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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Mar 2, 2024 19:35:39 GMT -5
All I will say about Jim Bowden’s takes is there’s a reason he’s got a Sirius XM show and not a job with a Major League Baseball team. Wouldn't it logically follow that any non-front office employee's opinion -- including all found here, including your own -- must also be summarily dismissed? People don’t dismiss Bowden because he isn’t working for a team, they dismiss him because he did it and was demonstrably awful at it.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Mar 2, 2024 9:56:16 GMT -5
Listened to Jim Bowden's XM MLB radio rant for 15 minutes on the Red Sox since they were highlighted yesterday on their spring training highlight. Here's the highlights, according to Bowden (I'm paraphrasing of course)- -Boston's farm system is overrated. -Jared Duran doesn't have enough depth perception (I don't know what that means, maybe someone else can translate) -Giolito is a very bad baseball pitcher, but a good baker in a kitchen. -Didn't like Nick Pivetta walking 50 batters in 142 innings last year. Scoffed at that idea, in fact. -Called the Sox a bad run organization from top to bottom. -He liked Bryan Bello 2 years ago, but saw a completely lesser pitcher last year. Wondering what happened to him? Don't shoot the messenger. Jim Bowden: I feel bad for you. Red Sox Fans: I don't think about you at all. Y’know I’ll actually place a bit of weight on this. Because if there’s one guy in the media who would know a thing or two about “bad run organizations”, it’s Jim Bowden.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Mar 1, 2024 22:25:39 GMT -5
Hagen Smith goes 6IP 1H 1ER 1BB 12K against Murray State. Arkansas fan. Watched every pitch. The slider is way different this year. Tighter and harder. It’s gross. He threw 2 get me over curveballs today on 0-0 counts which I found interesting. I’ll keep checking in. I think if he proves he can throw strikes he’s going to be in play for Breslow. If he can throw strikes he’s going to be gone well before Breskow can make the decision imo
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Mar 1, 2024 16:17:33 GMT -5
According to the box score, Nick Yorke is playing 3B. I believe that's the first time he's played 3B in his pro career. Box score updated him to 2B and Meidroth at 3B. Booooo!!!
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Mar 1, 2024 14:49:16 GMT -5
According to the box score, Nick Yorke is playing 3B. I believe that's the first time he's played 3B in his pro career. Given that they're clearly trying to get him some experience at different spots, I wonder if they'll give him some run at first at some point. I don't think that should be his everyday position but I think in the best case scenario in which Grissom is an everyday 2B, having flexibility at both first and third as sporadic platoon options for Casas and Devers makes a lot of sense in my mind.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Mar 1, 2024 14:16:31 GMT -5
Massachusetts native Jonathan Santucci today - 6 IP, 1 H, 2 BB, 14 K. Not quite Hagen Smith and not quite Oregon State-level competition, but not a bad day at the office.
I know there's been some mixed messaging given what this FO may prioritize in terms of pitching traits, but I think the present stuff, future command types are what they'll gravitate towards and it would not surprise me to see him in the mix if he stays healthy and if Smith/Burns/Brecht are all off the board.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Mar 1, 2024 0:12:46 GMT -5
The latter. Anthony is a great player but he has a grand total of 43 PA's above High-A and while he was excellent last year, there were also things that he still needs to work on (not citing anything new as it's in the SP report, but breaking balls and lefties in particular) and he's ultimately going to be best served doing that in the minors where he can play every day and actually face pitchers that challenge his weaknesses, as throwing him to the fire now would likely serve to hurt the big league team. I think you can pretty easily rule it out, given that once a lot of the established big leaguers get healthy the opportunities for him to show out are going to dwindle pretty substantially. It's great to see that he's managed to hold his own in his opportunities, though. I rule out things that are 100 percent true - so no, not easy; I’m talking about the 5 percentile ceiling here - for as bad as this offseason has been, however unlikely, there is undoubtedly a path for Roman to make the team - you don’t send your best player to the farm to preserve roster construction on a team expected to win less than 80 games. If we’re talking about the probable route, of course, I think it would be a pretty big surprise for him to start anywhere but AA. With that said, when you read a quote like the one above, it’s pretty clear that the chance of him breaking camp with the team is not 0 (50/1 sounds about right, but im a homer and eternally optimistic and would probably take the bet at 20/1 after reading that quote). Said another way, I still can’t rule it out - you do your math and I’ll do mine. Look you can feel how you want despite how illogical it is, but how on earth does the quote make it clear that the chance he makes the roster isn’t 0? There’s nothing substantive about the team’s thoughts on his chances, it’s just that he wants to make it. Spoiler alert, every player in camp WANTS to make it. You’re not talking about 50/1, you’re talking about 500/1. And I’m not quite sure where you got the “roster construction” piece, cause that wasn’t even close to my point. Go look at some of the guys that got run last spring. Miguel Bleis got a hit! And while that was great, I don’t think anyone had deluded themselves about his chances at that point.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 29, 2024 20:39:25 GMT -5
