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Post by bigpupp on Jun 28, 2014 12:51:29 GMT -5
he takes up a 40-man spot unnecessarily for the next 12 months ... who is the player exposed to Rule 5 and lost as a result? ... and who here will be complaining in December? The next Sox player that is actually missed because he was taken in the rule 5 will be the 1st.
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Trey Ball
Jun 27, 2014 23:08:27 GMT -5
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 27, 2014 23:08:27 GMT -5
Am I the only one here who could care less about the struggles he's currently having? For some of the reasons listed earlier I somewhat expect this, if this is still happening in two years then I'll be very troubled but I expected this. Let the kid grow would ya? I'm the same way. Many of the same people who screamed because they went "too safe" with Marrero and Johnson are the same ones that are screaming that he's struggling after such a tiny sample size. You can't have it both ways. I'm not going to say I loved the Ball pick at the time, but I really belive he was the highest ceiling player on the board and I'm never going to complain with that sort of a pick. Anyone who expected him to be a quick riser was I'll informed.
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 27, 2014 9:01:39 GMT -5
I'm concerned as hell when scouts match up with putrid numbers, not trolling. The kid's a straight bust. It happens to all teams. Not really that big of a deal, because the Sox drafted pretty well in '10, '11 and '12. The odd part about Ball is it was so evident in last year's GCL. Even though he pitched only a few innings, he couldn't get kids out that were his own age. I pointed it out then and again when he couldn't get out of the GCL in April, and I thought some of the bloggers here were going to call in the leg breakers to deal with me. Even more strange is that many bloggers on this board have acted like Ball is their son. Ball has $2,000,000 to show for his efforts, so he'll be fine. The Sox will, too. No sure about some of the bloggers,though. Wow....
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 25, 2014 22:50:44 GMT -5
Everyone keeps referencing the number of teams above them, but I don't see how that is more relevant than the number of games they are behind the second wildcard. The Red Sox still need to make up the same number of games regardless if its one team or 10 in front of them. 7, 8 or whatever games it is now is a lot, but larger deficits have been overcome with much less time. Like, remember 2011? This article explains why the number of teams matters. Not only do the Red Sox have to play really well going forward, they also have to hope that no team in the race manages to come close to matching their winning streak. They have to play seven games better than seven other teams, which is pretty difficult. That's overstating it, though. They don't have to play 7 games better than all 7 teams. They only have to play 2 games better than a few of them, for example, and the ones they have to play 7 better than are in the division so they certainly control their own destiny. There is downside in waiting (players could get hurt) but there is much more upside in letting it all play out and either letting players build their stock or even letting the team get hot.
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 20, 2014 21:57:54 GMT -5
That was just an unfortunate play. By the way, I know this season is going poorly and this thread is a nice place to vent, but let's try to keep the negativity to a reasonable level. Might as well suspend/ban me now. Can we? Can we, please?
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 18, 2014 9:24:21 GMT -5
Why do you love it? The Brewers were the instigators. Lohse gets away with it because he was first and won't get suspended, just like Price. Complete nonsense. Stupid rules. There is no way in hell Lohse threw at those guys on purpose. By Lohse and the catchers reactions it's easy to see that the first hit batter was an accident, and when he threw close to the pitcher it was with a breaking ball. The DBacks look like complete fools and it's 100% on them.
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 17, 2014 16:27:07 GMT -5
David Ortiz! David Ortiz! David Ortiz!
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 16, 2014 8:25:26 GMT -5
Still time to unload Lester and Pedroia on Atlanta or San Fran. Sorry but the Pedroia trade deadline already past. In 2007.
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 15, 2014 15:38:42 GMT -5
“@iamjoonlee: Daniel Bard’s season for Single-A Hickory (#Rangers): 0.2 IP, 175.50 ERA, 13 ER, 9 walks, no hits, 7 HBP, one strikeout in four appearances.” 13.5 k/9!
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 13, 2014 20:45:31 GMT -5
Yeah, but he can't drive in any runs... Yeah... Quick! Trade him to SF before he doesn't drive one in next at bat. (I don't have to put this in italics, do I?)
