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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on May 8, 2024 15:21:43 GMT -5
Who jumped into the top 11 to make Wetherholt fall? James Tibbs and Caminiti. The rationale is McDaniel says there is a hot rumor that either the Angels or Pirates might take Tibbs on an underslot deal. Also there are a group of teams near 10 that are taking a long look at Caminiti if the college bats don't fall to their liking. I'd also be very down with Tibbs underslot, if it came to that.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on May 8, 2024 11:33:59 GMT -5
I guess you could say his Red Sox tenure was… brief
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on May 7, 2024 10:12:11 GMT -5
Did Starlyn Nunez get hurt after game 1?
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on May 3, 2024 23:30:53 GMT -5
Nice to see the Salem big 3 (Zanatello, Bleis, Danny Kirwin) have good outings.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on May 3, 2024 23:26:17 GMT -5
How do we feel about the term “lifter” I’m on the fence
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on May 3, 2024 11:36:02 GMT -5
Hamstring injuries come while you're running full speed. It looked like this injury happened when Johanfran was trying to stop. I'm afraid it has to be an acl or mcl. I hope I'm wrong. He really was having a great year. It was a heartbreaking video. It looked to me at the very least knee related not hammy from the way he went down. Looked like ACL but generally ACL is pretty quick diagnosis and it's been a couple days so there's maybe a tiny reason for hope but if I were a betting man I'd still guess ACL. it’s a pretty quick diagnosis at the big league level for sure but probably a little harder to get the proper imaging there. Not saying it’s guaranteed ACL but just saying it’s reasonable for it to be a little slower coming out.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on May 3, 2024 11:13:38 GMT -5
He's acting like Bloom, but the results have been much better. Let's see if he can pull another rabbit out of a hat. This is kinda crazy. Rebuilding the roster one month into the season with cast-offs and guys he's buying for cash as you are playing above expectations. Maybe he does have a great eye for talent. 1) How is he "acting like Bloom" exactly? 2) I don't know that he's "rebuilding the roster," is he? They acquired 3 guys, none of which they probably bother with if Casas and Story don't suffer long-term injuries (maybe get get one to replace Dalbec, whose spot on the roster has always been tenuous). The other is a guy getting healthy. It's all about the injuries. It feels like some people have become so AJ Preller-pilled that they view any move that isn't a huge signing or splash trade as a Moneyball-level type of intricacy when in reality it's most of the day-to-day of the job
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on May 3, 2024 11:11:38 GMT -5
Seems like we're in a slow week for minor league baseball, in that we're spending so much time on one Keith Law chat snippet. Seems like a positive comment, honestly: Mayer lost some luster due to injuries last year but is still a legit top ten prospect and he's performing well now that he's healthy. Developmentally, he has work to do, specifically with respect to breaking balls. That's not a negative take in the least. Lots of folks here just freak out anytime Law doesn't gush over the Sox
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on May 3, 2024 7:50:38 GMT -5
Are there other recent scouting reports discussing his problems hitting sliders. I have not personally seen him, but I’m not going to freak out over a random Keith Law report. Ian just mentioned it on the last podcast and that’s been the common refrain on him for a while, certainly not isolated to just that Law article.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on May 2, 2024 19:52:15 GMT -5
I’d prefer Honeycutt, though both are in the lower end of my preferred outcomes. What I will note is that this article points out what I think will be a more common theme which is that there is a relatively defined top 11. On one hand this is bad news because the Red Sox are picking 12th, on the other hand the MLB Draft gets wonky so there’s a decent chance at least one of those guys (likely Yesavage or one of the high schoolers IMO) falls to the pick.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on May 2, 2024 11:17:13 GMT -5
Jordan is chasing at a 42% clip. That's higher than Rafaela last year. 87% contact rate in-zone is behind only Gasper and, unsurprisingly, Meidroth for minor leaguers with 40+ PA. He's not the antithesis of Rafaela... he's kind of similar. I think they probably meant the antithesis of the specific iteration of Rafaela that was told to take pitches for the sake of taking pitches (though I don’t agree with the comparison)
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on May 1, 2024 14:33:47 GMT -5
my fav under-the-radar story of the season so far is Simas seemingly being on the Worcester roster on an emergency basis and producing results Higher OPS his first few games in AAA than his senior season in high school
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on May 1, 2024 12:39:47 GMT -5
At least they are doing something. They are not sticking with Kiki for months after it was apparent he couldn't handle being an everyday shortstop in the bigs. Casis gets hurt and they bring in a replacement. No way they can be responsible for the replacement getting hurt too. Reyes and Hamilton aren't cutting it at short after Story gets hurt, and Rafaela gets a shot. Now this guy gets a shot to be his backup. It may not work, but at least they are trying something to fix obvious problems.
