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1 hour ago, gusguyman said:
Generally I agree, but if you draft a reliever in the first round, you better hit on them, otherwise you definitely deserve some criticism.
I agree with this statement, even more in the MLB you need to take best talent available, damn with position. Taking a RP you BETTER at least get mediocre MLB player out of that 1st pick.
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9 minutes ago, pcq said:
Another failed draft pick.
There are plenty of these in MLB. In NFL if you have a failed 1st round pick it's a pretty big deal, but in baseball, they happen about 75% of the time it seems. Probably even higher considering where Burdi was drafted!
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Kopech hasn't pitched in what 3-4 days, likely he's going to be held out tonight and he will start the FOD game and hopefully give us 3 IP. Followed by a bunch of 1 inning bull pen relief!
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4 minutes ago, pcq said:
The Sox were kind of AAA for much of the season. The upgrades and returns are clearly significant. Their staff has around 1,500 more 96 plus pitches than any other team.
Imagine if Zack Wheeler would have chosen the Sox and we would have him instead of Keuchel, because that's where Wheelers money went... That would be 5 guys all throwing on average 95+... daaaaayummm!
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4 hours ago, BrianAnderson said:
also would probably want to do the number generator present at like a sox game this weekend in front of some people. do it at a tailgate or something.
Not many of you Soxtalk people know me, I was on WSI for the longest and run our Dynasty Fantasy League for the past 16 years. My season ticket group won 2 tickets and a parking pass. They are interested in listing them on stubhub, but the Sox haven't given us our actual location because, I believe, the season ticket holders might actually get "seats" instead of the bleachers like you're seeing now. I can talk to my group and see if they would be interested in a raffle. We would have to guarantee at least 200 people though, because with seats, we are certain we could get that amount for them. But I'd be happy with any of the admins running the venmo and could do a live stream of the selection process to see who wins the tickets if you all are serious about this?
Would probably have to do a poll to see how many are interested to see if we could meet the requirement from my group.
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3 hours ago, tray said:
Sox should start live streaming minor league games like they do Spring Training games...for the baseball addicted.
Unfortunately there are NO GAMES every Monday in MiLB... ugh! Monday's are the worst! However, I like their schedule where they play the same team for 6 games and everyone has Monday off. I wouldn't mind MLB adapting some sort of schedule like this, maybe the AL has Monday's off and the NL Tuesday off (which wouldn't work for interleague), but it would cut down on travel. I'm sure there is a genius out there that could make this work!
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18 hours ago, Balta1701 said:
The rules need to change a little bit based on this. If the player is willing to sign for his slot value, then the team should have to sign that player if they drafted him. Now if the player wants more than slot, then I agree the team can choose not to sign him. Rocker should file a lawsuit against MLB, allowing him to become a free agent. If the team chooses not to sign a player for slot value or lower, then that Player should become a free agent and not have to go back into the draft the following year. If there are concerns with health, then you shouldn't have drafted him until a round where the slot value was where you were willing to go for him. It's a disservice to this young man!
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13 minutes ago, BrianAnderson said:
I forgot about Sixto!
EIGHT! deep. lawd. 😛
That team is set up for me to put a nice $25 or $50 wager at like +4000 to win the World Series next year. That type of pitching depth is hard to come by.
Currently Rogers and Sixto on the IL, Cabrera just came off the IL. They have built quite the pitching rotation talent... let's see if they can keep them healthy.
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5 minutes ago, reiks12 said:
This org is a joke playing Eloy in left, we all know how its going to turn out. Hes either going to hurt himself again or hurt someone else all the while making error after error in the field. I cant believe they are bending to Eloy's will like this.
If he isn't quite the hitter as the DH then you have to put him in LF. He's an elite hitter and you need that. I'm not saying he can't adapt, but this is what you do with your elite players. Just like putting TA in the leadoff roll well before he "earned" it, then he went and won a batting title!
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35 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:
I mean if we are keeping it ERA simple
Codi Heuer 5.12 ERA
Matt Foster 6.04 ERA
Ryan Burr 3.38 ERA + 5.03 FIP
Evan Marshall 5.60 ERA
There are a lot of guys on that list who would be significant improvements over what we have been running out there.
