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Post by patford on May 2, 2024 12:04:50 GMT -5
A quick look on Google turns up loads of catchers who had knee surgery and weren't moved off the position. Wilson Ramos came back and caught another 357 games (before he blew out the other knee) J.T. Realmuto had season ending knee surgery in 2019.
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Post by patford on May 2, 2024 9:26:58 GMT -5
With Garcia's body type I have a hard time seeing him anywhere other than catcher or first base. He's got a cannon so I think he gets as much run as possible behind the plate, but he already got a decent number of reps at first last year to keep his bat in the lineup. A quick look on Google turns up loads of catchers who had knee surgery and weren't moved off the position.
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Post by patford on May 2, 2024 9:13:47 GMT -5
Looks like an ACL
Hit a laser off the top of the wall and the knee buckled as he slowed up rounding 1st because he hit it too hard to get a double. Carted off and looked like he was crying
Awful
ACL's gotta be tough for a catcher. Could also be a calf strain or tear or maybe worse case an Achilles. In the video was for a time holding the back of his knee.
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Post by patford on Apr 30, 2024 19:28:19 GMT -5
If this keeps put Abreu might be the biggest steal since Jeff Bagwell.
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Post by patford on Apr 30, 2024 14:37:26 GMT -5
"There's no justification for not spending $10-15 million extra dollars to get a couple more wins". I don't know how many times this was repeated this offseason, but it was a lot; all the while using projections from ZiPS and Steamer and everywhere else. You even had people specifically saying why they don't like such and such projection. There wouldn't be as many people resistant to learning about statistics or accepting them, if there weren't so many people using them to hammer people over their heads about how right they are. It never starts out as a criticism of the projection, it always starts out with someone misusing them and then people reduce everything to the lowest common denominator and try to pick apart the projection because it is the lowest hanging fruit to say, Jorge Soler. I'm totally OK with criticizing misuse of projections. But the braggadocio about projections being wrong is so misguided. It's absolutely "a thing" that all across baseball there are fans of every team who would rather be right than see a player they disliked succeed.
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Post by patford on Apr 29, 2024 19:12:54 GMT -5
Not entirely sure why 2021 vs 2024 is the metrics being looked at for Yorke. I would find looking at his 2023 vs 2024 as more pertinent since he was in AA for all of last 2023 and is currently there. 2023 BB% 10.1% K% 24.1% wRC+ 116 2024 BB% 9.3% K% 16.0% wRC+ 141 2024 so far is just 17 Gs and a 75 PA sample size which is obviously small but it feels like he must be on the precipice of a promotion to AAA in the coming weeks here. That K% dropping would be some nice development progression if that is not just a function of a SSS/hot streak which is certainly good be. Something to keep an eye on though. I'm guessing it's because he was fully healthy in 2021. And may be again this year.
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Post by patford on Apr 29, 2024 9:21:28 GMT -5
BB% K% ISO wRC+ 2021 11.80% 15.60% .190 149 2024 9.30% 16.00% .209 141 Interested to hear what Chris and Ian have to say on the next podcast but from the surface it looks pretty good Saw him in Hartford Friday and was hitting some rockets Edit: formatting this is a nightmare but you get the idea Maybe a bit easier to read. BB% K% ISO wRC+ 2021: 11.80% 15.60% .190 149 2024: 9.30% 16.00% .209 141
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Post by patford on Apr 28, 2024 7:34:25 GMT -5
It's hard to get excited about a guy who the Cubs gave away for a bag of beans.
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Post by patford on Apr 27, 2024 19:29:26 GMT -5
Dalbec. Four game hitting streak. Excellent defense over that span and outstanding base running. I think they should keep him on the roster. Having capable back up for 1st and 3rd matters more than having a 2nd back up middle infielder. The trouble with Dalbec is he only hits when he plays every day. Even a regular platoon messes up his timing. To be clear his hitting ceiling is Kyle Schwarber (currently .198 with 7 HR) or Joey Gallo but he's a much better and more versatile position player than Schwarber. He certainly would not be playing is Casas was healthy but I seriously doubt Garrett Cooper is better than Dalbec.
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Post by patford on Apr 27, 2024 19:01:58 GMT -5
Dalbec. Four game hitting streak. Excellent defense over that span and outstanding base running.
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Post by patford on Apr 25, 2024 10:35:09 GMT -5
Glad to see Dalbec at 1B. It'll pay off. He's overdue and the best current option.
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Post by patford on Apr 25, 2024 10:10:19 GMT -5
Trivia for the day: Who is the longest tenured minor leaguer in the Red Sox organization? By this I mean time in this org, not total time in the minors. You will not get this without looking. If you do look, don't spoil it. I'd guess Mata but he's on the IL and the question is in the Gameday Thread so that doesn't fit.
