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Post by jimoh on Jan 23, 2022 23:13:18 GMT -5
Saying we didn’t need to sign someone because we won the World Series easily and we could have saved a few bucks and still won a flag but in a closer World Series is really an amazing argument. If that was directed at my Price comment, that wasn't the point at all; the point was that $30 million should pay for more than the production of 2018 David Price, so even in a "flags fly forever" mindset his contract wasn't good. And that's just looking at 2018 in a vacuum, which is being generous. Price's contract of course was bad for the team over many seasons.
If not, carry on lol
"The WS also didn't end up being that close, since the Sox won in 5 and would have had games 6 and 7 at home if they had dropped one more in LA. So now can we say that this was probably a poor signing?"
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Post by jimoh on Jan 23, 2022 18:09:20 GMT -5
Saying we didn’t need to sign someone because we won the World Series easily and we could have saved a few bucks and still won a flag but in a closer World Series is really an amazing argument.
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Post by jimoh on Jan 22, 2022 23:08:14 GMT -5
Wow, Cy Young, Lou Gehrig, and a bunch of HOFers got snubbed! Gehrig was 33 in 1936 and played two full seasons after that, and in 1936 everyone probably thought he had several more years left.
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Post by jimoh on Jan 21, 2022 10:19:45 GMT -5
Spring is coming
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Post by jimoh on Jan 20, 2022 12:01:26 GMT -5
Rumor has it their mascot is going to be named Maurice. I would suggest a mascot names Pompey, short for Pompatus of Love, whatever that means.
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Post by jimoh on Jan 19, 2022 9:48:23 GMT -5
Just to confirm this - was listening to Andrew Baggerly of The Athletic on The Lead this morning talking about him and it's "say ya" (like JBJJ says above). Think of it this way: Mays: Say hey Suzuki: Say ya Also, Baggerly guessed Suzuki signs with the Red Sox but it wasn't based on information so much as looking at fit and need, and he did caveat by saying it's completely wide open and not a situation where it's 2:1 or 4:1 odds, or anything like that. Best way to get all of New England to pronounce Seiya correctly: walk up music is OutKast’s “Hey Ya” Added: I see he's not too shy about his Intro music/video (starting lineup video), and has a sense of humor:
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Post by jimoh on Jan 16, 2022 18:41:13 GMT -5
Agreed. But he at least "rehabbed" his image somewhat. Where as if Schilling just STFU in retirement he would have been elected 2 or 3 years ago. Theres a difference between not liking someone for being a dink and a cheat and not liking someone for being a hardcore racist. I DO NOT CARE IF YOU THINK SCHILLING IS AN A**HOLE. He should still be in the HOF! A-Rod cheated, in a way that affected is play on the field!! Schilling simply has a personality you do not like. HE NEVER CHEATED!!!! Despite your amazingly effective and persuasive use of capital letters, it has never been a problem that Schilling is an a-hole, or that he has an annoying personality, or that his politics are on the right. The problem is that has endorsed violence against political enemies, both in saying that a t-shirt about lynching journalists was "awesome" (and doubling down on that) and in immediately endorsing the violent beating of capital police for hours on Jan 6, and that he has spread horrible hatred and prejudice and misinformation about certain groups of Americans. No matter how many times and with how many capital letters people say it's just his politics, it's not.
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Post by jimoh on Jan 16, 2022 0:33:37 GMT -5
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Post by jimoh on Jan 15, 2022 19:41:26 GMT -5
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Post by jimoh on Jan 15, 2022 19:32:55 GMT -5
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Post by jimoh on Jan 15, 2022 19:31:04 GMT -5
Red Sox also signed Willian Colmenares, RHP, Venezuela per Badler. This seems to be a 12-minute promotional video for Willian Colmenares, with some interviews in Spanish with him and his pitching coach, video of him pitching and working out (a training montage with a Rocky theme song), and a scouting report at 11:54. 6'0", 165, FB 88-90 touches 92, CB 74-77, CH 83-85
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Post by jimoh on Jan 14, 2022 19:03:57 GMT -5
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Post by jimoh on Jan 14, 2022 0:13:54 GMT -5
Braves site from a couple years ago “ Q: Why would the Braves release their number 22 prospect Izzy Wilson? What’s the word on that, I haven’t seen any reports on him. – B. Anderson
A: The facts are that as many tools that Izzy has, you’re not going to progress in pro ball if you can’t recognize pitches and adjust accordingly. Combined with a long swing, and he just couldn’t find consistent success. …”
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Post by jimoh on Jan 14, 2022 0:10:02 GMT -5
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Post by jimoh on Jan 12, 2022 12:12:20 GMT -5
Guys drafted as SS: "Gene Tenace, Amos Otis, Hal McRae, Bobby Grich, Mike Schmidt, George Brett, Willie Randolph, Chet Lemon, Wade Boggs, Paul Molitor, Tim Raines, Eric Davis, Bret Saberhagen, Jeff Kent, Chipper Jones, Jorge Posada, Adam Jones, Ian Kinsler, Dustin Pedroia, Justin Upton, Mookie Betts" www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/6/12/15773252/mlb-draft-players-changing-positions
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Post by jimoh on Jan 9, 2022 8:03:08 GMT -5
The supposed "translation" that got us all excited was not a translation but an interpretation of what the tweeter thought Suzuki meant when he said "no."
