Look at Ray Ray Run

I read somewhere that keeping more April games in warm weather cities has been a focal point of baseball scheduling for a few years. edit: Looks like this was something they looked into doing, but didn't fully implement. I stand corrected.

Shapiro was running shop there. I don't think there was any secret to that. Shapiro was making the calls. Let's see what the new leadership does. So far, it hasn't been much since his departure. Cleveland's poor cry is the same bs as any other mlb team that cries poor.

There arent enough teams to keep everything south.

Baseball does everything in their power to keep northern teams from playing home games the first week.

Not sure how you can say this. The current people in charge took over for Shapiro in 2015. The people in charge now have done next to nothing to improve the team. Most of the acquisitions were made by Shapiro.

Hank Aaron was another front foot hitter.

Balance is everything in hitting. You may think it looked like he was off balance but the majority of time he was not. You can not hit balls with authority without balance and rhythm. As Frank aged and became less athletic, he got lower to the ground to help maintain the force and balance on his front side. He couldnt stand tall and shift on stride because he wasnt athletic enough to do that and maintain balance like when he was young. You wouldn't teach it because it's uncomfortable and unnatural to many. But to those who are good at it, it allows you to attack balls way out in front while fighting those off that get deep enough. Ichiro was also a front foot hitter - the amazing hands thing pretty obvious there too.

Frank had remarkable hands. He could fall off balance - flay as ass away from his hands - and his hands were so good they could get to the ball. He wasn't off balance often though - he was just a front foot hitter and they tend to look funny and require amazing hands.

For his career, Frank Thomas walked nearly 300 more times than be struck out. Eloy will never be Frank Thomas and that's ok.

Sox were never one player away though.

Good for Chris. Glad to see him get paid. He's earned it.

Sox fans fall in love with their shotty cult heroes. Palka is one of those. He's awful yet people here search for ways to get him at bats.

His velocity returned last spring too. Giolitos problem isnt his velocity - its that hes not very good and his pitches fool no one. Spring doesnt matter but when you can't get anyone out last year... then you look even worse in spring... it usually doesnt bode well.

You look at that lineup, and the guy you have the problem with out of everyone is Yomer? Palka is awful. Yolmer is a much better MLB regular than Palka.

They can't argue that they manipulated his service time this year given that they signed him to a MLB contract.

Eloy can't file a service time manipulation grievance any longer as he is under a MLB contract now.

The Cubs had Bryant. They weren't moving Bryant and baez off their natural positions.

Required for any contract formalization in baseball.

So in two posts I now need to take an econ course (I work in finance) and play baseball past middle school (I played in college). The internet is an amazing place. The only short stops who move to 2nd are those without the arm for third. There's a reason when most good SS's move (manny, a rod, maybe cal but his was age) they move to 3rd and not second. Also I asked you to quote a scout. Just one. You made a comment that scouts in the AL west said something so show me where. Tia.

I'm pretty well tuned into economics but thank you. I may have taken a few more econ and finance classes after high school. Just maybe though. A lot of maybes in your scenario. Semien wouldnt land a top 100 guy now. They teach your hindsight bias in high school too.

Of course it matters. Theres a massive difference between trading a guy that would go 1-1 for James shitty shields and trading a prospect that no other team would give more than 1.25 million too just 12 months earlier - also a 12 months in which he played no professional baseball.

I never said he was a hack. Hes a nice mlb player. Not having Marcus semien will have zero impact on the Sox future or rebuild and it will never cost them a playoff spot.

Ftr, I'm annoyed and frustrated but I'm here to talk about baseball and the season... not to b**** and moan all day about Jerry and Rick. That's pointless. I love the game not management.

they viewed him as a guy who wouldnt primarily catch but would catch. Maybe 60-70 games a year. Tyler flowers was said to be someone who couldn't catch either.

I liked semien. He's just not a guy to lose sleep over losing. They traded him to try and win and failed.