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Post by bigpupp on Dec 29, 2014 14:46:41 GMT -5
I liked this thread better when it was about Sean Coyle.
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Post by bigpupp on Dec 26, 2014 14:49:19 GMT -5
Has there ever been a 3000 hit player who was not a 1st ballot HOFer? Rafael Palmeiro has 500 homers and 3000 hits and couldn't even get the 5‰ to stay on the ballot.
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Post by bigpupp on Dec 20, 2014 11:23:54 GMT -5
It doesn't really. The article also says, "the Angels and Red Sox have beefed up existing defined contribution plans — or 401(k) plans — to offset the reduction and eventual elimination of pension plans, bumping matching contributions from about 4% to as much as 10%, according to employees of both teams." This isn't the Sox being cheap, its just that pension plans suck and are becoming a thing of the past.
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Post by bigpupp on Dec 17, 2014 21:29:47 GMT -5
January, February, March, Spring Training, April, May, June, July.... See? Still have to wait a month....
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Post by bigpupp on Dec 17, 2014 19:55:48 GMT -5
I read a tweet today from J.J. Cooper that said Turner can't be traded until June 13. I thought any PTBNL has to be given withing 6 months. Are they just going to have to wait until mid January to announce this trade?
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Post by bigpupp on Dec 17, 2014 12:57:22 GMT -5
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Post by bigpupp on Nov 19, 2014 20:50:07 GMT -5
I guess his fastball wasn't the only thing he couldn't control.
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Post by bigpupp on Nov 2, 2014 19:19:53 GMT -5
I came across a few inconsistencies with players option years remaining from the player pages and the 40 man page with Herrera, Cecchini, Escobar, and Rivero.
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Post by bigpupp on Oct 26, 2014 20:29:57 GMT -5
Awful. I had to read the headline a few times before I could wrap my brain around it. Taveras' girlfriend was also killed in the crash. I saw this as a text on my phone that said "Oscar Taveras dies..." I was trying to figure out what word they shortened that started with dies because there was no way what I was reading could be correct. Sickening news.
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Post by bigpupp on Oct 15, 2014 19:08:28 GMT -5
Cause that's a pretty bad draft, at least in my opinion. Scattering interesting athletes in a draft is good, but basing your entire draft on them is very bad. Risky? Yes. But a bad draft is a pretty bold claim 4 months removed from the actual draft, again considering the pre-draft ranking of that trio. I disagree. In fact, Jason Parks said something similar the night of the draft (I tried finding the tweet, but it looks like Jason Parks' account is now project now that he's with the Cubs). I just see it like this: Dreaming on kids with great tools is like eating sweets, they're good in moderation, but if you rely on them to sustain you then you might look really bad in a year. Of course, I was someone who hated when the Sox picked Brian Johnson and loved it when they picked David Renfroe, so I'm not exactly batting 1.000.
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Post by bigpupp on Oct 15, 2014 13:14:53 GMT -5
I don't know if this is the right thread for this, but electronic edition of Baseball America today listed their 2015 draft report cards: Best Draft
1. Indians 2. Royals 3. Red Sox
4. Cubs 5. Blue Jays Yet the only player they list is RHP Josh Pennington (29th round) under the "Best Late Round Pick" category -- and Pennington did not appear in a game for the GCL Sox in 2014. www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=milb&player_id=656837#/career/R/pitching/2014/ALLAssuming that's based on the 2014 draft, how did the Brewers not rank in the top 5? They landed Gatewood, Harrison, and Medeiros, all first round ranked players. Cause that's a pretty bad draft, at least in my opinion. Scattering interesting athletes in a draft is good, but basing your entire draft on them is very bad.
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Post by bigpupp on Oct 11, 2014 21:50:13 GMT -5
It's rough around the edges but has some potential. It's just hard for them to show the appropriate stats they are talking about but not cover up the game.
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Post by bigpupp on Oct 11, 2014 18:21:06 GMT -5
Castillo or Cespedes at 3b could happen if all three starting infielders crash together trying for a popup and get concussions, or get hit by a falling satellite during a mound conference. ...or that dinosaur ever shows up.
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Post by bigpupp on Oct 10, 2014 13:29:35 GMT -5
That is so awesome. I really hope it's as good as it sounds.
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Post by bigpupp on Sept 11, 2014 20:07:09 GMT -5
Our front office isn't as smart as they think they are. Most of their success is because the Sox have a lot of money to spend. Not all. Most. I don't just mean free agents. I mean previous draft system. Int'l free agents too. We spent a lot of money. We won! Great!! Let's not act like we won because we're wicked smaht. And, nobody else is. And most posters arent as smart as they think they are. In fact, this post right here could have been posted in 2012 just as easily as 2014. The Sox were looking down, with even less hope of going anywhere in the future, yet the front office was smart enough to bring a championship only one year later.