Assume Hamilton will go down when the new guy arrives. Fix is a generous way to frame it. I'd say this move is adding more duct tape to the problem. That’s called fixing lol fixes can be temporary
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on May 1, 2024 10:47:22 GMT -5
Happy Yoeilin Cespedes month to all who celebrate!
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 30, 2024 21:42:34 GMT -5
Despite all the injuries this team looks like a strong WC contender but it feels like the media hasn't quite picked up on it yet. Surprising that given the size of the NE market that there hasn't been much national attention for the rotation or Wilyer putting himself in the ROTY conversation I'm not one to complain about media stuff but when Ravech was doing the intro for Sunday Night Baseball you would've thought the Sox were 10 games below .500
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 28, 2024 19:41:01 GMT -5
SNB just has too much fluff for my liking. Missing the game. I like the interviews sporadically and I don’t dislike Shota but you can’t do a mid-game interview via interpreter, way too clunky
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 28, 2024 9:20:48 GMT -5
It's hard to get excited about a guy who the Cubs gave away for a bag of beans. I think it’s always important to look at WHY a team would give away a seemingly capable player for so cheap, and in this case their why is probably Michael Busch, who has been lighting it up since he’s come up, and to a lesser extent Matt Mervis who has prospect equity and is maybe harder to shuffle around, though the performance isn’t there yet. I think Cooper probably become a rough fit
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 27, 2024 23:39:33 GMT -5
I know the results haven’t been there yet but gosh there is some potential in that swing
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 27, 2024 18:30:08 GMT -5
At the game today for the first time this year. If anyone wants to sponsor I will volunteer to attend all other games this season I don’t want to get cocky but it’s possible I was the missing link for the red sox I’m pretty sure it was because I was golfing during the whole game. I will be starting a collection from all of y’all so that I can golf during every game moving forward.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 26, 2024 22:05:05 GMT -5
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 26, 2024 20:13:50 GMT -5
Pull side power? Fastball? Hello!!!
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 25, 2024 12:05:44 GMT -5
Uhh.. based on what, exactly? Have you looked at the injury report Yes. And? That doesn't show anything to prove that Cora is doing anything special to keep this team afloat. Honestly, my take is that there are small handfuls of exceptionally great and exceptionally poor managers, and then a lot of guys in the middle that probably don't have as big an impact as most think in either direction. Cora is for sure in that last tier to me, and pointing at the IL as any kind of "evidence" he's doing anything special is pretty ridiculous. Now, if you want to argue that this team would be 10-15 without Andrew Bailey, I'd probably be willing to listen...
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 25, 2024 12:02:22 GMT -5
I'm even madder than I was yesterday and I apologize in advance for any snippiness... Fire Cora. Preferably into the sun, but I'd settle for a trash can in the city of Houston. I get the frustration w/ Cora’s about face, but if he wasn’t the manager this team would be at best a 10-15 team at this point… Uhh.. based on what, exactly?
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 25, 2024 11:02:00 GMT -5
The argument has never been that he can't play shortstop. The scouting consensus is that he's merely above average at SS, but an elite, borderline 80-tier defensive CF. If the bat comes around no one will question him at SS, but he hasn't shown nearly enough with the bat for above average defense at SS to cut it; he has earned every bit of his -0.6 fWAR thus far, mostly due to his offensive limitations.
Until recently the Sox did not have enough healthy outfielders to obligate a Rafaela move to the infield, so this was actually a talking point. Now with 5 healthy OFs, a threadbare IF, and Yoshida already being benched excessively there's no decision to be made. Even if he's replacement level, he's clearly the best man for the job defensively and the Sox need to get their OF bats in the lineup. I think you are seeing what you want to see. Last year there were several comments that given reps he's also a gold glove caliber shortstop. He made tons of great plays at shortstop in the minors and his range is such that he'll make better defenders out of the third baseman, second baseman and left fielder because they can all move a step or two away. I honestly think you are trying to justify a horrible take. Look in general I agree with you that the takes on Rafaela’s shortstop defense weren’t great. On the other hand, accusatory comments that people are seeing what they want to see with Rafaela are EXTREMELY ironic coming from you.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 25, 2024 11:00:49 GMT -5
Can’t believe I’m going to say this, but I think MLB’s make more sense to me than BA’s. Seems like MLB is being more reactionary to poor performances this spring looking at Honeycutt, Morlando, Moore, and Sirota. I get you’re looking at his K% but pretty tough to call Honeycutt’s season a poor performance haha
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