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Except statistically,Vizquel wasn't on Belanger"s level. Vizquel career high defensive WAR was 2.5. Belanger's was 4.9, which is insane.

This guy had a career batting record that you would have said was pretty good for a pitcher bsck in the day, yet he put up a career war over 40. Normally I'd say 60+ is more along the lines of hofer, but in his case, his value was 99.6% defense because he was a top three defensive player by career war of all time. His best seasons were insane by defensive war. He's practically tied with Brooks Robinson and behind the wizard of Oz, of course. If youre that good at one aspect to such an exceptional degree that should be enough. Even if he hit like a pitcher most of his career. I mean they'd elect the best punter in football. If youre a top 25 or more reliever youre probably in. Top three defensively of all time, top 2 at shortstop, that should be enough to qualify.

Here hoping the sacks don't get packed with Seamen this afternoon. Will see if Kay brings his salt peter

To me, it suggests they have found they same thing we've been looking at for years.

What are they are sacrificing here? The wolf lake building site? Wow

Wouldn't want payroll getting too bloated after all.

A deeper look into the question:

False.

If Teel put on twenty pounds of muscle, it must have pushed that fat up to his head

Benintendi and Baldwin in the corners together sounds like a bad time.

Yeah but think of all the resultant whingeing on Soxtalk you'll be exposed to

.376 OBP in '23-24 then an absolute crash and burn in '25

Acuña could very well be more productive than Robert next year on his own. Then you have the fact just last year Pereira hit 21 dongs in 297 abs at AAA, the year following being ranked 67. Along with Murray for Steven Wilson and a mid-season dumpster dive. Not sure what kind of return you were expecting there. Not sure how Mead for a mid-season dumpster dive signing is a bad move either. That is literally turning nothing into something.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=pereir000eve Prospect Rankings Baseball America Pre-2023 #78 Pre-2024 #67

Both Acuña and Pereira were ranked higher in '24 than '23. Seems a little disingenuous to cite '23 rankings while describing them as post hype

If close to dead last is inevitable with Robert gone, then it was inevitable with Robert here. Derek Hill nearly put up an equal WAR last year in 149 PA as Robert did in each of his last two seasons. Acuńa in 224 career PA has nearly Robert's WAR from twice the PA last year. Had Baldwin played CF last year instead of Robert I doubt the difference would have been more than a game, and I'm not even sure which direction that one win would go

Trade Sosa, Benintendi and $15 million split over two years to the Pirates for Thomas Harrington and Tony Blanco, Jr. Trade Quero to Rays for Jacob Melton Sign Giolito Rotation depth: Giolito, Smith, Martin, Kay, Harrington, Burke, Thorpe, Hagen, Schultz Near future OF: Melton, Acuña, Montgomery

Acuña is your 2026 center fielder

Targeted? You think the ICE agents somehow made that lady show up, obstruct their law enforcement activity and then proceed to hit one of them with her car. Thats ludicrous.

You mean when the lady went from obstructing law enforcement to trying to run a law enforcement officer over? Last I checked, its been well established that deadly force may be met with deadly force. Pretty easy to avoid being shot due to attempting to hit someone with a car by not attempting to hit someone with a car Certainly wouldn't be considered an assassination. Wouldn't she be a law abiding citizen either, such as was the case with Kirk

The response was in relation to how nonsensical your response was. You claimed people who thought Kirk assassination was a bad thing have subsequently been celebrating assassinations. I pointed there hasn't been an assassination since Kirk, and you respond "exactly". Makes no sense, you see

Not sure how any decent person wouldn't be offended by a law abiding citizen being brutally murdered in front of a thousand young college students. There hasn't been any assassination since Kirk so not sure what youre referring to there either.

Kinda strange how the guy who promoted peaceful public discourse is considered the extremist by the same people who celebrate his public assassination