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Post by foreverred9 on Sept 4, 2023 12:13:25 GMT -5
Might want to think about Devers although maybe he was only 18 and then 19 in Pawtucket (AAA) Devers was 20 when he got to AA.
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Post by foreverred9 on Sept 4, 2023 11:00:48 GMT -5
I think of the end of the year promos in part as a reward for the players who excelled by giving them a cup of coffee at the higher level before heading into the offseason. Hopefully give them something to think about too for offseason development.
AA is playing an extra week compared to A-ball (although Greenville would've been in the playoffs) so that might be a factor in general going forward. Same can be said about AAA playing an extra week vs. AA.
Regardless - to me this is a sign that we can pencil him (and Teel) into the AA starting roster for 2024, which keeps him on the fast track through the system.
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Post by foreverred9 on Sept 4, 2023 5:52:16 GMT -5
Without the contract in front of us, it's speculation, but my guess is that the language says that the Sox agree to buy him out of the contract if he declines the option. It was done for luxury tax accounting, per above.
Here's the tweet from Rosenthal that supports the comments above:
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Post by foreverred9 on Sept 2, 2023 18:20:30 GMT -5
Casas!
He's now up to 0.265 on the year for batting average, hard to imagine he'd recover this much after being at 0.128 on May 1st and 0.197 on June 12th.
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Post by foreverred9 on Sept 2, 2023 11:52:08 GMT -5
Of course. What I'm saying is that being transparently self-interested at the expense of the organization is not going to help him keep his job. But of course it's all a moot point because whatever any of us think about the team's potential for success in 2024, it's quite certain that Bloom thinks he can field a good team with a good chance to make the playoffs without sacrificing too much in the way of long-term assets to do so.
Agreed. I've fully supported Bloom in his approach and in the job he was tasked with starting with ownership for all intents and purposes telling him to trade away one of the most dynamic players to ever wear a Red Sox uniform, in like his 3rd month on the job. That being said.. If they're down to like $160 million on the books (active roster PLUS retained and estimated arb.) come the offseason, and ownership says they're cool with pushing up to $240 million (really not an absurd number these days, and I don't even know if that exceeds the 2024 luxury tax)... then it's on him to make the magic happen. You can think ahead to Sale's $25 million coming off the books the following year, as well.. And if ownership gives him those dollars to work with, he can go after the players that he believes fit the best with the young core that is now coming to the forefront, and not trade away the farm to acquire those pieces. The biggest question mark for me is ownership at this stage.. But Bloom would also have to deliver under these very hypothetical conditions. If they end up getting that mandate to spend, I'd like for them to focus on locking up the homegrown talent rather than go splurge on the FA market. Lock up Bello, Casas, etc. so that their AAVs in 2027-2030 are lower than market value and allow us to sustainably spend in those years too. A high-profile FA contract or two this offseason is fine, but those are risky contracts. Much better returns exist on signing the homegrown talent.
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 29, 2023 19:38:39 GMT -5
I meant to say this last night, if you knew coming into the game your bullpen was fried, why pull your starter?
And then they do it again tonight...
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 29, 2023 18:27:53 GMT -5
The stadium feels so empty right now.
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 28, 2023 22:28:19 GMT -5
How does that even make sense? No Wink? No Whitlock? No Schreiber? Winck pitched three out of four, and the third and fourth days were back to back appearances over 20 pitches each. He leads MLB in relief IP. Whitlock has been on the DL twice with mysterious elbow injuries this season, has had TJ, and threw 40 pitches two days ago. Schreiber has thrown back-to-backs four times already this month. He threw more than 20 pitches on each end of his most recent back to back, which was two days ago. I shouldn’t be surprised by Cora getting blamed, but maybe we should have added a not very good and not very expensive starting pitcher instead of rushing guys back to make four inning starts over and over. The lack of the starters going deep is a problem, as is the lack of awareness to get another starter at the trade deadline. I'm with you on that and I get it, I just tactically don't understand how he could say the bullpen had no one but Barraclough tonight before Martin/Jansen. You must've misread Winck. He pitched 3 out of 4 games 5 days ago. Had Thurs, Fri, and Sun off. Whitlock hasn't been great, and I wasn't thinking about how many pitches he threw Saturday. But so far he's only throwing 1-2 innings per game. If he needs two days rest to pitch 2 innings that's not an efficient bullpen spot. Schreiber hasn't been great, and 3 out of 4 isn't ideal but he had the entire Astros series off before that. Not the first one out of the pen, but to say he couldn't go at all?
