Jump to content
Our free agent ranking is up to 100 names, and now you can filter by player position! Click here to check it out! ×
Talk Sox
  • Create Account

a700hitter

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    70,398

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    1

 Content Type 

Profiles

Boston Red Sox Videos

2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospect Rankings

Boston Red Sox Trade & Free Agent Rumors

Boston Red Sox Fan Guides & Resources

2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Boston Red Sox News, Rumors & Analysis

2026 Boston Red Sox Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by a700hitter

  1. a700hitter
    Nor can you disprove my proposition. The raw numbers show him 2 games better than Aceves if he just substituted for Aceves. I think my position that adding Papelbon to our bullpen which includes Aceves in a more comfortable role and dropping the 7th or 8th guy from our pen would have improved the pen and changed the dynamic of the late innings. If you want to say that I can't prove it with numbers, fine, but you can't disprove it either, because there is no way for you to model the changed dynamic of adding him to the pen. However, to think that adding Papelbon to any team's bullpen would not improve that pen would be absurd.
  2. a700hitter
    Iwasn't arguing value of contract etc. I was just simply making the point that subtracting him from the roster has cost us wins. I think that is a fair statement.
  3. a700hitter
  4. a700hitter
  5. a700hitter
  6. a700hitter
  7. a700hitter
    Most teams keep their premier pitchers. It wouldn't surprise me at all.
  8. a700hitter
    I doubt the Phillies will move Hamels at the trading deadline. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8162263/philadelphia-phillies-preparing-sizable-offer-cole-hamels
  9. a700hitter
    I'm not quite sure what you love about this, nor do I have the slightest idea of the significance of the opinions on this forum in the outcome. What are you talking about?
  10. a700hitter
    Bard walked a guy and hit a guy tonight including 2 wild pitches.
  11. a700hitter
    Wow!! It was obvious his baseball career was over. I hope this kid is out of the woods.
  12. a700hitter
    What would we get for him? Maybe a subscription to MLBTV? The guy has been on waivers several times over the last 2 years and no one took him for free. I don't see getting anything more than a questionable A ball prospect who can double as a peanut vendor.
  13. a700hitter
  14. a700hitter
    What size inbox would befit a king?
  15. a700hitter
    As for Papelbon, purely from a perfomance perspective, we would have 4 or 5 more wins if he had been at the closer this season. Aceve has lost 6 games plus blown 4 saves. Except maybe in his worst season, Papelbon didn't lose and blow that many games in an entire season. Papelbon walking may have been the right financial decision, but if he was our closer this season we would still be right in the thick for the division lead. We'd probably be back 5 games at the most. Yes, the rest of the bullpen has done fine, but not the closer.
  16. a700hitter
    Good post, E1. My fear going forward is that if they don't come up eith a good strategy to fix this team and then be disciplined in the execution of that strategy, that the Red Sox will become what the Orioles were for more than a decade-- an overpaid dysfunctional group of under perfoming players. I see that you are still clinging to some hope that this mess is not largely Theo's fault. That's okay, because it was not entirely his fault, but whether some of his poor decisions resulted from him caving to pressures, that doesn't make him less accountable. Keep in mind that his last big money blunder was something that he wanted so badly and believed so strongly that he went against the expressed doubts of John Henry. JH said he did not agree with the Carl Crawford signing. Theo didn't cave to the pressure. He may have been sloppy in maintaining discipline, but it wasn't for lack of a backbone.
  17. a700hitter
    It's not paranoia if people are actually talking aboout you.
  18. a700hitter
    His numbers are in decline for the second year in a row. People forget that he was thought to have had an off year in 2011 and people were expecting a bounce back year in 2012. He has gotten worse. It is not just a couple of bad months. The Red Sox record in Lester starts in 2011 was 16-15, and he had Bard and Papelbon to hand the ball late in the game. 2011 was not a good year. This year is worse. I would move this guy now before he becomes Time Lincecum.
  19. a700hitter
    Garza is just another #2/3 guy OMO. We have enough of those. We need an ace. If we are going to go for a #2/3 guy, they should go for Dempster. He'll be much cheaper than Garza.
  20. a700hitter
  21. a700hitter
    This is the second year in a row that his numbers have declined, so I don't think we can just chalk this up to a bad season. As for the comparison to Lee, we have to consider whetehr he could turn into a Lincecum. Also, Lee is not a pwer pitcher like Lester. This team needs an overhaul. I think Lester would bring back much more than Beckett on the trade market. I think a 28 year old Lester could most definitely land Upton.
  22. a700hitter
    In 2008 the Red Sox refused to let Schilling get surgery. They had him do physical therapy that didn't work. He wanted to get the surgery, rehab and try to get back by the end of the season. The vetoed his decision.
  23. a700hitter
  24. a700hitter
    I think Beckett has a better chance than Lester to regain his form and pitch well in the second half. The big question with regard to Beckett IMO is his commitment. He definitely gives off a vibe that he doesn't give a s***. I think Lester is desperate to improve his performance, but he is having a lot of trouble adjusting to the decreasing velocity and drop in strike outs. Beckett has already adapted to the change in his stuff and succeeded.
  25. a700hitter
×
×
  • Create New...