Do you have links to back this up? It feels like you make both these claims often (that you were early on a take and that you were widely teased for it) and truthfully I’ve always been pretty skeptical of both. I think there has always been some level of doubt that Sogard could be a real contributor but I can’t imagine anyone A) feeling strongly enough about it or B) wanting to manifest a Red Sox prospect failing that they’d have laughed at you for the take. I looked for Sogard in his posts from April back to January last year. Couldn`t find anything but did see Kavadas would be on the opening day roster. Plus a lot of Casas can`t hit but can only get BB. We all make wrong predictions. It`s the claim that he was laughed at that got to me. I remember the “Casas can’t hit” era very well.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 29, 2024 20:08:32 GMT -5
Funny last year I was asking about Sogard seeing how consistent he was and everyone laughed at me. Now he might make the team! lol Do you have links to back this up? It feels like you make both these claims often (that you were early on a take and that you were widely teased for it) and truthfully I’ve always been pretty skeptical of both. I think there has always been some level of doubt that Sogard could be a real contributor but I can’t imagine anyone A) feeling strongly enough about it or B) wanting to manifest a Red Sox prospect failing that they’d have laughed at you for the take.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 29, 2024 17:40:45 GMT -5
This isn’t even something we should really want. It’s not going to be what’s best for his development and I think in a best case scenario for this season’s development he’d have a real shot at ROY next year. Curious whether you’re referencing something specific, or if you think he’s just too inexperienced in general? My point being, superstars break the mold, you can’t apply the typical rules or averages to truly exceptional players (I.e., Soto, Acuna, Tatis, more recently, A-Rod, Griffey, Andruw Jones come to mind from another time). I’m not saying Roman is necessarily a bona fide superstar (how could we know at this stage), but if he is, I’d expect him to show out this spring in a way that would make it difficult to impossible to send him back down when the spring concludes. FWIW - I don’t think that’s a likely outcome, but I can’t (and don’t want to) rule it out. The latter. Anthony is a great player but he has a grand total of 43 PA's above High-A and while he was excellent last year, there were also things that he still needs to work on (not citing anything new as it's in the SP report, but breaking balls and lefties in particular) and he's ultimately going to be best served doing that in the minors where he can play every day and actually face pitchers that challenge his weaknesses, as throwing him to the fire now would likely serve to hurt the big league team. I think you can pretty easily rule it out, given that once a lot of the established big leaguers get healthy the opportunities for him to show out are going to dwindle pretty substantially. It's great to see that he's managed to hold his own in his opportunities, though.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 29, 2024 17:13:53 GMT -5
Is there anything Anthony could realistically do in camp to start the year in the majors assuming no injuries to any of the existing OF or a trade? No This isn’t even something we should really want. It’s not going to be what’s best for his development and I think in a best case scenario for this season’s development he’d have a real shot at ROY next year.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 26, 2024 20:38:43 GMT -5
No, I’m saying possessing even an ounce of common sense should make anyone able to read that tweet and understand that there’s a very clear motive behind tweeting it at all, and inferring anything else is just a withering attempt at clinging onto preexisting biases (in case you aren’t picking up on it, I’m saying that’s what you’re doing). Of course they have motivations. Also doesn't mean what they're saying isnt true. Again, until Cotillo is wrong this off-season, then the only people who lack common sense are the people who are attacking him (in case you aren't picking up on it, I'm saying that's what you're doing) Except literally no one has said what Cotillo reports is wrong, we just think he looks like a total loser doing it, so you’re creating a straw man argument just to find reasons to complain.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 26, 2024 20:10:29 GMT -5
A large swath of the fan base has become so broken in the brain that they are now attempting to paint AGENTS as actors of good faith. Can’t make it up!
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 26, 2024 20:08:16 GMT -5
Sorry but if you can’t see the obvious slant here, then you’re just as blinded by whatever’s gotten to him as well, even if he is reporting accurately. So if he gets a direct quote from an agent, you want him to change the quote because it might hurt someone's feelings? Do I have that right? No, I’m saying possessing even an ounce of common sense should make anyone able to read that tweet and understand that there’s a very clear motive behind tweeting it at all, and inferring anything else is just a withering attempt at clinging onto preexisting biases (in case you aren’t picking up on it, I’m saying that’s what you’re doing).
