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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 27, 2024 13:13:09 GMT -5
Wouldn’t mind a Jalen Beeks reunion. Been money against LHH, has 9 saves Rather have Eovaldi
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 27, 2024 12:18:43 GMT -5
Bowden reported yesterday the red sox have engaged chicago on Crochet. I dont think it will happen, but if it did- what does the package look like? Anthony, yorke, ++? Chicago would be asking for Anthony, Mayer/Teel, then more Also wouldn’t put much stock in that Bowden rumor. He named basically every large market team, then hedged even further by adding “among others” Did I hear it right that Crochet is demanding a contact extension by the acquiring team or else he wont pitch in the post season if his acquiring team makes it? If so, that is so abhorrent and selfish in my book. Imagine Nate Eovaldi saying to Cora, sorry man but I wont put myself on the line because next year I become a free agent and dont want to risk myself in a marathon World Series game. Fortunately Eovaldi isnt selfish like that and that's a big reason they won that series- while he took one for the team, the Dodgers bullpen burnt out and that fueled the Sox big comeback win in Game 4 and deflated the Dodgers for Game 5. Point is Crochet is saying unless you sign me to whatever I demand my teammates , who have busted their butts to get into the playoffs, are SOL on regards to me helping them get a ring. That's off putting to me. Yes the acquiring team would want to try to extend him, but those negotiating tactics are downright selfish and screw over his new teammates, which would piss me off if I were one of his new teammates. If that's his agent and not him, he should dump his agent. If I'm understanding this correctly I dont want him on the team nor would I even entertain the idea of giving up a potential star for a guy who had made about 20 starts in his career. He's not freaking Randy Johnson.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 27, 2024 12:05:48 GMT -5
I was thinking along the lines of the minors pitchers coming up to the majors, so that was just poor wording on my part. I dont see many obvious candidates to join them soon. Do you? I think Sandlin is their best bet. Crawford has always been a starter. AC even came out and said it when he was struggling with a 5+ ERA and got moved to the pen a couple times because he was the low man on the ladder at the time. It just takes time for most starters to be ready. I know Crawford was starting in the minors but the report on his was mid to back end starter of high leverage reliever. This was unlike Bello who was projected as a starter all the way.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 27, 2024 11:59:47 GMT -5
This guy is getting harder to ignore by the day. Is playing short again with Mayer out. Now hiring .390 at AA. I know there is a log jam at wooster of middle infielders, but I am not sure Campbell has anything left to prove at AA. Is it too early to promote him again? Would hate to go out and trade half the farm system for a right handed bat and find out we had one in Campbell all the time. He has a ridiculous BABIP, but even if you let the air out of it, he's still raking. I expect he'll hammer pitchers in AAA just like Nick Yorke is doing. Just like Kavadas and Dalbec have done. Just like Rafaela. He'll either struggle or initially succeed and then struggle when he winds up in the majors, but that's normal. I dont know what to make of his weird swing mechanics but if its working there's no reason to change it unless its clearly not working which could be the case in the majors. But the 3 scenarios are it works in the majors too and the Sox have an all star. Or it could fail and he could readjust his swing to something else the coaches recommend for him as this wasnt his original swing and he has already proven that he's highly adaptable and highly coachable, which bodes well for him making successful adjustments if he struggles. Or his swing fails and he's nothing special in the majors. While all 3 scenarios are possible I just think the 3rd scenario is least likely. I could be wrong but I think the Sox have something special here in Campbell.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 27, 2024 9:55:06 GMT -5
I like Valdez and would worry that he may have a Dan Uggla-esque career in him, but the logic of trading him is pretty overwhelming. Among their bevy of 2B options you'd rather have a righty; and for a lefty middle infielder you'd rather have Hamilton. It's hard to imagine a role for him on the team in 2025. I dont know if his defense will get to the point he could really be a major league 2b and he still doesnt hit lefties and he hasn't exactly demolished righties yet either. I feel like there's something there with him, but I'm not sure he reaches it and I dont really see it happening with the Sox. At best he might be a 2nd division platoon starting 2b?
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 27, 2024 9:52:35 GMT -5
Does that describe Enmmanuel Valdez? Also Grissom (but I’m not sure he counts since he’s on the IL and wouldn’t make sense for a reliever), Dalbec, Heineman (but he wouldn’t make sense), Keller and Wingenter Valdez is probably the best bet Yeah, I was also thinking Grissom for Carlos Estevez, which while I like Estevez, I wouldn't do because I like Grissom a lot better.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 27, 2024 9:37:08 GMT -5
Does that describe Enmmanuel Valdez?
