soxfan49

You’re infinitely incorrect

He can hit for power, he has a good eye, he can run, and he could be a good defender. Probably not any of that to Trout’s extent but it makes sense.

At times, professional athletes are vocal about their intentions. Machado has made it clear he's not open to it. Maybe Arenado will say that he is depending on the destination. If it's the latter, I would imagine Hahn would inquire if Chicago is one of the destinations that he would consider. If not, obviously the trade shouldn't be made.

Perhaps Arenado is more open to staying with the team, unlike Machado and some guys of the past, who seem completely against it.

Such a terrible effort by Engel

Because you fear if another team trades for him midseason that he never makes it to the open market.

This will make trading for Arenado easier.

Who said he has to be great? Yeah, ideally every player for this team is great defensively but I imagine that’s rare. If Anderson is good defensively (top 10-12 using your metric) and continues to hit 20+ homers and steal 30+ bases a year, I’d say he’s valuable.

So again, Anderson has no chance of getting there? They should release him or make him a utility player?

What I'll say is that his argument had nothing to do with Anderson's defense, rather his argument was no one with a low OBP should be a starter. However, was Uribe always a top 5 defensive SS? Because some guys, you know, take time to develop.

No.

Juan Uribe's OBP in 2005 was .301

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?cid=&lid=&org=145&sc=&sid=milb&t=affiliate&ymd=20180810 Guerrero, Cease and Battenfield toe the rubber

Nike released a shirt with it last year on its own and I loved it. Underutilized indeed. I had to buy it.

It’s going to be hard finding 8 better players than a guy who can run and hit for power. Not every 9th hitter is the team’s worst player.

A guy who can hit for power and steal a bunch of bases is definitely my definition of utility player. I mean, why wouldn't you be writing off a 20 HR/25 SB guy? I know that personally, I can't count on those guys.

None of them. They all suck. Hahn sucks, Reinsdorf should sell the team, KW is a dick. Everyone blows. Deplete the organization.

I could see them making a change to the grays how SF did. Putting the SOX in the corner with black piping up the buttons.

They're alternates, not alternatives. The Red Sox wear red jerseys too, not just white and gray. Didn't they just get millions of dollars worth of renovations to the park?

On 1-0, Avi wasn’t looking for a 97 mph fastball. On 2-1, Avi evidently wasn’t looking for a 96 mph fastball. On 3-2, Avi apparently wasn’t looking for a 97 moh fastball. They should just send Steverson’s sorry ass to the sun.

Of course this would never happen, but if the opposition decided to intentionally walk Abreu every PA for the rest of the year, the Sox wouldn’t score 100 runs the rest of the season.

Good question

An opposite field single? Get that ball to the dugout

Damn ?

But would you have said that as the Astros were losing a million games a year? As it turns out, sure, but this could turn out that way also