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99% of the fan base has never heard of, and will never hear of, J. Michael Robertson's twitter account. EDIT: Shipps beat me to it ?

Machado has had a better OPS+ than Abreu two out of the last three years, and did it while playing gold glove 3B (and some less than stellar SS).

I can't decide if this Sox fest conspiracy is more or less desperate than the Sox hat analysis. Maybe I'll ask Manny what he thinks at the announcement tomorrow.

Makes sense, since people are sugar-coating a lack of news

He was also worth 11.4 bWAR over 4 years because they taught him how to field.

My source says it is clearly a #7 on the hat, and I stand by that.

You ever tried to get in-between an insta wife and her 2000 followers?

Don't you have better things to be doing Kenny? I bet if you call and ask nicely enough, you could get Torii to come out of retirement.

Fun fact: A self-driving car company stopped testing in Portland a few years ago because people wore so much black that it was messing with their LIDAR.

Found KW's account

Looks like ESPN is talking to Dan about the statement right now

Ok, but that wouldn't have been a big deal if we didn't run Tyler Flowers out of town ?

Just glad I'm not the only one who had to point it out.

They'd be right to. Asmus is acutely better than Scioscia, but you're being obtuse if you don't think Maddon's record speaks for itself.

That was my first thought too! Only 205 and on a smith machine. Luis Robert needs to teach him a thing or two

I can't wait until tomorrow when it is confirmed that the Phils offered at least 7 years, and the board debates how much the franchise will be worth once it moves to Portland.

Phillies make an offer, and half the thread is whipping themselves up into a frenzy over the possibility that eventually Machado chooses that one. Being proactively pessimistic is one thing, but this is purposely steering into worst case scenarios to beat a horse that isn't just already dead, but was never alive because it is made of straw.

Lol wut

Anderson, Narvaez, and Jimenez at least

Oh yeah, the Verducci thing is a rule of thumb at best, and it has not held up to any rigorous statistical study to date. However, the general thought process around it is what usually leads to pitchers being shut down.

FWIW, Dunning added 32 IP in 2017 and Hansen added 35 IP in 2017 (both had over half of their 2016 IP in college and IDK if that affects anything), and both have had huge IP drops this year. Maybe they should follow it more.

I believe the "Verducci Effect" risk zone is >30 IP added, and he was already at 31 more IP than last year so it was smart, though maybe even too late already. Still, that means next year is 150, and he couldn't hit 180 until 2020 (and that is optimistic)

Dylan Cease is the more likely canidate for a shutdown. With a TJ already behind him, you really don't want to have a large year-over-year jump in IP, so if he forces his way to the majors next year, or even the one after, he may not be at 180 yet.

Totally agree. There is still way too much swing and miss in Moncada's game, especially since he is already selective. This table is Moncada's swing and contact stats. His Z-Contact % (The % of swings on pitches in the zone that make contact) is 7 points below average, and is basically the same as the league average total Contact %. No bueno