Yeah nice numbers. I'm not sure what it proves. Doesn't JBJ have a better avg, exit velo than 10D? I know Moreland does. That means their ceiling is higher? I'm not buying any such thing. I wonder what somebody like Wade Boggs would have had for an exit velo.? I would guess it probably wouldn't have been too high. He hit an awful lot of bleeders and bloops in his career. Does that make him a bad hitter? Obviously not.
ps:Cafardo. In 1925 Ty Cobb, who averaged about five home runs a season during his career, supposedly told a reporter in the dugout just before a game, "I’ll show you something today. I’m going for home runs for the first time in my career," and he went out and hit two singles, a double and three home runs. The next game he hit two more home runs. Then he went back to his normal style of hitting and it was almost a month before his next home run. During Boggs's first five seasons, he hit 32 home runs. He then hit 24 in his sixth season but only 62 in his final 12 seasons. Did Boggs also decide to show people he could hit home runs but, like Cobb, decided he was more comfortable hitting the way he did for most of his career? Both these players had very good bat control so is it difficult to believe that they could "turn" on the power? There have been other players who put on shows in batting practice but don't have high career home run totals. Ichiro, for one. Yes,, it is easier to hit home runs in batting practice; the pitches are grooved but it still takes a good swing and contact.
Considering that is no way in the hell the Sox would ever call up Rusney, and that Wren is probably better then any of the other OF options we have down there atm, I'll go with the above stated "both".
Yeah, this is dumb. 5 years Devers from age 22-26, plus the chance to extend him before free agency, is worth way more than 2 years of DeGrom over the age of 30.
Yeah .. there were lots of rumours that year about the juiced ball. I remember an interview with Boggs (or a teammate) half way though the year. They asked about the HRs .. the upshot of it was Boggs had noticed early in the year that ball was travelling further and he could just flick the ball into the CF seats or over the Monster.
Plus position players are much better bets than pitchers, no matter the age or experience level.
DeGrom would still make a difference even at the cost of Devers. Let's not lose sight of the fact that deGrom, while 30, is an absolute beast. Not just a regular old 30-year old pitcher.
No one is arguing he wouldn't make a difference. Just not enough of one to be worth losing Devers. Not to take anything away from deGrom, but he's been an absolute beast *this year*. Prior to this year, he's been a very very good starting pitcher, but no all that different than a bunch of other top 20-30 starting pitchers in baseball since his debut.
Groome was ranked as the number 77 (mlb.com rankings) prospect in baseball. It's not only the Yankees that would lineup to crush an offer centered around Groome.
No argument here. Besides, Groome wouldn't bring back anything in a trade for another 16 months.
The Yanks will be able to beat any offer we make for anything for a couple years at least. It's just the way it is.
Matz and Wheeler are pitching well as of late and they can probably get a good return for both while keeping their big guns.
The Red Sox are going to have scouts at a lot of games looking at a lot of players over the next month. Doesn't necessarily mean they have a need for or they are interested in any particular player. Some of it is simply due diligence. Some of it may be advance scouting in case a certain player ends up on an opposing team. Some of it could just be smoke screens to obscure their true intentions or affect the actions of their competitors.
I guess? My point is that grabbing every rumor/report that mentions the Red Sox and making it a thing is exhausting. Especially for a team that a) doesn't have many if any holes and b) doesn't have a lot of capital to work with in order to patch or upgrade whatever holes one wants to say they have.
If I were the Mets GM I would not trade DeGrom.
To me, the natural answer here in the AL is the Mariners since their pitching is pretty mediocre and the Cubs/Brewers since that’s going to be a tight race and DeGrom could really make an impact. Both teams’ rotations are also a bit mediocre. Both Hendricks and Quintana are having blah years so far.
It likely won't gain them anything either. Either they get dramatically less than we think, or the Sox bow out early.
This seems not bloody likely because the Astros are incredible, but if Correa, McCann, and Springer are more hurt than appear, it’s possible.
