Good luck pushing that past the player's union. Seriously I wonder what, if any provision there is for a canceled season or even a partially canceled one. This was a league decision, do owner's pay the full freight on a this sort of work stoppage? Assuming that if the players strike they would not be paid for time missed, but in the case of a lock out or prolonged non baseball reason?
For real. Not that I think the Sox can be given tons of credit for seeing the future, but I think at least some credit for recognizing that the risks on their side were largely mitigated by turning a one-year contract into several multi-year contracts. Whether a pandemic or a knee injury, they made sure they were covered from a value standpoint.
Are we working in hindsight or without today's knowledge?
It would, but anyone who actually believes that is ignoring the current baseball economy, as was discussed months ago, trading him made it far more likely that they eventually resign him.
Doogie? I really don't like Verdugo but I also hated Curt Schilling even when he was on the Sox. Whatever..... the Sox got a good piece back in a trade IMO. Hopefully Devers, X, Benintendi and Martinez can unscrew themselves and see what the future could be.
That's the problem with baseball. A player is passionate and excited about something he did and has to worry whether he'll get 95 to the head. Ridiculous.
does anyone remember this ever actually happening after a catch like that? I feel like guys celebrate like that all the time, we just heard it because there are no fans
X (1.023 OPS) needs no unscrewing as far as I can tell. No idea what’s up with the others, particularly Benintendi. “Dugie” looks kinda like the long lost Beni from two years ago.
The celebration of the catch? What asshole pitcher is going to throw at him for that? Who'd he "show up" with that well-deserved celebration?
Amen to that.
As the announcers said yesterday, with no crowds it's on the players to create the excitement. Verdugo seems to be taking on that role.
Yup, I had looked into that when I was writing up my post and should have mentioned it.Not worried at all. 17 of his first 20 batted balls were on the ground and killed his overall numbers. He hadn't played a game in a year after the reboot and didn't even get a real spring training. His timing was brutal. He has looked awesome since, better than with LA.
Rolling averages:
From what I've seen, his arm doesn't look very strong and lots of runners take chances on him. But that's just my eyeballs seeing only parts of not all the games.
Yes, I have seeen that also. It's part of his overall aggressiveness. It might cost him occasionally (and those are the ones that people will remember), but on balance, he could save a lot of bases.
I agree entirely--I'm not watching much, but I haven't been impressed with his arm strength. I see bounces even on shallow throws. Still, accuracy and getting rid of it quickly count (there should be a pop time for other fielders, too).
You're probably right about Fenway helping. Manny used to rack up outfield assists playing out there too. If you know how to play the wall and cut off angles, it's not hard to catch some runners unaware trying to stretch a single into a double, or trying to score from second on a ball down the line.
