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The numbers for the year are good so far and they will be good at the end of the year. That is what they pay him for.
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Their lineup is pathetic. When i heard some of the game on the radio, I didn't even realize the Yankees were at bat. They have a bunch of kids in their lineup. Sounded like a minor league line up. CC didn't get lit up. There were 2 big errors behind him and some bloop hits. He gave up 3 earned runs-- a good day for Lester.
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Yep, god awful with that 2.33 era and a 0.92 WHIP 34 k's in 38 inning (8 k's/9) and 20 saves in 25 save opportunities. Yes, take him out and shoot him.
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7/14 vs Oakland A's
a700hitter replied to RedSoxfanforlife305's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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It's all opinion. Barnes has not progressed at fast pace. I'll be happy if one of that group makes it to our rotation for a few years. Our pitching evaluation has not been a strength.
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Official Talksox Fantasy Baseball 2013
a700hitter replied to Sox Fan on Cape's topic in Contests/Prizes
Hey iortiz, we are coming down to the wire neck and neck once again. LOL! Good luck today! -
Doubs has done his job this year. I hope he holds up in the second half.
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My opinion of Rubby and Webster is not as high as the opinions of others. I don't see either one as a future starter. Webster can't get through an order more than twice. I seem them as bullpen arms. As for potential starters, I am not seeing a lot of talent in our organization. We have position players, but we are not good at evaluating or drafting pitching. We have not been good at evaluating pitching for a while.
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I think the guy they really want to get is Braun.
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Yes, with Dempster being available in relief if Doubs runs his pitch count to 100 after 4 innings.
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It's the Mets. Anyone they get is likely to be the answer to a trivia question some day. LOL! The don't sacrifice the future argument is bogus when it is used as a blanket excuse for doing nothing. Every team makes trades. most trades involve some prospects if you want to get an established guy in return. You are always trading on the future. The key is to be good at it, and try to keep most of your best prospects for your own team. The problem is that we have not been very good at this for several years.
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I don't know what is wrong with the guy, but it has been broken since September 2011. He's not a top of the rotation pitcher. In the playoffs if we get there, Buch starts game 1, Lackey game 2. Game 3 is up for grabs.
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Exactly, which is why I find the whole don't sacrifice the future argument excuse silly whenever it is used. Most trades for established players involve prospects. I prefer to use them to get big names that will produce for a few years, not bullpen arms for 2 months. I think it is a higher and better use of those assets to get an established player for a year or two. All of that being said, the Red Sox hadto get a guy for the bullpen and that is what Thornton cost. It would be great if we could land Lee, because Lester is just not getting it done at the top of the rotation. Lee, however, is a pipe dream.
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There is no narrative. I'll say it once again. I would have made the trade, but we did not give up no value. As Ital said, I'd like this trade if I was on the White Sox side too. What narrative are you arguing with me? I would have made the trade. What's your point? It's not the trade of the century for us.
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And that is the nail on the head. We needed the bullpen arm, and they got a guy with some potential.
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And isn't he still in the Tampa system? This is more s*** at the wall. I said that I would have done the trade, so I don't know why you guys are arguing with me. Are you against the trade?
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For 8 ABs. You are throwing s*** at the wall with this argument. Jacobs is not close to ready for a 25 man roster spot in 2014.
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Not with a guy from A-ball. It is just not done.
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This doesn't hang together logically
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Not the same. Not even close. He suck, but has proved to be serviceable at the MLB level. Plopping a guy who is not even a top 200 prospect on an MLB roster for an entire year is quite different. Not to mention how sitting on the bench it would negatively impact his development. He was not going to be on a 25 man roster next season.
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Agreed
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I didn't say that it wasn't logically sound. I said that I would have made the trade. We just can't discount this kid as giing away zero. Bagwell was also blocked, probably more so than Jacobs.
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If he is good enough to have a 33% chance of sticking on an MLB roster next season, he probably should have been put on the 40 man roster at the end of this year, because we a few guys on the 40 man who would not stick on any roster. Also, if he is good enough to stick on some team's 25 man MLB roster, maybe we should have done better than Thornton.
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I am just pointing out the parallels to the Bagwell trade are there. No one blinked when we traded him for a bullpen arm. Jacobs could be pumping gas in a couple of years, because most prospects don't make it. Or he could be starting in someone's OF. We just don't know. The Sox needed a bullpen arm. Cherries got one. It is the right move for this roster, but I am not going to pretend that I know how this will work out in the end. I am fine with this deal. We need a bullpen pitcher now. I'll also be fine if we move a big prospect to get a big stick. Others will squawk about that, but the big prospects are not the ones that always make it. Guy like Jacobs make it too. In 5 years, when I am saying that we need to make a trade, people may be telling me that I am short-sighted using the Jacobs deal as an example of past short sightedness. LOL!! I am fully aware that he may be a good MLB player some day, and I still would have made the move for Thornton. You seem not to want to acknowledge the fact that Jacobs has potential. He's far from a busted prospect or a dud.
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If he is good enough to hold down a MLB roster spot next season on some team, we probably should have given him a spot on the 40 man roster. He is not going to be on anyone's MLB roster next season.
