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Post by threeifbaerga on Mar 11, 2022 12:42:53 GMT -5
There wasn't anyone in this draft that would have made up for the players the Sox would have lost. Good luck 2 years in a row. It gives the Red Sox another year to assess the players they did not protect. After a missed 2020, some of the players who might have had trouble getting back to where they were can now hopefully show their stuff. After the lockout killed all trading, Bloom can wheel and deal some of the lesser prospects for younger ones who will not need to be added as soon. Do prospect for prospect trades ever really happen outside of OOTP?
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Post by threeifbaerga on Feb 27, 2022 11:00:14 GMT -5
Oh was he trying to exercise his free speech? Dummy, that does not exist. Not to pile on but freedom of speech as protected by the constitution guarantees he won't be thrown in jail for this. It doesn't protect him from everyone else knowing he's a giant piece of crap and not wanting to work with/employ him.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Feb 18, 2022 17:30:31 GMT -5
Pretty nuts that even though he had 74 career WAR and an OPS above .950 over 2300 games still only played in five all star games. Voters kinda botched it with the Big Hurt. Glad he got what was coming with regards to his HoF inclusion. What a hitter.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Feb 10, 2022 10:16:45 GMT -5
I don't see the comp. Youkilis: 6-1, 220, R/R. College draft pick came up as a 3B and was ok there before moving to 1B in deference to Mike Lowell. Known for extremely high OBP and control of the strike zone. Grew into unexpected power in MLB and was an unexpectedly great defender at 1B. Casas: 6-5, 250 (probably like 265 now I bet), L/R. HS draft pick was never going to stick at 3B and pretty quickly moved to 1B where he's pretty good. Calling card is his power and has potential to develop an average to above-average hit tool. Is Casas' calling card really his power? Power potential, maybe,but this whole thread is full of folks gushing over his approach and discipline not his .480 slugging. Also not sure why their draft position plays in to their comparison.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Jan 26, 2022 9:42:17 GMT -5
They've tested a 15 second pitch clock in low A and it reduced games by 21 minutes and increased home runs. That needs to be part of a new CBA. Personally I'm not in favor of anything that will lean further into three true outcome ball. It's taken a lot of the entertainment out of the game for me. I'm all for having the games over in a manageable time but that doesn't track for me.
I spent my whole youth being against the 154 game season but I've come around recently. If it helps guys stay healthy and play later into their careers I'm a fan.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Jan 19, 2022 11:32:13 GMT -5
Mays: Say hey Suzuki: Say ya And if you combine them you get Andre 3000.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Dec 24, 2021 15:28:23 GMT -5
These long-winded discussions of the meaning of terms that almost everyone agrees on are fascinating. I keep opening this thread thinking it might be something I want to read about. Totally on me, I get it.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Dec 19, 2021 10:49:02 GMT -5
Buck Showalter running the show in Queens. Announced by Cohen himself. I wonder if there's a Met fan who likes this. I have a buddy who seems psyched. I don't think Showalter is the guy they'll win a ring with but he'll point them in the right direction.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Dec 18, 2021 15:30:09 GMT -5
Buck Showalter running the show in Queens. Announced by Cohen himself.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Dec 17, 2021 11:51:08 GMT -5
Yeah, MLB's major revenue stream is television, not even regular season gate, never mind spring training gate. The owners will not care about losing spring training. At all. I'm more optimistic than jimed because I think the owners are aware of the potential long-term ramifications of losing games. They've already got PR issues with pace of play, etc. Losing games to a lockout will be a black eye that has ramifications beyond any games actually lost. Soccer just overtook hockey as America's fourth favorite sport and is quickly coming for baseball. They have to know this, they have to move quickly and decisively to protect their investment.
Unless you're FSG and will bank money on that too.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Dec 9, 2021 14:35:25 GMT -5
Boy this thread really is the surest sign of a lockout.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Dec 1, 2021 23:58:19 GMT -5
If the Sox don't land Suzuki, then JBJ is your starting RF. I don't see it as pumping tires.
Crazy how the only right fielder alive didn't even play in the majors last year...
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Post by threeifbaerga on Dec 1, 2021 23:52:19 GMT -5
I like Jackie....but why? Renfroe was a much needed bat in the lineup. This doesn't make sense since now Kiké is no longer in center. JBJ has an OPS under .500 and was worth -.7 bwar last year, why are you assuming he waltz's into the starting lineup?
edit - starting lineup, not startling lineup.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Dec 1, 2021 23:45:55 GMT -5
Yeah, we’ll have to wait to see what comes next, but I don’t like this at all. Trading a 2.3 WAR player with 2 years of control for a -0.7 WAR player and two fringy prospects. Net downgrade of 3.0 WAR
IIRC Binelas was a legitimate blue chipper before the injury. He definitely acquitted himself in his first taste of pro ball.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Dec 1, 2021 23:18:36 GMT -5
It increasingly sounds like Rodriguez just had beef with the Red Sox and wanted a change.
Seems like one more person on an increasingly long list of players who don't want to play for the Red Sox. Not going to comment on why but this is an alarming trend.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Dec 1, 2021 22:23:48 GMT -5
3) Wacha led the Rays in innings. He also sucked, and they let him walk. I’m not convinced he is much more than a more expensive Andriese.
