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Post by CSCommish on Aug 5, 2018 17:17:37 GMT -5
I was more referring to the 5 AR and the 10 total H/BB levels as benchmarks. For example, according to that, a guy like Rice just BARELY qualifies as playable (6 in hits, 4 in BB) but his other ratings are all Bs and he's pretty clearly a big leaguer - it's not like I would send him down if his walks dropped a point. I think it's only being used in clear cases where abuse is likely. Like he's not gonna force me to bring up Galaragga at 21 just because he's 6 in hits and 4 in walks. He wasn't there at opening day so I have the right to save a year on him until next year, where I'd probably be encouraged to bring him up. Right, it'd be abuse on my part to call up Galaragga. If the current starting 1B was like 4/1/4, then I'd sign an FA to fill in the gap for now. Or if there was a 28 year old AAA guy, then I'd call up that guy instead of signing someone. |
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Post by CSCommish on Aug 5, 2018 17:18:47 GMT -5
As long as I'm making sound decisions with the staff I have I'm against being forced to sign FA but i think there's nothing wrong with filling a hole with a 4/1/4 in a spot or two when you have nobody else to keep it in house. Well that's where I disagree. When there's a 5/3/5 guy in FA and someone strolls out a 4/1/4, I think the fans would say to the GM, DUDE WTF?!!? |
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Post by Boston Red Sox on Aug 5, 2018 18:59:20 GMT -5
As long as I'm making sound decisions with the staff I have I'm against being forced to sign FA but i think there's nothing wrong with filling a hole with a 4/1/4 in a spot or two when you have nobody else to keep it in house. Well that's where I disagree. When there's a 5/3/5 guy in FA and someone strolls out a 4/1/4, I think the fans would say to the GM, DUDE WTF?!!? Not when there is a clear successor in AAA coming next year |
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Post by tadontask on Sept 4, 2018 14:31:26 GMT -5
The off-season would be a good time to revisit this, so we can get some clarity on the situation before the next season.
I took a quick glance at the performance of the 5 players signed to Boston mid-season. Unfortunately I can't split out the stats for their Boston-only numbers, but the 2 pitchers placed on the team combined for a 6.80 ERA, 1.89 WHIP and a 3-4 record with 2 saves in 1982. One of the pitchers recently had 15 walks in a game.
The three hitters hit .242/.289/.322, with 60 runs, 41 RBIs, 5 HR and 18 steals over 516 plate appearances. The only defensible signing was the catcher, and he's rated an E at the position with an E arm.
I'm not sure it makes a team any better in the short term that it's worth the effort to go through a team's lineup and sign the free agents that no other team wanted.
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Post by Matt on Sept 4, 2018 14:44:56 GMT -5
I believe the only reason he signed them is because they were better than the choices already there. So while they didn't have great numbers, they were probably still better than what the players on his team would have produced.
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