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 28, 2023 22:07:00 GMT -5
How does that even make sense?
No Wink? No Whitlock? No Schreiber?
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 28, 2023 21:26:51 GMT -5
On the positive front, Yoshida announced he's back tonight.
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 28, 2023 19:58:53 GMT -5
Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in.
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 28, 2023 19:53:21 GMT -5
I'm getting real close to shifting into "enjoy the prospects developing" mode. Yes it's possible they can get to 90, but at this rate they're going to need a Seattle run to get that acceleration. Otherwise they are a mid-80s team.
We're at least now back into the rhythm 1-2 new young players joining the team each year, which bodes well if we can use free agency to plug a few holes.
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 28, 2023 18:39:05 GMT -5
I'm surprised Duvall wasn't able to score from first on the Casas hit. Tucker got there pretty quickly but I would have thought Duvall was getting close to rounding third at that point.
And knowing Story was coming up...
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 28, 2023 17:56:01 GMT -5
He was so composed in that press conference, seemed so genuine and it makes you just want to root for him to succeed. If you only have 15 seconds, watch that question at 4:11.
Also commented on how skipping the WBC got him comfortable with the team and Alex Cora, making him feel more prepared for today.
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 27, 2023 22:04:10 GMT -5
They aren't in must-win territory yet, but the margin for error is getting thin. They can realistically only lose 1 or 2 more series and expect to make the playoffs.
Essentially, they need to be the anti-Yankees. It's stunning how bad they've become, 1-12-3 in their last 16 series (with Oakland in June being their only win).
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 27, 2023 15:16:02 GMT -5
Dalbec with a game today, 4-4 with a triple and HR.
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 27, 2023 10:09:25 GMT -5
Somehow the Muncy call did not make the cut, so this is saying that it was correctly called it a strike. Could it have clipped the zone at the front then dropped out by the time it crossed the midpoint of the plate? Gameday has it much lower than the pitch to Freeman that got flagged.
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 26, 2023 21:28:51 GMT -5
The Padres are having an epically bad season compared to their Pythag. They should be 10 wins better right now. It's consistent too, in April they were +2 vs. the Pythag but since have gone -4, -3, -2, -2 in each month.
They are anti-clutch this year, going 6-19 so far in 1-run games (3-16 since May 1st) and 0-10 in extra innings. Seems like a good candidate for a new coach to come in and get more out of their talent.
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 26, 2023 19:46:10 GMT -5
What's our record when TBD starts? Seems like he's been our bugaboo all season, but we really need to win this series.
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 26, 2023 19:06:59 GMT -5
The only argument I could understand is the Steven Wright argument of not letting your pitcher bat/run the bases. Martin was PH for by Casas, so maybe that had more to do with it than the second inning of work? If not yeah that’s really crappy managing Ah! Totally forgot about that. I apologize to Mr Cora. He used his best reliever in the highest leverage situation. Good for him. But... that didn't have to be. Double switch Martin for Refsnyder and put Abreu/Yoshi in the field. Or Martin for Turner and put Casas in the field. Then you have options. I get not bringing Martin back out, but it was only 4 pitches. Unless Cora knew 100% that Martin wouldn't be available for the 9th (and jimed's argument is fair), then it didn't matter. But there's no defense for the "don't let your pitcher run the bases", that's ignoring that Cora creating the issue in the first place.
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 26, 2023 17:57:21 GMT -5
That's going to be the worse miss on umpscorecard tomorrow. I'll take it! I expect the top 3 all came that inning. Not anymore
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 26, 2023 17:45:33 GMT -5
That's going to be the worse miss on umpscorecard tomorrow. I'll take it!
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 26, 2023 17:43:48 GMT -5
I don't get it, why would you not do a double switch with Refsnyder there? Martin is due up 4th now...
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 26, 2023 17:39:36 GMT -5
The ump is trying to help Whitlock get out of it too.
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 25, 2023 20:21:17 GMT -5
Well that's one way to avoid the Yoshida GIDP.
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