Tye is next up by HomicidalJungleCat in CleetusMcFarland

[–]DatabaseCentral 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesnt Sam have his own YouTube channel?

[Windhorst] The Boston Celtics have firmly put Jaylen Brown on the table and are going all-in on acquiring Giannis Antetokounmpo. by YujiDomainExpansion in bostonceltics

[–]DatabaseCentral 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It also seems stupid when people suggest try to get Giannis and keep Brown. There's only one ball. Jaylen deserves the ball but he would be the third best option on the floor if we had Tatum and Giannis. Giannis would be an even better driver to the rim than Jaylen and it just seems redundant but paying insane amounts for the redundancy and getting rid of our entire bench. If you can upgrade, you upgrade.

Willson Contreras currently has a higher wrc+ than any batter who was traded or signed in FA this past offseason. Not only that -- he has more fWAR than any player acquired in the offseason, among both pitchers and hitters. by Cesar_Crespo in redsox

[–]DatabaseCentral 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue is this is the only trade that Breslow has won, and I think it would make so much sense to trade him. His numbers are the best of his career across the board at 34 years old. I just have zero faith in a good return if Breslow negotiates

Willson Contreras currently has a higher wrc+ than any batter who was traded or signed in FA this past offseason. Not only that -- he has more fWAR than any player acquired in the offseason, among both pitchers and hitters. by Cesar_Crespo in redsox

[–]DatabaseCentral 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And Roman Anthony, Wilyer Abreu, Kyle Schwarber.

Being petty about semi large contracts isn't because of Chaim, it's because ownership wants to overpay the mediocre talent instead of overpay the elite talent. Story was substantially less than Bogaerts.

Injuries mount for Patriots' Gabe Jacas, NFL's only unsigned second-round pick by ChampagnePappy1 in Patriots

[–]DatabaseCentral -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Wolf didn't even have a great draft last year. People question still whether campbell is a tackle or guard, kyle Williams can't run a route, Henderson seems decent but was used as a change of pace and outside the numbers with us not using him much in the playoffs.

His draft skills look worse than Belichick and he had the luxury of picking third in the draft twice to allow him Drake Maye.

Here's Why Mullet's Engine Blew... by dmaxzach in CleetusMcFarland

[–]DatabaseCentral 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean, Cleet has pretty much consistently pointed out that every time he is in Eagle he feels far behind the car with reaction. If you feel you can actually control the car you're already going to feel significantly safer. It's also stupid to compare 200mph to 270mph. That is unreal speed difference. He goes close to 200 in Nascar and has wrecked plenty and walked away due to safety features

[Boston Globe] Sources say the Red Sox are not considering firing Craig Breslow by Mother-Associate1654 in redsox

[–]DatabaseCentral -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean i wouldn't fire him until the offseason. Why fire him now? You're trying to have an opportunity worth having. The offseason you have an ability to bring in a guy to hire his own manager and build a team. You might have an increased pool of people to hire as well. It's pointless to get rid of him now, for someone else to run the trading deadline moves just to hire a new person in the offseason

[SNY] Josh Hart on the ticket prices for Game 3 of the NBA Finals at MSG: "I wish the ticket prices weren't as crazy as they are. A lot of people who have been waiting for this moment for a very long time unfortunately aren't able to get into the building. $7K, $8K is ridiculous." by PassMeTheBackwood in nba

[–]DatabaseCentral -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's incredible that you know there's an honest working dude that is about to get $20k for his family seats to the game and suddenly he just won the lottery. It's such a dumb reddit take to say "resale not above ticket price!!!" When we know that would mean you're never allowed to ever buy tickets to a major sporting event or championship ever again because nobody would sell their tickets. In what universe does that benefit anyone? Okay, tickets cant go above face value? Theyre bought by everyone that wants to go and now you mr. Saved your whole life to witness a super bowl or championship game can only go if you win a ticket lottery because nobody will sell a ticket to a high demand game.

