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So is the positional value. How are we even still debating these things in March 2026. If you cut Sosa every team other than maybe LA would claim him. If you cut Beni nobody would claim him even if the Sox agreed to pickup 1/3 of his remaining salary.

Position coaches rarely matter but the key thing is if guys like you and want to at least try and work with you, so Shomon seems like a good coach that way. We seem to have cleared out some dead wood in the org the last couple seasons at least.

That's at least partially why I'm such a big Matas fan. 1st generation Chicagoan and American.

This one I just don't see at all. His defense is good enough to carry his bat even at like 220/280/380. And he's not going to slash that all year long. I think something like 240/300/440 is much more likely, a regression but still a solid regular.

I get "bold' is doing a lot of work here but every one of those seems absolutely insane to me, like 1 in 100 seasons type stuff. The only one I could possibly see would be Murakami setting the K record. As for a bold prediction I'd say that Baldwin gets around 120 starts, hits around 20 HR and finishes around 2.5 WAR.

This guy is full of s%*#. A 12th round pick that was injured for most of 2019 (you know before Covid) and was awful when he did pitch, continued to be awful after receiving a vaccine that 99.99% of young people tolerate just fine and now 6 years later is claiming up to 20 million in lost wages? Bro was never making it above AA, he stunk and was already injury prone before Covid.

Must be just to get all the pitchers reps. Thought it was usually just 4 tho and then a coach would help out. Little spring curiosity maybe I'll ask someone if I get to a game.

5 catchers? OK.

Too bad for Taiwan. They can enjoy bragging rights over SK tho until next WBC.

I'm not surprised.

Dylan Covey now that is a blast from the recent past.

Only thing that matters in the union is seniority, which works in other fields but not in MLB. I'm not sure what a good starting point would be, but the union should have a goal of knocking down the arb clock while also raising the 26 man roster min salary. What concessions they'd have to give up tho I don't know.

Felt nice about the future Sox until I saw that putrid Nick Shitlicker Swisher tribute on the OF wall.

I mean I'm high on Baldwin as anybody but 50% of the time he's just a utility guy, 20% of the time he's a solid regular, 10% of the time he becomes a borderline star and 10% of the time he washes out of MLB in a few years due to injuries or whatever. The conclusion of the article doesn't really follow the premise, which is that he's an interesting youngish player -- not a foundational piece. Even if he turns into a 3 WAR player, borderline all-star, we still need about 20 more WAR around him to get to 90 or so projected wins. He'd just be a nice cog best case. It was stupid we didn't give him more ABs last year and jerked him around the field. Just park him in LF and let Beni start the year on the IL.

2nd nevermind.

my over riding posting philosophy remains larry from sss dead horse meme. make a point and move on.

nevermind.

I figured it was like 11-1 or something, checked it's 4-0?

The mariners lost like 27-5 today, I'm sure they are still projected for around 88 wins. Nothing matters, especially in a WBC year.

Fair enough and I stand corrected. If he had the bone spur in 2024 hopefully that explains the velocity. There were games he wasn't even topping out over 91 iirc.

How would an injury in 2025 affect his 2024 stats? You guys are just wishcasting stuff. He's a RHP that throws 91mph. If he succeeds he's a unicorn, no matter what the whiff rate is on his changeup. It's more likely he's out of MLB in 3 years than he's a solid 3rd starter.

Fangraphs had it at 4.2 runs above average, the only pitch he had with a better than average run value. It's a good changeup, but you can't rely on a changeup as your primary pitch, that uh, why it's the changeup.

Whatever the process was it led to a pretty s%*# outcome. At best he's like a 5th starter.

I just don't know what he has to miss bats. It's not his fastball, it's not his breaking balls and his changeup is solid but not elite and too reliant on pinpoint command. His average 4 seam velocity prior to TJS was 91.3. Maybe he gains a couple ticks otherwise I just don't see it.

He'll be in Korea in a few years imo. He stinks. Was not impressed in person or any of his starts last year on TV. One of Getz's bad scouting mistakes so far imo.