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Unless he has zero command of English, the antecedent of that "it" that he said was something he wouldn't use was "pitching ninja". If he's that bad at language he's in the wrong business. I don't think he is actually that inept, though

Why apologize because Schriffen backtracked. He was clearly referring to pitching ninja

Yeah I guess, still there's been too much Thaiss in the lineup should be 2:1 in favor of Lee imo

Play Sosa and Lee ffs. How's a man supposed to get hot when you bench him subsequent to a three hit game

I'm convinced JR deliberately dumped Bennetti and hoisted Schriffen on us as a deliberate Rachel Phelpsian FU to Sox fans, in part of some nefarious scheme to devalue the Sox, from which he somehow benefits

Perhaps because he was specifically referring to pitching ninja rather than Twitter itself

Yeah I forgot about them because Crochet isn't comparable to them. That was whole reason I brought them up

Rodon just had a healthy 2.0 WAR season and has had multiple better seasons than Crochet has had, just for one of countless examples of pitchers having worse seasons than they had previously. Just a couple years ago, Cease followed up a 6.4 WAR season with a healthy 2.2 season for another example.

Not if he puts up a 2 WAR season. Guys like Cole, Sale, Verlander, etc put up multiple 6+ WAR seasons in actuality rather than hypothetical ones

Don't get me wrong, I agree it's within realm of possibility Crochet puts up three 6 WAR seasons, but seems mighty speculative for a guy with a career high of 4.1 and career total of 6.

Wouldn't the value be based on the actual performance rather than a hypothetical rate. I'd think you'd have to actually pitch those 200 innings for them to have value

Yeah that was kind of my point in that response, that it wouldn't be a linear value as stated in post I replied to. (13m/WAR) Still not buying that 5 WAR is worth 50 million a year though. If the Sox signed a 5 WAR player to 50 million a year, would that result in an extra 50+ million in yearly revenue? I have my doubts

Sale never even had a 7 WAR season, but he had many seasons significantly better than any Crochett has had

Where you getting 7-8 WAR from? His career high is 4.1

So someone like Jose Quintana should be make around 35 million a year? Not sure where youre getting your maths. If I had twenty six 1 WAR players, I'd have a 330 million dollar payroll and a 74 win team, according to WAR.

You're telling me 4 WAR seasons are worth 56 million per now?

The ball went in the opposite direction of the runner though "No fielder has to have a direct path to the ball.The runner has to make the adjustment just like he's out if he gets hit by a groundball or line drive"

Looks like we might have some pitching and defense. May have to revise my 48-114 prediction

Ump ready to go home

Two of three. I'm guessing Perez is about to make it three

Nice recovery by Perez. Thought he lost his command there for a minute

I still don't expect much more than 50 wins but already have had more enjoyment watching this team than anytime in last two seasons

This lineup looking like murderer's row all of a sudden

He does seem less annoying so far. Couldn't stand him last year

Gordon actually a good defender but everyone remembers him for that play. That was true WTF moment