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Post by taftreign on Mar 24, 2016 22:38:17 GMT -5
Woooooo!!! CY Kelly is really real! And here I was ready to write it off with the likes of Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. It isn't REALLY real until he does it in the regular season. Repeatedly. Consistently. To quote the Joker, "Why so serious?"
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Post by taftreign on Mar 24, 2016 20:42:33 GMT -5
Woooooo!!! CY Kelly is really real! And here I was ready to write it off with the likes of Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster.
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Post by taftreign on Mar 18, 2016 15:29:04 GMT -5
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Post by taftreign on Mar 17, 2016 18:49:37 GMT -5
From my understanding it seems part of Laroche agreeing to sign there was that his son would have regular access to the clubhouse to which the team agreed. I'm sure it was a verbal agreement and not contractual or this would take a different turn. But from this perspective I guess it's understandable why Laroche feels the way he does. Ventura has no issue with it and Hahn seems to be ok with it as well. It all comes down to Williams not desiring for the practice to continue. I believe he stated 50% was too much. The team was very supportive of his son being there to the point they were going to not play the spring game yesterday in protest only to be talked out of it by Ventura. According to Rosenthal on twitter Chris Sale was very angered by it that during a players and front office meeting he told Kenny Williams to get out of the clubhouse and never come back. So while it appears like a reasonable request by Williams the circumstances seem to paint it in more of a negative light for the front office. Here is an article talking about changes Boston made to its policy a few years back. www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/adam-laroche-drake-chicago-white-sox-bringing-kids-to-work-a-big-issue-in-baseball-031716
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Post by taftreign on Feb 11, 2016 16:06:57 GMT -5
I dont get how BA can have us 4th and Klaw can have us 10th... Thats a very large discrepancy Definitely using a different scoring system. BA has the Cubs 20th while Law has them 4th.
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Post by taftreign on Dec 18, 2015 23:32:38 GMT -5
Somebody should tell the Dodgers that Carrasco and Salazar are not available before they get their hopes up. Heard Francona on MLB radio a while back. He intimated that they might be available but only for a package of major league talent, not prospects. Which would likely put either Pederson or Puig as the headliner of a deal with Cleveland.
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Post by taftreign on Dec 18, 2015 23:30:28 GMT -5
I'm going to go with Ryan Boldt too. He was the #2 prospect on the Cape last summer, has a good pedigree (nothing scares me more in drafts than later risers), and has solid tools across the board. I will be very surprised if he doesn't at least have a decade+ career as a major league regular. You must be quite terrified of Andrew Benintendi then.
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Post by taftreign on Nov 21, 2015 20:44:55 GMT -5
I see Houston is going strong after a closer to then slide Gregorson into the set up role. One of their top targets is Andrew Miller. It will make not signing Miller even harder to stomach when Boston follows up trading four prospects to fill the same position and then the Yankees add two or so higher end prospects by trading him. Hope Houston trades for Giles instead.
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Post by taftreign on Nov 19, 2015 1:58:25 GMT -5
I'm a firm 2. There is no denying the current team is better with Kimbrel on it but I have no question the organization as a whole is worse off. The flexibility to obtain a coveted young starter is severely hampered without dishing out multiple of the true blue chips? In fact I don't see how that package wasn't essentially enough to land Danny Salazar. Perhaps with JBJ swapped for Margot as a necessity.
Secondly I personally was very high on the young arm trio of Espinoza, Kopech and Allen as a potential future 1/2/3 or 1/2/4. Risk of course included but this was the best young starting pitcher prospect group I can recall. With Allen's control and already solid low 90's velocity I believe he had a above average probability to at least be a Brian Johnson type.
There may not have been a reliever with Kimbrel's upside available for less but I would have been very comfortable adding 2 quality alternatives from Sipp, O'Day, Rodriguez, Soria, the Korean closer, etc . . .
I'd much rather have done JBJ, Guerra( who could play second eventually as a future tandem with Lindor) and a none Logan Allen lottery ticket third piece like Williams Jerez, Pat Light or Yoan Aybar for Salazar. Then add Sipp and Soria to the pen. Follow it up by signing Jason Heyward to recover some of the lost defense from JBJ and in all likelihood a better bat. For me just the idea of that plausible alternative makes this deal a 2.
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Post by taftreign on Nov 17, 2015 11:10:14 GMT -5
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Post by taftreign on Nov 16, 2015 17:42:44 GMT -5
Seattle has found a CF not named JBJ. Perhaps a sign that JBJ is unavailable.
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Post by taftreign on Nov 13, 2015 20:31:54 GMT -5
I'm guessing it mostly involved making sure DD coffee stayed filled while he was on the phone with Preller. why listen to Hazen, when you have Wren as consigliere? Well Wren was in Atlanta at the same time as Kimbrel wasn't he? I can definitely see DD leaning on Wren's thoughts here.
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Post by taftreign on Nov 13, 2015 20:27:57 GMT -5
I am definitely shocked at the total value for San Diego. Having a moment to think about it three years of Kimbrel was going to cost. I think my problem is with the addition of Guerra or Allen as an extra piece. If it was Kimbrel for Margot and Allen (Asuaje is minimal loss) it would sting but be the cost of a top closer. Adding Guerra takes this over the top for me. I'd rather it been Guerra, Allen and Asuaje with a reliever added on like Light. Leaving Margot out all together. This also tells me the price of Chapman for one year while less was still likely to cost a prospect like Margot leaving DD to move on to a longer term controlled asset.
I also believe DD will go after a high end free agent pitcher and I lean towards Greinke as my preferred target. Give him 5 and 160/165. The other alternative is to trade JBJ and another two pieces for a younger high end arm and instead sign a Gordon or Heyward for the OF.
