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I love being wrong! Good stuff everyone.

I like it. Pollock will get hurt but I love it.

Given his age, I'd put the percentage a good bit higher than 85%.

Crochet is 22 years old. As a career reliever with his stuff and early production, you're looking at 12-15 career WAR if not more, which is well beyond the error bars you're showing here.

I think the no-season in 2020 and him getting to the big leagues and dominating for a few innings didn't help the idea of sending him back down in 2021. I also thought you didn't like him as a starter in the first place? I think the Sox should have given him a chance to start, but the kid is still only 22. It's not as if he is in his mid-to-late twenties and pigeon holed into his role. I'm not sure how he would have held up better as a starter; I think we would have gotten to this inevitable point sooner, which might help him in the long run, but I'm not sure I buy that it would have kept him healthier.

I don't know about you, but I didn't see anything. Didn't sound great, but honestly who knows? That said, I'll say it again... babying pitchers only prolongs the inevitable, it does in no way protect them. Pitching is an unnatural motion. Some guys can handle it and throw thousands of innings without issue, others can't. Max effort has had an impact on injuries, sure, but guys are more likely to go max effort because they work under the assumption that their innings will be limited and giving it all is what keeps them in the league. Max effort would go down if innings went up. Also, if innings go up, guys will likely get hurt and weed themselves out sooner; at least with modern medicine, an injury isn't the end for you. You'll likely just hit the operating table sooner. I see no evidence to support that innings management and pitch managemement has done anything to elongate careers or limit injuries. In fact, I have seen the opposite. While injuries are more publicized now because of coverage - guys were absolutely getting hurt in the minors for years without fans hearing a peep - it's undeniable that pitching injuries at the big league level have trended upward steadily for over two decades.

I know it's only exhibition, but pretty unreal that hunter Greene vs kopech isn't on TV anywhere

No beef. I just dont think his production last year is all that sustainable and don't see a lot of projection. I could certainly be wrong.

Love the organization selling us on the importance of great contact skills for the 35 year old nick madrigal.

Makes no sense that the sox would trade kimbrel at the break if he'd built up his value. They'd then be trading a rental reliever to a team in a race they're also in They'd be hurting their own big league roster

Why would the dodgers give kimbrel 16 million but not resign Jansen?

Yeah, I think his pedigree and make up are what could prove my opinion and evaluation of him wrong. Hes not gonna hit a quarter of his fly balls out in 2022 and so much of his production was propped up by those homers.

Not saying he was, just saying there's a 0% chance Reynaldo Lopez is even a top 20 starter in baseball the first half of this year, let alone the best pitcher in baseball. Carlos was inconsistent but he had bouts of complete dominance with two ++ pitches. Lopez has no ++ pitches and isn't good.

I get it. To me, he's not a good enough hitter to be a full time dh, he's not better than Vaughn so he isn't going to be a first baseman, and I'm not putting him in the outfield. I wouldn't be shocked if the highest ops of sheets career was last year.

Lopez stinks. Carlos rodon had a history of completely dominating mlb hitters despite his injuries. Lopez is simply not good and really never has been.

I'd trade sheets in a heartbeat. Then again, others seem to be much higher on sheets than me

The elephant in the room is that manaea is owed 10 million this year and by all accounts the sox aren't taking on 10 million in salary without moving kimbrel.

I dont think it's anywhere near a lock that sheets would outhit burger honestly.

Every insider told us the entire off season there was a 0% chance he was on the team opening day. Anyone who implied otherwise was an idiot. The clock is ticking. I hope I'm an idiot before the season starts.

Still waiting on the sox to pick from all those multiple kimbrel offers they had on the table we heard so much about.

Max effort plays a part as well, but babying arms have not protected them. If anything, it allows a more max effort approach too.

Given that the area wasn't really driven by their previous vendor this was my expectation.

yes, babying arms and managing innings with a microscope has been great for long term and short term pitcher health over the past 15-20 years...

beat me to it. distribution does not equal brand rights.

It's complicated. InBev has the rights to Modelo/the brand but Constellation sells Modelo in the states.