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Post by burythehammer on Mar 16, 2016 15:56:49 GMT -5
You can imagine how players would act towards a beat writer if they reported it every time one of them yelled at somebody. Doesn't mean it's not something fans would like to know about.
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Post by burythehammer on Mar 16, 2016 15:44:44 GMT -5
Don't be fooled by Tomase. This is how beat writers react when someone outside the clubhouse reports something. "That's beneath us. Non-story."
I don't doubt that it happens more than we realize, and I wouldn't expect it to be reported normally, but come on. It's spring training and Sandoval's already *that* on edge that he's flipping out on a guy over a completely innocuous story? What's gonna happen when he's hitting .210 in May and he's being painted as Satan himself by every talk radio idiot/columnist in town?
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Post by burythehammer on Mar 13, 2016 11:47:29 GMT -5
Yeah. There's a reason he's the first GM you've ever heard of to end up a first base coach.
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Post by burythehammer on Mar 9, 2016 16:50:21 GMT -5
edit: nevermind
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Post by burythehammer on Mar 9, 2016 10:03:00 GMT -5
Yeah. Harder to believe now that the oxilofrine thing was really an honest mistake.
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Post by burythehammer on Mar 7, 2016 7:14:10 GMT -5
Bang up job here, guys.
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Post by burythehammer on Mar 3, 2016 13:51:48 GMT -5
I'm going to assume Bogaerts will be dead in 2916.  Waiting for eric to disprove this Take a bow, sir. |
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Post by burythehammer on Feb 25, 2016 6:59:35 GMT -5
If they're actually attempting to make a conscious shift away from analytics, or "the numbers," as they were ominously referred to as, how is that even going to take place? Are they gonna scrap any statistic that is more "advanced" than the AVG/HR/RBI line and fielding percentage? Would they wipe the memories of their employees and get them to only subscribe to traditional scouting? I dunno. But they now have a guy running their team who uses RBI when describing what kind of offensive player a guy is, which I heard with my own ears by Dombrowski the other day re: Pablo Sandoval. It seems to me that there is literally nothing that would convince some people that this team is not going to be using information in the most progressive way possible. They can hire Dave Dombrowski, the owner can come out and say it blatantly, and still we get people here saying, "What's the big deal? They're not really gonna do it." BTW, if you say they "lucked" into a World Series in 2013, or it was a fluke, you're a moron. I'm sorry, you just are. You are no better than the average idiot that calls into WEEI. |
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Post by burythehammer on Feb 24, 2016 10:12:03 GMT -5
I think 73 is conservative, but criticizing someone for not giving serious weight to the notion that Neo has a "non-zero chance of being in the discussion as the best ever at his position" is flat out silly.
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Post by burythehammer on Feb 22, 2016 20:14:01 GMT -5
No, ya think? I thought it was normal to be 5'11 and weigh 270 pounds. |
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Post by burythehammer on Feb 22, 2016 13:48:43 GMT -5
Yeah I shouldn't say it's weird, I take that back. It's actually wholly predictable and transparent, particularly on the media's part.
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Post by burythehammer on Feb 22, 2016 6:56:55 GMT -5
I have never been and never will be a big Sandoval fan, but when has he ever not been fat? He was fat when he was good, and he's fat now. It's so weird to see people pretend that this isn't all just angst about his horrible performance last year.
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Post by burythehammer on Feb 19, 2016 19:54:48 GMT -5
What the hell? That would be very odd in my opinion. To clarify, never seen him live and in person. This is still surprising, no? For a top 10 pick? |
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Post by burythehammer on Feb 17, 2016 22:23:55 GMT -5
FYI, "I think he's going to be good" is not evidence that Keith Law "missed" on that player.
You've given literally one example of a guy with a proven MLB track record, Reddick, and he was arguably not even a "low upside" prospect.
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Post by burythehammer on Feb 16, 2016 17:58:51 GMT -5
Fair enough. It was a common argument but you weren't really making it specifically.
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Post by burythehammer on Feb 16, 2016 13:05:53 GMT -5
He also held onto the top 4 despite everyone trying to pry them away. Not to get too off topic, but I hate this argument. It's like saying, "The Angels acquired Andrelton Simmons, and they didn't even have to give up Mike Trout! Automatically a good trade!" None of the big four would even be a consideration for anyone we traded for this offseason. |
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Post by burythehammer on Feb 16, 2016 12:51:22 GMT -5
Very surprised by this take. Law himself will admit and has admitted that he will miss on these types of prospects. Please provide an exact quote. Because frankly I think you're probably misrepresenting what he said. And that doesn't change the fact that neither of your examples have even played a full season in MLB. Having a good 55 games (all based on catcher defensive WAR) does not mean Vazquez should've been a highly ranked prospect. |
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Post by burythehammer on Feb 16, 2016 7:52:58 GMT -5
So you claim Law misses on a certain kind of player "all the time" and you name two examples, high of whom have done virtually nothing in their major league career. I'm pretty sure Klaw never said, "Workman will never have a half a season of being a decent middle reliever."
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Post by burythehammer on Feb 14, 2016 7:45:26 GMT -5
Screw it, let's shoot for 4 in the top 5 next year. I know this is not how it works but if you simply remove all the guys with 2016 ETAs this might not actually be that far off. |
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Post by burythehammer on Feb 13, 2016 5:21:23 GMT -5
Well, I take back what I said, at least as far as BA's list goes. They are all in on him.
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Post by burythehammer on Feb 13, 2016 5:15:49 GMT -5
Wow, 19? I think I'm gettin' the vapors.
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Post by burythehammer on Feb 12, 2016 13:44:22 GMT -5
I would be stunned because that would mean he finished the year in at least AA if not AAA.
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Post by burythehammer on Feb 12, 2016 10:44:17 GMT -5
I dont get how BA can have us 4th and Klaw can have us 10th... Thats a very large discrepancy It's really not, though. |
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Post by burythehammer on Jan 30, 2016 18:12:19 GMT -5
I actually didn't even know it was already in the rules, I was just making an assumption. But yeah, there ya go.
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Post by burythehammer on Jan 30, 2016 13:24:16 GMT -5
If a draft is instituted then the teams that are on probation will just have a pick or multiple picks taken away from them. MLB is not just gonna forget that the Red Sox and Yankees penalties are supposed to run through 2017.
Still worth it, so it was a smart move, as you say.
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