it's all Ben's fault for signing Sandoval.Originally Posted by moonslav59
it's all Ben's fault for signing Sandoval.
...and HRam's and Price's and...
At least the Price deal can be justified that you need to pay a premium for a FA top of the rotation starter who can go 200+ innings. The only issue was that it didn't make sense to offer that deal to Price when they let Lester just walk away for less money.
Boom.
"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
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Season over. Beni cut his hair.
I don't disagree, but if any bi contract was not part of our budget, we wouldn't have to worry about the tax on Castillo.
We don't win the division without Price in 2016. DD did what he had to do, 3 last places in 4 years.
Do you honestly think he wasn't going to sign Price? Hell, we could have just kept Ben if you wanted to come in dead last.
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#RedSox injury updates:
* Pedroia cleared to run. But plan remains a cautious build to MLB games in May/June.
* Rodriguez and Wright throwing. Wright, as expected, further along in his program and would be Opening Day ready. Rodriguez more mid-April.
Price was not the only option in 2016. We could have won the division by spending that money elsewhere.
(Note: I was okay with the signing, but I'm just saying...)
Cherington didn't sign Price
If he could do THAT at the ML level, he's an All Star.
Realistically, he's Jarrod Dyson with a slightly better bat. So now we have to see what the market says Dyson is worth...
I know, that's why I brought up his name. Ben is not the only reason we are over the limit and facing a tax on Castillo, if added to the roster.
We can't assume he can repeat one season at AAA at the ML level.
He's had much worse years, too.
For what it's worth, ZiPS projects 2018 WAR of 0.9 in 405 plate appearances for Rusney Castillo and 2.0 in 354 plate appearances for Jarrod Dyson.
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2018...oston-red-sox/
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2018...ttle-mariners/
Steamer600, which assumes 600 plate appearances for each outfielder, projects 2018 WAR of a negative 0.7 for Castillo and 2.3 for Dyson.
https://www.fangraphs.com/projection...=0&sort=27%2cd
https://www.fangraphs.com/projection...=0&sort=27%2cd
Sounds about right.
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