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Post by ikonos on Mar 30, 2014 15:03:27 GMT -5
Why should he go to AAA? He sat out all last year already. Is in his late 30s and has made a lot of money? Just because we'd like him in AAA for depth doesn't mean he should go live the AAA life style at his age and probable net worth. Because he'd be far more likely to appear again in the majors if he went to AAA and pitched well. That was the goal after all, otherwise why bother going to camp at all? There are many many former major league players far richer than Cordero who have chosen to play Indy ball. A situation where there was far less of a chance of playing again in the majors. If he's truly serious about playing again. He'll pitch in the minors. Each player will have their own motivation. Some do it for the love of the game, some do it for action, some might still love the game but under certain circumstances. May be Cordero falls under the last case. Just because of that he is no worse than some other player.
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Post by ikonos on Mar 30, 2014 13:22:54 GMT -5
Jim Rice's last good season was when he was 33 because his vision went downhill quick and he refused to wear glasses. I have no idea when my eyes went, but I think it was helped by staring at a computer screen for 10 hours a day for 20+ years. I did stop wearing glasses though because I noticed my vision got worse much faster when wearing them.Depends on what your original prescription is. If you are near sighted to start with, after you hit 40, the lens in the eye stops focusing and develops "+" prescription, and you can see computer or up close better with out glasses. If you compensate for it with correct prescription, you will have better overall vision with glasses.
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Post by ikonos on Feb 23, 2014 14:23:24 GMT -5
Reports are that Trout and Angels are discussing a 6yr/150m deal. If that is true then folks who are recommending restraint on AAV as well as those who are recommending for 40m+ contract get what they want as his FA years will have close to 40m salary while the AAV is at 25m.
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Post by ikonos on Feb 20, 2014 19:06:33 GMT -5
As much as Trout deserves a great payday, building a team where he could get twice as much as the next highest paid player on the team is inviting chemistry issues. That roster may not be balanced and cause lot of issues. I doubt we will see a 40mil+ per year contract in the next 2-4 years.
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Post by ikonos on Jan 25, 2014 3:23:52 GMT -5
As much as we love to make fun of MFY for winning the off season with their splurge it is also important for Redsox not to win the value game in off season. It is quite possible that Thornton makes a meaningful contribution to MFY (after all Sox traded for him for a reason very recently) and Mijares wont even make our team.
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Post by ikonos on Jan 19, 2014 13:03:28 GMT -5
For the billionth time, projecting as a 3/4 starter is not a bad thing. When Parks was on the SP podcast, he said that Owens could pitch for 15 years in the big leagues. Wow, he's so down on the guy... You should understand that guys with Owens stuff can only be 0/1 and pitch for 20+ years.
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Post by ikonos on Jan 9, 2014 21:02:39 GMT -5
Pitchers always work on improving arm strength through long toss. Why can't position players with weaker arm strength do the same? Is it the case that long toss or anything else only improves your strength to what it was before? It seems perplexing to me with the strength and conditioning these players go through, there are still weak armed OF that opposing players dare them to throw them out.
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Post by ikonos on Jan 9, 2014 14:34:50 GMT -5
Lot of folks putting Swihart at 1. I love his potential but with him being a Catcher the development path is little longer putting him in the top 3 but not necessarily at 1 as he is most likely to spend the whole year in A+/AA level. I do think Barnes will take the next step and Owens might consolidate the gains but not take that next leap. I have a hard time seeing Ball cracking the top 10 by the end of next year. He would need to dominate Greenville to be in that position and I think he is a bit raw for that just yet.
1) Cecchini 2) Swihart 3) Barnes 4) Owens 5) Vazquez 6) Ranaudo 7) Betts 8) Margot 9) Marrero 10)Johnson
Stankiewicz, Rijo, Ball, Devers looming in. I expect Xander, JBJ, Workman to contribute fulltime for Sox with Webster and Britton graduating.
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Post by ikonos on Dec 26, 2013 1:50:55 GMT -5
thalavarnwayguy, I am with you on this and your point is an excellent one. Boras being his agent makes it unlikely he signs a long term deal at this point but if he does, Boras may not allow Sox to buyout more than 1 or 2 FA years and that falls right inline with Pedeys 6ys contract extension. So inflation + boras + wishful thinking makes it a 50M contract for about 7-8 yrs if he signs it in the next year. Most likely he will take it year to year atleast until he is a year or two away from FA.
