8 hours ago8 hr IIRC when the Orioles had their little turnaround a few years back, the Sox played them earlier in the season and Mateo kicked their asses pretty much by himself
8 hours ago8 hr MILB contract? Otherwise, who gets kicked off the MLB roster, Acuña DFA?Seems pointless.
8 hours ago8 hr Dump Acuna after all this time???He's at least over a 600 ops, right? Edited 8 hours ago8 hr by caulfield12
8 hours ago8 hr Author 6 minutes ago, nrockway said:MILB contract? Otherwise, who gets kicked off the MLB roster, Acuña DFA?Seems pointless.Hes probably a bit better than Acuna albeit not saying much.
8 hours ago8 hr 7 minutes ago, Buehrle>Wood said:Hes probably a bit better than Acuna albeit not saying much.He's a nice utility guy for sure. I don't think he moves the needle much, probably more than Acuña, but the potential ceiling is lower. I'd give Acuña another spring training at the very least.
7 hours ago7 hr FG's database is all screwed up but it seems like he's slightly better than Acuna and we don't need another CF with Doyle added. Does Acuna have an option year? If so easy call. I appreciate what Acuna has done as the 26th man but if we can get better lets do it.
7 hours ago7 hr I don't think the squeeze is worth the juice. Mateo is, at best, a very marginal improvement over Luisangel. Acuna is a magician at SS, is faster, and is already comfortable in his role on this team. Mateo may provide a bit more at the dish but that's about the only advantage he has. Luisangel isn't the issue with this team. We need to be finding a replacement for Grichuk....he's clearly the weak link on this roster at this point in the season.
7 hours ago7 hr 1 minute ago, mmmmmbeeer said:I don't think the squeeze is worth the juice. Mateo is, at best, a very marginal improvement over Luisangel. Acuna is a magician at SS, is faster, and is already comfortable in his role on this team. Mateo may provide a bit more at the dish but that's about the only advantage he has.Luisangel isn't the issue with this team. We need to be finding a replacement for Grichuk....he's clearly the weak link on this roster at this point in the season.I can see that as well. This guy is supposed to be very solid at SS as well FWIW. Acuna seems to get a long well with the club and if we have to cut him here I agree, if he has an option might be worth considering if Getz has a good idea of the personality of Mateo and if he'd be willing to be the 26th man.
7 hours ago7 hr Author 7 minutes ago, mmmmmbeeer said:Luisangel isn't the issue with this team. We need to be finding a replacement for Grichuk....he's clearly the weak link on this roster at this point in the season.Mateo actually has a higher spring speed than Acuna but agree overall, may not be worth it regardless.Edit:formatting got screwed up Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by Buehrle>Wood
6 hours ago6 hr 22 minutes ago, mmmmmbeeer said:I don't think the squeeze is worth the juice. Mateo is, at best, a very marginal improvement over Luisangel. Acuna is a magician at SS, is faster, and is already comfortable in his role on this team. Mateo may provide a bit more at the dish but that's about the only advantage he has.Luisangel isn't the issue with this team. We need to be finding a replacement for Grichuk....he's clearly the weak link on this roster at this point in the season.Is Grich the weak link? .896 OPS vL, .837 OPS total since break. I dunno who you're gonna find on the waiver wire that beats that.
6 hours ago6 hr 21 minutes ago, nrockway said:Is Grich the weak link? .896 OPS vL, .837 OPS total since break. I dunno who you're gonna find on the waiver wire that beats that.I find those numbers shocking, honestly. July he had a .653 OPS, .750 so far in August. I think it's these numbers that make me believe he's not hitting.....Runners on this season, a .607 OPSRISP this season, a .404 OPS
5 hours ago5 hr Well, Mateo is at least better than Acuna. With Doyle on the team, you don't need Acuna to play CF anymore.
5 hours ago5 hr 1 hour ago, chitownsportsfan said:I can see that as well. This guy is supposed to be very solid at SS as well FWIW. Acuna seems to get a long well with the club and if we have to cut him here I agree, if he has an option might be worth considering if Getz has a good idea of the personality of Mateo and if he'd be willing to be the 26th man.We're also 3 weeks away from expanding rosters.
2 hours ago2 hr 6 hours ago, nrockway said:MILB contract? Otherwise, who gets kicked off the MLB roster, Acuña DFA?Seems pointless.It would be great to have with a MILB and at the ready if he was willing to do it.
2 hours ago2 hr Be prepared to cry tears of rage when Nikku Rishida needs to be DFAed to accomodate this.
2 hours ago2 hr 13 minutes ago, WestEddy said:Be prepared to cry tears of rage when Nikku Rishida needs to be DFAed to accomodate this.Would probably be better for him. Gets the rest of his pro rated 40 man salary and can decide to take the rest of year off, go back to Japan, or try and find a new club. That said, he'll always be a big leaguer for those three weeks, even if he never gets back, he's in a very small club.I see Boston is apparently going to DFA Jake Rogers. This would obviously be an option for the Sox.
1 hour ago1 hr 21 minutes ago, Falstaff said:It would be great to have with a MILB and at the ready if he was willing to do it.Starting to worry that Chase's injury might be more serious than anticipated. I don't think he's in the lineup tonight again. Would be a huge blow but Mateo would be a nice stopgap.
1 hour ago1 hr 1 minute ago, nrockway said:Starting to worry that Chase's injury might be more serious than anticipated. I don't think he's in the lineup tonight again. Would be a huge blow but Mateo would be a nice stopgap.That is an interesting thought.
1 hour ago1 hr 3 minutes ago, nrockway said:Starting to worry that Chase's injury might be more serious than anticipated. I don't think he's in the lineup tonight again. Would be a huge blow but Mateo would be a nice stopgap.This is the only logical explanation I can think of too. Acuna has actually been fairly good the last month or so, and outperformed Mateo in that time. Mateo does have a connection to Fuller though.
27 minutes ago27 min 1 hour ago, chitownsportsfan said:Would probably be better for him. Gets the rest of his pro rated 40 man salary and can decide to take the rest of year off, go back to Japan, or try and find a new club. That said, he'll always be a big leaguer for those three weeks, even if he never gets back, he's in a very small club.I see Boston is apparently going to DFA Jake Rogers. This would obviously be an option for the Sox.He can tell Davis Martin how he was tipping his pitches.
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