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 13, 2014 20:04:05 GMT -5
WHAT A PLAY BY PEDROIA!!! SWEET!! Yeah, but he can't drive in any runs...
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 12, 2014 20:49:28 GMT -5
So, he's already tied Xander's total DSL homers? Cool. Every swing in the DSL is a wasted swing. Where else would he be playing today?
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 12, 2014 12:48:38 GMT -5
There is a lot more than one reason why Price won't be playing in Boston anytime soon.
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 9, 2014 8:59:24 GMT -5
With Atlanta desperately needing a second baseman and pitching, I was thinking we could send them Pedroia and a package of Lester and Webster and Barnes for Heyward. We move Heyward out of the lead off position and replace him with Holt, who replaces Pedrioa at second. You forgot to put all of that in Italics
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 9, 2014 1:00:04 GMT -5
I think it was Trot who released his bat at a pitcher and ended up getting 4 games (pretty sure that was against the Devil Rays). Will be interesting to see how many Machado gets.
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 7, 2014 17:05:23 GMT -5
I think we've both been in agreement on recent organizational risk aversion. I think DiceK rattled them and Crawford rattled them more. But it shouldn't create an absolute when it comes to paying market value for talent at the very top of its game. The Manny deal and Pedro extension remain sound examples. One could argue this team may have 2 WS ring if it went after Cabrera when people were saying he'll be too old/fat in the last years of his current desl. Or Grienke, for that matter. This sort of goes back to the original point. Them not signing these 7 players are not proof that they have created an absolute.
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 7, 2014 16:20:17 GMT -5
Looking back on the last few years if there was ever a player we should have given up our next year's pick for it was Alex Bregman. Kid looks like a Top 5-10 pick next year. I agree....but there was absolutely no chance with him.
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 7, 2014 15:50:40 GMT -5
Neither did he. He hasn't played since high school. he was on his College baseball team I think This says he thought about it, but never did.
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 7, 2014 15:47:12 GMT -5
Thats really cool. I didn't even know he played baseball. Will Sturgeon be playing tonight for Louisville you think? The game is on ESPNU. Neither did he. He hasn't played since high school.
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 7, 2014 15:33:56 GMT -5
Brewers SD just selected Johnny Manziel
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 7, 2014 15:31:28 GMT -5
Taylor Nunez has some awful statistics He'll fit in with the big club. Sign him and call him up!
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 7, 2014 14:57:09 GMT -5
Some would consider finishing second in the AL Rookie of the Year race to be "High Performing." And, as I mentioned above, I am referring to former professional international players, not teenagers signed as "free agent prospects." Unless you think Tanaka will finish 2nd in AL Rookie of the Year? Or perhaps Abreu. So you took an amazingly small sample size...and then made it smaller. BTW, if you didn't want me to consider Iglesias then you probably should have taken him out of your initial post.
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 7, 2014 14:52:13 GMT -5
Gabe Klobosits - 6'7", 270....wow
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 7, 2014 14:39:59 GMT -5
Does this mean 23 of the 30 MLB teams have "significant problems adequately scouting"? This is absolutely crazy. There is not nearly enough information to conclude that the Red Sox have a problem at all in this area, never mind a significant one. All it would take is signing the next guy and suddenly they are in the top 27% of teams. Would that mean they "excel at scouting"? You literally bring no other proof other than them not signing 7 guys. The list of guys they did sign is a completely different class of free agent. They were low money signings. There is no comparison outside of the country they were born in. EDIT: Also, if you're talking about scouting inadequacies - they missed being the high bidder on Abreu by less than 10%, so they clearly liked him. Do we really have enough info to conclude that is a scouting miss? And there is no proof to bring, other than the fact that the Sox have missed on every single one of the high performance, high impact international free agents. Like I said, just wondering what others here believe. Some would consider finishing second in the AL Rookie of the Year race to be "High Performing."
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 7, 2014 14:24:13 GMT -5
Am I annoyed with the guy making the Yankees pick because he works for the Yankees, or because he is actually annoying?
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