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If the Angels pull that off, they should lock up a wild card and be very tough in the playoffs with Weaver, CJ Wilson and Greinke. There's always a chance that Haren rights himself too. Edit: Talk about big acquisitions: Wilson, Pujols and Greinke? Wow!! That's got to be exciting for Angel fans. -
When it rains it pours. Even if we split on that road trip, we would still suck. We were luckythat the Yankees insisted on giving away Saturday night's game. Their play was atrocious in that game. They handed us the game on a platter.
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Bill Lee knows pitching.
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The offensive production in the first half was fine. Only the Rangers scored more runs. The pitching let them down and is the main reason why they are in this predicament. We had 4 starters perform like #5 pitchers and the other one was not up to any major league standards.
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You could also say that they did a great job of building 93-95 win teams in those years. Wins like run differential is an outcome not a skill.
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Something has to change for this team to make a run at the championship. I posted days ago that the formula IMO is obvious: Beckett, Lester and Buchholz need to start pitching like top of the rotation starters and AGon needs to hit like the offensive threat we thought we had acquired. If those things happen, they should make a strong run.
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Uh yeah. I think you would be a pretty strong contender.
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I don't think I said that.
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Wasn't the good run differential the result of having good pitchers and hitters? Run differential is an outcome, not a skill. Players with good skills that perform well result in teams with good run differentials.
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Pretentious? Disgusting? Why are you going there? Have there been any signs of improvement by either Lester or Beck throughout the first half? No, there have been no encouraging signs from either. The team is under .500 in their starts. I have seen nothing for me to believe that either of them will get on track. Lester's numbers regressed significantly last year. I believe that the Red Sox record in his starts last season was not very good. People expected that he would rebound from 2011, but he has not. He has declined even more drastically this season. IMO, if the Red Sox do not get a true ace, they will have trouble making the post season or going deep into the post season, because I do not think Beckett or Lester will step up to be reliable aces in the second half. That's my prediction. Call it pretentious or whatever other insult you like to apply, but that is what I expect from them.
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Overall grade: D A+: Ortiz A- : Middlebrooks, Ross, Nava, Podsednik B+: Salty, Atchison, Morales B: Pedroia, Sweeney, Shoppach C: Lester, Buchholz, Beckett, AGon, Doubront, Aceves, Albers, Cook, Aviles D/F: Dice K, Punto, Front Office, Bobby V, Coaching Staff
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They can absolutely win a wild card slot. The division is over. The wild card slot will be a dead end if Beckett and Lester cannot turn arounfd their seasons, and i don't see that coming. I think they need to land a closer to have any chance of getting to and going deep into October. Lester and Beckett are not aces and will continue to s*** the bed in big games.
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Adequate and tall maybe a B for some people?
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How does one build a team based on run differential? Would someone characterize Dustin Pedroia as a good run differential guy? I know their are metrics for this stuff, but let's remember that run differential is an indicator of how good or bad a team is. The metrics that measure these indicators estimate the indicators. I'd prefer to build my team with good pitchers first and then good hitters, and I don't apologize for my opinion that those advanced metrics are largely a waste of time.
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They are different types of players. Reddick has the livelier bat, but Kalish can steal 30+ bases in a season.
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If the question were "should the Red Sox be buyers or sellers", I would answer that they should be sellers. They need to move on from Beckett and Lester. They should bring in some talent and free up some money. However, this thread asks which "will" the Sox be, not "should". I think they will be neither to any significant extent. Cherries doesn't have the budget to add significant talent and IMO, he doesn't have the guts to be a significant buyer or seller. I expect little activity and lots of excuses.
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I build with pitching, so no, I don't agree. Both are factors obviously, but pitching is more important. The A's offense is dead last in the league and Texas has top 5 pitching to go along with it's #1 hitting. After the A's the next five best teams in pitching are the Angels, Yankees, Rays, Rangers and White Sox. Except for the Rays who are 1/2 game behind the Orioles for the second wild card, the other 4 teams would be play off teams if the season ended today. The top 6 offenses are the Rangers, Red Sox, Blue Jays, Yankees, White Sox and Tigers. Only 3 of those teams would be playoff teams if the season ended tomorrow. The top 6 teams in pitching combine for a record of 287-227. The top 6 hitting teams combine for a record of 281-233. Yes, run differential is the best indicator next to wins as to who will be in the playoffs, but that's just a duh. IMO, Pitching is more important to being a good team than hitting.
