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Post by jchang on Aug 20, 2016 11:56:14 GMT -5
What a great day for baseball. Toronto lost, Baltimore lost, Sox win big. Really, we were the Yankees disbanding away from just a perfect evening. I would be amused if we were to win the division (on the way a WS win) the yanks have a surge taking a WC berth, then lose in the playoffs on a weak pen
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Post by jchang on Aug 20, 2016 11:51:00 GMT -5
Dare I say that Porcello is actually UNDERpaid? I would put it this way. Its not just that Porcello is pitching (really well) behind a great offensive team (all games), but he has been the beneficiary of great run support, I think Wright was the tough luck loser in games where he pitched really well. Would he rather be a great pitcher but without run support and end up with a so-so W-L record or a good pitcher with a great W-L record? i.e. a pretty good shot at 20+ this year. It must really suck for those great pitchers who just have bad luck on run support. Porcello should give us a discount because its such a pleasure pitching with a nice lead.
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Post by jchang on Aug 18, 2016 14:41:25 GMT -5
is Alex W still on our payroll?
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Sandy Leon
Aug 17, 2016 19:43:48 GMT -5
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Post by jchang on Aug 17, 2016 19:43:48 GMT -5
Sandy should have been all star, too bad he wasn't on the 25 man soon enough
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Sandy Leon
Aug 17, 2016 19:36:06 GMT -5
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Post by jchang on Aug 17, 2016 19:36:06 GMT -5
Sandy has earned a lot more than min, and we are passing sss. And we can afford him whatever the arb is
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Post by jchang on Jul 24, 2016 16:17:24 GMT -5
jeez, a few days ago, people were crying for Moncada and Beni to get called up directly to Boston in Sep, bypassing AAA, and a few days later, people are crying bust. The Mets figured out Moncada has trouble with offspeed (I am not sure about Beni). Fine, let him figure out how to hit breaking balls, or atleast recognize them. Take all this year and most of next year if necessary.
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Post by jchang on Jul 23, 2016 19:43:14 GMT -5
Moncada awesome leaping catch in 4th of a line drive. Getting mostly off speed stuff. Hit a fb hard but foul. 7th, Moncada fly out on 95 fb.
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Post by jchang on Jul 23, 2016 14:54:45 GMT -5
I am going to be in box 106 or 107. 7.25pm, Moncada and Beni in today's lineup, whew!
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Post by jchang on Jul 22, 2016 21:56:19 GMT -5
last night in Portland was not "just one of those games". They were facing a pitcher with MLB experience (2yr as RP) with a 90 FB, who got both Moncada and Beni to chase outside and on offspeed. Some of the hits in tonights game were against an Indy League pitcher with 76-78 FB, and against a relief pitch who had to go 3 IP because the starter got knocked out early. It would be foolish to call up either Moncada or Beni in Sep because they will spend next year. learning to hit experienced pitchers in AAA. It looks like Binghamton will have a good pitcher tomorrow night so we will see.
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Post by jchang on Jul 22, 2016 20:06:01 GMT -5
Stank was quick thru 4 scorel7ess, then gave up hard hits in 5th. HR was to of in 3rd year in AA. Perhaps stank can put on some muscle and be a AAA option.
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Post by jchang on Jul 22, 2016 19:07:46 GMT -5
Beni is not slow, just not elite speed to take the CF spot. Binghamton pitcher was out of Indy league, throwing 76-78. I think our guy's had to adjust to sub 80 in first go around.
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Post by jchang on Jul 22, 2016 18:57:30 GMT -5
Beni is not slow, just not elite speed to take the CF spot.
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Post by jchang on Jul 22, 2016 18:51:26 GMT -5
Stank took a hard ball to ankle in 2nd but finished inning. Dubon is a stud, hard hit double to wall, could have been a triple as Moncada held up at third.
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Post by jchang on Jul 22, 2016 5:45:57 GMT -5
Eric, are you going to be at the sabermetrics seminar in Boston Aug 13?
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Post by jchang on Jul 21, 2016 21:09:51 GMT -5
The offense was awesome today. And wright was on his game. Ortiz looked really good tonight. No need to call out pedroia 5 hits?
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Post by jchang on Jul 21, 2016 20:18:42 GMT -5
Beni almost made what would have been a great catch, then made an off line throw to 2nd.
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Post by jchang on Jul 21, 2016 20:03:52 GMT -5
Binghamton pitcher Josh Zeid is 29yr, has 2yr MLB RP, not good enough to stick at mlb, but good enough to hold Beni, Yoan hitless. But Yoan is up again in 8th
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Post by jchang on Jul 21, 2016 19:19:09 GMT -5
Beni has thick forearms, so it doesn't matter if the rest of him is undersized. Yoan has thick arms too.
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Post by jchang on Jul 21, 2016 18:18:05 GMT -5
Dubon looks good. Hard hit foul, then triple to wall center, 400ft. Second Dubon AB, deep fly out just short of the first AB. Beni does not have great speed.
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Post by jchang on Jul 20, 2016 8:45:00 GMT -5
If anyone needs a good start tonight, it's Pomeranz. I can only imagine how intolerable this thread will be if Pomeranz shows any sign of struggling. "sign of struggling", heck, if there is any indication however slight, that Drew is less than "The One", there will be heavy recriminations edit hey Drew, no pressure!
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Post by jchang on Jul 20, 2016 8:06:18 GMT -5
Koji mostly uses a fastball and splitter. I recall hearing sometime this season that batters were sitting on one of Koji's pitches with good results, so Koji responded by mixing in a different pitch (cutter?).
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Post by jchang on Jul 14, 2016 22:29:58 GMT -5
curious that no one has drawn comparisons to the Casey Kelly trade. Unfortunately for us, the top undercard of that trade made it extremely costly, more so when what we got for gonzo all washed out.
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Post by jchang on Jul 14, 2016 20:13:05 GMT -5
Dalbec and Shawaryn were both fringe first rounders at the start of the season who had off years for one reason or another. We bought low on them because of it. Here's the punch line - If they end up being fringe first rounders, we still bought low. We bought low on Ranaudo too (in terms of draft position, not bonus) who happened to be pitching for Charlotte against Pawtucket tonight.
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Post by jchang on Jul 13, 2016 12:45:16 GMT -5
I wonder if Shawaryn could possibly price himself out of the Red Sox plans? If he is demanding over slot $ then he is using funds possibly needed to sign Groome. The question is whether he is asking > slot or > slot + 5%, If the second, I would pass unless Groome was not going to sign. If the first, we could offer slot + 1-2%, making another 7-10K available for Groome
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Post by jchang on Jul 6, 2016 19:26:53 GMT -5
Steven Wright, true All-Star. And it only required Lars Anderson. We had to give Lars to get Wright!
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