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 27, 2024 9:33:47 GMT -5
Why aren’t Houck Crawford and Bello the pitching core? I was thinking along the lines of the minors pitchers coming up to the majors, so that was just poor wording on my part. I dont see many obvious candidates to join them soon. Do you? I think Sandlin is their best bet.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 27, 2024 9:29:42 GMT -5
Depends on the cost of playing in the sandbox. I'd rather the Sox do smaller moves and preserve the guys who I think will be core members one day, which for me is Mayer, Anthony, Teel, Camobell, Montgomery, and Arias. I'd discuss anybody else but not them which would mean theyd have to aim lower. Which I'm certainly ok with. I dont think they need to swing for the fences to make the playoffs. It's notable that your core doesn't include pitching. That's because there really isnt a pitching core yet. I like David Sandlin the best of who they got. Cruz-Rodriguez, if I have the name right, is intriguing. But it's not like when I was a kid and you had Hurst, then Tudor, then Ojeda, then Boyd, then Nipper, and eventually Clemens, who you knew if he'd stay healthy would be a star. They develop pitchers differently these days so I have no idea what a promising pitching prospect looks like. Crawford and Houck came up and I had no idea if they're starters or relievers. Wasnt like that then. You knew they were starters, groomed to throw 200 innings. Now they're relievers who can start and are trained to throw as hard as they can with as much spin as they can for a about 150 innings or until their next TJS. It's almost like pitchers are more interchangeable these days, so its hard for me to say the Sox need to hang onto this guy or that guy. Besides look at all their top 5 lists. Do you see any pitchers on them? No, you dont. Maybe that changes one day, but it isnt now or the near future.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 27, 2024 9:17:14 GMT -5
MDY were 49-21 and are now 60-45. Their 11-24 has certainly made catching up easier, and is much more representative of the team they are. I picked them to finish fourth in the division before the season started. I still think they can get there. The teams who were mega-hot to start the year have taken big falls: MFY, Oriels, Dodgers,…. Only the Phillies and Cleveland remain over .600 winning percentage. The injuries have leveled over the standings more so than any year I can remember on the top of the standings. Even that being the case, the number of teams with a realistic chance for the wild card has not really increased that much as only 3 teams are under .400 winning percentage….most of the bad teams are not horrible and can beat you on any given day depending on the pitching match up. I dont think either represents the Yankees. They're not the .700 team they started out as. They're not the .300 team that theyve been the past month. I think they're an 85 - 88 win team, just like the Red Sox. They managed to stay above .500 last year and made a major addition in Soto and played extremely well for almost half a season, without Gerit Cole. Now, the reality is sinking in that instead of being a 1 monster 8 scrub lineup like last year, they're a 2 monster/7 scrub lineup, which is still a lot of scrubs. It's like they have Manny and Ortiz, but dont have a Damon, a Mueller, a Varitek, or a Nixon. Cole came back and unsurprisingly isnt himself. Holmes is no Rivera. He is quite hittable. The rest of the pen is ok, but not great. When healthy, Kahnle is tough. Gil is good, but nobody else on that staff worries you. They're ok, but not particularly good. Theyll play better and stay afloat because that's what they do. Theyll acquire guys, perhaps Tanner Scott, and theyll stop losing 2/3 of their games, but they're no juggernaut. At this stage, where they are in the standings now, that's about as good in totality as they are, with the Red Sox right near them.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 27, 2024 9:04:56 GMT -5
The Yankees also built up a heck of a lead and aren't on the outside looking in. The Yankees do look like an absolute train wreck and I don't think they'll be adding much because they're proving to not being a very good team, but they're 5 up in WC 1. The Red Sox are 1 out of WC3. Not apples to apples. But the Red Sox ended up winning so if they can take this series that would help greatly. The pitching has been very, very bad since the break, but luckily the offense has been good despite no RHH. 5 up? Looks like they’re 3.5 out as of tonight and could be just 1.5 if they win tomorrow and Sunday 👀 You're right. They should sell, lol
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 26, 2024 23:12:17 GMT -5
