Recent content by triptych

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    2024 Rotation and Bullpen (What we actually have - no trade speculation.)

    Starters 1 Bello 2 Pivetta 3 Crawford 4 Houck 5 Whitlock Bullpen 1 Jansen 2 Martin 3 Bernadino 4 Slaten 5 Campbell Bullpen long rotation Winckowski Murphy Walter Criswell This would entail stretching out the bullpen long rotation through the rest of spring training. Once the season starts...
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    Offseason rumors

    This. I believe that on a conservative depreciation rate, the $8.5m deferred has a current value of about $5.5m. So for comparison, its a $20.5m 1 year contract versus a $28m two year offer. Depending on how TH values the security of the 2nd year, those are pretty comparable offers.
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    Red Sox sign Masataka Yoshida

    Given that in 1870, after the Samurai ceased to be a privileged class that primarily intermarried, there were a total of about 1.95 million Samurai class (Shizoku, Sotsuzoku, and Chishi) out of a total population of 32.77 million in Japan, normal patterns of descendancy would make an extremely...
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    Which Batter is More Productive?

    Easiest for me was to work from 1000 ABs (reduces the decimals). Assuming the non-specified items (K's, double-plays, etc) were impact equalized: Hits On-Base BBs At Bats Total Bases(excludes BBs)...
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    Maybe the Red Sox are good?

    Just how many times have we actually seen those three as the bottom third of a real lineup this year? Dalbec isn't a total loss. Minimal power, but just below average OBP. Not great, but not horrible for a number 9. Cordero and Renfroe aren't in games at the same time. So at most, one real big...
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    Matt Barnes Tested Positive For Covid-19

    Non-infectious positive is a term usually used to specify a test showing the lgG antibody's presence, which won't reach detectable levels until at least 11 days after initial infection. Since the infectious period of the the SARS-CoV-2 virus ends eight days after initial infection, the presences...
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    Eovaldi to Red Sox, per Rosenthal

    Maybe a plan of using a righty opener, bringing in Pom or Erod for one pass through the lineup (hopefully), then switch to Eo? With Davie's history of pinchhitting for matchups, this could put Eo in the position of going against the weaker, right-handed line-up without the possibility of left...
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    Sickels: Top 20 Red Sox Prospects for 2014

    I'd say a reliever that gets 103 games, a 107 era-, and 0.3 WAR doesn't look all that successful. But, I'd also say he's quite a bit more successful than a 1B-man that only gets 56 PAs, a wOBA of .222 and -0.3 WAR. Granted, when compared against the full panoply of players, its insignificant...
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    Sickels: Top 20 Red Sox Prospects for 2014

      Since he was active in 2013, I didn't categorize Anderson as a closed book. I labeled Bowden as having had some success but noted that I was borderline on calling him still trying. Bowden and Anderson basically occupy the opposite extremes of still trying. Bowden on the edge of success and...
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    Sickels: Top 20 Red Sox Prospects for 2014

    I chose "not succeeding" as opposed to "failing" specifically because it indicates the absence of a positive result rather than the presence of a negative result. I agree that Anderson looks like he has peaked and isn't going anywhere, but there are many individuals that have made it after...
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    Sickels: Top 20 Red Sox Prospects for 2014

    When this first came out, I thought the same, but I went back to look at Sickels track record. Looking at the last 10 years (2014 included), all but two of the Red Sox prospects that he rated as B or better have had some success as a MLer or are still in the running. Buchholz, Ellsbury, Ramirez...