Agreed.Originally Posted by Bellhorn04
I do recall people saying, last year, that all the rest given to our best players would help them in August and September.
I do recall everyone loving all the rest Cora gave our rotation in ST'ing 2019.
To be fair, there are likely more examples of players doing well, late in the season, but it's certainly a topic for debate.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
2018 a pretty good year--resting of lineup players noted on talksox. 2019 a bust, the dismissal of DD, and the arrival of Chaim Bloom. 2020 a nonyear--plus Cora out of MLB. 2021 a surprisingly good year, especially getting to the ALCS without a closer--and the only blown save was in the 6th inning of an ALCS game. 2022 a bad year thanks mostly to bad pitching. Not sure another manager could have done better.
And this year, still very young, surprisingly good because of the hitting. And most of the "resting" of position players has been the result of injuries--Chang, Story, Duvall, Yoshida, Dugo (illness?), et al. Management of pitching staff, pretty good, especially in view of weak rotation. Cora has benefitted from the emergence of Duvall, briefly, Duran, Yoshida, Dugo, and the two catchers.
But the thing is, scheduled days off have to be planned in advance. Otherwise they wouldn't be scheduled days off.
I think in the modern game there's a lot of pre-game preparation, studying film and data on the opposing starting pitcher etc. I think that part of the day off is getting a mental break from that stuff, not just a physical break.
Let's see if Yoshida stays hot after the day off.
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The other thing about the day off for Masa is that it meant playing time for Refsnyder or Tapia, and they both contributed to last night's win.
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I can see having a rough idea about needing to rest player A in the next week or two and looking ahead to the right game and likely pitcher match up, but it seems like too often, the day off comes vs the wrong-handed pitcher and or when a player has been extremely hot over the previous week or two.
Also, we have Monday off, and I don't get the need for 2 days off in a row, especially when Masa had a day off a week ago and DH'd in 3 of the last 7 days.
Sorry, I just can't go along with this one, but watch his replacement go 4 for 5, today and shut me up (for a few seconds.)
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
You can play them by resting Masas at DH and giving Turner or Casas the day off.
I would not rest our hottest hitter when we have tomorrow off.
Wait until we face a tough lefty.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
Like I said, it might be more about the mental break.
You're pretty old school, man.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
Casas OTOH is not hot, but he's playing every day. I would suggest that's because they want him to get the reps.
It's just not as simple as play the hot guy and rest the cold guy.
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Tapia is a lot of fun to watch on the basepaths ... IF he can just get there more often. Becoming one of my favorite players for his speed and hustle. (Hear that, Tristan? Maybe the next time you ground out you can actually run down the basepath instead of doing your Hanley Ramirez imitations?)
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Old school is to let players play 160-161 games, if healthy.Like I said, it might be more about the mental break.
You're pretty old school, man.
I'm fine with 155-157, but to me it's more about the timing and wrong-handed pitcher rest days.
Like I said, I love Cora as our manager. This is just one minor differing opinion, and often times, they guy Cora plays instad of the resting player does very well.
When you say it's gonna happen now
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I get this idea. Look at what happened to Renfroe, Kike and Dalbec in 2021.
Look what happened when we gave Duran another look, after many felt he'd already met his chances limit.
I'm not sure how much longer we give him. His .367 OBP over the past 14 games is encouraging, but he needs to start hitting and showing some power.
With so many other hot hands on this team and ways to get them in the line-up by sitting Casas, his days on this opportunity may be short.
When Story, Duvall and Mondesi return, he better be doing better, or there will be no choice.
He may end up like Duran and help us more, next year, but I am far from giving up on him and 2023.
When you say it's gonna happen now
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