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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 25, 2024 11:49:29 GMT -5
Could they be close to trading Masa and they are keeping him out of the lineup so he doesn’t get hurt? It’s the only thing that makes any sense at this point. I can’t imagine a trade partner unless we are eating a big chunk of his salary which is not this ownerships MO! Time will tell! How is eating salary not in ownerships MO? They just ate all of Sale's salary to bring back Grissom.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 25, 2024 11:20:47 GMT -5
Mike Trout is having an interesting season to say the least. 10 HRs but only 13 RBI which doesn't seem possible and yet.. A 158 wRC+ but is only batting .237 with a .321 OBP but a .598 Slg. Someone needs to get him outta LAA, his contract probably will continue to age poorly but part of me doesn't hate the idea of Trout DH'ing for the Sox.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 25, 2024 10:20:13 GMT -5
There just has to be some kind of leg injury or something. Yoshida's a bad defender in left but not so bad that it makes sense to sit him for Refsnyder against a righty today when he's just had four off days in a row. This would make sense but at the same time why not just say hey he's dealing with something? It's not like it's a full contact sport like hockey and you don't want the other team to know what's hurting. Either way it's strange to me.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 25, 2024 10:08:25 GMT -5
So Cora gets all pissy about Yoshida questions and then proceeds to sit him again. The guy still has legs, maybe play him in LF for a game. The world won't burn to ashes if he plays LF.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 25, 2024 9:14:10 GMT -5
Considering the White Sox are 3 and 21 (Yikes..) and Paul DeJong is off to a solid start, 100 wRC+ albeit with a 41.4 K% so far and he is at 2 OAA at SS so far I'd be on the phone daily with them trying to pry DeJong away until they told Breslow to cut it out. He's an FA after the year and would slot in rather well to this team and allow Rafaela to go back to playing CF full time. It just makes too much sense, I'd rather they go out and get a SS now than to wait until the deadline even though there may be a better option or two available then. Even if there is DeJong would fit well as a bench IF anyway. They clearly have no use for any impending FAs, their season is clearly over. Save them a couple million on their payroll and toss them some lotto ticket, who says no? I was pretty strongly against Rafaela at SS, not so much from concerns about his ability there, but because he has been struggling so much at the plate. But I've changed my mind. Unless an outfielder gets hurt (strong probability), this team is going to be a lot better IMO being able to play all of Duran, Yoshida, Abreu, O'Neill on a daily basis. I would take any and all of those guys offensively over DeJong every day of the week. Now if someone gets hurt (OF, Devers) or especially if Rafaela gets hurt then sure, I'd make the move. Rafaela at SS or 3B makes this team much better offensively. I can see this argument that DeJong isn't all that necessary with Rafaela at SS, perhaps I'm just shell shocked from all the injuries. Even if DeJong is used as a back MI instead of Hamilton I think it'd be worth trying to get him. It feels like they could and should be looking to upgrade on their backup SS options. One injury to any of the OF or Rafaela and they're back to Hamilton or someone like that getting the bulk of SS reps. He shouldn't cost much and would still give them some insurance and flexibility.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 25, 2024 8:59:02 GMT -5
Considering the White Sox are 3 and 21 (Yikes..) and Paul DeJong is off to a solid start, 100 wRC+ albeit with a 41.4 K% so far and he is at 2 OAA at SS so far I'd be on the phone daily with them trying to pry DeJong away until they told Breslow to cut it out.
He's an FA after the year and would slot in rather well to this team and allow Rafaela to go back to playing CF full time. It just makes too much sense, I'd rather they go out and get a SS now than to wait until the deadline even though there may be a better option or two available then. Even if there is DeJong would fit well as a bench IF anyway. They clearly have no use for any impending FAs, their season is clearly over. Save them a couple million on their payroll and toss them some lotto ticket, who says no?
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 25, 2024 6:33:11 GMT -5
Saying Rafaela is the SS of the future is a bold take. I'm not convinced his best role isn't being a super utility guy who starts 100-120 games a year. I hope I am wrong and he is the full time CF of the future but that might depend on whether Roman Anthony can handle CF at the big league level.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 24, 2024 18:36:47 GMT -5
I refuse to believe there isn't a better option than dalbec to play first base in the org.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 24, 2024 18:32:55 GMT -5
I think they wait until they know for sure what they have in Teel before they extend Wong. If the team is tanking at the deadline, I wouldn’t be surprised if Breslow flips him for some players of value if he’s still having a hot season. To me trading Wong would make no sense even if Teel hits his ceiling. A teel/Wong platoon could make for one of the best catchers tandems in the league.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 24, 2024 14:54:18 GMT -5
I'm not angling to deal Duran but I can see his rationale, in the right deal I would certainly make him available. What that deal might be, I couldn't say. Perhaps a deal for a RHH OF of similar control/ability just to balance out the lineup. Did O’Neill & Refsynder die? EDIT: Given the way the injuries have been piling up, entirely possible they might 💀 My apologies, I'm not saying they should really entertain a Duran trade in-season. I meant after the season is over, especially if Anthony is ready. However even if he Anthony is ready they can certainly figure it out if their OF consists of some combo of Duran/Abreu/Rafaela/Anthony. I should have put it another way, I wouldn't trade Duran just for the sake of trading him to break up the LHH OF issue but I am also of the mindset that no player should really be off limits in trade talks.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 24, 2024 14:18:52 GMT -5
I understand selling high in general has its appeal, but trading Duran right now seems insane to me.
