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    Catching Controversy

    If he can become a decent outfielder, he probably has the arm to play RF too. Obviously RF in Fenway is a difficult job where you want a plus defender, and there's a certain someone who has that position locked down for the near future, but between backing up (potentially) all four corner...
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    Who's on Third? I don't know

    David Freese is maybe a "avoid having the bottom fall completely out" option. The Bucs are bad and also hate paying anyone money, but his contract (2 yrs, 11M) is eminently reasonable even for a guy who might only get you 1-2 WAR a year.
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    Following Former Red Sox 2017

    Not sure if this counts for the purposes of this thread, but former Future Red Sox Great Rey Fuentes hit his first career home run for other former RS Torey Lovullo's DBacks team on Sunday http://m.mlb.com/news/article/237274968/rey-fuentes-comes-up-big-on-fathers-day/
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    David Price 2017

    He's right. Sure there are fan favorites and guys the fans just don't like, but if he pitches really well, the fans will adore him. Look at 2013 Lackey, or 2007 Beckett. Those guys were horse's asses, but at the time they were just horses. I just view this as him being goal-focused and not...
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    Starting pitchers and First Year in Boston Syndrome

    You could probably compare actual outcomes to projections which bake in age curves to account for this.
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    "Swihart does not have the yips"

    Swihart wasn't great in a SSS during 2016, but seemed fine--if inexperienced and still learning--in 2015.
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    Chris Sale to Boston for Moncada, Kopech, & 2 Prospects

    Well, it's a pulldown drill, which means you get a running start and just throw it into a net, and it's also not a regulation ball (it's 3 oz, the real ball is a little over 5).
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    Is The Market For Relievers Crazy?

    Ziegler throws 84 miles per hour and is 37. The age explains the lack of a market for him on a long-term deal, the lack of velocity explains why nobody believes he can keep it up (even though he always has).
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    Buchholz Traded To Philly For 2B/DH Josh Tobias

    Honestly this was one of the gutsiest pitching performances I've ever seen, Buchholz had absolutely nothing and was very obviously either hurt or gassed or both.
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    Thank you Taz

    That particular iteration of Miggy was definitely hurt, and his swing was all hands and no lower body to prove it. Taz was absolutely brilliant in that postseason, but in particular vs Cabrera since the book on his injury was that he couldn't catch up to plus velocity. Of the relievers in the...
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    Dave Dombrowski: The Right Man For The Job?

    For what it's worth, Sale's K rate was right around his career averages, as was his velocity. It's really a peak year in 2015 that makes his 2016 look like a decline. He also pitched his career high in innings in 2016.
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    Red Sox select Josh Rutledge in Rule 5 draft

    Isn't that Holt, though? 3b might be Holt's worst defensive position, but he's adequate there, and he's a below average but adequate bat, and he has no platoon split during his career.
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    New CBA has been agreed on for 2017-2021

    Anyway, the cap on international signings being hard was a concession (albeit, I think, a major one) to generally raising the cap overall. 5M each is significantly more than most teams got under the previous system. This is essentially robbing Yoan Moncada to get more unpenalized money available...
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    New CBA has been agreed on for 2017-2021

    The draft suppresses the wages of young American teenagers/early 20s kids too, and those kids can often be poor themselves.
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    The off-season

    For what it's worth, McCutchen was putrid in CF last year, after being merely below average or bad during previous years. Combined with his arm, he really only fits in LF in Fenway. He was hurt for parts of the last two years, and PNC Park in Pittsburgh is one of the toughest places to hit for...
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    MLB WS GAME 4 Corey Kluber vs John Lackey

    Didn't help the Yankees
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    MLB WS GAME 4 Corey Kluber vs John Lackey

    Miller may have more IP by the end of the series
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    The off-season

    Moncada is much younger than Castillo and hadn't seen pitching above half a season in AA before being called up. His prospect pedigree has always been based more on tools than on production (though his production has also been excellent). Meanwhile, Castillo was supposed to be a much more...
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    The off-season

    Ouch, meant MLB
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    The off-season

    I think they need to assess what they have with a number of players, particularly ones who slumped or were at least down at the end of the season. That is, is the book out on any of these guys and if so, do we expect them to adjust back or to continue slumping. Shaw (.194/.259/.360 2nd half...
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