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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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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 24, 2024 21:41:04 GMT -5
For the gung ho about pitching crowd, William Schmidt’s profile reads preeeeeettyy good
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 24, 2024 14:39:45 GMT -5
Not that this is the time for any trade discussion, but if the deadline came around and things weren't better from a health perspective/still on a good track competitiveness-wise, the only logical sell candidates IMO are O'Neill, Martin, and Jansen. '
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 24, 2024 11:17:49 GMT -5
Jonathan Brand has been promoted to Portland after a great start to the season. Brendan Cellucci up to Worcester. Will be interested for someone to get an eye on Brand and see if the stuff has ticked up at all, or if he's just getting by in the lower levels by knowing how to pitch.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 23, 2024 20:51:46 GMT -5
Seeing Erick Fedde come back and pitch well is cool. That is all.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 23, 2024 17:12:06 GMT -5
Zanetello finally in the lineup for Salem. Leading off and DH'ing. If I had to take blame for jinxing Casas into an injury, I'm taking credit for this one too!
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 23, 2024 17:11:22 GMT -5
Thanks for doing the legwork on this. I had that exact same question. So it's *possible* that Kavadas wouldn't be terrible. But still, what's his ceiling? A barely adequate hitter who can only play 1B, and not even particularly well? (Not directed at you, in particular, ajs.) Barely adequate hitter? doesnt he have like a 1300+ OPS right now? The reason not to call him up would be that he hits a ton, but will will he be able to manage the K's against major league pitching. He has a 1.089 OPS.... in AAA.... in 52 PA's....
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 23, 2024 15:16:42 GMT -5
If your argument is to play him because he's hot but "hot" involves a 30+% K%, then I am more or less out on that idea. If he were already on the 40 man roster, then sure. But if you're going to do some reconfiguration of the 40 man anyway, you might as well pursue an option that has some sort of major league track record. I understand but he's an internal option that is worth a look right now until Casas comes back. I understand where you're coming from but why get someone from outside the organization for just a few weeks. He can also build some trade value at the very least but it would probably help him to come up with and play with the big boys and get a taste. He did win minor league player of the year for us so he's got the potential. I would rather see him then Dalbec or Reyes at 1st right now which was my main point. I think if you get the right external option there’s no guarantee he’s just a stopgap. I think Garrett Cooper makes a ton of sense as a rest of season option as a RHH platoon to Casas who can also probably slide in left in certain situations against lefties. But even if it is a short term option either one is going to be here for a few weeks so you should maximize your window now as this team is good enough to at least compete. If you put Kavadas on the 40 man you’ve potentially got Dalbec 2.0, the cost of cutting a guy off the 40 is way higher than the cost of never putting him on to begin with.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 23, 2024 15:03:49 GMT -5
Manifesting Craig’s Cub connections playing a role here
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