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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 21:53:36 GMT -5
Brasier shouldn't be a lock in 2020. No way should he be. Velazquez will be up and down in 2020 at best. I’m not saying either is a “lock.” Where are you getting that from? They’re going to probably start the year with 12 pitchers. That’s five for the rotation and seven in the ‘pen. Obviously, the weakest bullpen arms aren’t “locks” for a spot (as you say, Velazquez has options and should be an up-and-down guy as 6th starter/swingman depth; Brasier is arguably the one with the most tenuous spot right now, but he’s passable as the 6th best reliever on a team). Hence, the utility of having Houck, Brewer, Lakins, Feltman, Weems as possible call-ups. They can try filling in some depth slots with fliers, conversion arms, etc. Point being, there’s no sense in this team dropping significant $ or talent on bullpen pieces. They need to focus on SP depth, and quality, because that is *the* clear issue with the team this year, and they’re not going anywhere until they sort it out. Chacín is a nice depth move. Even backend starters (moreso reliable ones) are a lot less in supply than bullpen pieces. With tight $ restrictions given their payroll situation, they need the biggest bang for the buck. I miss understood. I thought that was your list of what you wanted to see. I think Cashner, plus one more arm would be great.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 20:40:49 GMT -5
So Taylor has walked 5 batters in the last 1 2/3 innings.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 20:39:20 GMT -5
Lol, this ump is horrible.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 18:02:40 GMT -5
Absolutely got to keep winning tonight. Can make up 1 game on 2 teams tonight.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 17:41:49 GMT -5
Whoa... Crossen traded to Houston and Gunner wasn’t cut after all... I’m shocked they traded Crossen to be honest - not a fan of it but I love me some Gunner Crossen can't cover really at all. Glad Bill saw that at least.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 11:36:27 GMT -5
So what's up next rolling out the numbers for Bogaerts, Dever's, Benintendi, Hernandez, Holt and Vazquez because they are all greatly overachieving per statcast. Those guys are all probably overachieving. The difference is that Bogaerts, Devers, Benintendi, and Vazquez are all still good-to-great players when their numbers normalize, while Chavis is a fringe major leaguer unless he makes additional adjustments. Vazquez was a terrible player in 2018 when his BABIP numbers went the complete opposite way last year. I don't even know what to make of his spike homerun surge, especially since what we know about the baseball already.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 11:34:02 GMT -5
Anything over 3 million is probably too costly for Holt.
You have Lin, Hernandez, and CJ Catham soon. Brock Holt will be 31 and will probably get close to the Marwin Gonzalez deal.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 11:29:44 GMT -5
Brasier shouldn't be a lock in 2020. No way should he be.
Velazquez will be up and down in 2020 at best.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 4:37:08 GMT -5
My guess is Owings could get cut for a pitcher, maybe Chacin who's been with the club.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 4:23:46 GMT -5
When Trout homers tonight he'll pass Derek Jeter in career bWAR which will be a bittersweet moment for all of us. (I know that's not quite how WAR works but just roll with it) Funnily enough, when I saw this I had just looked him up on the fWAR leaderboards and seen that he just passed Jeter - now 73.3 to 73.1. So if you go by fWAR you get the best of both worlds - Jeter sucks and we can root against Trout (for 3 games; but I'm pulling for him to get another 10 WAR season). Pujols just became the 2018 Red Sox.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 3:26:08 GMT -5
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 2:41:13 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier · 1h Michael Chavis, after hitting two homers in Game 1 of a doubleheader for Pawtucket, was scratched prior to Game 2 due to soreness in his right side. Durability is the number one concern I have with Michael Chavis in his future here. Not the holes in his swing or whatever. He just can't stay healthy thorughout a whole season and has never done it before.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 2:37:35 GMT -5
The best 3 am team in baseball.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 2:32:41 GMT -5
Season still alive!! Let's go!!!
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 2:23:18 GMT -5
I'm fully expecting Cashner to blow this lmao.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 2:19:44 GMT -5
BOOOM BABY!!! 3 am baseball!!! Woooo!!
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 2:04:44 GMT -5
LOL. Then they get a hit. Of course!!!
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 2:02:04 GMT -5
Of course the one inning the Sox threaten, the Sox start running into outs.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 1:44:23 GMT -5
I wish I had my bottle of whiskey next to me right now lol.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 1:38:05 GMT -5
Please remember how to hit, they've been dead for innings at a time now.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 1:08:36 GMT -5
Maybe use Darwinzon first instead of buying in on Brasier after 10 appearances or whatever. Agree with this! How many time does braiser have to fail this year before Cora stops trusting him? Darwinzon is just nasty. Let’s see what he can do late in games I wasn't saying this a month or a month and a half ago, but I will say it now after Darwinzon has proved himself at the majors here in a bullpen role since he was called up. Brasier has proven to be bad enough to earn a demotion after 4 months of baseball. Darwinzon has certainly proven to be better than him.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 1:04:33 GMT -5
The Sox a absolutely can not afford a long extra inning game with a bullpen game tomorrow.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 0:54:22 GMT -5
Maybe use Darwinzon first instead of buying in on Brasier after 10 appearances or whatever.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 0:48:15 GMT -5
2 am and the season is on the line, baseball is one of a kind...
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 31, 2019 0:37:49 GMT -5
Lol this is predictable.
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