caulfield12
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Collins has a three-run double tonight at least...
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Every hitter in baseball is going to struggle in those shadows. Why do you think Volstad had such a good start? Nothing to really take from this game, in terms of performances, other than encouragement that Moncada continues to make strides, this time with a hard hit ball against LHP.
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Dumb to start the game at that time...suicide for hitters. (The only other similar start is 3 p.m. against the Cubs later in the season.) Anderson had two hits, but that he also screwed up the momentum of the game getting picked off and also screwed up a Moncada defensive play late...fortunately, that didn't lead to any additional runs. Youth.
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Josh Donaldson, haha. Have said all along they’ll have to add one veteran starting pitcher...something between the Cubs with Lester and Royals with Shields. So much is dependent on Rodon. And the certainty about Giolito being much more than a middle of the rotation guy is tumbling a bit. Of course, Lopez looks better than Q, so that probably balances out over time as well. That still leaves Kopech, Hansen, Cease, maybe Dunning and draft pick/s as frontline TOR guys (Dunning was always perceived to be more 3/4 or even 5, at least when we acquired him. That perception has evolved slightly.)
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Since (young) people today hate reading so much, perhaps pictures-only would be more palatable for some...but no, I was not deliberately trying to include the pictures, per se. That said, it also takes more time to go back in and edit/clean up everything that gets pulled from a page when you copy and paste using this updated site platform.
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Complete confidence, no. They deserve to see things through until that position no longer becomes tenable...but you could almost say the same thing for the ownership group as well at this particular point in time. I wish I could find the stat again...it was about Top 3 or Top 5 ranked Baseball America milb systems (in the past) not to eventually lead to a playoff appearance in the subsequent/trailing 3-5 years, and there might have been only one team not to make it following that recognition going back to 2000 or so. Not saying just a single playoff team from 2019-24 would qualify the Sox rebuild as a success...but a starting point, at least.
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Yes, we continue to be 100x more consumed by Middle Eastern and African/Islamic terrorists...
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Why do we care about Venom again...he looks like a spin off from Aliens mashed up with the monsters from Annihilation and The Quiet Place.
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If he lives up to his billing, our scouting looks better...mostly, though, it’s because Keith Law was all over starting that bandwagon. And couldn’t we say the same about Carlos Sanchez? Why am I responsible for Preller’s decision when I said fom the beginning it would be a huge jump up for him?
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At the very least, Moustakas would be earning his money as a DH or 1B at those salary numbers, there's certainly no arguing that point with how well he's produced (offensively alone) so far this year. The only one to be blocked would theoretically be Davidson (or possibly Delmonico). That said, there's no reason they can't go after him again this next off-season.
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Cease, unless you could provide a guarantee that Hansen wasn't going to need TJS in the next 12-18 months...
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AP-NORC Poll: Amid strikes, Americans back teacher raises WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans overwhelmingly believe teachers don't make enough money, and half say they'd support paying higher taxes to give educators a raise. The findings of the new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research come amid recent teacher strikes and other protests over low pay, tough classroom conditions and the amount of money allocated to public schools in several Republican-led states. Tens of thousands of Arizona teachers voted last week to strike after rejecting an offer of a 20-percent raise, because it didn't include a vow from state lawmakers not to further cut taxes before providing more money for the state's schools. "To educate children and barely get a living is obnoxious," said Elaine Penman, a company manager in Tucson, Arizona, who added she and others went outside to cheer on protesting teachers who were marching by. She's among the 50 percent of Americas who say they'd pay a higher tax bill if it meant more money for teachers. "I'm a parent and I benefit directly from what teachers do," said Penman, who has two children in traditional public schools and one in a charter school. In 2016-2017, the average salary for a public school teacher was $58,950, down slightly from the previous year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Overall, 78 percent of Americans said that's not enough. Just 15 percent think teachers are paid the right amount, while 6 percent think they're paid too much. In a 2010 AP-Stanford poll, 57 percent of Americans said they thought teachers are paid too little. Americans in states with the lowest average teacher salaries — less than $50,000 a year — were slightly more likely to think teachers were paid too little and that the national average should be an important factor in determining salaries. The AP-NORC poll found that parents and those without children are about equally likely to think teachers are paid too little. It's a sentiment that crosses party lines, too. Nearly 9 in 10 Democrats, 78 percent of independents and 66 percent of Republicans think teacher salaries are too low. Slightly more than half of Americans — 52 percent — also approve of teachers leaving the classroom to strike in their search for higher pay, while 25 percent disapprove. Among those who say they've heard about the recent teacher protests, 80 percent say they approve of such tactics.
