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  1. grimshaw

    Red Sox, Ceddanne Rafaela agree to contract extension

    I don't know, I mean he replaced O'Neill with Verdugo saving money in the process and also added a useful arm in Weissert with a chance to hit on Fitts still and stayed away from the expensive relievers market like Martin and Jansen. Slaten and Criswell make peanuts. Cheap, effective relievers...
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    Chris Sale (plus $17mil) traded to Atlanta for Vaughn Grissom

    Agree with what the gist of what you're saying since putting the ball in play with the shift limitations should give a decent boost to the average, but minor league BABIPs are very high due to inferior fielding and fielding conditions in general. And by sprint speed measures this season, he's...
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    May: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins

    I'm still feeling pretty good about the season overall. It has been a difficult schedule with more than half their games (22) vs. good to great teams. 4 games vs the Mariners (.537) 3 games vs the O's (.667) 7 games vs the Guardians (.610) 3 games vs the Cubs (.585) 3 games vs the Twins (.600)...
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    Chris Sale (plus $17mil) traded to Atlanta for Vaughn Grissom

    Ya. It's entirely possible Sale is lights out all year and the Sox miss out on the playoffs by a game or two as well as the opportunity to QO him and Grissom doesn't adjust to the big leagues. Or the more likely outcome that Grissom is at least above replacement level and is more of a long...
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    Game 3- Panthers @ Bruins

    This is exactly my take, and I'm never one to complain about refs or dirty hits. He and Marchand are both highly skilled at making stuff like that look natural.
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    May: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins

    Based on actual clutch, Shohei, Trout and O'Neil are among the worst "offenders" while Devers is more in the "bad" territory...
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    Roasted GOAT

    Jeff Ross was fine but has been way funnier in the past. I was disappointed that Segura's stuff didn't really land as he's one of my favorites but Bert Kreischer being his usual waste of space self didn't help. Segura should had his wife instead as she's the other part of the podcast. RK...
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    Red Sox, Ceddanne Rafaela agree to contract extension

    One other B-Ref vs Fangraphs note since it's only tangentially related to this discussion. Wilyer Abreu has 5 DRS which leads right fielders. Alec Burleson has 1. Wilyer has a UZR/150 of 18.9 and Burleson 92.2. Wilyer's UZR/150 last season was -12.8 and Burleson's was . . .7. B-Ref has...
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    Red Sox, Ceddanne Rafaela agree to contract extension

    B-Ref backs this up a bit: "Defensive Runs Saved (DRS) is the most sophisticated public system available. It includes 8 factors: Fielding Range Plus/Minus Runs Saved based on BIS-trained scorer observations and batted ball timing to determine the velocity of each batted ball. Outfield arm...
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    Red Sox, Ceddanne Rafaela agree to contract extension

    Scouts had him as the only 8 scale fielder among minor leaguers on the Fangraphs Board but not in regards to his SS play, so it kind of sucks that he has to play there. He really doesn't have a ton of experience with just 71 games started in the minors which is less than a third of his OF time...
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    Why is offense down in 2024, AKA is the juice(d ball) loose?

    Had some fun checking out the old statcast. I would venture a guess that the sweeper has a little to do with it. Not solely because it is very difficult to hit hard (31.8% median hard hit rate last season close to sliders), but because it is another weapon in the arsenal that is gaining...
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    Chris Sale (plus $17mil) traded to Atlanta for Vaughn Grissom

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nzRPoh3b_c
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    Is Connor Wong a starting catcher?

    He's OPSing .750 (wRC+ 119) in god awful weather. That's perfectly fine.
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    Is Connor Wong a starting catcher?

    He's such an interesting player - very few catcher profiles come to mind to compare him to. The only thing keeping him back defensively is keeping the ball of front of him (worst so far this season, and 10th percentile last season in blocks above average per statcast). But he controls the...
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    May: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins

    The first episode of the Netflix series is gonna be fun at the very least.
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    Sox to trade for Garrett Cooper, Pablo Reyes DFA’d

    Fair, but it would be tough to envision another team having him anywhere other than AAA right now.
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    Sox to trade for Garrett Cooper, Pablo Reyes DFA’d

    Aside from Hamilton's speed what are any strengths that any of those listed bench guys bring to the table? Ideally a bench guy can at least play defense or have weak side good platoon split.
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    Sox to trade for Garrett Cooper, Pablo Reyes DFA’d

    Ya, I mean the A's had no use for him last season and he isn't showing the ability to be competent defensively anywhere this season. I was hoping he'd be the casualty.
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    Casas has a left rib fracture. Transferred to the 60 Day IL on 4/27.

    I don't see the point in signing Belt because of him being a LHH unless Casas is out for the season - ditto trades. I think Kavadas would be overmatched because of that ugly k-rate. If they're just going to throw Reyes at 1b with no experience, I'd rather that guy be Sogard instead. Whatever...
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    To err is human; three errors is the Red Sox: the defense thread.

    Ah, I went with ROTOwire but they use current rosters for some reason so I missed Kiké's. FWIW Grissom was a -7.
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