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Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:44 pm Posts: 9188 Location: Franklin, MA
I’m hoping Casas isn’t the 18th consecutive top Red Sox prospect to reach the major leagues and quickly become a strike out king that can’t hit off speed pitches.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19724 Location: Cumberland, RI
Where did this narrative of Casas not being able to play defense come from?
From MLB Pipeline:
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Just as he's more than a one-dimensional hitter, Casas also offers value beyond the batter's box. While he's limited to first base, he's a solid defender with soft hands and a strong arm that produced low-90s fastballs when he pitched as an amateur.
From SoxProspects:
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Field: Confident picking out throws in the dirt. Soft hands and surprisingly fluid actions. Moves well enough for first base. Potential solid-average defender there.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:44 pm Posts: 9188 Location: Franklin, MA
Simple Torture wrote:
Where did this narrative of Casas not being able to play defense come from?
From MLB Pipeline:
Quote:
Just as he's more than a one-dimensional hitter, Casas also offers value beyond the batter's box. While he's limited to first base, he's a solid defender with soft hands and a strong arm that produced low-90s fastballs when he pitched as an amateur.
From SoxProspects:
Quote:
Field: Confident picking out throws in the dirt. Soft hands and surprisingly fluid actions. Moves well enough for first base. Potential solid-average defender there.
Is Casas considered to be a lot bigger prospect than Duran is/was? The talk about Duran last year this time(which proved to be way off) was almost identical to what you hear about Casas now.
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 6:02 am Posts: 9712 Location: Tristes Tropiques
"Potential solid-average defender" lmao
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its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 6:02 am Posts: 9712 Location: Tristes Tropiques
Simple Torture wrote:
Mickey wrote:
"Potential solid-average defender" lmao
There are PLENTY of guys who stick in the majors as below-average on defense (I watch the Red Sox, I know), so this sounds like music to my ears.
They can't all be Wander Franco
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VinylGuy wrote:
its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:44 pm Posts: 9188 Location: Franklin, MA
This fucking organization. They are incapable of negotiating a contract extension without starting out with a lowball offer so insulting that it impacts the tenor of the negotiation going forward. They just can’t not be assholes, it’s not in them.
You would think they learned their lesson when their ridiculous low ball offer to Jon Lester set off a chain of events that cost them almost half a billion dollars trying to replace him, but nope.
This fucking organization. They are incapable of negotiating a contract extension without starting out with a lowball offer so insulting that it impacts the tenor of the negotiation going forward. They just can’t not be assholes, it’s not in them.
You would think they learned their lesson when their ridiculous low ball offer to Jon Lester set off a chain of events that cost them almost half a billion dollars trying to replace him, but nope.
Joined: Thu January 10, 2013 2:19 am Posts: 8898 Location: SOUTH PORTLAND
That description of Casas sounds about right. I watched him not handle throws in the dirt at Hadlock. And I know I always value a 1st baseman with a strong arm...
He can hit, but he's a dh. There's worse things to be, he could just suck. But a fulltime dh jams up the lineup (in my amateur opinion).
Devers & Bogaerts leaving is Mookie all over again.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:44 pm Posts: 9188 Location: Franklin, MA
Coach wrote:
numbers wrote:
This fucking organization. They are incapable of negotiating a contract extension without starting out with a lowball offer so insulting that it impacts the tenor of the negotiation going forward. They just can’t not be assholes, it’s not in them.
You would think they learned their lesson when their ridiculous low ball offer to Jon Lester set off a chain of events that cost them almost half a billion dollars trying to replace him, but nope.
This
For all their talk about financial flexibility, it’s their own miserly way of doing business that has led to the bad contracts they are so loathe to sign people to. If they just pay Jon Lester market value, they don’t need to sign Price or trade for Sale. Then they have about 300M to spend that they blew on those guys, and you still have Moncada and Kopech to boot. Then you aren’t trading Mookie Betts for ten cents on the dollar to try and get under the luxury tax.
Joined: Thu January 10, 2013 2:19 am Posts: 8898 Location: SOUTH PORTLAND
numbers wrote:
Coach wrote:
numbers wrote:
This fucking organization. They are incapable of negotiating a contract extension without starting out with a lowball offer so insulting that it impacts the tenor of the negotiation going forward. They just can’t not be assholes, it’s not in them.
You would think they learned their lesson when their ridiculous low ball offer to Jon Lester set off a chain of events that cost them almost half a billion dollars trying to replace him, but nope.
This
For all their talk about financial flexibility, it’s their own miserly way of doing business that has led to the bad contracts they are so loathe to sign people to. If they just pay Jon Lester market value, they don’t need to sign Price or trade for Sale. Then they have about 300M to spend that they blew on those guys, and you still have Moncada and Kopech to boot. Then you aren’t trading Mookie Betts for ten cents on the dollar to try and get under the luxury tax.
I hate them so much.
At the same time, Henry & Co. Do have 04, 07, 13, & 18. Soooo...
This fucking organization. They are incapable of negotiating a contract extension without starting out with a lowball offer so insulting that it impacts the tenor of the negotiation going forward. They just can’t not be assholes, it’s not in them.
You would think they learned their lesson when their ridiculous low ball offer to Jon Lester set off a chain of events that cost them almost half a billion dollars trying to replace him, but nope.
that reported offer to Bogaerts is SO bad that even I don't know if it's true...and I'm all for jumping all over this ownership about how they've handled shit...but that Bogearts report smells of Boras planting bullshit in the press
if it IS true then wow, they're even worse than I thought and my opinion of them was about as low as I thought it could get
Where did this narrative of Casas not being able to play defense come from?
From MLB Pipeline:
Quote:
Just as he's more than a one-dimensional hitter, Casas also offers value beyond the batter's box. While he's limited to first base, he's a solid defender with soft hands and a strong arm that produced low-90s fastballs when he pitched as an amateur.
From SoxProspects:
Quote:
Field: Confident picking out throws in the dirt. Soft hands and surprisingly fluid actions. Moves well enough for first base. Potential solid-average defender there.
Is Casas considered to be a lot bigger prospect than Duran is/was? The talk about Duran last year this time(which proved to be way off) was almost identical to what you hear about Casas now.
Casas is a top 20 prospect in all of baseball according to most...I don't feel like Duran ever was that by any means
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