I expected a bit of a wild off season and its living up to that for better or worse.
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Post by taftreign on Nov 13, 2015 20:13:20 GMT -5
I miss you Ben!!!! Where have you gone?
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Post by taftreign on Nov 7, 2015 19:16:21 GMT -5
Pittsburgh makes the most sense given the success and value Kang brought to the team before he was injured. This is the right kind of splurge for a small market team. An inefficiency in the market if you will. They also have soured on Pedro Alvarez for a while now.
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Post by taftreign on Oct 9, 2015 20:13:26 GMT -5
The 2015/2016 quailifying offer has been set at $15.8 million up from $15.3 million last year and $14.1 million the year before that. Not a factor unless the team changes their mind and declines Buchholz's option and offers him a QO instead which he would then likely decline in search of a multi year deal.
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Post by taftreign on Oct 4, 2015 16:32:05 GMT -5
Would it be all that surprising if Farrell finishes out his deal and accepts a promotion and Lovullo is in line to take over as manager? Of course a disastrous season next year could change things.
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Post by taftreign on Sept 21, 2015 19:10:45 GMT -5
I guess since he graduated he isn't eligible for this vote as he is in the before mentioned graduated category but including his 48 minor league innings and his major league production Eduardo Rodriguez is my overall Pitcher of the Year.
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Post by taftreign on Aug 18, 2015 21:23:52 GMT -5
Remember: Dombrowski built excellent farm systems when he was GM of the Expos (Cliff Flord, Rondell White, Charles Johnson) and Marlins (Miguel Cabrera, Josh Beckett, Edgar Rentaria). It would be unfair to say that he does not understand the importance of building a strong farm system or that he is unable to build such a farm system. Agreed. As I understand it his Detroit tenure was shaped by Mike Ilitch desperately wanting a World Series in his old age. Operating under those specific conditions shouldn't speak to his perceived inability to build a farm. This!
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Post by taftreign on Aug 12, 2015 20:57:42 GMT -5
I'm as mystified as any when trying to evaluate any stats from the DSL but I wanted to point out a trio of late 2014 international signees. All three of Stanley Espinal (18), Lorenzo Cedrolla (17) and Ramfis Berroa (19) signed in February of 2015. These three currently lead all Red Sox DSL hitters in OPS.
Ramfis Berroa .853 OPS in 154 PA Lorenzo Cedrola .833 OPS in 261 PA Stanley Espinal .786 OPS in 276 PA
A couple points of reference. This is of course a small sample size. Also I'm not familiar with the details but I would imagine Berroa who will be 20 in November and Espinal who will be 19 in November are on the old side for the DSL.
For what it's worth with at least 150 PA minimum they would rank 2nd, 4th and 12th in OPS in the Sox system. 1st is JBJ, 3rd in Guerra and 5th is Moncada.
This is all likely not representative of any future performance projections but I found it interesting and inspired me to follow these non July 2 signings a bit closer.
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Post by taftreign on Aug 5, 2015 20:49:42 GMT -5
for those that wanted Chase Headley “@brianmacp: Chase Headley, the most obvious alternative to Pablo Sandoval last winter, is a minus-7 Defensive Runs Saved this season.” True, but one could easily point out that Pablo is a minus-13 Defensive Runs Saved this season and the argument is still a valid one especially when considering the financials.
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Post by taftreign on Aug 4, 2015 20:21:23 GMT -5
Shaw looked pretty shaky at third when I saw him there last year so I can understand why the Red Sox were hesitant to go with him. Dude must have worked really hard to improve to the point he has (which squares with his reputation, for sure). But yeah, the Red Sox had numerous internal options better than Middlebrooks. Cecchini and even Ryan Roberts are better players (though Cecchini's 3B defense isn't good enough either). Theoretically the team could have had Hanley as an option vs placing him in LF. There were numerous options in the OF including Castillo and Bradley JR. Whether Hanley could have held his own defensively is still questionable but he could have been part of the mix with those you mentioned.
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Post by taftreign on Aug 4, 2015 20:16:29 GMT -5
Captain Obvious but something has to be done with this bullpen. I know the starters have been bad but at least they're 16th in fWar with 5.8 right with the Twins and slightly above the Orioles at 5.6 and well above the bottom teams of Philly at 2.9 and Colorado at 1.3.
The bullpen on the other hand has generated 0.1 fWar good for 27th and better than only the Twins 0.0, Tigers -0.2 and Texas -1.1. Well behind the leaders of NYY 4.2, KC 3.9, Balt 3.7 and StL 3.6. I won't be surprised to see multiple trades this off season to address both the starters and relievers. Also think its greater than 50% Kelly is moved to the pen.
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Post by taftreign on Aug 4, 2015 19:59:29 GMT -5
Watching Chase Headley play is just another reminder of what Boston could have done this past offseason. fWar of 1.9 to date and Zips and Steamer project an additional 1.2/1.3 for the remainder of the season for a slightly over 3 fWar player. And all that at a 4 yr 52 mil deal. Many on this site wanted Headley over Sandoval and to this point they were right to. He wasn't leaving NY so it doesn't matter what we thought. Perhaps not but he was a free agent and had they offered him 4 and 60 it would have still been a better deal than Sandoval's. It is a valid question as to if he wanted to leave NY or not.
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Post by taftreign on Aug 4, 2015 19:52:56 GMT -5
Watching Chase Headley play is just another reminder of what Boston could have done this past offseason. fWar of 1.9 to date and Zips and Steamer project an additional 1.2/1.3 for the remainder of the season for a slightly over 3 fWar player. And all that at a 4 yr 52 mil deal. Many on this site wanted Headley over Sandoval and to this point they were right to.
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