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Post by sdiaz1 on Jan 13, 2024 19:35:57 GMT -5
This thread has been devoid of anything actually interesting for roughly 100 pages and practically unbearable for 50.
Can the mods create a new thread for actual FA news and rumors that does not have this tedious, endless, mindnumbingly boring back forth.
20 editorail comments for 1 new piece of insight is not what makes this community worthwhile.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Oct 1, 2023 20:35:51 GMT -5
What a shame. Wake pitched on a team full of truly unique, exceptional and likeable players. Yet he was always the most likeable among them, even when he was bad and inneffective. As someone above mentioned he seemed to always be humbly aware of how fortunate he was to be able to take the mound, that his career was in many ways miracolous.
His passing and the circumstances of it have me thinking of the best show on television that no one watched.
Wake thank you for all the joy you brought so many. Of anyone, you deserved to the right to be a Baseball Man.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Mar 28, 2023 21:21:48 GMT -5
This is a unique situation. If the Orioles got cute in order to hold onto AJ Politi? Whatever, right? This is very different. Song was only even available because of this unique circumstance. As for "Song wouldn't go along with a fake injury", he's going to, what, storm into Dombrowski's office and demand to be returned? There's probably some kernel of truth to this - I'm sure his back did stiffen up or get sore or something - and he's going to do whatever treatment the team has him do. I'm sure it's not as overt as then saying he should make up a fake injury from nothing. This also keeps Song on an MLB salary for the maximum amount of time no? And as we've all been saying it's no lock he's ever really an MLB player so it makes total sense for him to try to keep that as long as he can, even if it's maybe slightly sub-optimal for his development. Exactly this. I also have a hard time imagining that the "rehab" work that the Phillies will have him do over the next several weeks will be anything consequentially different than what he would be doing for the next several weeks at Instructs while an employee of the Boston Red Sox. Let the kid do the same work for $100,000 rather than $1,500.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Feb 23, 2023 7:54:42 GMT -5
Doubt very much that this comes to anything; but I'll be cheering on Noah wherever he goes. Sacrificed a very real shot to have a MLB career to honor a commitment to serve this country.
Wouldn't it have been cool if Pete Abraham instead wrote an article about that? But I guess this is America in the 21st century... Rather than celebrate anything or anyone, why miss an opportunity to needlessly throw shit at someone and make up some fantasy land grievance to complain about.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Aug 24, 2022 19:50:04 GMT -5
Have not posted here for years and am here more for a wellness check...
I am home sick with Covid and just woke up from a nap to see Bobby Dalbec listed as today's shortstop
Am I suffering from hallucinations? Should I call 911 immediately?
Thanks!
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Post by sdiaz1 on Jul 22, 2021 9:34:01 GMT -5
It is an exciting day to be a fan of the Red Sox farm system. I woke up and checked Sox Prospects and apparently two guys that I have honestly never heard of (Devlin Granberg & Wilkelman Gonzalez) are on the path of becoming Jeff Bagewll and Pedro Martinez.
Safe to say, I am pretty stoked and am planning my draft strategy for my dynasty league right now.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Dec 16, 2020 19:30:09 GMT -5
Personally I am very disappointed by this, now all the stats that I committed to memory as a child instead of doing my school work are both useless and incorrect!
Seriously, I think it is long past time to acknowledge that these leagues were just as competitive and filled with talent as the Majors. Good for MLB to finally do so.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Sept 20, 2020 13:46:51 GMT -5
Better hope Texas and Arizona wins. Now i'm starting to get nervous. Texas isn't winning, Arizona is too close, and now the Nationals are starting to lose again. I get everyone hates the Yankees, but saying lose the battle, but win the war comes into play here. Al Leiter is probably smiling right now. We all should be happy to slip a position or two in the draft order because young, cost-controlled players with potential of becoming MLB contributors are taking steps forward in their development and are having success in the show. We are doing better than the other drek because we have a great core. Guys like Houck, Dalbec & Arroyo can easily become the pieces around Xander,Devers,Sale & Rodriguez that get us back in contention 12-24 months after this horror show season. Let's root for them.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Aug 24, 2020 23:05:18 GMT -5
While I am all on board with trading almost anyone on the roster, I do feel like some people here are forgetting that we still need to field a team.
