Red Sox/MLB 2021 Hot Stove III - Jackie Bradley Jr. Signs w/ Brewers

[Say Hey Kid]

Cora's return to Red Sox 'where I wanted to be'

I think pitchers will have greater impact than last year, partially due to the new baseball.

 

[CDJ]

Scott Kazmir looking to successfully come back for a second time. Hasn’t pitched in the bigs since 2016

If people can remember he missed almost all of 2011, all of 2012, and played for the Sugar Land Skeeters for a bit before making it back last time

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Scott Kazmir looking to successfully come back for a second time. Hasn’t pitched in the bigs since 2016

If people can remember he missed almost all of 2011, all of 2012, and played for the Sugar Land Skeeters for a bit before making it back last time

There’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time. Good for him. Hope he does well.

 

[McGarnagle]

There’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time. Good for him. Hope he does well.

It brings back memories of when the Devil Rays were bottom feeders, but Kazmir was downright elite for a few years and the rotation was him and four total turds. You'd be looking at the schedule in advance hoping that you'd miss his turn during the 3-game series and that he'd end up facing the Yankees before or after you, etc.

 

[CharaBadSenyshynGawd]

Use to trade for Kazmir in every video game back in the day.

he and Lester put up an almost identical stat line through 125 starts.

 

[McGarnagle]

Kazmir was also one of the first hilariously bad trades the Mets made in the 2000s. They traded him for Victor Zambrano straight up.

 

[CDJ]

Romero talking about the Basabe twins and how they performed so well at their academy but there was this one tryout pitcher who was all over the place but kept getting them to swing and miss. They asked them if they were trying to make him look good because they’re all Venezuelan (something along those lines, probably came from the same program) and they said they couldn’t pick up the ball out of his hand.

They immediately signed that kid before he got to be seen by other teams. That kid is Darwinzon Hernandez.

goes to show the degree of luck involved in the international process- Eddie Romero has created a lot of that luck but you can’t control everything when you’re talking about signing 16 and 17 year olds

 

[N o o d l e s]

Why do I feel like this team might not be that bad? I hate myself

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Former Sox FA Signing Tom "Flash" Gordon named Grand Marshal for IMSA's 12 hours of Sebring

 

[Bruinaura]

Always depressing when you see your favorite athletes from childhood getting older and older lol.

Eddie and Cal were the Orioles for me for a long time.

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

 

[CDJ]

I liked Walden in 2019! We got a good year out of a fringe arm!

the velo drop last year did him in

 

[Gator Mike]

Very cool.

 

[CDJ]

Hell yeah thats sick

 

[Centrum Hockey]

Very cool.

The Minor Leagues are essentially a subsidiary of MLB now rather than a separate organization with a contract to develop players. It has very little to do with this deal but I think we will see a lot more integration going forward on the business end with minor league teams.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Very cool.

I wish NESN would do this with the Providence Bruins.

 

[McGarnagle]

I wish NESN would do this with the Providence Bruins.

We saw them tonight on Long Island.

 

[CDJ]

Henry Davis Amateur & College Leagues Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com

Keep an eye on this kid for pick #4. He’s got helium.

 

[DKH]

Have to agree - likeable guy

I’d take him on a 1 year deal at what he made last year

If Duran Is really thought of as Ellsbury like one year is it

 

[Alicat]

Almost didn't recognize Raffy.

He looks good.

 

[Alicat]

Love seeing Tek working with the pitchers

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Almost didn't recognize Raffy.

He looks good.

Starting to look like a man.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

The Minor Leagues are essentially a subsidiary of MLB now rather than a separate organization with a contract to develop players. It has very little to do with this deal but I think we will see a lot more integration going forward on the business end with minor league teams.

Providence had a similiar contract for a while, here.... Portland has also been shown on NESN as well, Centrum, besides local contracts in state.

so the above is factually incorrect. it's the team that negotiates the media contract, not how MiLB/NAPBL were reorganized.

NBC Sports Boston also had the AHL contract for a while when NESN stopped showing Providence games outside of its agreement with Hockey East.

remember, the Eastern League was 142 games, the "Northeast" League as it's been named is now 120 games.

 

[CDJ]

I was looking into Tim Locastro because he had the fastest sprint speed in baseball last season and the season prior and take a look at how this absolute maniac gets on base

like 215 official AB’s in 2019, 22 HBP. 31 times total that year. Has full season totals in the 30’s. What in the hell is this guy doing, launching himself at the ball? Straddling the plate?