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of the 25 qualified SS with at least 350 AB, Andrus is ranked 19 overall, and Anderson is ranked 13 in fWAR. can't really complain about getting a 1.6 fWAR starter for free I guess

It was raining, was a drive, hit the top of the fence, plus his natural position is LF. Liam gave up 2 meatballs. It's his L

these players have to accept they're playing with post-covid bodies now they can't be going 90%+ and expect not to eventually get hurt. the trainers also play a role in explaining this to the players

kimbrel would've got the close :)

shouldn't confuse HGH replacement therapy and peptides for stimulating HGH production (GHRH). while both are banned they're two different ballgames... GHRH has near 0 side effects. but he's definitely going to be on BPC-157 during recovery. while thymosin beta 4 is banned in the mlb, bpc-157 is only WADA banned.

"should slide into the closer's role with the Dodgers" imagine giving the #1 ranked team a closer in exchange for an often injured 34 year old RF. ? At the end the the day Kimbrel was poorly managed and misused

great trade 5 years of an injured madrigal for 1.3 years of an elite closer

from what ive seen Escobar is a statpadder while Hernandez is clutch plus the 6m option for a consistent ~2 fWAR 2B is a nice perk easy W on this trade (especially if the price for Escobar was Collins)

6 years of a solid #3+ for 1 year of a 34 year old that had a career year in 2019...? this is a potential 15+ WAR lopsided trade. Throwing in Gallo is the only way its close to an even trade

blow it out your ass. The Dems focused all of their energy on the impeachment farse for ALL of January and first week of Feb while the country could've been focused on this Chinese contravirus. Instead they called him racist for his Jan 31 ban on China and possibly avoiding a Europe-like meltdown. Thankfully JB is manning up as a gov and taking initiative instead of spending his entire time blaming Trump. Believe it or not but Trump is not a dictator... It's the states role to lead the charge over it's population. Why didn't any states act when Trump closed travel from China? ...oh right, hindsight is 20/20 Time for all of us to start living in the now that's grounded in reality instead of blaming others.

an elite pure 2b prospect with no power is hard to project in today's age... he's essentially Willie Randolph 2.0 but I'd say best comparison in FA $ is Dee Gordon's 5/50 contract in 2016

Sox FO should be ashamed of themselves. Goldglover was in the org for 10 years and has to settle for a minor league deal... I guess Abreu didnt like him ? "Turned down major-league offers for chance to be everyday starter at second base." ok sure

you cant throw out claims in a false virtue signal on a baseball message board and just assume people will accept your claims of schilling trying to incite violence. I on the other hand can call you brainwashed because I have proof based on the fact you think having American first opinions makes someone morally inferior to someone else. why do you care how rhode island spends its money? well deserved

wouldn't want this crybaby on my team. Dude signed a 250M contract and is talking about how he feels disrespected. what a clown.

lmao what a salty b****

Trading 6 years of collins when mccann is a FA next year is a tatis tier move. a 2 fWAR starting catcher should yield a RP better than the scraps that were available this offseason. (see Tampa)

Hopefully he signs 2yr+ with Miami so we can all forget this. But if he signs for around 1/$8m its going to be hard to explain why they went with a $6m Mazara. seeing as how both are projected to be our 9th best hitter... its hard to get upset about the lack of interest.

when Mazara was acquired I doubt they knew the OF market would turn out so weak. Looking back I doubt they'd redo the Mazara (due ~$5.7m in 2020) trade considering Avi only got 20/2. Mazara should be considered a pet project and if a better player (Puig) is available for cheap you get him. This still allows for a solid cheap 4th OF signing too.

its really easy to do with statcast. filling out the form can be complicated but allows for thorough results https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_search?hfPT=&hfAB=&hfBBT=fly\.\.ball|&hfPR=&hfZ=&stadium=2394&hfBBL=&hfNewZones=&hfGT=R|&hfC=&hfSea=2019|&hfSit=&player_type=batter&hfOuts=&opponent=&pitcher_throws=&batter_stands=&hfSA=&game_date_gt=&game_date_lt=&hfInfield=&team=&position=&hfOutfield=&hfRO=&home_road=&batters_lookup[]=592206&hfFlag=&hfPull=&metric_1=&hfInn=&min_pitches=0&min_results=0&group_by=name&sort_col=pitches&player_event_sort=h_launch_speed&sort_order=desc&min_pas=0#results_sprayChart_name_592206_ just switch venue to white sox. looks like at least 7 more home runs if he played here vs comerica

a lot of armchair analysts are claiming Dallas is a 4/5 and their main (only?) argument is his low fWAR or 4.72 fip but fail to mention his xfip for 2019 (where he missed ST and 1/3rd of season) was on par with Wheeler. Use the average of his stats over the past 3 seasons and try to claim hes a 4/5 ?

If the price is right: Encarnacion and Puig. The remaining RP market is a crapshoot. Betances is obviously the best fit but is falling apart. Would rather trade.

A pretty solid signing at 4/74. Sox definitely paid a premium but that's the price you pay for a #2/3. Most will argue Ryu is the better pitcher but Dallas is battle tested in the AL and Ryu comes across NL soft like Wheeler.

He'd be our #2 ?

Yeah the numbers seem right, if you want a solid #3 it'll cost you $70m. Ryu (33 years old) is looking at his final contract. I can see him already getting offers for 3/50. Most likely still negotiating with teams to get that guaranteed 4th year. (4/70) Not buying the 4/80 claim by Ken

Any chance he gets optioned to start the season so the Sox can get an extra year out of him? His stats would justify it...