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 26, 2024 19:41:25 GMT -5
Until Cotillo is actually wrong on something that matters this off-season, his articles should be taken as gospel. He still deserves an apology thread for the ridiculous comments that have been thrown his way the last few months. Sorry but if you can’t see the obvious slant here, then you’re just as blinded by whatever’s gotten to him as well, even if he is reporting accurately.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 26, 2024 18:47:28 GMT -5
And/or, he has an agent or two he can info from and they have their axe to grind. I used to like Cotillo, but I think he's just looking for clicks now. Yeah, I’m in the same boat. I think there is certainly a reasonable level of frustration one could have about the perceived lack of spending at a high level, but Cotillo has made a complete tool of himself this offseason and this tweet is just some agent that’s obviously pissy the Sox didn’t give his client whatever they wanted.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 26, 2024 14:35:11 GMT -5
Charlie Condon out of Georgia is off to a torrid start (.643/.694/1.179 and yes that's his SLG) through 7 games, has multiple hits in each game so far. Easy to dismiss the start due to the competition, but he hit .386/.484/.800 last year as a (redshirt) freshman and against SEC competition. Dude can just flat out rake and while you don't draft for need and you definitely don't draft for handedness, it doesn't hurt that he's a right-handed hitter who will play in some corner position, when you look at what the future core projects to be. Very very real chance he's a top 5 pick but some swing and miss concerns as well as a lack of a true defensive home could push him down. Besides, most people thought Teel's floor was 8 or 9, and he made it to the Sox. I personally would give him the chance to play third as a pro with the comfort level that his defensive strengths would probably play pretty well in Fenway's left field, where he'd obviously clear the offensive bar. Not that I'm against a pitcher at that spot by any means, but if it were to be a hitter, I think he and Braden Montgomery (semi-biased) are the two I'd dream on. One of the recent rankings/mocks had Condon in the 20s which is absurd to me. Even if you view him as a 1B he is a top 10 pick. FG has him 24th and that ranking insinuating some kind of difference in opinion about him is why I even bothered to post about him haha
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 26, 2024 12:16:08 GMT -5
Charlie Condon out of Georgia is off to a torrid start (.643/.694/1.179 and yes that's his SLG) through 7 games, has multiple hits in each game so far. Easy to dismiss the start due to the competition, but he hit .386/.484/.800 last year as a (redshirt) freshman and against SEC competition. Dude can just flat out rake and while you don't draft for need and you definitely don't draft for handedness, it doesn't hurt that he's a right-handed hitter who will play in some corner position, when you look at what the future core projects to be. Very very real chance he's a top 5 pick but some swing and miss concerns as well as a lack of a true defensive home could push him down. Besides, most people thought Teel's floor was 8 or 9, and he made it to the Sox. I personally would give him the chance to play third as a pro with the comfort level that his defensive strengths would probably play pretty well in Fenway's left field, where he'd obviously clear the offensive bar.
Not that I'm against a pitcher at that spot by any means, but if it were to be a hitter, I think he and Braden Montgomery (semi-biased) are the two I'd dream on.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 25, 2024 13:09:14 GMT -5
Has the SP team announced their spring training trip dates? More curious than anything.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 24, 2024 20:16:15 GMT -5
Strong division and I think the offense and rotation take a step back this year. The division was strong last year, most things broke wrong (certainly towards the end), and they still won 78 games.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 23, 2024 21:13:44 GMT -5
Hagen Smith through 5… 3 H, 1 BB, 15 K… against Oregon State. That’ll play.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 23, 2024 15:33:01 GMT -5
The PR team breathes a sigh of relief!
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 23, 2024 13:40:29 GMT -5
I think Matt Ager from Santa Barbara is someone that would peak your interest. I'm not a big fan of Hurd personally, I think Gage Jump and Luke Holmon could be better pros from that LSU staff. Yesavage interests me a lot too. Really impressive K and BB numbers, mid 90s FB, interesting slutter type pitch. Seems like East Carolina always has one arm that catches my eye. He will face off against Honeycutt/UNC today. Worth watching He’s really good, saw him live last year. Not a ton of projection left in my opinion but feels like one of those classic comp round college pitchers.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 23, 2024 11:47:11 GMT -5
It would be a real tip of the cap to Northeastern if they beat the Sox, but it would a PR disaster for the Sox if that does happen. Why would it be a PR disaster? It's happened before.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 22, 2024 16:42:47 GMT -5
Why are we assuming that he was hurt around the time he was promoted to AAA? Seems way more likely that he got hurt in the offseason/ramping up for spring training (unless it has been reported that he was hurt last year, which I haven't seen). Wasn’t there some injury/fatigue stuff that was used to partially write off the post-promotion struggles? I could be wrong.
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