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Post by patford on Apr 22, 2024 18:46:49 GMT -5
6 of 52 called strikes were true balls and 3 of those went against Dalbec. What are the odds against that? Dalbec is suffering from the same thing as John Lester. He doesn't complain but his body language and dirty looks causes umpires to hate him.
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Post by patford on Apr 22, 2024 18:36:28 GMT -5
Leaving aside the great comedy and my enjoyment this could happen to Boone and the Yankees, yet another reason to have ball/strike robo calls or reviews (I really like the way tennis does it). Broadly agree, but doing reviews stinks. I can't stand the idea of adding a special little mini-game to baseball where the league knows what the right call is for every pitch, the umpire tells us his best guess at what the right call is, and if the manager can figure out when the umpire guesses wrong he gets a piece of candy. This is very dumb and I hate it. Either the robot is the ultimate authority calling balls and strikes or the umpire is. Weird little hybrid shenanigans is a worst-case scenario. Total agreement. It's idiotic. Just use automated balls and strikes even if it's a blunt instrument. All that is needed is consistency.
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Post by patford on Apr 20, 2024 18:18:05 GMT -5
A good chance at the end of the day the Sox will have a better record than the Dodgers.
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Post by patford on Apr 19, 2024 20:36:57 GMT -5
Ceddanne's SS defense has so far been even worse than advertised, and it was advertised as well behind his CF defense. This team just has too many studly outfielders and no SS. Let’s slow the roll here. Let’s have a few games before we make a damning assessment, ok? Right. It's the people who have seen the most of him at SS who all say he's outstanding there.
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Post by patford on Apr 17, 2024 8:49:39 GMT -5
Are there really fans on the forum who went into the season believing the Sox would win the World Series? Because winning the World Series is the only thing that matters. I know that as a fact because I watched; 1967, 1975 and 1986 and the feeling was no different from the Red Sox finishing in last place. It's actually a worse feeling. As that is how I see things this season and the past few are all about how the team might win the World Series at some point in the near future. That is the reason the Sox should immediately get rid of Jansen. It's not that he blows games. It's that he isn't going to be around and I doubt anyone wants him around. So move him. A trade would be perfect. The return isn't even important if a partner will pick up his contract.
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Post by patford on Apr 16, 2024 20:51:21 GMT -5
Anyone game for watching Jansen in the 9th ? ... I thought not.
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Post by patford on Apr 15, 2024 16:48:03 GMT -5
Nice to see an exceptional start by Crawford. The bullpen was bad but it would not have mattered if they were great as 1-0 is the same as 6-0.
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Post by patford on Apr 14, 2024 20:43:09 GMT -5
9-7. Oppositiion is .500. West coast trip outa way. Other than the Devistating news of Story nit terrible No one here (as far as I saw) expected them to compete. Overall mood was off the charts negative. Really they completely pissed away at least two games so they could easily be 11-5.
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Post by patford on Apr 14, 2024 16:21:31 GMT -5
What in the world was Verdugo doing there? That was just bad, any sort of effort there and he's safe. In the look from behind the plate it appears he has a hitch around 1/3 of the way down the line so perhaps he pulled something?
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Post by patford on Apr 13, 2024 12:38:50 GMT -5
I know it's the game thread and all but this feels like a *slight* collective overreaction to Hamilton's first 3 games at SS. He's 26. I've been listening to Chris and Ian on podcasts for going on three years saying he's not a MLB SS.
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Post by patford on Apr 13, 2024 11:16:56 GMT -5
You’d have imagine there’s positive regression to the mean on offense and defense coming… er, right? You'd think the offense will come around. The defense as it stands isn't fixable. Devers has never improved in any measurable way. Duran is a known factor not a young kid who might develop. Casas is never going to be above average and might continue to be well below. SS is a disaster. Hamilton is older and not a MLB caliber player and should not even be on the roster. Rafaela should probably be moved to SS for the sanity of the pitching staff but even he has made more errors already in CF than some outfielders make in a full season. The Sox should also consider Mayer. Sure there's the argument he might be ruined but many teams are aggressively promoting their top prospects. If a prospect is raw and very young they might be ruined but a mature individual with a degree of polish should not be permanently ruined by being rushed. If they have to be sent back down and are ruined by the experience then chances are the prospect is so fragile they were never going to be great anyhow.
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Post by patford on Apr 11, 2024 12:19:40 GMT -5
I'll start worrying about Rafaela when Devers begins to hit.
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Post by patford on Apr 9, 2024 17:41:41 GMT -5
Wasn't able to watch. Nice outing by Bello. How in the world did Winckowski give up 9 hits in two innings and only 3 ER ? More errors leading to runs. I was hoping for better. Starting to look like last year. The Sox have got to lead MLB in unearned runs allowed which says something considering the A's.
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