I was just using rotochamp lineup and bullpens, assumed they had the correct data on there... I didn't check other sources. But the point is still there. The only dominant arm is Kimbrel.
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34 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:
I mean if we are keeping it ERA simple
Codi Heuer 5.12 ERA
Matt Foster 6.04 ERA
Ryan Burr 3.38 ERA + 5.03 FIP
Evan Marshall 5.60 ERA
There are a lot of guys on that list who would be significant improvements over what we have been running out there.
Those guys wont' factor into the playoffs unless you're losing a game by 7 runs. You will have a bullpen of about 4 arms total for the playoffs and a SP in the bullpen.
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btw... if you look at our bullpen ERA and K's... it's not like there are a lot of upgrades out there. If you're thinking Hudson and Hand are an upgrade... you may be mistaken. They are pitching in the NL and here are their standard stats:
Hudson - 25 IP, 32K, 3.85 ERA
Hand - 26 IP, 31K, 3.52 ERA
Bummer - 24 IP, 29 K, 3.29 ERA
Heuer - 24 IP, 23 K, 3.96 ERA
Crochet - 23 IP, 26 K, 3.42 ERA
I would take Hudson or Hand, but they aren't the answer to having a lock down 7th or 8th inning guy.
Yimi Garcia (mia) - 24 IP, 25 K, 3.79 ERA
Rodriguez (pit) - 25 IP, 26 K, 3.45 ERA
Iglesias (laa) - 25 IP, 35 K, 3.25 ERA
Kennedy (tex) - 25 IP, 27 K, 4.01 ERA
Kimbrel is the only RP that is actually having a season that is a true upgrade to what we have in the bullpen unfortunately. Come playoffs, maybe adding Cease to the bullpen helps us as much as adding a Hudson or Hand?
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24 minutes ago, FLsoxfan said:
Yes, my comment is a little tongue in cheek; however, Eloy was out diving for balls in LF in AAA, I'd rather these guys be playing smart in a rehab assignment and hold it back a bit until their efforts actually matter. I'm glad Eloy is a gamer but we need him healthy in MLB
A lot of times playing less than full effort actually has more of a chance of injuring yourself. Like when you have a bum foot so more pressure, etc goes to the healthy foot. These guys are professional athletes. If they are healthy, they need to be going about their business like they are used to. If they get re-injured, it happens. But to try and "limit" how hard they play, does not help them get ready... IMO obviously!
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23 hours ago, shago said:
The accomplishment of this pitching staff and line-up to-date has been truly amazing … however, as we’ve seen in the last few days, this is not a team ready to make a serious run in the playoffs. Against, playoff caliber starting pitching, this line-up isn’t strong enough to compete. Against the pathetic AL Central, sure, but even with the return of Eloy and LuBob, the front office needs to make some moves to bring in more OF firepower if we want to make a serious run.
Really??? So we are without 44% of our starting offense and you don't think we are ready to compete for a playoff run. That's obvious. However, With Eloy, Robert, Grandal in the lineup we are looking at a top 7 hitters of Anderson, Moncada, Abreu, Eloy, Vaughn, Grandal, Robert... then RF, 2B... that's a lineup that can make a serious run in the playoffs. What we don't have is RP that is ready to make a run. We thought we had one, but they aren't performing. That is what we need. I'll take a 2B upgrade, I'll take a RF upgrade, but that is not NEEDED to make a run. We NEED 2 RP that can cover 6th and 7th.
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2 hours ago, Dick Allen said:
Kopech should have been double switched. Hamilton or Engel should have been in CF and the 7th inning wouldn't have been very stressful.
Wrong... the reason Kopech stayed in the game and did not get double switched for is because Collins hasn't been the best at receiving and there was no way Tony wanted Crochet to pitch to 3 batters starting the 8th. He got Crochet up in case Kopech couldn't get out Yelich.
I'm defending LaRussa on this one.
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So with the above contracts, our core (not including rookies and fill in type players, which should account for no more than $5-10M/yr)
2022 - 145.3 (with Lynn)
2023 - 153.3
2024 - 163.1
those are all assuming we pick up 100% of the options.
