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Post by geostorm on Jun 15, 2018 16:46:25 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jun 15, 2018 16:37:11 GMT -5
I just return from there, myself, and I appreciate you, SoxProspects team, and just made that "tangible", belatedly, but gratefully!
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Post by geostorm on Jun 15, 2018 16:29:46 GMT -5
Not sure if this is redundant
Alex Speier Retweeted Pete Abraham Verified account @peteabe 2m2 minutes ago
#RedSox confirm 5 draft signings:
Catcher Kole Cottam (4th round), RHP Thaddeus Ward (5th round), 3B Nick Northcut (11th round), OF Dylan Hardy (13th round), and SS Korby Batesole (26th round). Cottam, Ward, Hardy, and Batesole will report to Lowell. Northcut goes to the GCL
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Post by geostorm on Jun 9, 2018 20:24:25 GMT -5
Looks like Caleb Ramsey is signing. Nice article with some information on how the deal went down during the 20th round. A $125k signing bonus and another $216k for schooling. He will report to the GCL on Monday. Looks like the Sox will keep him in CF. Caleb RamseyWow this is awesome I didn't think we were going to get him!! Wasn't the article I went searching for, but one I found, that's also a nice article, from earlier this year -
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Post by geostorm on Jun 1, 2018 20:39:30 GMT -5
Soooo, with Travis being pulled from PawSox line up, that's going to be corresponding move at some point?
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Post by geostorm on May 29, 2018 19:11:33 GMT -5
looking for the boards thoughts on a couple of draft prospects: 1. local boy Vassil from BC High. Saw him pre-arm injury around the top 10-20 and then he fell out when he got shut down. He is back throwing is supposedly in mid 90's but with innings restrictions. Are the Sox reaching too much with their first round pick if they took him due to his being a high school pitcher with a recent arm injury? 2. Not sure if there has been discussion on here and I imagine it is not something that will happen but how would this board deal with Heimlich in a red sox uniform? He will get drafted by someone, and there will be outrage, but what if that someone were the sox. I imagine he would be better off outside of a major city where there will be less scrutiny, but he seems like a top few round talent, who will drop dramatically. I imagine everyones answer will be no, but is it worth it to take a flier on him in the 15-20th round if he is still there and see how much backlash you get after drafting him?
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Post by geostorm on May 29, 2018 18:47:32 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on May 25, 2018 16:10:27 GMT -5
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/padres/sd-sp-padres-mailbag-outfield-myers-third-base-luis-urias-0517-htmlstory.htmlResponding, to question regarding whether Padres prospect Eric Lauer being replaced in Padres rotation, and available options - "Yes.
There was a little more to prove for him when he arrived, and there are other guys to see. So while I don’t know how long “long” might be, they wouldn’t stick with him for terribly long.
Regardless of how Lauer does, he won’t be the last pitching prospect to take the mound for the Padres this season.
Brett Kennedy (on the DL right now with an ankle injury that is not supposed to be serious) is almost certainly coming up at some point. And Logan Allen (2.98 ERA in eight starts at Double-A) is on track to be called up this year. Walker Lockett needs a look to determine whether he should remain on the 40-man roster.
Also, Luis Perdomo has shown signs he’s learning in Triple-A."
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Post by geostorm on May 10, 2018 22:27:01 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier Entering tonight, Kimbrel when pitching on zero days of rest in his Red Sox career: .060/.115/.150 with a 47 percent K rate. 3m ago
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Post by geostorm on Feb 20, 2018 7:27:55 GMT -5
For a higher offer maybe. Not for 110 certainly. When you go on your rants do you black out and not remember anything people respond to you? This probably showed up somewhere, on this site, in a thread, but this was a fairly good assessment, no, from last week? www.overthemonster.com/2018/2/14/17010840/j-d-martinez-please-sign-with-the-red-sox"Perhaps I am being generous, but I would guess that over five years, Martinez would put up a total of 14.4 fWAR over the next five seasons (he has been worth 14.6 over the last four, so we account for a potential fair decline, in addition to the loss of value from being a full-time DH). If WAR is valuated at 11.1 million dollars per WAR as the above Fangraphs article forecasts, he would be worth 159.8 million dollars (which I think we can all agree is far too much, that would be 32 million dollars annually). I think, instead, the best comparison would be to look at a mix of the Edwin Encarnacion signing from last off-season, and the Giancarlo Stanton extension from 2014. The Stanton contract was 13/325, signed after the end of the 2014 season. He had just turned 25, and the contract takes him through his age 38 season. The contract’s average annual value comes out to 25 million dollars. Encarnacion’s, to compare, was only 3/60, with a 20 million dollar club option at the end. The contract takes him through his age 36 season if the option is declined, age 37 if the option is exercised. J.D. Martinez, is 30, a mid-point between the two ages. While he is not going to get less than 20 million a year, he is unlikely to eclipse Stanton’s AAV, despite the fact Stanton’s contract did not happen on the open market. Encarnacion, who was coming off a 3.9 fWAR season himself, may be the best comparison we have, given he signed for less than expected, and was a prolific hitter the Red Sox were interested in. Encarnacion put up 2.5 fWAR in his first season in Cleveland. If he continues to do so the next two seasons, the Indians will have paid 60 million dollars for 7.5 fWAR, a rough valuation of 8 million dollars per fWAR. I would propose given the free agent freeze, that 8 million dollars per fWAR is more likely a valuation than the 11.1 million proposed by Fangraphs last season. Factoring that in, my final guess at Martinez’s “value” (roughly 8 million per fWAR) is set at 115.2 million dollars, over 5 years, adjust if you believe he will be worth a different amount than 14.4 fWAR." I’m of the belief that Martinez will be signing in the next week or two, and that the contract is going to be seriously underwhelming, making the side that misses out on him wish they upped their offer."
