Sanfran327

Do you weight all defensive positions equally? I like to think of Manny Ramirez in conversations like these. He really should have been a full time DH, but they also had Ortiz, so that made it hard. LF in Fenway isn't that difficult (you probably remember, he played RF in Cleveland, but no way they could put him out there in Boston) and he did actually have a knack of throwing out baserunners, but he was overall a buffoon defensively. Then again, he was worth a little more than 10 runs offensively.

LOL. Good stuff.

This is what I love about this community. Nothing goes unpunished.

I wonder if they'd trade those walks for the 22 more runs we've scored than them.

Do you think he’s going to be the same player 4 years from now? He won’t learn anything?

For now. He will mature. He’s still inexperienced. There’s zero value in taking an aggressive lead in that situation.

Did KB just hit us with some Ted Lasso?

I was expecting to see a larytt style post, tbh. Lol are you running sql queries over a stat database? Or am I dating myself? Either way, cool concept. This group will help you hone it for sure.

Correct. Or worse, he could be Tim Lincecum, who was a generational pitcher with an incredibly short shelf life. Well, only worse if we extend him early and he breaks.

Exactly. I had this same internal dialogue today, actually. He could break over the next 5 years, or he could be worthy of extending. Either way, that's not a today problem. Just let him be for now.

The way the blue chip FA contracts are going lately is that they're only 2-3 years at a time to keep up with market value. I'd spend our ownership's money at $50m/yr to keep Burnes for 2-3 more years. Let someone else pay him in 2027 or 2028.

Needlenose Ced? Ced the Head? BING!

Took it out to the warning track by the tall wall in RF. Wouldn't say he crushed it, but encouraging based on what we've seen so far.

That's what I thought I heard. LOL. Yeah, kind of a dumb question for April 17. (even though the answer is yes, even if we don't win 102 games)

Anyone watching the broadcast just catch the question someone (Rich?) asked O'Hearn about whether he thinks the team can get better? Was interested in the exact question and response, but my DVR isn't letting me rewind at the moment.