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Post by ikonos on Dec 23, 2013 1:54:26 GMT -5
Two things: (1) You say the Sox could have traded from their depth to get Beckett instead of giving up Hanley. You don't know that. It may have been that the Marlins said "Bottom line, we get Hanley or the deal doesn't go down." (2) I think I know the base aversion to giving up cornerstone players like that. It's an old f[r]iend - Yankee envy. People who think like this have visions of many championships. They have visions of the Sox becoming the Yankees of the 21st century, with championships by the dozen. And the perception is that the way you do that is to get and hang onto core players who form the foundation of a career's worth of excellence (say, a 15-year stretch of dominance with 5-6 championships or so). If you can keep it going and find a way to turn over the dominance 6 times, you have 25-30 championships this century. You are the Yankees. It was easier to do when the Yankees constructed their dynasty. No free agency, so if they had the most money, the best scouting, and got the best players, or finagled them from other less wealthy teams they could keep whoever they wanted as long as they wanted. Now it's tougher -- scouting is more sophisticated and everyone has the knowledge, and now if a core player wants to leave he can, in the middle of his career (Cano.) With that and the leveling out of the financial advantages to some extent, at least to the extent that a number of franchises are rolling in money, it's tougher to be THE kingpin of the baseball world and maintain that status long term. Fogey - I get what you are saying, but lets not forget that the MFY won 4 consecutive championships recently in the FA era. Sox and a bunch of other teams did have the money but was not able to replicate their success partly because they did not have the core to build around. I am not saying you probably need half a dozen core homegrown players but you do need a group of players stick together for an extended period to sustain dominance in any era. Hopefully sox will have a good success rate in the coming years.
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Post by ikonos on Dec 22, 2013 17:37:44 GMT -5
Wasn't Trayvon Robinson a touted prospect that went to SEA (I think) in the Manny deal?
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Post by ikonos on Dec 22, 2013 13:51:18 GMT -5
Sigh! You guys need to open up a bit more. I even included 1.500 OPS just in case the rest of the post did make it clear.
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Post by ikonos on Dec 22, 2013 12:46:02 GMT -5
I believe the Sox are still talking to Miami about Stanton. I know what the Miami GM has said to the public, but I am not buying it. Outfield is the hole, and Stanton is the perfect solution. I think the Sox have successfully moved Miami off of wanting Bogey included in the trade. My guess now is the package includes Middlebrooks, a minor league position player (Betts?) and three minor league pitchers, Owens Renauldo, Webster, etc. It probably going to be a 5 for 2 swap where we receive Staton and a middling prospect. So this is where Drew comes in. And in my mind an opportunity to upgrade the team by trading Middlebrooks is the only scenario where resigning Drew makes sense. I can't agree with you more. I actually think they want Drew, not to ship out WMB but to ship out Bogey. A package of Bogey, Doubront, Owens, Barnes and Webster will do it. Sox might have to add Swihart or Vazquez if Marlins insist though. I think that would be an aswome trade for Sox adding an outfield piece that might put up 1.500 OPS. But they have to sign him for a long term deal similar to Cano or even A-Rod money to make sure he doesn't leave in couple years.
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Post by ikonos on Dec 18, 2013 0:27:58 GMT -5
I agree. Minor league players are expected to get by on less than what your standard walmart door greeter gets each month. "Oh and its a shame that prospect x comes into camp out of shape" because, ya know, ramen and no gym membership make for a great workout partnership. Also salary floors seems like a no brainer. Just curious as I do not know the answer, how much do MiL players get paid for A, A+, AA and AAA? I always thought its around 50-60K. On a side note the walmart door greeter is not making more than 15K max if they are lucky and often with out any meaningful benefits.
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Post by ikonos on Dec 14, 2013 19:14:02 GMT -5
I just hope they get a draft pick for him in the low 30's. I'd rather let Ben do his thing in the draft, as I trust his scouting more than anyone besides Theo. I am not sure any GM will personally scout most of the draft pics they make. I think they might scout the top 2 or so but not sure if they go beyond that. However Bane is supposed to have a big say in the pics, lets see what happens this year.
