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    2024 Greenville Drive (High-A)

    On the flip side they didn't come to Wilmington last year and they are this year. I'm still not used to realignment of the minors. but perhaps the arrangement is now that that the North and South division teams swap home series every other year. I would pencil in Greenville going to Brooklyin...
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    Too Many Hitters? How the Red Sox Draft Strategy Changed

    Excellent article. I have some of the same data, but have been too lazy to post it. For a little context I'll add that historically the MLB percentage of bonus money given to pitchers is ~43% and all of Esptein, Cherington and Dombrowski where right about there. By GM/PoBO it looks like a very...
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    What is next for BB?

    Just in case I’m right let be the first to throw out a novel name - the Eagles. Lurie is from Boston and has always wanted to model his team on the Pats. He made a big push for McDaniels a few years ago to get some of that Pats magic. His current coach is on a bit of a warm seat with this late...
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    Shohei Ohtani is an LA Dodger: 10 years/$700 million

    The tax avoidance thing is really interesting because it could really interfere with his desire - if he had one - to retire a Dodger. He's only 28 so a 10 year deal takes him to 38. That's not that old for an elite player. Here in Philly Bryce Harper is already saying his deal through his age 38...
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    Art Martone has died

    Off the Wall! All day I was trying to think of the name of his page and I couldn't. I knew he wrote Art's Notebook, but I knew the forum had some separate name. It's great to see so many acknowledgements, it seemed like his recognition faded when he moved into the editor role, but he was a...
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    RIP MikeF

    Damn it, the world needs more people like Mike, not fewer. Had a chance to catch a game with him down in Ft Myers many years ago. As you'd imagine, it was a great way to pass an afternoon. When it came to signaling the coming baseball season Truck Day had nothing on Mike's first report from the...
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    Michael Chavis, SS: 2014 MLB Draft 26th overall

    An ominous blast from the past (no not me!).  The BA 1st rd analysis lists the area scout for each player picked and for the Sox and Chavis it is.... Rob English!   English was a the message board bete noir of the Sox scouting under Theo.  The Sox signed a ton of player from GA in those first...
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    Protecting the Shields -- The Nick Cafardo Thread

    The column was terrible, but you missed the most egregious thing he wrote. I'm not gonna give that idiot another click to find it, but in the payroll discussion bit he cited the 2008 Sox as an example of a big market team that cut payroll because they trade Ramirez and brought in Bay. The...