Let's see. The Yankees closer has sucked. Their LF sucks. Half their lineup is under .230. Cole doesnt look good. Their other catcher let the Sox steal 9 bases against them. They're a game out of 1st place. They're 5 up in the Wild Card. Maybe the Yankees should sell. The Yankees also built up a heck of a lead and aren't on the outside looking in. The Yankees do look like an absolute train wreck and I don't think they'll be adding much because they're proving to not being a very good team, but they're 5 up in WC 1. The Red Sox are 1 out of WC3. Not apples to apples. But the Red Sox ended up winning so if they can take this series that would help greatly. The pitching has been very, very bad since the break, but luckily the offense has been good despite no RHH. You make it sound like the Red Sox are way out if it and have all these issues while the freaking Twins and Royals who are barely ahead of the Red Sox are juggernauts with no issues. I didn't see you listing their issues. Look, I'm no homer, blowing sunshine up the butt. You've seen my posts here long enough to know that, but if they fold their tents because they fall a game or 2 out of a playoff spot, then theyd be a bunch of losers and if I was a free agent I wouldnt want to go there. Why the hell would i want to be on a team that folds so easily and acts like the season should end in July? Every damn team has issues. I dont think the Sox issues are that egregious that without a minor tweak or 2, that they can't overturn a small deficit to meh teams and make the playoffs. Its there for the taking if they dont act like a bunch of quitters.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 26, 2024 22:16:16 GMT -5
I think Paxton is above Speas, Wingenter and Keller. That's 3 guys who I suspect they would DFA before Paxton. They gave up a guy they signed for $25k. They can find another kid with the same chance of making the big leagues as Bolivar for $25k. They didn't even cut anyone to add Paxton to the roster. If they find 4 pitchers to add and need to DFA Paxton, they can. Until then, he can eat innings. This is really almost unambiguously a neutral impact expected signing at worst. At best, he could prove a big upside surprise working back with a team where he was comfortable. It almost certainly does not inhibit any other deal. You guys are smarter than I on this stuff. But there is no decision that is made, in baseball or in life, that doesn't have opportunity cost. So while, all this may be true, I wonder if you can tell me if you think they are going to, or should, make a deal bigger than this before the deadline. Because, not to put too fine a point on it, that was the biggest part of my initial response in this thread. If you or Chris or others like this move or think it is not inhibitive. or even that important. to anything else they may do, that is kind of my point. This is fine for what it is, but I would rather they play in the big sandbox. Depends on the cost of playing in the sandbox. I'd rather the Sox do smaller moves and preserve the guys who I think will be core members one day, which for me is Mayer, Anthony, Teel, Camobell, Montgomery, and Arias. I'd discuss anybody else but not them which would mean theyd have to aim lower. Which I'm certainly ok with. I dont think they need to swing for the fences to make the playoffs.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 26, 2024 21:52:14 GMT -5
I disagreed with Tyler O'Neill getting PH for. Before I could bitch about it Abreu was driving in the tying run. Cora just has the knack. From your lips to God's ears as that knack has rarely worked outside of 2018 and 2021. Haha 😅 I wish I knew what the batting average was when Cora elected to PH. I suspect it's over .300 but I have no idea. Just feels like it.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 26, 2024 21:47:13 GMT -5
I'm assuming CB2 was in the sky box tonight and I'm looking for a flurry of trades tonight before the adrenaline wears off... If he does that what would we have left to do on Tuesday?
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 26, 2024 21:45:58 GMT -5
I disagreed with Tyler O'Neill getting PH for. Before I could bitch about it Abreu was driving in the tying run.
Cora just has the knack.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 26, 2024 21:40:41 GMT -5
I liked when ex-Yankee farm hand Garrett Whitlock turned out the lights on their 2021 season. absolutely, and you and I both know...there are exceptions to every rule. LOL. but not those asshats. !!! Take Judge and Soto off that team and they wouldnt manage .500
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 26, 2024 21:34:42 GMT -5
Yankees should sell. I'll take Soto and Judge My man. No. Never. Our traitors go to them. We don't ever want someone wearing that uni put on the scared Red Sox game gear. I liked when ex-Yankee farm hand Garrett Whitlock turned out the lights on their 2021 season.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 26, 2024 21:22:42 GMT -5
Yankees should sell. I'll take Soto and Judge
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 26, 2024 21:22:13 GMT -5
Time for the autopsy on YES network
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 26, 2024 21:21:31 GMT -5
YES!!!
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 26, 2024 21:18:31 GMT -5
Need another one
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 26, 2024 21:15:47 GMT -5
Why must everybody in the bullpen suck?
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 26, 2024 21:13:54 GMT -5
Let's see. The Yankees closer has sucked. Their LF sucks. Half their lineup is under .230. Cole doesnt look good. Their other catcher let the Sox steal 9 bases against them. They're a game out of 1st place. They're 5 up in the Wild Card. Maybe the Yankees should sell.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 26, 2024 21:07:33 GMT -5
Need more
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