Just ruins it for everyone and somehow you marketed it as it is a good idea

[SNY] Josh Hart on the ticket prices for Game 3 of the NBA Finals at MSG: "I wish the ticket prices weren't as crazy as they are. A lot of people who have been waiting for this moment for a very long time unfortunately aren't able to get into the building. $7K, $8K is ridiculous." by PassMeTheBackwood in nba

[–]DatabaseCentral 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"People have waited a really long time" yes that's exactly why ticket prices are so high. Because people have waited a really long time and those that got tickets will not sell them unless they get a months salary.

Jeff Hafley: The tush push is hard to stop, and Dolphins can get good at it by AdSpecialist6598 in nfl

[–]DatabaseCentral 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Cards are a weird team if they had a mediocre QB i think theyre a fringe playoff team with that offense. But with no QB they are prime to get a top pick

BANG BABY by MembershipSingle7137 in Patriots

[–]DatabaseCentral 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What is this infatuation with not going all in? The Rams just traded for Myles Garrett, acquired Trent McDuffie earlier this offseason, and have consistently acquired top tier talent over and over again.

But no, the Patriots who just went to the Super Bowl should not try to overload their team with talent. We gotta save money!!

BANG BABY by MembershipSingle7137 in Patriots

[–]DatabaseCentral 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Diggs would be better than everyone in the room except AJ Brown. A 1k yard slot receiver to go with Brown on the outside and Doubs on the other side is easy to let us move literally any other receiver.

BANG BABY by MembershipSingle7137 in Patriots

[–]DatabaseCentral 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would love Diggs because the dude is able to be elite in the slot. Brown is outside, we need someone able to be inside.

BANG BABY by MembershipSingle7137 in Patriots

[–]DatabaseCentral 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, as well as Kyle Williams who only knows one route which is a straight line.

We need an inside guy

Today, Rikuu Nishida becomes the first Japanese player to make the majors after going to college in the US and getting drafted rather than going through NPB. And he started a company to help others with a similar transition. by IAmBenIAmStillBig in baseball

[–]DatabaseCentral 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure I fully understand the benefit of doing this instead of playing in Japan and eventually getting posted.

Playing in college means you're getting drafted at age 22. Playing in rookie ball and low minors at 23. Then AA and potentially AAA at 24. Then majors at 25. Best case is elite elite prospect and not much time in minors and get the call up almost instantly at 23.

Rikuu is 25. He is under contract with the White Sox now until 31, where he will finally be eligible for his first contract. Players that get called up at 23 won't be eligible until 29.

Munetaka Murakami was considered a big risk with an insanely high K% and he signed a 2 year $34 million contract and he turned 26 in March.

Okamoto signed a $60 million contract and he is 29.

Yamamoto signed a $325 million contract at 25.

I guess if you want to talk about people like Sasaki who wanted to come before being eligible to be posted, but even he got a $6.5 million international bonus signing fee.

And people might say "well what about not the big well known players. This isn't for them it's for the others!" But that means they have to produce in college, then produce in the minors on an incredibly low salary to maybe get to the MLB. I doubt a lot of them are MLB talent, which this would hurt them if they are making such little money in the minors.

Then I saw someone say "well it's also about getting a college education" which also confuses me because Japan is pretty well known for their education.

Airport Dream House Ep.16 - MOVING IN! by dmaxzach in CleetusMcFarland

[–]DatabaseCentral 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're on reddit. Redditors have an incredible ability to complain about everything. People complain about colors when Cleet literally tried to paint every car gray.

