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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 10, 2024 19:08:41 GMT -5
Romy 2, Jackson 0
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 10, 2024 18:44:54 GMT -5
Romy 1, Jackson 0
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 10, 2024 18:24:14 GMT -5
Did they do the ovation thing for Duran?
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 10, 2024 14:36:02 GMT -5
I voted internal. While I do believe this is a quality team, I don't think the timeframe to win at an extremely high level is right now, so I would prefer giving David Hamilton a shot as the org seems to believe in him and see if that + a sporadic Rafaela game + a little Pablo (especially post-Grissom) works out for you. If the ASB rolls around and it's not working out, I think a lot of the veteran names greenmonster named will still be available, and realistically I don't think the effort to give the home grown guys a chance is going to cost them a ton of wins in itself.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 10, 2024 11:03:09 GMT -5
I have really high hopes for Sandlin. Don’t hurt yourself David FTFY
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 10, 2024 9:01:46 GMT -5
Damn that is an explosive swing
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 9, 2024 21:50:38 GMT -5
Crazy how he could be a guy out of college with below average power potential (per the SP report at least) and then get to stuff like THIS so quickly. Exciting stuff.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 9, 2024 18:26:53 GMT -5
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 9, 2024 11:50:55 GMT -5
They could have had another starter or two and began with Houck and Whitlock in the pen and a couple of the pen guys in AAA so when injuries inevitably hit, the oh no you must start Houck and Whitlock crowd would still be appeased as they still wind up in the rotation but now with less quality depth behind them instead. Too bad the Sox had no money for depth. Oh wait. At some point you have to stop being such a front office sycophant. They do a lot of things very well (Breslow traded very well this offseason) but sometimes they dont which you can never seem to acknowledge. You just go into defense attorney mode. Im not being a damn sycophant... The amount of pitching injuries league wide should be sounding alarm bells at MLB HQ... You have pitchers who were the traditional/reliable rubber arm/workhorse now getting season-ending injures... I cannot recall the last time there were this many injures and its only APRIL This is tangential but I do wonder if, historically, pitcher injuries typically happen earlier in the year when they're still ramping up in a sense vs. the middle of the season when they are in a more well-defined rhythm, and I wonder if that is something that we'll see this year. That's probably wishful thinking, but my hope is that once pitchers get in their groove, the injuries will slow.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 9, 2024 11:48:11 GMT -5
They could have had another starter or two and began with Houck and Whitlock in the pen and a couple of the pen guys in AAA so when injuries inevitably hit, the oh no you must start Houck and Whitlock crowd would still be appeased as they still wind up in the rotation but now with less quality depth behind them instead. Too bad the Sox had no money for depth. Oh wait. At some point you have to stop being such a front office sycophant. They do a lot of things very well (Breslow traded very well this offseason) but sometimes they dont which you can never seem to acknowledge. You just go into defense attorney mode. I will say this about Whitlock and Houck. If people are dead set on letting them continue to get their cracks in the rotation then I'd rather they just start in the rotation rather than jerk them around. I've soured on them both in the rotation, but Houck more than Whitlock and so far this year Houck has been absolutely electric. I'm assuming he was the odd guy out before Giolito went down too. That's not to say adding more depth wouldn't be possible. The bolded is an aspect of this some people conveniently ignore when they act like the Red Sox had a ton of room to add more starters. This isn't a video game where you can just move guys around with no side effects, especially with pitching there is specific preparation that goes into whatever your role is going to be. It would obviously be nice to have another starter right now, even if it was one in the Clevinger tier, but those acting as if it's completely black and white that they could have signed another one if they simply wanted to are being pretty ignorant of some possible contextual factors. They very well may have tried, but I also wouldn't blame someone in that Clevinger tier if they felt they could secure a more defined role elsewhere (as Clevinger has seemingly done with a terrible White Sox rotation). The FO was in a tough spot. From the reporting it seems as if they were open to adding another guy, but weren't going to over-exert themselves to do so. It's easy to say in hindsight this didn't work out for them, but I think anyone arguing that it was unequivocally the right or wrong move is failing to argue in good faith (surprise, surprise...).
