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Post by taftreign on Apr 25, 2018 9:50:54 GMT -5
Benintendi really needs to improve against lefties. To date in his career he is a .208 hitter vs LHP and .288 vs RHP. This season he is 1 for 19, .052, with 7 K's. Something to track or we may see a few more days off for Benny. He never had pronounced splits like that in the minors or college. I think you need to let him play through it and figure it out. I'm aware it's a small sample of MLB data. That's why I think we need to track it to see if adjustments are made or it's just white noise.
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Post by taftreign on Apr 24, 2018 21:27:53 GMT -5
Benintendi really needs to improve against lefties. To date in his career he is a .208 hitter vs LHP and .288 vs RHP. This season he is 1 for 19, .052, with 7 K's. Something to track or we may see a few more days off for Benny.
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Post by taftreign on Mar 9, 2018 10:57:56 GMT -5
Yes, but 6.5 mil is a little lighter than I expected for Moustakous. That's 5.5 mil this year with a 1 mil buyout on a 15 mil mutual option in 2019. Edit: I see this topic has for some reason already been discussed in the spring training thread. Don't forget there's $2.2M in performance bonuses. Yes I apparently glazed over the incentives. With a 450 plate appearance threshold he should easily be able to obtain the bonus. Essentially this is protection against injury. I know no one projected the free agent market to be this muted and I can't blame Moustakous, but we have to remember he turned down a 17.4 mil qualifying offer. KC had to think he would get more to offer the QO in the first place and this reflects the tightening of purse strings on MLB budgets as well as the increased protection of draft picks we have been seeing in the limited trade returns.
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Post by taftreign on Mar 9, 2018 7:25:44 GMT -5
Yes, but 6.5 mil is a little lighter than I expected for Moustakas. That's 5.5 mil this year with a 1 mil buyout on a 15 mil mutual option in 2019.
Edit: I see this topic has for some reason already been discussed in the spring training thread.
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Post by taftreign on Jan 28, 2018 14:27:41 GMT -5
I mean he was pretty dreadful last season so it wouldn't take much. He had a -.05 fWar. Boston likely needs someone who is more safe to rely on with AL East title hopes in the balance so he's really a better fit for a team on the edge of a wildcard who needs to take a risk to get over the top.
But intriguing!
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Post by taftreign on Jan 28, 2018 14:13:42 GMT -5
who would you consider for pillow deals if JD walks away ?? J. Bautista? Hear he's been to an eye specialist lately and he believes his vision has been a factor in his decline. Maybe worth a shot for some DH at bats.
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Post by taftreign on Jan 23, 2018 23:16:02 GMT -5
Bonds Clemens Chipper Manny Vlad I can't vote for guys like Thome or Mussina or even Schilling (who is much closer). Here's the thing to me: guy like Thome or Mussina was never even the top guy on his team. No one goes to the ballpark to see Mussina pitch. And similarly, no team feels deflated knowing he is the starter. You get out your camera for, pay for, dream on, fear guys like Rocket, Bonds, and Manny (the best right-handed hitter I've ever seen). As for steroids... it is just too much to deal with. What about the guys who might have done them? Guys who were never caught but people just kind of "know" (Clemens). Other bad behavior, stimulants etc.? On and on. If there is a clear policy, line etc., fine, but otherwise, put the best players in. Put it on the plaque: Manny, not necessarily the best guy, twice caught, but one of the most dangerous hitters in history. Bonds, by the way, was a superstar when he was a twig. That makes him qualitatively different from the McGuires and Sosas of the world, who were just inflated softball players. You must not know many Baltimore fans. He was revered there.
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Post by taftreign on Jan 23, 2018 22:59:24 GMT -5
+1 for Larry Walker to my 9 others; C. Jones, Guerrero, E. Martinez, Mussina, Rolen, Schilling, Sheffield, Thome and Wagner.
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Post by taftreign on Jan 17, 2018 23:03:44 GMT -5
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Post by taftreign on Jan 11, 2018 13:30:48 GMT -5
Take this in the nicest, kindest, most constructive way possible: relax. The Red Sox don't owe JD Martinez anything, JD Martinez doesn't owe the Red Sox anything, and neither owe you the convenience of coming to an agreement more quickly because you are impatient. And, while I want you and everyone else posting as much as you want, posting several times a day about how nothing is happening and how impatient you are (which is what you've been doing) is definitely feeding your impatience. So... just chill. You're not "dealing" with anyone. You're getting worked up about millionaires negotiating with billionaires. I'll take the advice James, but it isn't just me as I've said in the Boras thread. This is getting noticed around baseball with how long things are taking this slow to develop in free agency. I'm not sure why this is surprising. The new structure of penalization in regards to the salary cap threshold clearly was going to have an adverse effect on free agency. Teams now have a great incentive to be able to reset every few years or avoid going over altogether. How are teams going to do this. Either sign players are bargain rates ,which is generally done by waiting out the market, and by signing players to shorter term deals, which research shows for players over 30 should not exceed 5 years in regards to performance. This has generally been the rule for lower revenue teams like Tampa, Pittsburgh, etc . . . but they have been joined now by the upper payroll teams. Their is a concerted effort by owners to contain free agent deals. I'm not saying collusion per say but a genuine shared effort by front offices to be "smarter" about their approaches and the long term ramifications. I expect this is now on average a new norm versus the oddity that some have defined it. Now next season will make this seem not to be the case but I believe the rules are different for the premium (and youngish) free agents. This includes Harper, Machado and Kershaw among others. These are the players you manage your cap to be able to sign and exceed the limit while planning your way to be under the cap a few years later. This season had no real premium players. JDM may be the best of the crop but that is the best of a fairly mediocre crop which Boras proceeds to play up as deserving of premium status. It's just good business if not good media.