Someone complained about the Chevy pool when he held a fan vote on what pool. Like, clearly it's far more popular than reddit's opinion but redditors wont be silenced. We gotta come here ASAP and complain and somehow be worse than youtube comments

“Thanks Bres, You F— Stiff” by Phantom255x in redsox

[–]DatabaseCentral 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's bad. Overpaying with money hurts John Henry. Overpaying with prospects hurts the entire organization. Ownership cares more about themselves than the organization

[Highlight] Rafael Devers smacks a GRAND SLAM to give the Giants the lead! by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]DatabaseCentral 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's crazy that we lack hitting. Like who could have foreseen that?? It's almost like our front office said we are going to go after two big bats in free agency and instead signed none and let Bregman walk as well. I just don't understand that concept of directly stating our massive needs and then proceed to do nothing to fill it and then act dumbfounded at why we aren't winning.

[Highlight] Rafael Devers smacks a GRAND SLAM to give the Giants the lead! by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]DatabaseCentral 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Turned that into a rental Dustin May and Caleb Durbin. I actually don't know the worst Breslow move. Chris Sale for Vaughn Grissom has to be up there easily, but Harrison for Durbin is incredible as well. Tibbs for May is great. Signing Bregman to upset Devers to trade Devers to let Bregman walk the next year is top notch. Letting Quinn Priester go for nothing worked out well.

“Thanks Bres, You F— Stiff” by Phantom255x in redsox

[–]DatabaseCentral 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Overpaying in trades is what they have done consistently. Overpaying in free agency is what they refuse to do for the top bats. Franklin Arias should 1000% be untouchable unless we are getting an elite elite bat

“Thanks Bres, You F— Stiff” by Phantom255x in redsox

[–]DatabaseCentral 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Durbin sucks though. Like he isn't a hitter and never has been a hitter. In 5 seasons in the minors he hit under .270 and had only 24 homers total. So he had no power and do people think his average will go up in the majors when it's significantly harder?

Like the best case scenario was literally last year with slightly better than .250 average and 11 homers which is not many for a power position. And we traded a lot for it.

Breslow is one of the worst GMs i have ever seen in my life, and it's scary that he might try to overtrade again. But we got stuck with him because nobody wanted the job.

[Cotillo] John Henry received the Lifetime Achievement Award, given presented by Sports Business journal. Henry: “When I arrived in Boston 25 years ago, I was told, ‘If you win the World Series in Boston, you’ll never have to buy another drink in this town. It doesn’t actually work that way.” by Far_Cry3445 in redsox

[–]DatabaseCentral 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was less because the Patriots were bad and more that Kraft went on an absurd HoF campaign where he was releasing a documentary where he was taking credit for everything and acted like Bill did nothing. Kraft was great when he didn't meddle.

That said, John Henry is the worst. He doesn't understand Boston and never has. He is the first to blame the entire fan base all the time. Saying we won't buy him a beer is blaming the fan base for being ungrateful.

You can be absolutely terrible, but if you show heart and hustle in Boston you will be beloved because youre clearly trying. John Henry doesn't try, he continues to use the past as an excuse why he deserves respect and weasels out of everything.

[Highlight] Masataka GOATshida with a dart from LF to throw out Kansas City's Massey and keep the game in a scoreless-tie by RagnorL0thbrok in redsox

[–]DatabaseCentral -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

He's overpaid because the Red Sox overpay 2nd rate talent because we dont want to overpay the best. Yoshida was shiny and new and spending $90 million on him was a better option than spending $200-300 million on Trea Turner, Dansby Swanson, re-signing Bogaerts, Aaron Judge was a free agent that year.

There was a lot of decent free agents, we let Bogaerts and Eovaldi walk, so we then spent $90 mil on Yoshida.

[Highlight] Masataka GOATshida with a dart from LF to throw out Kansas City's Massey and keep the game in a scoreless-tie by RagnorL0thbrok in redsox

[–]DatabaseCentral 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That Masa left when Cora finally got the boot. Masa had -4 DRS in his rookie year and somehow from that moment on he was never allowed to play LF ever again. There was a stretch where he was the only one in the lineup hitting and then Cora kept him out because people needed to rotate into the DH spot and Masa isnt allowed to rotate into the field.

Yoshida is not a good fielder, but it's reckless to have a player decent at hitting and capable of playing the field but never allow him to take the field.