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Post by jimoh on Jan 8, 2022 21:41:57 GMT -5
Ken Brett doesn't come immediately to mind for most of us, but he was a highly regarded prospect. Kemer was drafted no. 4 overall in 1966 and put up a 1.95 ERA with 219 K's in 189 IP in A and AA the next year. He was nearly five years younger than the average player in AA while pitching for Pittsfield in the Eastern League. That fall, he became the youngest P in WS history, throwing 1.3 innings of hitless ball against the Cards. Now, of course, he's best known for his frequent flier miles - he pitched for 10 ML teams - and as George's brother. But he was once a young, fireballing lefty who appeared headed for stardom. Many people think Ken Brett could have been a better hitter than George. Even as a pitcher he slugged over 400 lifetime. Such a shame that after 67 Lonborg tore his knee skiing and Brett hurt his elbow after she ding 6 months (I think? Or weeks?) doing military service.
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Post by jimoh on Jan 7, 2022 21:03:05 GMT -5
Reggie Smith hit 320.377.522.899 in AAA at 21 In 1966, was 2nd in ROY in 67, won a GG in cf in 68. Had been a 2b I think. Bat was so quick he would pull too many foul “home runs”.
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Post by jimoh on Jan 7, 2022 16:59:49 GMT -5
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Post by jimoh on Jan 7, 2022 16:56:39 GMT -5
In 2014 Chad Finn of the Globe did the "Top 50 Red Sox prospects of the last 50 years," basically in the draft era. Rice was #1, followed by Evans, Clemens, Lynn, Ken Brett, Xander, Nomar, Hanley, Cecil Cooper, and Fisk at 10. Evans may surprise; he quotes a writer saying "in Triple-A at age 20 in 1972, winning International League MVP honors by hitting .300 with a .409 OBP and 17 home runs. Add in his legendary throwing arm ... and prospect mavens would have been drooling over Dewey." archive.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2014/04/red_sox_top_50_prospects_of_al.htmlPREVIOUSLY IN THIS SERIES Introduction: The inspiration, the process, and the near-misses. Nos. 50-41: Juan Bustabad, Gus Burgess, Otis Foster, Brian Rose, Rick Burleson, Juan Beniquez, Bobby Ojeda, Rick Jones, Bill Lee, Luis Alvarado. Nos. 40-31: Billy Conigliaro, Dick Pole, Aaron Sele, Scott Cooper, Joe Lahoud, Butch Hobson, Glenn Hoffman, Kevin Youkilis, Dustin Pedroia. Nos, 30-21: Don Aase, Jonathan Papelbon, Bruce Hurst, Jon Lester, Phil Plantier, Mike Greenwell, Jeff Bagwell, Wade Boggs, Ted Cox, Mike Brown. Nos. 20-11: Sam Horn, Trot Nixon, Rey Quinones, Brady Anderson, Frankie Rodriguez, Carl Pavano, Jacoby Ellsbury, Mo Vaughn, Clay Buchholz, Ellis Burks.
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Post by jimoh on Jan 6, 2022 12:26:26 GMT -5
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Post by jimoh on Jan 5, 2022 17:37:18 GMT -5
Peacock Plus: "We Are Ladyparts." From the UK, a comedy about five very different Muslim women in their 20s in a punk rock band. Fun and funny, in some ways like Derry Girls, which is about Irish Catholic teens in Northern Ireland. Only six episodes in the first season.
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Post by jimoh on Jan 4, 2022 13:30:52 GMT -5
The author's insistance that Verdugo is a RF and that the Sox have a hole in LF bothers me. So does the insinuation that this LF hole would be filled by Duran or Christin Stewart without a FA addition. Like yes, the Sox *could* add a LF and push Verdugo to RF, but the hole is in RF. That's what happens when you trade your starting RF. If the season started today, JBJ and Hernandez would play CF and RF. It certainly wouldn't be Hernandez/JBJ in CF, Verdugo in RF, and Duran/Stewart in LF. When I look at mlbtraderumors.com and they have their chats I'm always surprised at how they don't connect Suzuki to the Red Sox and have Schwarber more likely to return. They have Suzuki most likely to wind up in Texas or on the West Coast. I don't think the Sox are a slam dunk by any means but I think they have greater interest than indicated and are at least a reasonable possibility. I doubt Verdugo winds up in RF. Likely they either get a RF, Suzuki most likely, and they start off with JBJ in CF (don't buy that 4th OF stuff) and Hernandez at 2b. Maybe I'm wrong and JBJ is the 4th OF and Arroyo is the starting 2b. I'm just not sold on that or that. Maybe the Sox get a cheap option like Iglesias or Josh Harrison or Jed Lowrie (don't see McNeil there although I think his bat would fit well). But perhaps if they don't wind up with Suzuki they enter into a 3 year deal with Story and they wind up with Hernandez and JBJ manning CF and RF (I'd guess JBJ winds up in CF with Hernandez in RF?) But I think those scenarios are more likely than the Sox bringing back Schwarber in LF (or Soler or Pham) and pushing Verdugo back into RF. I think Verdugo at his physical best can play a good RF as he did in 2020. If I were starting Kiké and JBJ in the OF I would have JBJ in RF. Kiké has less experience in RF (75 games, 35 starts) and JBJ has the better arm. For a former/part-time infielder to track balls in the OF, CF is easier, and Fenway's RF could be a big challenge. Kiké's defensive excellence in CF was a surprise last year; I would not mess with it. But JBJ is just a 4th OF or 9th inning OF if he hits poorly, as he may.
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Post by jimoh on Jan 2, 2022 8:36:15 GMT -5
Happy New Year!
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Post by jimoh on Jan 2, 2022 8:03:04 GMT -5
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