Josh Reddick

[Dipre]

You haven't seen the Beckett thread!

 

Just did.

 

Second most humorous thing.

[Spudboy]

This guy has more talent than JD Drew and Mike Cameron combined. He just needs the experience. Hopefully he's one of our starting outfielders by the year's end' date=' but I higly doubt it.[/quote']

 

I think you may have athleticism confused with talent. I solid argument could be made that Reddick has more athleticism than the other two but there is no way to support an argument that he has the talent of either at this point.

 

"He just needs experience."

 

You contradict yourself with this statement. He does need more experience. And why?

To develop all that great athletic ability into a major league skill set. Then his talent may be more comparable with Drew or Cameron.

[PWNdroia]

This is quite possibly the most humorous thing i have read in this site.

 

You find auto outs in Mike Cameron and JD Drew predictable? Now that I find funny as well. At least Reddick shows us he can hit with power.

[Dipre]

You find auto outs in Mike Cameron and JD Drew predictable? Now that I find funny as well. At least Reddick shows us he can hit with power.

 

JD Drew got on base at a .392 clip last year, Mike Cameron got on base at a .342 clip, both hit over 20 HR's and over 30 2B's.

 

For your information, an auto-out is a guy who doesn't get on base, and getting on base is exactly one of the things JD Drew and Mike Cameron have been known to excel at during their careers.

 

Funny enough, the one knock on Reddick is that he's a free-swinger whose approach would not translate well to getting on base in the Major Leagues.

 

*sigh*

[italstallianion]

You find auto outs in Mike Cameron and JD Drew predictable? Now that I find funny as well. At least Reddick shows us he can hit with power.

 

 

You are about to get served.

[italstallianion]

JD Drew got on base at a .392 clip last year, Mike Cameron got on base at a .342 clip, both hit over 20 HR's and over 30 2B's.

 

For your information, an auto-out is a guy who doesn't get on base, and getting on base is exactly one of the things JD Drew and Mike Cameron have been known to excel at during their careers.

 

Funny enough, the one knock on Reddick is that he's a free-swinger whose approach would not translate well to getting on base in the Major Leagues.

 

*sigh*

 

 

Check that, PWNdroia has already gotten served.

[Eck20and8]

So I take it there's little interest here in the fact that the Nats released Elijah Dukes?

 

Dukes was from the Jim Bowden legacy of signing headcases

[Dipre]

Dukes was from the Jim Bowden legacy of signing headcases

 

Actually, he got drafted and first signed by Tampa, who tired of his ********. In comes Bowden.

[Dojji]

Pity to see so much talent turn into so much nothing.

[Dipre]

Pity to see so much talent turn into so much nothing.

 

Plus Delmon young and Lastings Milledge all wrapped together in the same package.

[riverside sluggers]

Plus Delmon young and Lastings Milledge all wrapped together in the same package.

 

Tampa made out like bandits in the Delmon Young trade, getting Garza and Bartlett

[Dipre]

Tampa made out like bandits in the Delmon Young trade' date=' getting Garza and Bartlett[/quote']

 

Who are both members of my Fantasy League team.

 

Coincidence?

 

I don't think so.

[Dojji]

Minnesota has been a poster boy counterargument to the whole "trade established veterans for prospects" thing since the Santana trade..

[Dipre]

Minnesota has been a poster boy counterargument to the whole "trade established veterans for prospects" thing since the Santana trade..

 

They could've gotten Lester, Ellsbury and Lowrie on that deal......

[a700hitter]

I think the Sox offered the Twins a choice of two packages-- one included Ellsbury and the other included Lester.

[PWNdroia]

JD Drew got on base at a .392 clip last year, Mike Cameron got on base at a .342 clip, both hit over 20 HR's and over 30 2B's.

 

For your information, an auto-out is a guy who doesn't get on base, and getting on base is exactly one of the things JD Drew and Mike Cameron have been known to excel at during their careers.

 

Funny enough, the one knock on Reddick is that he's a free-swinger whose approach would not translate well to getting on base in the Major Leagues.

 

*sigh*

 

Getting on base is not the same as scoring runs. We've seen Theo's OBP guys fail in the last years, which is why the 2004 team is far better.

 

And JD Drew only gets hits if we are winning by 10 runs or losing by 10 runs. Completely useless.

[Dipre]

Getting on base is not the same as scoring runs. We've seen Theo's OBP guys fail in the last years, which is why the 2004 team is far better.

 

And JD Drew only gets hits if we are winning by 10 runs or losing by 10 runs. Completely useless.

 

The whole "Drew only gets hits when blah blah blah" you're making up as proved in the other thread.

 

Second: How the f*** do you score runs if you don't get on base?

 

Third: The Sox have been a top-5 offense every year since Theo's been GM, so how has the OBP philosophy failed?

 

Define failure.

[Dojji]

Define failure.

 

http://thearchnemesis.com/images/Arod%20ball%20slap.jpg

[italstallianion]

That picture looks better with the obligatory purse attached to A-rod's arm.

[Dipre]

^ Well done sir. (@ Doiji)

[Dojji]

That picture looks better with the obligatory purse attached to A-rod's arm.

 

I disagree. The purse gilds the lily, turning pure natural beauty into an artificial production, which I feel takes away from the pristine memory of that moment of greatness without adding anything.. That event doesn't need any embellishment to be a shining example of epic fail. It just needs to stand as it is in all its inglory.

[PWNdroia]

The whole "Drew only gets hits when blah blah blah" you're making up as proved in the other thread.

