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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 9, 2023 11:24:26 GMT -5
Oooh that Bibee-Mata tilt might be fun. Also that's not the former Sox Logan Allen.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 7, 2023 16:26:34 GMT -5
Honestly can't take too much from a guy's start that gets pushed back three times like that (not that you're saying to the contrary).
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 7, 2023 13:13:50 GMT -5
Mata and Murphy today Dermody tomorrow Walter and Gudiño Sunday.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 7, 2023 9:49:55 GMT -5
No, they trade for IFA outfielders from the Mets for that. Freddy’s converting?? Missed that! Not a bad idea Yeah I think I didn't actually report it until yesterday.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 7, 2023 9:19:06 GMT -5
Bet on athletes. May not always work, but the growth we've seen from Drohan so far shows why teams like drafting athletes. How long until we see them draft a California high school shortstop with the intent of converting them to pitching? No, they trade for IFA outfielders from the Mets for that.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 7, 2023 8:53:52 GMT -5
Bet on athletes. May not always work, but the growth we've seen from Drohan so far shows why teams like drafting athletes.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 6, 2023 19:02:27 GMT -5
Rosario might be in there to catch Perales.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 6, 2023 11:32:43 GMT -5
Altavilla – small setback during camp Broadway – Hopefully active within the first couple weeks of the season Santos – Arm discomfort. Likely out at least a month. He's in Fort Myers. Wi. Abreu - Doesn't sound like he'll be out much longer with the hamstring. Just needed reps (and they probably saw the writing on the wall with the early series up north). Granberg - Dealing with the same back injury that ended his season mid-August last year.
R. Fernandez – expected back first week or two Bryant – last I heard was some elbow soreness, but he's apparently now on the 60-day. Gettys – has back issues that go back to when he was an outfielder YPA - ACL tear suffered in the Caribbean Series. Had surgery 3/27. Probably done for the year. Reed – had elbow surgery
Dobbins – a month behind Uberstine – elbow soreness T. Miller – oblique injury Esplin – offseason shoulder surgery. Was playing some games but not every day when we were down there. Bonaci - not sure why he's on IL - it was visa issues. He's in Fort Myers ramping up. He got there around 3/22 or so.
Litwicki – Slow throwing progression after a couple of setbacks Sena – throwing progression – setbacks similar to last year
Blalock – hopeful for May Wu-Yelland – not far behind Blalock but TBD No timeline on the other TJS guys
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 6, 2023 11:28:01 GMT -5
Feel bad for Christian Koss repeating AA What's going on with Ryan Fernandez? With Koss, it's basically a numbers game. They want Hamilton, Valdez, Goodrum playing regularly and Dalbec, apparently, getting time at short as well. Plus Fitzgerald and Sogard moving around. At some point someone needed to stay in AA. Fernandez, last I heard, is only a week or two behind.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 6, 2023 9:26:28 GMT -5
This throws off Whitlock's debut date, no? Whitlock is with Portland
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 6, 2023 9:16:10 GMT -5
In that same reality described above, the WooSox have been postponed every day since April 4, 2023. they are currently scheduled to play hundreds of consecutive quintuple-headers. Each game will be 3 innings and decided by rock-paper-scissors if tied after 3. A now-retired Bryan Mata is scheduled to start the opener.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 6, 2023 9:06:43 GMT -5
The year is 2047. The earth has been overrun by a colony of bug-like space aliens. Baseball has become the only entertainment outlet for the subjugated human race. The alien spacelords pledge to free the humans and leave the planet, on one condition: the Portland Sea Dogs announce their 2023 opening day roster. The season has already been long-since played, and all are aware of who was on the team, but no announcement has ever been made.
From atop the Maine Monster, Slugger the Sea Dog sternly crosses his arms and begins to slowly shake his head from side to side. Another year shall pass with no announcement.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 6, 2023 8:20:53 GMT -5
Chris Murphy in game 2 now.
Dermody tomorrow, Walter and Gudiño Saturday, TBD Sunday, perhaps Paxton.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 5, 2023 15:55:08 GMT -5
Both Salem and Greenville have announced their rosters. Both look suspiciously like what we had projected. Gee I wonder if that'll be the case with Portland too.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 5, 2023 15:31:32 GMT -5
I am jumping off the Cora train. These fundamentals are a shat show. IMO, not really the manager's job in MLB. This isn't high school JV. That's on the players.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 5, 2023 11:13:01 GMT -5
Yeah for sure, not debating anything. I think they're just OK with 90% of their pool going to one guy. If you end up with a guy like Salas in SD who skips right to the US and looks like a stud already, per Keith Law, then there's an argument it's worth it. Do you want a potential superstar who the success of your entire class turns on? Maybe yes, but if you're confident you can find Peraleses (Perali?) at 75k...maybe you shouldn't.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 5, 2023 10:40:26 GMT -5
3 of the teams in the lowest class will still be the favorites to sign like 4 of the top 7 guys somehow I mean, the somehow is clearly a quantity versus, for lack of a better word, "quality" approach, right? Do you want to give almost all of your pool to one guy you think will be a superstar or spread it around knowing you're pretty good at finding hidden gems?
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 5, 2023 10:16:50 GMT -5
The Red Sox have signed a few Brazilians, but I don't think any have gotten out of the complexes.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 5, 2023 9:04:58 GMT -5
Won't be today. Postponed again.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 5, 2023 8:42:44 GMT -5
Eh, as an Ortiz fantasy owner (deep minors system), this isn't terribly surprising. Can we start a separate thread where you go deep on your experience in such a league? I'd love to live vicariously through you on this... Nah. No interest in making you all share my experience with getting my ass kicked by Cundall.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 4, 2023 21:54:04 GMT -5
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 4, 2023 16:03:02 GMT -5
I can imagine very, very few situations in which I would not return the ball.
Sign a broken bat for me and take a photo and I'm good.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 4, 2023 13:15:03 GMT -5
Eh, as an Ortiz fantasy owner (deep minors system), this isn't terribly surprising.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 4, 2023 6:38:20 GMT -5
I thought he had a player option for the 2nd year? He does not.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 3, 2023 10:36:14 GMT -5
It's amazing that MLB isn't running basic paid commercials. I thought it was only the non-Japanese Asian market. I'm sure there's a rights issue.
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