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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 14, 2024 14:25:27 GMT -5
Hey! Pablo Reyes did another thing! I’d like to spike from the roster Pablo when Grissom & Romy are ready, but then question becomes who would be your backup 1B/3B? Romy, right?
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 13, 2024 20:25:36 GMT -5
How long do you wait to promote Roman to AAA? Is after the Ref rehab assignment too aggressive? My two cents is that his development should be centered around Opening Day 2025, so I don’t see a ton of need to rush him unless they feel like AA just isn’t challenging him. I’d let him rake for a couple months and then push him and go from there.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 13, 2024 20:17:05 GMT -5
Promising early Early results. The early Early results make me feel good about being early on Early after seeing him live at UVA last year
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 13, 2024 20:11:41 GMT -5
2nd HR of the day for Eddinson Paulino Easy to see why he’s become a bit of a forgotten man amongst the position player talent in the minors but he’s still super young for the level, so it’s awesome to see him off to a really promising start.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 13, 2024 12:29:38 GMT -5
Great that he’s gonna play catch but scared the crap out of me that he’s going to test it because he feels anxious lol
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 13, 2024 8:08:15 GMT -5
Christian Koss: Traded to San Francisco (March 2024) They have a relief pitcher handling these matters. Edit: Yu Chang is out til May Luis Urias is on the Mariners' roster Maybe I’m missing your point but Urías is hitting .143 and isn’t a shortstop, so why are you invoking guys who would never have been considered options like him and Fitzgerald (who they already have another version of in Sogard)?
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 12, 2024 22:26:03 GMT -5
Oh great, it’s only took a couple weeks for this brainless discourse to return. I’m sure the front office definitely intended for nearly $75 million worth of players to get hurt almost immediately Tampa lost their shortstop for much, much less reputable reasons, and they’ve been more or less fine. Atlanta won their World Series after Acuna went down and they traded spare parts for underperforming spare part veterans. This isn’t the first offseason where some articulated a need for further depth that was ignored; it’s fair game to scrutinize the organization. This isn’t the first time. It’s fair game to scrutinize, but I wouldn’t call what that poster said or has ever said “articulating” anything. There’s failing to address certain aspects of the roster (I don’t agree with the scrutiny but it’s debatable) and there’s acting like they aren’t trying to win, which is just stupid. There are very obvious examples in the current MLB of teams that actively aren’t trying, the Red Sox are not one.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 12, 2024 21:02:23 GMT -5
I’ll also say that if they put Hamilton back out there tomorrow as SS, they clearly have no interest in winning the game. It should have been clear in the off-season that they give absolute no f*cks about winning many games. Oh great, it’s only took a couple weeks for this brainless discourse to return. I’m sure the front office definitely intended for nearly $75 million worth of players to get hurt almost immediately
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 12, 2024 20:08:30 GMT -5
Another A&M note - Ryan Prager just threw a run-rule 7 inning shutout against Vandy - 10 K’s, 0 BB’s, 4 hits (none til the 5th). He’s bounced back from a bad start against Florida to stay really hot in SEC play, and has been downright excellent all year.
If a team feels like there’s a couple ticks of velo to be added there, he’s a top 3 round prospect to me.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 12, 2024 18:41:56 GMT -5
I am super biased, but he should be 1:1. Worth noting that those train tracks are FAR from the fence. I was so young and innocent when I came into the year hoping him or Condon would fall to 12.
There’s a non-zero chance (not likely, but not impossible) that A&M has the first overall pick in these next three drafts.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 12, 2024 18:33:19 GMT -5
Not that Johanfran should be factoring into this decision much, but with the catching strength in the system both at the MLB level and with the rapidly ascending Teel, Hickey feels like an obvious trade chip, right? The bat is legit but if there’s a team that thinks he can be the strong side of a catching platoon, I think you have to explore the return. I think he’s at best the weak side of a platoon with Wong/sometimes DH, but Teel is going to force that issue sooner rather than later. He feels like a guy Billy Beane would have loved. It feels like it's going to take a stroke from God for hickey to be a passable MLB C other than in an emergency. I don't think they could pass him off as an option to play C to other teams but his bat is legit. Chris and Ian on the last pod said it’s mostly the arm and that you can squeak him by against teams that aren’t going to run a lot. Going by the Georgios Papagiannis principle (niche NBA reference meaning it only takes one team looking the guy to do something mildly crazy) it’s not a huge jump from there to 60-80 game a year catcher for a second division club, imo.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 12, 2024 18:24:16 GMT -5
Not that Johanfran should be factoring into this decision much, but with the catching strength in the system both at the MLB level and with the rapidly ascending Teel, Hickey feels like an obvious trade chip, right?
