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They should have known that they did nt adequately replace Papelbon and Bard with Melancon and Bailey. Even if you call Bailey and Papelbon a wash, which is a tremendous overstatement, Melancon as a 8th inning guy was a pipe dream. People who believed that he could replace Bard based on 1/2 a year of stats with Houston obviously never saw the guy pitch. He has nothing. He may not even be as good as Albers. The poorly constructed bullpen is 100% on the FO. The injury to Bailey didnot cause the entire pen to suck. Also, if you want to talk about the misfortunes suffered by the FO due to Bailey's injury, you need to be fair and acknowledge that Doubront has surpassed their expectations in claiming a rotation spot. If he hadn't been such a surprise, Aeves would be the 5th starter and the pen would be even worse if that were possible.
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You are ignoring the fundamental flaw in this team by attributing the current state of affairs to under performance. Yes, everyone on the staff is under performing. Buchh and Lest will come around, and even though the bullpen will not continue to pitch to an 18 ERA, the difference between the bullpen and the rest of the team is that we have no talent in the pen-- no talent, no experience and no track record of accomplishment. That adds up to a big gaping hole. Youk will hit, AGon will hit, Lester and Buch will pitch well. They all have talent. There is no talent in the pen. The late innings are a parade of pigs to the mound. If one of our relievers gets 3 outs without giving up a run, we should thank God, because they are not good major league pitchers. They stink. The problem needs to be addressed with new players. The bullpen has no chance of righting itself unless Bard goes into the closer role. That much is clear.
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or we can trade him.
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His history is that he has been much better as a part time oFer. As a full time OFer he has been prone to long slumps. He's very good against lefties. That's has been his highest and best use up to this point of his career.
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He's going back to the rotation by all accounts.
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He's much better as a platoon player than as a full time player.
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The late innings will churn our stomachs all season long and we will experience more devastating losses than we have been used to in past seasons.
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You need to update your sig. Papelbon has 5 saves.
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There were so many other people to blame that I really didn't see much criticism of Ross. He's a very good role player.
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Are there Cody Ross haters?
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Very lucky. That ball was scorched.
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We have trouble hitting on the road, and the moron's lineup doesn't even give us a chance to have our elite guys bat in the same inning.
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We need to bludgeon teams. Close games don't bode well with our pen. it would be nice if we could bring Pedrio, AGon, Ortiz and Youk to bat in the same inning.
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Joe Mauer is such a great hitter.
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Bobby V's lineup splits up our big four once again! On the bright side, it looks like Salty might be getting into an adequate streak.
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It was great!
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Bobby V's lineup again ends up splitting up our elite 4 hitters.
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I think it is a dead on CF shot. Most ballparks shoot the CF angle from left center. I think this will give us a truer look at the inside-outside strikes and balls which you don't get on most broadcasts.
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Yes, it is true that we would still have a bunch of good veterans.
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In 2007, Ellsbury and Lester were bit players, role layers. Those Sox also had Manny, Ortiz, Drew, Lowell, Varitek, Schilling, and Timlin--- lots of veterans who were proven stars and winners. Kids are great if you have the veterans to show the way. Otherwise, you have the KC Royals.
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very young rosters make many rookie mistakes, perform inconsistently an don't usually play in the post season.
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Iglesias is OPS ing at .564. He still hasn't proved that he can hit at all.
