 'effectiveness' is a better term. But SS is clearly a difficult position for guys in their thirties to play at even an average level.
And the contingency plan was acquiring Grissom, not sticking Story at SS. If your plan was to move Story to 2B when Mayer is ready, which again, I think has been the plan from day 1, you only go out and get Grissom if you think there is a good chance Story's career is coming to an end.
You're conflating multiple things here that aren't related, but I'll just cover the most important one. Story has enough ability, talent and skill to be a better than 2 war player at SS at his current age. The only thing preventing that is his injury history. Why do you suppose that his style of play makes it less likely that he injures himself at 2b given how often a 2b has to dive for balls up the middle and into the hole and given how many more balls story can get to than the average 2b? Grissom has nothing to do with Story or Mayer. It's true. Story played the same aggressive style at 2B last year. Diving and throwing his body around to make great plays. The only big difference for a SS is much more difficult throws. The other aspects of defense are almost aren't much different.
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Post by patford on Apr 6, 2024 9:58:23 GMT -5
I know he doesn’t have SS eligibility yet in my fantasy league and it’s very harmful to me at the moment I haven’t seen him personally but he doesn’t do anything wrong until playoff time so I’d imagine he’s doing great at SS. Like would it truly shock anyone if he ends up a GG candidate at SS? Nothing he does surprises me anymore Mookie reminds me of this quote from Tommy Leach on the great Honus Wagner, in Ken Burns Baseball: “…And it turned out that ol’ Honus was the best third baseman in the league, he was also the best first baseman, the best second baseman, the best shortstop, and the best outfielder. That was in fielding. And since he led the league in batting eight times between 1900 and 1911, you know that he was the best hitter, too. As well as the best base runner.” If he took up pitching he’d probably be the best pitcher. He reminds me more of Jason Tatum.
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Post by patford on Apr 4, 2024 23:50:15 GMT -5
Article also doesn’t mention that they will only receive those signed bats and balls in 2034 Post of the night. Too funny. That part of his deal really bugs me. Yes taxes are high in California. So where does he want to live? California. Yes it's legal but it's trashy in my opinion when he could have simply signed with another team outside California.
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Post by patford on Apr 4, 2024 23:43:57 GMT -5
The bigger story is Ohtani lied and said he had spoken to the woman and her husband. Starting to see a pattern here.
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Post by patford on Apr 3, 2024 19:22:19 GMT -5
Hightlight. Chris Hatfield: If Ian and Chris Clegg are the dynamic duo what are we? Ian Cundall: An old married couple. It didn't really come through on the audio but I lost it when he dropped that one. Let the guy host a few episodes and suddenly he's got jokes. I have heard rumors that Ian is going to patch in a laugh track which he can trigger when he tells jokes.
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Post by patford on Apr 3, 2024 17:34:39 GMT -5
God I hate watching Jensen pitch. Remember the guy on here who used to go walk his dog whenever Kimbrel pitched? I have good news for that dog. It was me. And yeah I will not be watching Jansen ever.
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Post by patford on Apr 3, 2024 16:34:57 GMT -5
Casas with the 75% GB rate on the year is not what you want to see He needs more time in AAA until he can figure things out.
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Post by patford on Apr 3, 2024 16:33:41 GMT -5
If Casas doesn't get a run in here I will be mildly annoyed. Are you mildly annoyed? Not really. The Red Sox came back from being down 0-3 to the Yankees and I've been walking on air ever since.
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Post by patford on Apr 3, 2024 16:29:53 GMT -5
If Casas doesn't get a run in here I will be mildly annoyed.
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Post by patford on Apr 3, 2024 15:12:40 GMT -5
Not sure if you’ve ever been to a game in Oakland (wouldn’t blame you, if I didn’t grow up near there I wouldn’t be clamoring to go), but that outfield is MASSIVE, so I think the optics of his ease are probably underselling how much distance he had to travel, which I’d bet is why the xBA was so high on the contact. Per this article, Rafaela covered 92 feet to make that catch. I just used a stopwatch alongside the highlight of the catch and timed the ball's hang time at around 4.4 seconds. Per this chart, which I assume is based on leaguewide 2023 data, there were 64 batted balls that landed 90 feet from a defender's starting position with a hangtime of 4.4 seconds. ZERO were caught.
Rafaela is a wizard. He reacted quickly, his route was perfect, and he has great speed. I don't know if anyone else in MLB could have made that play and it came at a critical time.
This. With a guy like Bradley or Rafaela a lot of catches they make look easy other players would not even have a play on. It's a special talent being able to get those kind of reads-jumps and run routes. There are great defensive players and then there are wizards like Ozzie Smith.
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Post by patford on Apr 3, 2024 10:11:30 GMT -5
Other guys might make "a catch" except it isn't usually the catch. What they don't do is have a chance to make the catch because they don't get to the ball. Rafaela has that Bradley, Kiermaier type ability to read balls off the bat and get to them. As seen with Duran speed can not compensate for that. I'd bet every "great catch" Duran makes is on balls Bradley, Kiermaier and Rafaela get to easily and does not even look like a great catch. The great catches they make someone like Duran is chasing to the wall.
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