The bat is legit but if there’s a team that thinks he can be the strong side of a catching platoon, I think you have to explore the return. I think he’s at best the weak side of a platoon with Wong/sometimes DH, but Teel is going to force that issue sooner rather than later.
He feels like a guy Billy Beane would have loved.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 12, 2024 18:21:03 GMT -5
Kyle Teel vs helmet is gonna be a fun career long battle
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 12, 2024 17:31:20 GMT -5
Can we fire Bloom again? I’m looking back at his drafts, and it just adds to my frustration of what a waste this has been. Jud Fabian? Mikey Romero? Cutter Coffey? Even Yorke. Sure, they may turn it around, but … not looking great. I just can’t believe how much the Orioles have jumped past the Sox even when their ownership was barely spending. Bringing up "Bloom's failures in the draft" while ignoring Roman Anthony is picking cherries IMO. I put blooms failures in quotations because GMs from what I understand don't really impact the draft as much as one might think. He also drafted Mayer and Teel but those were kinda slam dunk picks but still. Also this is ignoring the fact that most of these draft classes during his tenure look like they could be pretty good lol I get why people would be frustrated about Yorke (though I think It’s wildly ignorant of at least three significant contextual factors), but anyone that thinks those drafts are bad needs to go look at what an average draft across the league looks like. They’re not exceptional but they’re pretty solid.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 12, 2024 16:31:34 GMT -5
I think if they were so concerned about floor they would’ve gone college player, I think they picked them because they liked them as prospects Nope. We picked them because we could sign them to under slot deals Chaim was always looking for a bargain. …That’s not how the MLB draft works… Like, you do realize they still spent essentially their entire pool, right?
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 12, 2024 14:45:35 GMT -5
Worrying about the floor is why we drafted Yorke and Romero. Draft some GD power arms early and develop them. Fun fact - there is more than one round of the draft!
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 12, 2024 8:45:29 GMT -5
Was listening to the D1 Baseball podcast on midseason risers, and James Tibbs was a name mentioned that was not previously on my radar. The comp they made in terms of similar profile was the Nolan Schanuel and, looking at his numbers, I get it. .421/.503/.860 with a .438 ISO yet only a 6.12 K% is pretty insane stuff in a very strong conference. If you think he's a first baseman then I can see being out on him but the D1B guys felt he could hang in a corner outfield so if the top 10 were to shake out the way the PG mock has it, I'm not married enough to Yesavage or Brecht and would be at least interested in the idea of going underslot for Tibbs, though I acknowledge Schanuel signed for exactly slot. As I've said a thousand times before and will reiterate whenever I do my personal wish list closer to the draft, I'm all about floor, and Tibbs feels like as safe a bet as it comes to be a major league hitter.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 11, 2024 22:39:01 GMT -5
I guess this question could be easily answered by me paying more attention to the starters each day, but with the set 6 man rotations what happens to the starter’s spot when there’s a postponed game?
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 11, 2024 22:35:58 GMT -5
Any thoughts on the young lefty from Arizona that reclassified Cam Caminiti seems like a good target at 12 plus cheaper then college arm so hopefully enough left to go over slot high school bat in round 2 Why do you assume he’d be cheaper? If anything the reclass gives him a little extra leverage, assuming he’s reclassing to be young for the grade and not to catch up.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 11, 2024 18:52:20 GMT -5
Johanfran Garcia with his first HR of the year Hitting well in April + in Salem + at 19 is a pretty big "oh okay I see you" for me. I also believe a lot in guys with baby faces having a lot left in the tank developmentally and boy howdy does that kid look young.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 11, 2024 11:44:41 GMT -5
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 10, 2024 20:41:33 GMT -5
Cam Booser struck out all three batters he faced. 11 pitches, 10 strikes, 6 whiffs. Got the 4 seamer up to 98. 10/1 strikeout to walk on the year 4 seamer? Gross
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 10, 2024 19:08:41 GMT -5
Romy 2, Jackson 0
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 10, 2024 18:44:54 GMT -5
Romy 1, Jackson 0
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 10, 2024 18:24:14 GMT -5
Did they do the ovation thing for Duran?
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