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Post by bigpupp on Sept 7, 2014 19:45:54 GMT -5
1 Mookie Betts 2 Blake Swihart 3 Henry Owens 4 Rafael Devers 5 Manuel Margot 6 Eduardo Rodriguez 7 Garin Cecchini 8 Anthony Ranaudo 9 Matt Barnes 10 Brian Johnson
11 Michael Chavis 12 Edwin Escobar 13 Trey Ball 14 Michael Kopech 15 Deven Marrero 16 Sean Coyle 17 Henry Ramos 18 Steven Wright 19 Travis Shaw 20 Nick Longhi
21 Heath Hembree 22 Wendell Rijo 23 Teddy Stankiewicz 24 Sam Travis 25 Carlos Asuaje 26 Tommy Layne 27 Luis Diaz 28 Simon Mercedes 29 Dan Butler 30 Alex Hassan
31 Bryce Brentz 32 Reed Gragnani 33 Aaron Kurcz 34 Justin Haley 35 Joe Gunkel 36 Mauricio Dubon 37 Jantzen Witte 38 Drake Britton 39 Anderson Espinoza 40 Christopher Acosta 41 Jordan Betts
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Post by bigpupp on Aug 23, 2014 19:11:11 GMT -5
If Mookie betts were a free agent he wouldn't sniff a 72m contract If he was Cuban he might.
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Post by bigpupp on Aug 23, 2014 18:59:05 GMT -5
But Coyle might not ever be good enough or healthy enough to be a quality player. It would be a little foolish to trade Holt now because you think Coyle might end up being as good as Holt is now in a few years. That is true, but we have to give up value to get value. And just how much do we expect to get out of a reserve infielder? Isn't that a question for you? How much do you expect to get back for Holt? And what would you have to get back to make it a good trade?
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Post by bigpupp on Aug 23, 2014 16:58:54 GMT -5
Why would you want Coyle as our utility player and Holt traded away rather than the other way around? Holt's trade value is currently at the high water mark. Now would be the time to get max value for him. But Coyle might not ever be good enough or healthy enough to be a quality player. It would be a little foolish to trade Holt now because you think Coyle might end up being as good as Holt is now in a few years.
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Post by bigpupp on Aug 19, 2014 17:56:44 GMT -5
No matter what he gets for a contract will he have his 3 options? Not necessarily. Matsuzaka's contract, for example, prohibited the team from sending him down. It all depends on what gets negotiated.
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Post by bigpupp on Aug 16, 2014 21:42:00 GMT -5
I've only been once and was worried about getting a good seat, too. I ended up getting a great price on some 1st row loge box seats a that were marked "obstructed view: high traffic" or something like that. Honestly, I couldn't have asked for better seats. Traffic was never really an issue and I was able to spread out my legs more than a normal seat (I'm almost 6'5"). Good luck.
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Post by bigpupp on Aug 6, 2014 0:03:31 GMT -5
Have the Red Sox ever added a real prospect to the 40-man for the sole purpose of a meaningless September start or two? Genuinely asking. They weren't meaningless, obviously, but Buchholz only made 3 starts when they brought him up in 2007.
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Post by bigpupp on Aug 4, 2014 19:02:24 GMT -5
AAA Owens is doing a pretty good AA Owens impersonation.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 31, 2014 12:58:12 GMT -5
Can someone direct me to a credible person in baseball who thinks this is a bad haul for the Sox? I'll hang up and listen. Just wait, they are writing their stories right now. This is not a clear cut victory for the Sox. I can see why some love this trade and others hate it. One side sees what Craig has done over the last three years and says it injury related, he'll bounce back next year. They also see how Kelly was pitching at times last year. The other side sees a 30 year old Craig that is already starting to break down and looks at Kellys overall numbers, like his whip and doesn't like him. I'm ok with it, think its a good not great trade. Love that we bought low. I sure do hope Craig bounce back and Kelly keeps improving. Just surprised we gave back a recent 5th round pick and picked up another corner OF. We now have three corner OF for two spots. They might get be "writing their stories" right now, but I'm listening to and reading no fewer than 20 baseball people (not Harold Reynolds types) that love it for the Sox.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 31, 2014 12:15:21 GMT -5
Can someone direct me to a credible person in baseball who thinks this is a bad haul for the Sox? I'll hang up and listen.
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