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Post by atzar on Dec 24, 2022 15:34:46 GMT -5
Every team would love to trade off every bust at their highest value while keeping all of the real blue chip guys. Unfortunately we’re still working on that crystal ball.
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Post by atzar on Dec 11, 2022 1:10:56 GMT -5
Can't shake the feeling that this club doesn't really have a direction. Bloom says that he wants to win now but the moves he's making (and not making) don't reflect that declaration to me. Nor do they reflect the intent to rebuild. Nor do they even reflect the intent to pick out cost-effective pieces in the bargain bin, as has been discussed. We're just kinda... doing things. Shoring up the bullpen (typically a risky investment given the volatility of relievers), taking a chance on Yoshida. All defensible signings in a vacuum. But those don't dig us out of the cellar, given that we also lost our best player. So what exactly is the goal?
I don't know dude. There's a lot of offseason left, and trades can change a lot even when all of the names sign. Just think we're adrift at sea right now.
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Post by atzar on Dec 8, 2022 0:35:43 GMT -5
Eleven years? Yeesh.
No hard feelings for not matching that. Congrats on the bag, dude.
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Post by atzar on Dec 7, 2022 10:34:16 GMT -5
My first impression of the juiced ball thing is that their sample isn't large enough to be considered a smoking gun. They tested a couple hundred balls. The MLB uses somewhere in the realm of a quarter-million balls per season in live game action. I just don't think that's a big enough piece of the pie to be meaningfully representative.
That said, I absolutely would not be surprised if the league tried to tilt outcomes like this. And not just for Judge's record chase. I'd be interested to know ball data for Pujols' late-season explosion to pass ARod too, for example. I think the league is so desperate to appeal to casual viewers that they'd have a lot to gain by 'helping' nationally-televised games and giving a little 'nudge' to some milestone events.
I'd be interested in seeing the average ball flight of the games in question. Did fly balls travel measurably farther in nationally-televised games over the course of the season? Or in Yankee games during Judge's chase? Or in playoff games? If there is a difference, IMO that would give this legitimacy that it just doesn't really have on its own.
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Post by atzar on Sept 9, 2022 20:45:05 GMT -5
Do we think Bello is a pencil in to the rotation for 2023 at this point? I think so. That's a big development for the Sox and the free agency game plan. Sale, Pivetta, Bello, hopefully bring back one of eovaldi/wacha if not both and if not FA as the 5th starter. With solid enough emergency/depth starters in the minors. In 2023, absolutely. Let's see what he's got. Long-term, I'm a bit wary of his struggles in getting deep into games. Seems to lose his control as the game goes on, and that might affect his role eventually. But he's still a pup. Plenty of time to figure that out.
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Post by atzar on Aug 31, 2022 19:29:18 GMT -5
That's about as hard as I've seen JD hit a ball all season. Laser beam.
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Post by atzar on Aug 31, 2022 19:28:09 GMT -5
That's about as hard as I've seen Xander hit a ball all season. Laser beam.
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Post by atzar on Aug 30, 2022 20:42:17 GMT -5
Done watching Brasier in a Sox uniform. Dude is slaw at this point.
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Post by atzar on Aug 29, 2022 20:59:47 GMT -5
Crazy how many calls this ump has missed and it's only the fifth inning. Guy is blind.
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Post by atzar on Aug 29, 2022 19:13:52 GMT -5
Bello gets some really ugly swings.
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Post by atzar on Aug 13, 2022 0:28:12 GMT -5
No quicker way to earn a Boston fan's love than to kick the Yankees in the balls. Welcome to the Red Sox, Pham.
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Post by atzar on Aug 9, 2022 13:54:37 GMT -5
I'd probably be more upset if I wasn't already of the belief that the finger injury was the end of his season. Did we get good news on that front and I just missed it?
At least this is an injury to his off arm. Gonna need to wrap this dude in bubble wrap to get any mileage out of him on the back of this contract though. Been a frustrating ride ever since that extension.
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Post by atzar on Aug 7, 2022 18:49:01 GMT -5
Not sure a guy who butchers routine fly balls on a regular basis has any position on the baseball diamond. I'm just not sure what you do with Duran at this point. Athleticism isn't everything.
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Post by atzar on Aug 4, 2022 21:06:09 GMT -5
Sounds like Mayer doesn't belong at that level. Excited about the kid.
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Post by atzar on Aug 2, 2022 18:07:34 GMT -5
Frustrating deadline. I’m admittedly biased because I wanted to sell, and have wanted to sell since before the start of the season.
All of the trades are reasonably defensible in a vacuum, but they appear courseless to me, neither significantly improving the team now nor in the future.
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Post by atzar on Aug 2, 2022 12:05:14 GMT -5
Good reference. All these years later, the Looney Tunes still stand alone at the top of the heap of cartoons as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by atzar on Aug 1, 2022 17:56:39 GMT -5
I wish CVaz the best. He was a solid player for a long time here. And, respectfully, I hope several other players follow him out the door over the next 24 hours.
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Post by atzar on Jul 7, 2022 9:02:41 GMT -5
Dude makes it difficult to like him sometimes. This is clown behavior, and he has a track record of it.
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Post by atzar on Jun 26, 2022 16:04:47 GMT -5
Great series against a solid team.
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Post by atzar on Jun 25, 2022 18:35:09 GMT -5
Bad gamble by Duran. You were already in scoring position.
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Post by atzar on Jun 19, 2022 15:50:11 GMT -5
And ballgame. Very good series overall.
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Post by atzar on Jun 17, 2022 21:19:27 GMT -5
Aaand exhale.
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Post by atzar on Jun 17, 2022 19:53:43 GMT -5
Duran doesn't get very good jumps but occasionally it's nice to just be fast.
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Post by atzar on Jun 15, 2022 18:56:15 GMT -5
Probably not the best idea to throw this dude a center-cut nothingball.
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Post by atzar on Jun 12, 2022 18:04:34 GMT -5
If Houck wants to lock down the closer role, that'd be great. That was a really impressive inning.
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