 

Second: How the f*** do you score runs if you don't get on base?

 

Third: The Sox have been a top-5 offense every year since Theo's been GM, so how has the OBP philosophy failed?

 

Define failure.

 

Hitting doesn't necessairly generate runs (to answer question 3). Also runs can be scored inconsistently (which the Red Sox do). They score 18 in one night, the next 3 days they score a total of 3 runs (an example, but this is what happens).

 

In fact, this whole team is inconsistent. This is what OBP teams do. look at the Yankees- they're hackers. No problems there. And the Rays- they run us down dry- the right way to play the game. When you rely on garbage OBP stats to earn runs, you're desperate. Hacking and running is so much better. This team can barely hack and can barely run.

 

Obviously you need to get on base, but you don't need a whole lineup of guys who can ONLY get on base. You need runners and hackers. We don't have very many top hackers and only one runner (Ells).

 

If I built a team I'd hack and run, run down the other teams dry, make them weak. The Sox can't do this.

 

I LOL'd when Varitek came up a year ago with bases loaded and no outs... pitiful. Didn't score a run, and it was against the Yankees. The offense on this team was pathetic last year and it's even worse this year.

[riverside sluggers]

Yes a true Sox fan...

[italstallianion]

Hitting doesn't necessairly generate runs (to answer question 3). Also runs can be scored inconsistently (which the Red Sox do). They score 18 in one night, the next 3 days they score a total of 3 runs (an example, but this is what happens).

 

In fact, this whole team is inconsistent. This is what OBP teams do. look at the Yankees- they're hackers. No problems there. And the Rays- they run us down dry- the right way to play the game. When you rely on garbage OBP stats to earn runs, you're desperate. Hacking and running is so much better. This team can barely hack and can barely run.

 

Obviously you need to get on base, but you don't need a whole lineup of guys who can ONLY get on base. You need runners and hackers. We don't have very many top hackers and only one runner (Ells).

 

If I built a team I'd hack and run, run down the other teams dry, make them weak. The Sox can't do this.

 

I LOL'd when Varitek came up a year ago with bases loaded and no outs... pitiful. Didn't score a run, and it was against the Yankees. The offense on this team was pathetic last year and it's even worse this year.

 

 

Pathetic enough to be a top 5 in the MLB. Heck, we were 2nd in the majors in most offensive categories (except 3B's) behind Coors East.

[Dipre]

Hitting doesn't necessairly generate runs (to answer question 3). Also runs can be scored inconsistently (which the Red Sox do). They score 18 in one night' date=' the next 3 days they score a total of 3 runs (an example, but this is what happens). [/quote']

 

First off, no team in baseball is completely consistent when it comes to offense, just to get that out of the way.

 

Second, the Red Sox' inconsistency stemmed from the fact that they were a lousy road team who put up monster numbers at home.

 

The Cameron, Beltre and Scutaro signings were aimed to even that out, since they've all been consistent road performers throughout their careers. Please don't answer with the fact that your "hunch" says otherwise.

 

In fact, this whole team is inconsistent. This is what OBP teams do. look at the Yankees- they're hackers. No problems there. And the Rays- they run us down dry- the right way to play the game. When you rely on garbage OBP stats to earn runs, you're desperate. Hacking and running is so much better. This team can barely hack and can barely run.

 

Fallacy.

 

As constructed now, the goal of this team is consistency.

 

Consistent starting rotation with the big three followed by three guys who can give you above-average innings from the four and five spot in the rotation. That is a luxury that not many teams in baseball have.

 

Consistent bullpen, even though not as strong as last year's.

 

Your notion of "consistency" on offense is both ignorant and misguided. The Red Sox scored a ton of "garbage" runs last year because they were offensively dominant at home but pathetic on the road, and that's what they intended to address this off-season. Whether your hunch tells you otherwise, the 2010 Sox, health permitting, should be a much more consistent home/road offense, though not as explosive as the 2009 home version of the Red Sox, there is plenty of thump up and down the lineup, and more importantly, no auto-outs. Hell, even the bench is greatly improved, but i'm sure your hunches don't take that into account.

 

Obviously you need to get on base, but you don't need a whole lineup of guys who can ONLY get on base. You need runners and hackers. We don't have very many top hackers and only one runner (Ells).

 

If I built a team I'd hack and run, run down the other teams dry, make them weak. The Sox can't do this.

 

This is why you don't run a team.

 

First off, that is a lie.

 

Ellsbury, Pedroia, Cameron and Scutaro are all guys who have wheels. Although Cameron and Scutaro don't have blazing speed, they can steal a base and help dynamize the offense.

 

Second off, you can't steal first base. If you don't get on base, you can't run, and you can't score.

 

Read this slowly:

 

To score runs, you need to get on base.

 

I LOL'd when Varitek came up a year ago with bases loaded and no outs... pitiful. Didn't score a run, and it was against the Yankees. The offense on this team was pathetic last year and it's even worse this year.

 

Oh you're obviously correct, that AB from Jason Varitek defined the Red Sox' 2009 season, not the fact that they scored almost 900 runs and made the playoffs.

 

Besides that, isn't that guy......what's his name? Martinez catching now? Oh yeah, that guy who hits .300 every year, gets on base and hits for power, yeah, that guy.

 

Logic. Use it.

[example1]

You guys are using a lot of finger-energy to explain things to this PWNdroia fellow. He doesn't get it, as evidenced by his very weak arguments.

 

PWNdroia, why should we suppose that you know more than the Sox FO or people who study this game full time?