Trading Perez and Vasquez will create massive holes this year and next and unless the return is absurd (which it won't be) I think that the team will be better of keeping most of these guys.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Aug 20, 2020 13:39:21 GMT -5
Ace - Acquisition #1 - Acquisition #2 - Acquisition #3 - Acquisition #4 - E. Rod #5 - Eovaldi #6 - Perez (if his option is picked up) Isn’t this a more accurate description of the state of the SP for the start of 2021? Let's all live in your world where obviously money is not a thing. Next summer I will be watching every Sox game from my 70 foot yacht. The only problem is that there are not even 4 SP available on the market next winter who would project to be better than Rodriguez. So I am not sure why he is your #5 in your 7 man rotation. Also no one available is really what anyone would call an Ace.... so I guess that we will just have to wow team with a package that somehow no other team tops though almost every team in baseball has more near MLB ready talent than we do.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Aug 19, 2020 15:01:52 GMT -5
Lol. I had not really checked the lineup that closely and did not realize that Chavis had the day off.
I was commenting on how banal your argument was and expressing my hope that you would both lose the wager.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Aug 19, 2020 14:38:24 GMT -5
This is Baseball and yet you act like one game makes you 100% correct. Chavis could go 3-5 in his next game with a HR and a Double, while Quantrill gives up 3 runs in an inning. If chavis goes 3-5 today, ill never post again, if he doesn't, you never post again, deal? And sorry for not being negative about Quantrill? It's a shame that today is not a double header.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Aug 13, 2020 22:31:02 GMT -5
so guys...Mookie just did that thing again where he hits 3 home runs in a game. Ties the major league record held by Sosa and Mize with 6 3-home run games in his career. What a player. Higher WAR at the end of the year - Mookie Betts or the Red Sox sans Xander & JDM?
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Post by sdiaz1 on Aug 11, 2020 19:32:31 GMT -5
Thanks for insulting my intelligence and insinuating that I am barely literate.
I can assure you that my reading comprehension is not the problem, the problem lies in the fact that I cannot comprehend how someone can be capable of committing so much time to the act of self-delusion.
Your argument that this team can possibly contend is based on several bad assumptions: 1) Martin Perez has about a 70% likelihood of being a legitimate #3 starter.
Why you are wrong - Here we have a pitcher with almost 1,000 career innings in MLB. During that time his FIP & XFIP has been 4.47 & 4.55. That is literally the Fangraphs definition for slightly below average. Yes, he did have a stretch of 80 inning where he was better in the first half of last year but to choose to fixate on that sample while ignoring the larger body of work is wrong headed.
2) That it is more likely than not that one of the following are credible back end of the rotation starters: Brian Johnson, Ryan Weber, Dylan Covey, Chris Mazza.
Why you are wrong – It is possible that one of these guys does in fact become a useful back-end of the rotation SP. However, 3 of the 4 are journeymen who we acquired for free and Johnson is a post prospect with underwhelming stuff. However, you frame it as the most likely outcome and that is naïve.
3) Darwinison Hernandez may potentially be ready to slide into a MLB rotation and perform as a #3 starters
Why you are wrong – How many innings could he get through with his K & BB numbers? Forget even whether he could be effective, what in his performances indicate that he could even get through 4 innings with under 100 pitches on a regular basis.
4) Look at how many teams are under .500!! Right now we are only 1.5 games behind the final spot!
Why you are wrong – It is a tiny sample size and some good teams are under .500 due to sample size noise. The Astros, Nationals, Cardinals(5 game sample). We are not one of those teams.
5) You want to bet $10 at 100 to 1 that they get to the second round of the playoffs.
Why You are Wrong – In this silly thought exercise the only cost to making that bet is $10. The cost for the Red Sox in trying to compete may be not entertaining offers on players who could net us a return of valuable assets and give the team more financial flexibility in the future.
Please feel free to be as smarmy and rude as you want to be in your response. It will not change the fact that you are wrong.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Aug 10, 2020 22:31:36 GMT -5
Laureano sounds like a stand up dude who understandably made a dumb decision. Hopefully he does not get punished to severely for taking the bait.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Aug 10, 2020 22:29:59 GMT -5
It’s ok to be cynical and think Stroman is working the system and opted out not because of an overwhelming concern about the virus but because he does the least amount of work while causing himself the least amount of financial consequences. Nobody can question him about his motive because only he really knows what’s in his head/heart about this. If teams are going to manipulate the service time of their top prospects and brazenly lie about it ("he needs to stay in AAA for 3 more weeks to work on his defense, even though he's hitting .480"), I am not going to blame the players even one tiny bit for doing the same thing. But aside from that, he is giving up money by opting out, in terms of this year's salary and possibly in terms of what kind of free agent contract he might get. His action would make no sense if covid concerns aren't at least part of his calculation. Stroman did what was in the best interest for his and his family's financial future... To that, I say good for him. If MLB teams chose to pay MILB players a living wage and did not play games to manipulate young players' service time, then maybe I would feel different. But they do not and have shown little interest in rectifying that injustice.... Honestly, I hope that more players follow this route.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Aug 10, 2020 14:07:03 GMT -5
When I was a kid I used to create my own projections every spring for the Red Sox lineup.