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Post by ikonos on Dec 14, 2013 13:17:00 GMT -5
If he doesn't get a multi year deal at the price he wants, how likely is Drew to come back on a 1yr 11-12m deal to Sox with a wink-wink understanding they wont attach a draft pick to him next year? -Well, if he doesn't get his multi year, he has to take a 1 yr. deal. I doubt he'd get more than 11-12 elsewhere, so he'd have to accept the Boston offer and ask for a wink. I think the chances are good. Of course, he'd be kicking himself that he didn't take the QO. I dont mean that he wont get a multi year but a multi year for a price to his liking.
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Post by ikonos on Dec 14, 2013 12:24:04 GMT -5
If he doesn't get a multi year deal at the price he wants, how likely is Drew to come back on a 1yr 11-12m deal to Sox with a wink-wink understanding they wont attach a draft pick to him next year?
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Post by ikonos on Dec 13, 2013 20:10:36 GMT -5
You cant look to give more money for less years for every contract and if you do, you are looking at breaching the cap. I think Lester benefited hugely with the return of Farrell and what ever Juan Neives did with him. His contract will be better than the 16m+ a year Beckett/Verlander got for their second contract and less than what cc/felix/verlander and possibly what kershaw/price will get. He is not a FA is an important part of this calculation and he is willing to take a slight discount to be in Boston.
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Post by ikonos on Dec 13, 2013 1:28:09 GMT -5
The only pitchers with $25m contracts are Verlander, Felix etc with CY on their resume and there is no way Lester will get that much. It will be somewhere in the 19m-22m range which is higher than the second contracts Beckett and Verlander signed. I like him and they should sign him and they will get it done for 5-6 yrs and possibly 90-115 range.
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Post by ikonos on Dec 12, 2013 15:19:23 GMT -5
May be Sox will sign Drew and start X in AAA to start the season and see how WMB performs in the first couple of months to decide.
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Post by ikonos on Dec 8, 2013 12:02:46 GMT -5
Eric - You keep bringing up Bautista but will Jays trade such a power threat within the division? I doubt that.
Not sure if Dodgers will do this given the uncertainty with Kemp but what about trading for Ethier to play LF?
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Post by ikonos on Dec 7, 2013 0:58:14 GMT -5
I think the fact that a large enough group of Sox players were concerned with the departure of Salty and Ellsbury and approached Farrell/Management inquiring if Sox is bringing back any of the remaining Sox FA's and the news that group of players implored the Sox to up their offer for Napoli is fascinating. I have not heard that kind of collective effort before and given that situation it is important for the Sox brass to listen to their concern and do something about it. I think it speaks for the cohesiveness of the team and Naploi gained that respect last year.
I was one of those guys in a jungle during the daytime with out internet but was keeping tabs once I get back to the hotel. Quite an interesting week for baseball.
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Post by ikonos on Dec 6, 2013 22:03:57 GMT -5
Interesting that Farrell said 13m last year is like 16m this year on weei yesterday and thats exactly what the AAV for Napoli. But its great that it is only for 2 yrs.
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Post by ikonos on Dec 6, 2013 20:36:41 GMT -5
If the Sox dont sign Drew and Napoli, I could see Young fitting in as super utility insurance at 1B/3B/SS. Does any one know if he can play OF, catch a bit and pitch in an extra inning game?
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Post by ikonos on Dec 6, 2013 19:29:28 GMT -5
Other than Corey Hart, ALL of the names being bandied about for the LF or 1B job will cost you a pick one way or another. Remember the Sox pick 30th anyways so there isn't that huge a difference between that pick and the comp pick they would receive for not signing Napoli. Hart is of course appreciably worse than all those other guys. Sox first pick could potentially be closer to 20 than 30 when all is said and done. Having a higher pick not only gives you a chance to pick a better player but also gives you extra cushion in the slot money that you can parlay for players in the lower rounds. So the difference between Sox first pick and the compensation pick they could get is a meaningful difference that needs to be accounted for.
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