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Post by taftreign on Dec 21, 2017 23:02:26 GMT -5
The hold up appears to be NY wanting to headline the deal with Frazier and Pittsburgh wants Torres.
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Post by taftreign on Dec 20, 2017 14:40:59 GMT -5
Zach Britton had a really terrible season last year with a K-BB% of 6.8%, down from a high of 25.7% in 2015. He was probably worse than all of the regular Red Sox relief pitchers last year, including Joe Kelly, Matt Barnes and Heath Hembree. I'm sure some team would have taken a flyer on him in hopes of a rebound, but I really doubt the Orioles were going to get anything significant for him even if he wasn't hurt. Thats why I specifically noted the mid 2016 season. I meant the previous off season which I guess would have been the 2016 off season. Sorry for the confusion. Hence the ask NY note in regards to Chapman or Miller. You know when everyone else outside of Baltimore was saying they should sell and rebuild because of the value they had in a few key pieces that could replenish there below average farm system rapidly.
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Post by taftreign on Dec 20, 2017 12:15:50 GMT -5
Per Rosenthal, Zach Britton ruptured his achilles working out and will be out a minimum of 4-6 months. The universe is trying to tell you something, Baltimore, and that thing is "SELL EVERYONE". It will be interesting to see how the Machado situation plays out. As of now Baltimore seems to think that none of the offers are of a good enough quality to part with him and will take him off the market in the next few days if no one ups their offer. They seem to not truly understand the discrepancy in value of one season of control vs the level of player/prospect value they want in return. Will this discrepancy cause them to end up with even less than they currently could get. Imaging if they traded Britton and Machado in the summer of 2016 or the 2017 offseason. There rebuild would be well on its way considering what top relievers were getting teams. Just ask NY.
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Post by taftreign on Dec 15, 2017 15:10:02 GMT -5
Well from my understanding the offers for Machado may be on a lighter side than expected. Last I've read the White Sox for instance did not offer either Kopech or Giolito in there offer. The reason for this is Baltimore has said they don't anticipate giving teams a 72 hour window to work out an extension. Teams are proceeding as if he will be a one year rental and will walk into free agency next offseason.
And I would not part with Devers for Machado. Machado is definitely a superior defender but I believe Devers bat is equal or better over the next 6 seasons. Keeping a player like Devers (along with Benintendi) is a must to offset the cap crunch the Red Sox have if they legitimately want to extend any number of Betts, Bogaerts, Sale, Pomeranz, Kimberly etc. . .
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Post by taftreign on Dec 15, 2017 14:57:27 GMT -5
I see the Angels have signed Zach Cozart to a 3 year $38 million contract to play 3B. Two things here. One, this seems to be a great value for Cozart in todays free agent market.
Two, the Angels have definitely made a point to build around Trout and make a legit attempt to win a championship.
They have resigned Upton, added Kinsler and Cozart to go with Simmons to make a solid defensive infield and added Ohtani at least for this year for very little cap space.
If they can square away the pitching staff they could have a very good year.
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Post by taftreign on Dec 13, 2017 17:43:25 GMT -5
A 50 million per year revenue sharing check is quite a stipend to offset any "losses" the team may experience. In addition to a public funded stadium. If these two factors alone can't help an ownership group put a competent and competitive team on the field they should have never been chosen. It will be a shame when the Marlins end up moving to Montreal or some other place in a relocation and Miami tax payers are stuck with an empty stadium for the money.
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Post by taftreign on Dec 12, 2017 12:46:45 GMT -5
Reports are saying the Orioles are now listening to offers on Machado. It'd be nice to get him out of the division and make the Orioles a worse team this coming year. On the other hand I fear the Yankees may not be able to help themselves and will open up the farm to the Orioles. Rosenthal specifically notes owner Peter Angelos does not want to trade with the division rival Yankees. Add: And I would suspect this to be true of Boston as well.
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Post by taftreign on Dec 9, 2017 15:52:04 GMT -5
Not sure but I believe the 30 mil only goes to NY if he does not opt out at the end of 2020.
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Post by taftreign on Dec 9, 2017 12:05:28 GMT -5
Walk Stanton and strike out Judge. Problem solved!
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Post by taftreign on Dec 9, 2017 9:18:44 GMT -5
Joel Sherman says it will be Castro plus "good buy not top prospects." No reference to the % of Stanton's contract changing hands.
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Post by taftreign on Dec 9, 2017 8:21:12 GMT -5
I think we have a case where Stanton would have accepted a trade to St. Louis or San Fran but the Yankees got involved a few days prior causing Stanton to decide instead to veto such moves forcing his way to NY.
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yanks giancarlo talks are very serious, and they've been going on seriously at least a few days. the belief it could/would get done with NYY may have led stanton not to consider the giants as seriously as he might have.
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Post by taftreign on Nov 29, 2017 12:34:03 GMT -5
Regarding Harper, I feel the outfield is in good shape going forward. If they are going to throw large dollars at anyone next offseason I would think the Sox would be better served trying to sign Machado. Sign a stop gap 1st baseman this offseason, move Devers over to 1st with Machado at 3rd. Highly unlikely but a fan can dream. Rumor is Machado wants to play SS.
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Post by taftreign on Nov 26, 2017 10:08:30 GMT -5
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Post by taftreign on Oct 17, 2017 19:22:35 GMT -5
Wow! Devastating for Hayward and the team.
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Post by taftreign on Oct 14, 2017 18:42:30 GMT -5
It will be a little embarrassing if Judge wins the MVP over Altuve if you've watched the playoffs to this point. Not that it is a post season related award my any means but the recency bias would make it look the a poor choice.
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