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 8, 2024 22:13:27 GMT -5
Who are the other obvious 1B/DH candidates? Devers obviously, but I’m not withholding a Casas extension on behalf of guys like Nathan Hickey or Blaze Jordan. Devers obviously plus Yoshida at DH plus Jordan plus pretty much anybody that outgrows their position. Left handed first basemen pretty much litter all of baseball. Yoshida isn’t likely to be on the team when this really becomes an issue, and again Jordan isn’t really good enough to be factoring into these discussions. The fact that you stopped the list at 3 and then had to resort to “well others will outgrow their positions and you can find first basemen anywhere” doesn’t really give credit to the notion that any player that grows off a position will have to clear the offensive bar for first base or DH, and any external option is going to cost just as much for similar if not lesser production. To me, the best arguments against a Casas extension are Devers’ inevitable move to first and the glut of position player prospects the team has coming up potentially necessitating a rotation DH spot. That being said, Casas was probably a top 20 offensive player in baseball the second half of last year, if you can get a reasonable deal done I think you jump on it and figure out the position logistics later.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 8, 2024 21:26:55 GMT -5
I doubt if it's any big secret that this makes me happy, good for the Sox, goof for Rafaela. Let's out Brave the Braves. My preferred list of more extensions: 1. Houck (Ace potential slider). 2. Crawford. (Always been solid, more very good games than bad, adjusts well). 3. Wong. (Underrated and it take two catchers). 4. Abreu. (Solid two way player with a Dewey like arm and great pitch selection. Enough range to play anywhere in the outfield). 5. Winckowski. (Seems like a good candidate for a Whitlock style extension). 6. Maybe Grissom, time will tell but we should know this year. I left off Casas because we have several 1B/DH candidates either here or down under. I also doubt if he'll sign, tough to sign a player who is already financially secure no matter how much he says he wants to play his entire career in Boston. Who are the other obvious 1B/DH candidates? Devers obviously, but I’m not withholding a Casas extension on behalf of guys like Nathan Hickey or Blaze Jordan.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 8, 2024 14:09:15 GMT -5
I had figured he was one of the young players being referenced before the season, makes all the sense in the world to lock up a guy that you are certain will provide value on one side of the ball.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 8, 2024 12:55:19 GMT -5
Luis Robert expected to miss 3+ months. I think the White Sox might be the worst team in baseball now. Like the A's, they will be ineligible for a draft pick better than 10th. Sad because they were so fun and promising in 2021 and boy things have not gone well since I’m only like 28% serious when I say the Sox should inquire about his cost in a trade right now
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 7, 2024 17:30:17 GMT -5
That’s when you want Trout burning you. In an 8-1 loss with your long reliever out there. It’s the perfect balance. The Red Sox fan in all of us gets a win, the baseball fan in all of us gets to see Trout murder a baseball
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 7, 2024 14:50:44 GMT -5
Kyle Teel bust confirmed
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 7, 2024 14:08:53 GMT -5
Most exciting 1-2-3 in baseball, Betts/Ohtani/Freeman or Anthony/Mayer/Teel? I'm very excited for the 1-5 add Blaze and Yorke to that. Portland is exciting! Paulino is no slouch, either! I also am still holding onto a shred of hope for utilityman Tyler McDonough but that’s just me being irrational
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 7, 2024 8:50:23 GMT -5
Stanley Tucker at third?? He got a little bit of time at 2B and 3B last year. In the Draft League he actually primarily played shortstop. They'll move him around. Ah interesting, I remember the shortstop note but not the other and he was exclusively a center fielder (I believe) in games I saw him in at A&M
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 6, 2024 23:37:28 GMT -5
Also didn’t Reid Detmers own the Sox last year too? He may just be a poor matchup.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 6, 2024 23:29:35 GMT -5
Just for perspective, this team will still be at worst 6-4 after a ten game west coast swing TO START THE YEAR despite the perceived strength of the team having yet to show up (and there is some precedent for slow starts last year, too). I’m still feelin fine
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 6, 2024 16:59:56 GMT -5
Stanley Tucker at third??
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 5, 2024 23:18:06 GMT -5
The 2023 bats are back, hurray!
The 2023 everything else is back, oh no!
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 5, 2024 22:47:15 GMT -5
Allan Castro with 5 walks. 5 of only 8 walks on the night too, so it’s not like the opposing pitchers were consistently super wild. Also the Garcias in the Salem box score are going to be very confusing this year
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 5, 2024 22:43:38 GMT -5
Soooo…. There’s def no way Grissom and Valdez can coexist in the MIF… right? *ducks* What I would *like* explored is Grissom getting time in left to allow Rafaela to play short while still maintaining a 4 outfielder rotation that doesn’t include Yoshida (in the field), doubt that happens though.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 5, 2024 13:57:35 GMT -5
Salem rotation is Duffy, Rodriguez, Cohen for the weekend Chris and Ian hinted on the pod at there being a story behind why he doesn’t go by Rodriguez-Cruz anymore and I don’t remember hearing it (though I may have fallen asleep on the bus) - did I miss it or did it never get told?
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