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Heading out for the day in about an hour. Sadly no takers. Apologize for the late notice - was hopeful someone would be able to make it.

Hey guys, I've got two tickets for the game tomorrow I'd like to give away. One point before I ask who would like them. 1. They are paper tickets (not e-tickets) so I cannot mail them. They can either be picked up before near my house (Oak Park area) or I can leave them with roll call under your name. The parking pass is being used as well (sorry) so I cannot include that. The cost is $0. Please if you won't go, do not ask. Section 137.

57% of your actual important players being injured isnt a lot? Eloy, anderson, moncada, kopech Not Cease, gio, reynaldo If you expound to the minor leagues the sox lost even more pieces of their future for chunks of time. My point was that you're citing injury rates that include a bunch of nobodies. When you remove them, the sox have actually been pretty unlucky with their actual impact/future pieces. If you're not prepared to lose more than 50% of your impact players, you're not good?

The Sox have had injuries to all three of the MLB position players of the future. Who cares that Ryan Cordell, Jose Abreu, Leury Garcia, Charlie Tilson, Adam Engel, and even James McCann have been healthy? Anderson, Eloy and Moncada have all been on the injured list. Kopech is out for the year. Those are the injuries that matter.

The Sox drafted him twice, too. It was odd they moved him. He was an underrated prospect. The highest he got ranked was 91st despite dominating AA and being POY while walking more than he k'ed as a 22 year old.

I think this is what rubs people the wrong way. It's his reluctance to let go of a whiff. The Sale thing gets brought up a lot but it's not that he missed.. it's that 2 1/2 years later he was sticking by his stance and defending his position. Just move on. I respect a guy traveling everywhere to watch baseball and give his perspective. He's stubborn but he has good insights on a lot of players as well. He just could be less defensive when he's wrong

Law is basically arguing semantics with his response. Collins changed his load which I guess is not a change to the forward movement of his hands towards the baseball but come on... it's still a change to his swing. That's like arguing adding a toe tap isnt a swing change.

Is JC not college?

In a vacuum their numbers look similar but Walker has been a good bit better. Walker wRC+ is 132 while Rutherfords was 120. Walker has had a really nice season.

I cant think of anything worse to spend money on in baseball than a manager, imo.

I'm saying it doesnt matter how much high level baseball anyone has played - a large set of data is more reliable than anyone's personal experience. You learn things playing but I've learned just as much about the game since I stopped playing. That's all. I'm not a fan of people who shoot down others opinion just because they didn't play competitively. Some of the smartest people in the game didn't play past little league. I'm very pro-player in discussions, but that's really where the bias ends.

Jack, you've got me confused with someone else. I work in the analytical world and am obviously very pro-metric. Both have a place in the game, and I'll always lean on the numbers more than some faulty "personal experience" excuse.

Yeah, the sox are likely too accommodating if anything. Escobar can eat dirt. He's a trash player now.

I wouldnt argue for a second that in my down time I can get drawn into repeating myself - definitely happens and overly exasperates my point and drowns it out. I don't have a lot of time to post for long periods of time with work but when I post I tend to do it to kill time (either on my way to work or home, or on a day off) and it's almost like I try to present every thought at once. I agree with that... but this to me was not one of those times. Posting one or two sentences in a thread isn't that. When I allow and participate in threads going off the rails I am guilty of that but I've gotten better... still have work to do. As to your last point, I don't really care what people take from my posts. I don't post to get respect or recognition. I do it because its conversing with a group of people who share a common interest. My wife doesnt want to listen to me talk about baseball all night and my family/friends arent always around so this is a gateway for me to dive into a topic I've loved since I was a kid. Nothing is personal for me on the internet. It's a time killing extension of one of my hobbies - sports/baseball.

Walker up to a 124 wRC+. If he finishes this year strong, he could finish with a combined wRC+ of 140 for the year between levels with nice walk and k rates. A really nice first year of professional baseball. He was always a well rounded player who did a lot of things well but nothing great do I don't think anyone should have expected some 190 year in the minors.

I'm argumentative because I corrected something that was factually inaccurate? What is belligerent about correcting that? Did I call him stupid or attack him? No. Did I call him any name or take it personally? No, but you sure have.

Fegan is great at what he does. Great to see him verify what I had seen with actual interviews and insider information.

Being 30% better than your peers in professional baseball is where Manny Macharo has spent his MLB career so yes... if that's not success then we do define it very differently.

Yes, at this point they would probably like to see consistency at a less challenging level to further build repetition and confidence with a new approach. This would also be why he hasn't been called up again and I'd understand that.

Sure, but changes are scary and you could get worse just as likely as getting better. When you start messing with what made you successful there is risk involved. There's zero point in taking that risk if you are succeeding. If he maintained a 130 wRC+ in the big leagues, he'd have been an incredibly successful hitter/catcher. The contact and approach issues at the big league level made him "bad" for his short stint and may have opened his eyes telling him that he wasn't going to survive and succeed at that level without being quicker. He could succeed every level prior without the change. That's the point.

What does this mean? You judge yourself vs your own expectations and how you are performing in comparison to your peers. Does that mean you aren't striving to be better? No, but it means you aren't going to make drastic uncomfortable changes and struggle just for the sake of it.

His lowest professional wRC+ is 126 (this year). Even with his ups and downs he has been 30%+ better than his peers at nearly every level. That's pretty good - certainly good enough to trust in yourself.

No, he said emeritus. Emeritus means you retire but you simply keep a title out of respect for what you've accomplished. It's not actually your job anymore but it's like a title for life. Emeritus can never be a "promotion."

Players have to be willing to change. You can coach them up all you want but if theyve had success, it's harder to get them to change something that theyve been doing their entire life. His struggles in the big leagues may have helped to convince him that some small changes needed to happen.

Absolutely. He's attacking his pitch early instead of letting the first one go. You also have to be smart enough to know your pitch. Theres usually never just one reason you've improved. I think its promising that there are two small changes paired with his results. We'll see how it holds and pitchers will adjust to his plan of attack as well. I'd love for his bat to spend a little more time in the zone still. There's still a lot of dead space at the beginning of his swing but that'll probably never change.