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Post by geostorm on Oct 22, 2017 19:31:28 GMT -5
in an Alex Cora tidbit of interest perhaps only to me...while viewing the historic Cora AB referenced in this article, I noticed the more obvious Red Sox connection - Matt Clement - straight away - www.boston.com/sports/boston-red-sox/2017/10/22/five-things-to-know-about-new-red-sox-manager-alex-cora...then, on closer review, I also notice that the manager of the Cubs team that got stung that day, was the same Johnie B Baker, Jr. whose firing, this week, I thought might be a late stab by the Nats to get their runner up from their last hire perhaps derailing Sox attempts, though seems clear now, 20-20, that wasn't in the Cards.
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Post by geostorm on Sept 18, 2017 22:50:20 GMT -5
Huge, huge win. Especially after that ugly Fister start. 3 up with 12 to play. If we win just 6, the Yanks have to win 75% of their games. ...you could also say a brief 3 game skid, and a 3 game win streak by NYY, makes it a dogfight to the end ...that being said, 6 of those 12 line up as Pomeranz/Sale starts, if needed, though mindful they've both logged a lot of innings, relatively speaking... ...and perhaps by that last 4 game series v Houston, Stros have nothing to play for, for all or part of that series. So there's that. If Carson Smith is starting to knock the rust off, and has some capacity left, RoS, stating the obvious, but, boy, that's a nice late season BP addition for the playoffs....that's my big take away (aside from this team against showing "sack"!)
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Post by geostorm on Sept 18, 2017 22:32:08 GMT -5
...one of these two teams will leave, 11 games over .500 in extra innings, this season. TWO Extra Inning STUDS enter (BOS 13-3; BAL 12-2, in extra inning games, YTD....next best is ARI, 6 games over .500, in extras, at 9-3))...only ONE leaves 10+ games over .500, "grinding, overtime", again!... ...your Boston Red Sox!! eff Buck and the MF O! (Cubs were an MLB best 5 games over in 2016 extras; both CHI teams were 8 games over, in 2015)
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Post by geostorm on Sept 18, 2017 22:04:24 GMT -5
...one of these two teams will leave, 11 games over .500 in extra innings, this season.
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Post by geostorm on Sept 18, 2017 22:02:55 GMT -5
Let's go...time to bring the Hammer down...
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Post by geostorm on Sept 18, 2017 21:59:22 GMT -5
geeez...talking about officials and a NY bias...DET smoking NYG, and DET comes up with a big 4th down stop v NYG late in 4Q, and DET had to go to a challenge for what looked like a clear stop, short of 1st down...
..."wins the challenge",,,and referees to respot and remeasure, but gosh, shouldn't have even needed to challenge, it seemed so obvious and ref nearby.
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Post by geostorm on Sept 18, 2017 21:53:58 GMT -5
...and if three people post the following, can we make this umpire disappear...? CandyMan
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Post by geostorm on Sept 18, 2017 21:53:07 GMT -5
Don Caballero
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Post by geostorm on Sept 16, 2017 19:25:35 GMT -5
Maybe you guys already knew this, but i'll throw out this Tweet i read from Richard Justice today on Porcello: "Sox have scored 0 runs 10 times while he was in the game. 1-2 runs 7 other times". (sorry, don't have the actual Tweet) I know Porcello hasn't pitched that well, this year, but that's really bad when the Sox ONLY scored no more then 1-2 runs in 17 starts. You got me thinking on what I recalled his support was, last season, just quickly looking at Runs scored by Sox in his 33 2016 starts... ... just eye-balling, quickly, but 24 of his 33 starts the Sox scored at least 5 runs , and another 4 starts where Sox scored 4 runs. www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=porceri01&t=p&year=2016
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Post by geostorm on Sept 16, 2017 18:54:14 GMT -5
I rolled that back to re-look, playing back slow-mo..it is almost as if when Ramos immediately looked to Bennie, who had been doing a nice job catching their attention, the Ump, seemed to almost mirror Ramos' "look" at Bennie at exactly the same time, almost as he forgot that he had a call to make..
...that Bennie's activity got in his head, too!
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Post by geostorm on Sept 14, 2017 15:04:09 GMT -5
That slider is pretty legit. "too Legit, too Legit to Hit... ...too, Legit, too Legit to Hit... !" Now, time to bring the Hammer, and spread this out a bit more!
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Post by geostorm on Sept 9, 2017 20:03:55 GMT -5
I don't mean to keep banging this drum but Beni is catching Judge in some key stats. I'd be curious: if every GM was secretly polled, how many would take Judge over AB? Edit: obviously I'd take Beni everyday of the week and twice on Sunday. ROY or career?
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Post by geostorm on Sept 9, 2017 19:11:58 GMT -5
"Good" ...NM
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Post by geostorm on Sept 9, 2017 19:11:45 GMT -5
why would you burn a challenge in a 8-0 game?
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Post by geostorm on Sept 9, 2017 19:10:34 GMT -5
Obviously more forward looking...at what point/score, would you like to see JF call it, for Sale?
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