To keep the core together you make the following 2 signings:
Abrue - 2 years / 32M - with 3rd year option at 12M
Rodon - 3 years / 63M (20,21,22 1M year escalating contract)
which brings you to:
2022 - 163.3
2023 - 188.3 (if you keep Keuchel from 150 IP, then this reduces to 168.3)
2024 - 163.1 (BIGGEST LOSS IS GRANDAL)
This keeps us at around 163 for the next 3 years after this year. We fill RF with our young position players (Cespedes, Sheets, Burger, Colas) and our Rotation fills with Kopech in place of Keuchel and Crochet as our 6th man to fill in when needed.
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What a start from Keuchel... he looked great! Big win for sure, with the amount of injuries and Moncada, our best hitter so far, out of the lineup again. If we are able to grab tomorrows game with Giolito pitching, this team is unreal!
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Yeah I wasn't counting on this win tonight, after losing yesterday I kind of thought it was a series loss. Keuchel really pitched well, 8 K's has to be a high for him over the past several years, right?
I kind of like Yermin in the 2 hole with Grandal / Vaughn at 5/6. It puts our best 6 hitters at the top. No more Lamb in the 2 hole against RHP. Let's hit our best 6 in the top 6 in the order.
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7 minutes ago, GermanSoxFan said:
I guess Collins is Rodon‘s personal catcher now.
And Giolito's as well...
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Hello everyone, fairly new user here, but long time member at WSI, don't hold it against me.
I have 2 season ticket seats in section 124, row 17, seats 6/7 (actually row 12 behind the visitor dugout)
Face value for the games below, I would prefer someone to go so shoot me your best offer:
Thursday - 2 tickets - value $110
Friday - 2 tickets - value $122
PM Me and I can deliver the tickets ASAP. You can pay via Venmo or Paypal, I have both.
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4 minutes ago, BigHurt3515 said:
Hamilton back for McCrae. Not a fan of not having more bullpen depth
We just had 2 straight off days, 100% of the bullpen will be available all weekend, unless we have a starter only go 3 innings. I'd much rather have a good OF because we need the potential defense late in a game.
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16 hours ago, ScooterMcGee said:
I wish more people would have compassion for those that can't get the vaccine.
I thought I read that someone was doing sections of vaccinated people with no social distancing. If you buy tickets in that section then you have to prove vaccination. I think this is a decent compromise. Maybe every other section or something can be full capacity vs social distancing. Therefore still giving good seats and all locations to both parties. Might help increase the capacity under the current guidelines?
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10 minutes ago, tray said:
Sox have not produced much offense in the 3 L's so that will likely impact how TLaR makes his line-up. Yermin is hot so he will stay with him as DH . Perhaps Vaughn in LF with Hamilton as a late inning replacement. The loss of Eloy took part f the heart and soul out of this line-up.
Luis Robert needs to take every pitch that is middle out. He needs to hunt pitches that he can hit and just give the pitchers the outer half.
You don't think if Robert could do that, he would? He should also stop swinging at sliders low and outside in the dirt... I just don't think it's in his mindset. Sometimes, it looks as if he's up there to swing 3 times, and it doesn't matter what pitch comes in, he's going to swing. It's kind of weird, and frustrating!
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5 minutes ago, Vulture said:
Perfect example of why most say to never pick from need. No way Madrigal was the BPA.
I completely agree with this, especially in baseball when prospects take a minimum of 2 years to develop anyways, and who the hell really knows where you're needs are going to be over that span. Get the best talent and you can structure your team around that talent as they develop.
Same thing in the 16 draft when Kyle Lewis was picked right after the Sox took Collins. No way Collins was a better prospect, but we picked for need. And now Lewis and Robert in the OF would be hella good! But... in the baseball draft it's FULL of what if's..,
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So how many times have YOU watched the replay of Anderson's walkoff
in Pale Hose Talk
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Wasn't there a football player that was doing the "Tim Anderson" after a sack this weekend? Maybe he's going to start a trend with the hand gestures!