2014 Offseason Thread

Post #741 » by **TyCobb** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 3:53 am

Thought that was Jameis Winston for a sec.

Post #742 » by **Stanford** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 4:16 pm

Say what you will about Panda and his girth, but he was that size last year and moved like a cat at third. The extra weight probably doesn't signify good things for his future, but I think he's going to be great this year.

Quake Griffin · Post #743 » by **Quake Griffin** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:26 am

Stanford wrote:Say what you will about Panda and his girth, but he was that size last year and moved like a cat at third. The extra weight probably doesn't signify good things for his future, but I think he's going to be great this year.

i thought he had a problem charging bunts or little choppers up along third but was better everywhere else.

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Quake Griffin · Post #744 » by **Quake Griffin** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 3:34 am

Hamels:

traded before the season or during?

El Turco · Post #745 » by **El Turco** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:51 pm

Stanford wrote:Say what you will about Panda and his girth

Higga · Post #746 » by **Higga** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:03 pm

Between Panda and David Ortiz, Boston area buffets may go out of business.

Post #747 » by **Stanford** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:30 pm

Moncada to the Sawx.

At least it wasn't the Dodgers.

I kind of wished he would have gone to the Yankees to get that rivalry heated up again.

Quake Griffin · Post #748 » by **Quake Griffin** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:45 pm

I feel comfortable saying that if we got outbid (I'm not sure if we did, but we did seem interested), we probably let that happen for a reason.

I trust our FO.

benjaminbuttonz · Post #749 » by **benjaminbuttonz** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:42 pm

Red Sox Deportes strikes again.

I get their offense was trash last year but you cant forget about the rotation. Masterson just put up a nearly 6 ERA in a contract year, Buchholz is an inconsistent bum, Miley struggled in the NL last year and coming over the the AL East is tough. I think Joe Kelly could have a good year as well as Porcello but they still dont have an ace and arguably dont have a 2 either, although you could argue Porcello can fill that role.

Post #750 » by **TyCobb** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:44 pm

Freaking Red Sox. The one place I did not want him to sign. Sucks to say, but I hope he fails now.

Post #751 » by **Stanford** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 6:44 pm

I know it's a little late, but I love the new pace of play rules. The idea that a pitch will be thrown as soon as the commercial breaks ends is extremely exciting for someone who watched 150+ games a season.

Post #752 » by **Da Schwab** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:32 am

Stanford wrote:I know it's a little late, but I love the new pace of play rules. The idea that a pitch will be thrown as soon as the commercial breaks ends is extremely exciting for someone who watched 150+ games a season.

This means Sawx/Yanks games may last less than 14 hours this season.

Higga · Post #753 » by **Higga** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 2:38 pm

Stanford wrote:I know it's a little late, but I love the new pace of play rules. The idea that a pitch will be thrown as soon as the commercial breaks ends is extremely exciting for someone who watched 150+ games a season.

Same here. I hope they really enforce the rule about guys in the batters box too. I love Denard Span but I get so annoyed at him(and many others like him) taking five minutes between pitches adjusting his gloves and all that nonsense.

Post #754 » by **Stanford** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 3:21 pm

Manfred is also open to a 154 game season.

My man Rob!

Post #755 » by **Da Schwab** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:44 pm

Speaking of rule changes...

[tweet]https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/570634795018952704[/tweet]

Quake Griffin · Post #756 » by **Quake Griffin** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 9:48 pm

"where's my ring?"
Bryce Harper.

this is the typical stuff that pisses off baseball purist.
I lol'd and enjoyed it.

Quake Griffin · Post #757 » by **Quake Griffin** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 9:49 pm

Da Schwab wrote:Speaking of rule changes...

[tweet]https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/570634795018952704[/tweet]

he's not the guy that can lead the charge here…someone else…but not him.

wait…he's not on a team where any of them can lead the charge.

just leave it to someone else.

Post #758 » by **Da Schwab** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:55 pm

The thing that bothers me the most about Ortiz's comments is that he thinks batters are being targeted specifically with all these rule changes. It makes me think that he's never paid attention while guys like Josh Beckett, or David Price, or Andy Pettitte, pitched.

I'm also fairly certain that both Nomar and Jeet would have racked up thousands in fines had this rule been established in their careers.

Higga · Post #759 » by **Higga** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:49 pm

Quake Griffin wrote:"where's my ring?"
Bryce Harper.

this is the typical stuff that pisses off baseball purist.
I lol'd and enjoyed it.

I love it. Love Harps.

Now we just gotta go out and get it. No excuses this year.

Post #760 » by **Stanford** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:42 pm

It's not as if your window is closing.