I remember as a six year old in the summer of 1993 that I wrote down Andre Dawson to hit .300 and belt out 25 home runs.
The wish - casting from Eric above makes my inner 6 year old self shake his head in disbelief.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Aug 9, 2020 11:46:10 GMT -5
JD for Seth Beer straight up? I feel like Martinez is paid pretty close to market value so I can't imagine getting anyone back who would be better.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Jun 20, 2020 11:46:40 GMT -5
What I do find encouraging is the discovery that a cheap and widely available steroid has been found to significantly increase the chances of recovery for seriously ill victims of the virus. It was discovered purely by accident, as a last ditch effort to find something that would help someone who was going downhill fast. It worked. One of the business people in our town had his brother come down with COVID-19 and he got better quickly when he received the treatment. So there's hope, but as you say the rise in the number of infections is really disconcerting. This. Despite the fact that we as a society really have not done our part to minimize transmission we all owe a major debt of gratitude to the hospitals and medical workers that have done a fantastic job in finding treatments and improving on care for patients. Even though cases really stopped decreasing since mid-May (until the current explosive increase) the number of Covid Related deaths have been continuously falling.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Jun 12, 2020 21:48:24 GMT -5
I have no idea about any of these guys, but I am willing to give the benefit of the doubt to the Sox scouts over the BA's, BP's FG's of the world. They might be right, they might be wrong. But so many seem to think the rankings are the be all end all. Maybe not. I don’t believe anyone here is questioning the quality of Sox Scouting Department or trying to hold up any of the publications perspectives on these players as being superior (but they do great work on what resources that they have, so please refrain from beating down on them) to that of any Major League Front Office. It just looks like the Front Office decided that taking two 2nd round quality guys was a better strategy than getting a legit 1st rounder and a possibly under-slot 3rd rounder. I think that being skeptical of that decision is a fair position. The hit rate may be low on consensus 1st round types, but they are still significantly higher than for players taken afterwards.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Jun 11, 2020 18:15:38 GMT -5
Not to belabor the point too much, but also how many times has a team used the undershot savings from a mid to late first round pick to get a prospect of actual note. The closest we came to that strategy was when we signed trey Ball for $400,000 under slot (but again at 7) and used those savings to sign Jon Denney.
Simply put the best draft strategy is the easiest one - Best Player Available. Don't get cute, don't try to project how the board will shake out over 30-60 picks out. Take your favorite guy that you can sign.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Jun 11, 2020 18:08:42 GMT -5
I am not assuming that they have no plan, I assume that they actually like the player that they drafted and will sign him to a deal that is within 15% of the slot value. I just think that there were very compelling players still on the board and I am hoping that the area scout really found something that apparently most people did not see.... I am just skeptical.
I would argue however that this wish casting that there will be a huge amount of slot savings that we will then use on future picks in this shortened draft is what is without merit. How often have people speculated that player x drafted after pick 10 was going to sing for a substantial discount and then be entirely wrong? More importantly how often has it actually happened?
This draft format (more or less) has existed for several years now and there are few (if any) examples of a team implementing the suggested strategy with any actual success?
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Post by sdiaz1 on Jun 11, 2020 17:19:49 GMT -5
This is going to be a long evening. Don't worry your hopes that the Red Sox have some sort of master plan to reallocate a large amount of the slot allotment for the 17th pick will be quickly dashed and you can then go to bed early.
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Post by sdiaz1 on Jun 6, 2020 23:32:12 GMT -5
Bleis has the whip action going with the bat. That swing reminds me of BJ Upton's, and he already has the same physical profile. Hopefully the contact rate will be better than Upton's. Well if Bleis posts over 24 Career War we should plenty happy. Bj Upton was actually a pretty damn good player for 6 years averaging 3.8 War/season over his peak.
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Post by sdiaz1 on May 4, 2020 22:14:03 GMT -5
Losing out of a second round pick stinks but is really not all that big of deal. Not having a first or second round pick for two years in a row can alter a franchise's trajectory.
I really do not see how these are comparable. Let's all just pretend that we re-drafted Cole Brannen again with our second pick this year.
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