SCM33
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Trade bait. There is no room, and I think Youklilis has played defense well enough that he no longer needs a "defensive substitution". I know some will argue a platoon but to answer that ahead of time....why? Youkilis deserves the PT and has earned it. I think instead we need a reliable lefty pinch hitter to come off the bench, and upgrade over what we currently have (Snow). I am almost positive Choi would not like that assignment given his age, and inability to make contact. I think a veteran lefty bat would fill the hole nicely.
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Why can't he? He still has nasty movement on it, and his track record shows that he will. If you look at his pitching lines, while his lines on 5/4, 4/30 werent very good....his last appearance was, and hes had 3 or 4 in between which have shown improvement.
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What the people over there dont realize, is that before the turn of the century, scouts actually had to watch players play and rate their skills using hands on tools instead of SPSS and other statistical engines to formulate statitisics to back up their points. All you really have to do is watch the Sox games and you can tell who can or can't play. I love reading how they all dumped on Willy Mo when we got him, yet we are watching a transformation similar to that of David Ortiz with him. People over there don't appreciate the progressions he is making. If you look at tape from ST to now you see a completely different approach to hitting. Looks like people over at SOSH didnt take in account good coaching and mentoring by Papa Jack, Big Papi and Manny.
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But you proved the point I was trying to make, read my whole post. If he can put his curveball where he wants to, like his track record has shown, he will be successful....because hitters will have that in mind making his hard fastball, while straight....harder to zone in on.
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Again, no. It all goes back to his control. The same could be said for Wakefield. Why is he successful? Becuase he throws the knuckleball for strikes. Seanez has walked 6 in 11 innings, he walked 22 in 60+ innings last year. The year before that he walked 19 in 46 innings. His strikeout rates are very high by the way. He has 15 K in 11 innings averaging 11.91 K/9inn indicating that THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH HIS STUFF. The problem is his control, any f***in hitter can hit a 95 MPH fastball just as well as a 75 MPH if its down the heart of the plate. His walks and HR against WHILE CONTINUING TO HAVE HIGH K RATIOS show that his control is the problem. If hitters are tattooing his fastball, and pony leaguers could hit it, then why are big league hitters averaging over a K per Inning against him? He will figure it out, give him a break.
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Keepin it real in the family huh? I feel a little disturbed by that comment. Kinda awkward.....:dunno: -
When I left this site for a while, it was actually because they finally, after years of trying, accepted my application form.....then it kinda ran outta fun. Its not about baseball talk over there, rather......an advanced statistics class that I fell asleep in during my junior year of college. Plus, if you arent one of the original members, they dont pay much attention to your posts anyway. They act like you werent there. I am going to guess that you had the username similar to the one you are using here right?
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how about "Mikey two bases"
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I guarentee if he were to back to the NL, he would be doing just fine like our old friend Alan Embree before his 4/20 pitching line.
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Ok.....but if he COULD spot it, and throw his breaking ball for strikes, they wouldnt. Again, if he locates his pitches, he would not get hammered. The argument was about his stuff, and it is fine, he isnt locating. Think back to last year with Foulke. He couldnt locate his changeup, so batters feasted on his 86-88 MPH fastball. I know he was injured, but nonetheless, if he located his changeup and could spot his fastball like this year and 04' he will do fine.
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But if they are located well, it shouldnt matter is all I am saying. John Burkett threw batting pratice fastballs, and had a slow crappy breaking ball and was very successful with ATL before switching leagues.
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Agreed. If I were going to start a team. I would start it with either Miguel Tejada, or Alex Rodriguez. IMO, the top right handed hitters in the game are: Pujols Ramirez Arod I think the top Left handed hitters in the game are: Ortiz Ichiro If I were going to start a team I would take AROD of Tejada over Ortiz, because they are both all around players, and Tejada digs in for 162 games a year.
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with that beaing said, he should be gone, but they will have to eat his contract, nobody will want to trade for him at this point.....but there really isnt anything wrong with his "stuff".
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I wouldnt say that. His Breaking ball is still nasty, and he still has good velocity. He cant locate, plain and simple. There is nothing wrong with his stuff. You dont need good stuff if you can locate, Tom Glavine, Jeff Suppan, John Lieber, Esteban Loaiza, and Livan Hernandez have all had decent to good seasons recently and are considered to not have great stuff. They locate the ball well, and pitch in the National League. Seanez is in the wrong league, he has big league stuff, but its NL stuff, NL hitters just dont hit as well as AL hitters.
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Do the Red Sox look to trade for a second baseman?
SCM33 replied to Sam Malone's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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Thats what I meant, down to AAA Seanez has a pretty good track record as well. In fact, Rudy Seanez has a BETTER track record than Tavarez. http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seaneru01.shtml http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tavarju01.shtml Seanez does look like a scary mofo though, he is built like a tank. My money is on Seanez. That beaing said, they have all three been awful, and I wish we would start getting our moneys worth out of Tavarez and Seanez. Looking over Seanez's numbers does show however, that there may be a relationship between his bad seasons, and pitching in the American League.
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Wow.....Im gunna have to go ahead and say no, that is not Don Orsillo.
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I just looked at it actually....what happened? people werent that interested in it? I actually liked it because there is alot of trolling here and people posting useless crap...
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ksushi, i was actually thinking of the site you started....is it still up?
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haha, your right actually.....i was thinking of another forum......MY badddd
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Sorry I havent been on in some time, i know many enjoy the insight i bring, or brought....i was always one too put a lot of time and thought into my postings, well...I am back. Just thought I would re-introduce myself even though I believe I was one of the first ten people to join this forum. Hello all.
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Last time I checked, making up fantasies about a 48 year old man and a big boobed anaylist had NOTHING to do with RedSox baseball...
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Probably not, but I dont think Seanez is going anywhere either. If anything he will be the mop up guy......that is UNLESS, David Wells somehow pitches another game in a Sox uniform, even then however, I see Dinardo being the first one dumped since he has options.
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I would have to say Eric Byrnes is very overrated. Everyone loves the guy and talks about how hardhe plays and how much he hustles. Case in point, he goes after balls very hard and aggressive because he takes such awful routes in the OF. He turns a routine play in to an adventure and makes an incredible diving catch because he traveled all over the country before taking the correct route. He is also an abysmal offensive player with zero on base skills, and doesnt run the bases well. I still have the memory of him missing home plate and throwing a hissy fit like a jackass before Varitek tagged him out during the playoffs. In addition, I would say our very own Trot Nixon is an overated player. He never quite did what he was supposed to do, but his dirtdog persona overshadows what he actually accompishes on field. Solid player? yes, but i think we always expect more.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=betweenthenumbers/ortiz/060405 Umm... read this before claiming who is or isnt clutch..... When we analyze play-by-play data, David Ortiz does rate as a clutch hitter overall, but most of the damage was limited to just two seasons, 2000 and 2005. Take those two years away, and his lifetime clutch rating is essentially zero. He didn't rate as a clutch hitter in 2004 -- at least not during the regular season -- or in 2002. It isn't a bad track record, but if clutch hitting really exists, one would expect more consistency out of the "greatest clutch hitter in the history of the Boston Red Sox."