Could have said the same thing about Renfroe last winter. The Sox probably saw the same thing in him the Rays did but couldn't harness it. Maybe Bloom thinks his coaching staff can find it.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Dec 1, 2021 11:36:06 GMT -5
As I'd mentioned previously, the players basically have to give on expanded playoffs to get anything here - it's their easiest lever to give on among very few options. Seems like a salary floor is the easiest significant thing for the owners to give back. Most teams are already near or above the numbers that have been thrown around (~$100m).
That's still a lot of money they would be telling the other third of the league they'd need to spend, not sure it'd be an easy give. four of the teams would need to double their payroll from last year to hit that mark.
Wonder if they'd rather pay pre-arb players more as a concession than be forced to hit a minimum mark. It gives the players more money while not forcing the teams to pay veterans that their baseball people would not recommend they sign.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Nov 29, 2021 13:49:28 GMT -5
Honestly I totally get this for the Mets - It's just money and gives them the best 1-2 in the league. The Braves won that division with 88 wins last year and then won the World Series. Yes everyone else in the division is getting better but I don't think any of them improved in the way the Mets did. We've all spent all offseason preaching about "higher AAV, lower years" and the Mets did just that for one of the best in the game.
Unless I'm mistaken they will have gained picks for Conforto and Syndergaard, gotten substantially better, can blow past the luxury tax line for the next three years (at which point they'll lose $42mil worth of payroll on one roster spot) and have only lost Steve Cohen's money.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Nov 27, 2021 1:19:18 GMT -5
I'd imagine Eduardo Escobar wouldn't preclude the Mets from signing Baez but we'll see. Also I wouldn't have hated Escobar for 2 years 20 million on the sox. In a vacuum yeah, but the Mets also just signed Canha for 2/26.5 and Marte for 4/78 in addition to Escobar, and they are apparently aiming for a FA starting pitcher as well in the Scherzer / Gausman / Ray tier. This is the year after signing Lindor to that mega deal. Spotrac has them a smidge over the luxury tax threshold for 2022 before Marte. Maybe Cohen just goes off and rocks a $300 million payroll in 2022, or maybe they trade some players to lower the payroll in other ways, but I'm just not seeing Baez at this point. I agree - the signing doesn't -preclude- them from signing Baez but it does make it way more complicated.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Nov 23, 2021 13:55:11 GMT -5
Just in case anyone is wondering what sport to get their kid into. Wander Franco is 20, won't get take a helmet to helmet hit a day in his life, and the minimum he'll make in his career is $182 million. And all they have to do is be a generational talent. I'm in the wrong business.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Nov 1, 2021 10:52:47 GMT -5
If you sign the extension that you are happy with and commit to being a Sox for life then you are a team player in my estimation. And a team player does whats best for the team. He might not love it but if the Sox sign a guy who is obviously a better defensive SS I think he just takes it in stride. Like most island guys he seems to be rather laid back.
It's worth pointing out that his favorite player ever, the one whose number is on Xander's back every night - Captain Intangibles himself, famously did not move off of shortstop to accommodate a better defensive player for the good of the team.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Oct 25, 2021 23:09:34 GMT -5
I wish their was a way to penalize greed. Would their be a way to let the owners know as fans that we are not on their side and actually have it mean something? Nope, but they are vain and they do have egos so it could matter in a small way. I'm just tired of billionaires getting their way.
There is and FSG is well aware of it - organized outrage from fans, not just folks talking about it online. Liverpool FC have backed down on ticket price hikes and a Super League (for now, at least) because of an organized fanbase that fights an increasingly losing battle against the commodification of their interests. But at least they fight. Football doesn't belong to them and neither does baseball. We just tend to say "well they paid for it so they can do what they want I guess."
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Post by threeifbaerga on Oct 15, 2021 19:30:47 GMT -5
He's got a very 80's swing.
And no I don't know what I mean by that.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Oct 12, 2021 11:57:59 GMT -5
Thank you. And I hope the series DOES start Friday, because a few days' rest for the troops/arms is fine, but too much layoff creates rust and destroys momentum. So if we start Friday, Eovaldi and ERod could start the first two in Houston on normal rest (rather than added rest.) Is this what everybody is expecting, or does Sale need to be tried early - maybe better in Houston than Boston? He's going to have a long layoff as it is, which may be good given his condition. Would we rather have ERod facing Houston there than in Fenway (G2 and G6). Under any circumstances I think I want Eovaldi starting G1 and G5 because that would allow him to appear in relief in a G7, if it goes that far. I hope that we start Sale in game 1 because he is our best pitcher. When healthy, yeah.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Oct 10, 2021 10:24:53 GMT -5
Speaking of Statcast, the data I’d really want to see on JDM, which AFAIK is not data we’re privvy to, is bat speed. To my eye, his bat has appeared slower at times this year, though tough to say how much of that was the wrist injury. If the bat speed has fallen off, I’d feel much less comfortable with a 3Y deal. OTOH, if it still looks strong (outside of any injured periods), I’d be more willing to bet on him having a gentle, Big Papi-like decline. What's a gentle Papi-like decline? Ortiz terrorized pitchers on his way out the door when he hit .315 with 38 HRs, 48 doubles, 127 RBI, .601 SA, and .420 OBP in 2016 in his age 40 season. I think Ortiz decided declining wasn't for him. Lol Makes you wonder how long he'd have been around if it weren't for his knee. Give me 45 year old Papi at DH tonight.
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