He's finally playing good defense, he's improved his BB% and cut his K%. He's shown positive adjustments at every level. He's dynamic, athletic, young and cheap.
For a team that isn't ready to go all-in yet, that's exactly the kind of player you want to keep around.
+1, Duran is one of our best players… I want to specifically add that he’s 10 for 26 with 5 BB and 7 K against LHP so far this year, and if you go back to the beginning of 2023, it’s 23 for 71 with 8 BB and 22 K. Being overwhelmingly left handed is for sure a roster build/synergy concern, but with Duran specifically, he is no longer a player we have to shield from LHP. He doesn’t have to have a caddy. I'm not angling to deal Duran but I can see his rationale, in the right deal I would certainly make him available. What that deal might be, I couldn't say. Perhaps a deal for a RHH OF of similar control/ability just to balance out the lineup.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 24, 2024 13:37:15 GMT -5
This is absurd injury luck so far this year. Can Houck just pitch every game?
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 24, 2024 9:37:29 GMT -5
I thought the extension was unnecessary when it was signed and if anything I feel worse about it than I did at the time. That being said I'm not going to write him off as a potential impact starter yet and knew he was going to have growing pains. His approach at the plate is never going to be particularly good but hopefully his sneaky power will show itself enough and he will make enough contact to not be a below average MLB hitter.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 23, 2024 18:33:20 GMT -5
This offense is brutal.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 23, 2024 15:33:21 GMT -5
Casas has a rib fracture and is out "awhile" according to Cora. Is that a full season type thing? It would seem possible that it may be. Probably no telling at this moment how long it may take his rib to heal 100 percent. Sounds like that's a minimum of 6 weeks without activity. So you're looking at the All-Star break. The buzzard luck the Sox have had so far I wouldn't bet on the minimum unfortunately. Either way it's going to be tough to stack up enough W's to stay competitive without arguably their best hitter.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 23, 2024 15:18:18 GMT -5
Casas has a rib fracture and is out "awhile" according to Cora. Is that a full season type thing? It would seem possible that it may be. Probably no telling at this moment how long it may take his rib to heal 100 percent.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 23, 2024 14:44:12 GMT -5
Putting a claim on Cooper seems like a no brainer to me..
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 23, 2024 12:58:11 GMT -5
I like Meidroth, he seems like a guy who while probably never a starter will be helpful to an ML squad. That being said I don't think I'd want to add him to the 40 and burn an option this year since he's unlikely to stick the rest of the season in the majors. He feels like the type of guy where those options could be very valuable as an up and down player at least early on in his MLB career. Hopefully he's able to just stick up in the majors but we'll see.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 23, 2024 9:49:26 GMT -5
Rob Refsnyder has half of Verdugo’s bWAR… in 4 games. And he is 4th in Sox OF bWAR behind Duran, Abreu, and O’Neill. Seems like Breslow knew what he was doing when he jettisoned AV. (OTOH, I note Masa has the same oWAR as Kenley Jansen. Kind of tough to have a DH whose value is the same as a guy who never bats). Yoshida probably will have the rest of the year to flip the script but if he doesn't then I don't really know what they do with him? At his current production he's not worthy of a 40 man roster spot none the less an MLB roster spot. I suppose it's too early right now to speculate but I wouldn't be all that surprised to see him DFA'd this offseason. Hopefully he turns it around and this thought becomes moot.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 21, 2024 7:09:04 GMT -5
I'm on a huge pearl jam kick since I have tix to see them in Sept but their new album is pretty solid in my opinion. Not going to claim its among their best stuff but it's good none the less.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 20, 2024 20:04:47 GMT -5
Not only all of that his entire family are elite athletes- athleticism is quite literally something that runs in his family lmao His brother Luke will always be remembered by me as a huge heels fan. That dagger shot he hit over Kentucky in the tourney in 17 and then they won. I hope drake is just as clutch.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 20, 2024 18:54:40 GMT -5
It really seems for whatever reason a lot of the write-ups just want to tear down maye and in some cases just make up crap. He's plenty athletic. The way many writeups talk about him you'd think he'd be lucky to go 2nd round instead of 2nd overall.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 20, 2024 18:47:26 GMT -5
Mid may seemed the best case scenario going into this week with the news so far so let's hope that's the case.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 20, 2024 18:36:57 GMT -5
I don’t love that answer. That answer sounds really really ominous. I'm very concerned.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 20, 2024 15:21:31 GMT -5
Just saw that too and wondered the same..
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