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1-0 I'm now going to pretend the first 18 games, Giolito/Avi, Farquhar near death experience...the Oakland and Detroit meltdowns, none of that ACTUALLY happened and it's only unicorns, pots of gold at the bottom of rainbows, and Moncada/Abreu/Jimenez in the future.
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See, the Tatis Jinx worked again. 0/4. 3 K's. .183, 24 k's and only 1 walk in 71 AB's (sounds like what we would expect from Hawkins or Barnum) http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=milb&player_id=665487#/career/R/hitting/2018/ALL And who the heck is Jones in the Future Sox report for BIRM? Hunter Jones? Can't find a single Jones is the box score...was hoping we had another possible future replacement for Adam Engel.
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Let's get the cycle in a game where that last hit is not a meaningless one in the overall scheme of the game...haha. Also great to see his strikeout percentage get back down under 40%. He has a higher OPS than Altuve as of tonight (good for 9th among qualified 2B). http://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/batting/_/position/2b/sort/OPS/order/true Is there any way to get the updated fWAR numbers? Have to subscribe to fangraphs? By bWAR, he's only at 0.5.
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The universal basic income argument's going to come up a lot...robot taxes in California, etc., over the next couple of decades. Of course, corporations will never want to assume responsibility for the welfare of any displaced workers. This is the issue that none of the Dems (except the progressive left) want to fight...the Occupy Wall Street one, about corporate welfare (and how we respect the rich for taking advantage of the system). Trump has bragged about it over and over again, how the system was tilted in his favor and against the little man, of course, he has no desire to actually CHANGE that system until he's finally backed into a corner and his feet are held to the fire. https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/23/opinions/sean-hannity-is-a-welfare-queen-begala/index.html Sean Hannity is a (hypocritical) WELFARE QUEEN Hannity issued a statement Monday: "It is ironic that I am being attacked for investing my personal money in communities that badly need such investment and in which, I am sure, those attacking me have not invested their money," he said. "The fact is, these are investments that I do not individually select, control, or know the details about; except that obviously I believe in putting my money to work in communities that otherwise struggle to receive such support." Yes, Sean, I'm sure it's your own money. But it's being guaranteed with taxpayers' money. That's a government subsidy. And my guess is you used shell corporations to keep your name out of the documents because you didn't want your hypocrisy exposed. Sean Hannity is a lot of things. Needy isn't one of them. Greedy, in President Reagan's framing, seems more like it. Perhaps the program that guarantees Hannity's investments is a wise one. Perhaps, on the other hand, it is a wasteful welfare program. That's not the point. It's the hypocrisy, stupid. Hannity is a very wealthy man. So is Donald Trump. It appears that part of the way they became rich was by decrying welfare for poor folks, then grabbing it for themselves. They view their voters, their viewers, as saps. Stooges. Suckers. As another great huckster said, there's one born every minute. And Hannity is laughing all the way to the bank.
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Looks like Skole has only played 3B and 1B in his entire career...although one could assume he MIGHT be able to play LF (see Delmonico). At any rate, Davidson/Delmonico as a DH pairing is meant for 2019/20. Definitely not this year.
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Moncada strikeout rate currently at 39.5%, and that's including the borderline call... 10% left to chop off. Maybe 3-5% this year, another 5% next year.
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We can always have an "offense-first" catcher like a Piazza (granted HoF numbers, but you get the idea) and then have a defensive replacement to back him up...worst-case scenario.
