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    I think a mid-level arm should do the job for now to help the pen settle in. In another month, if that doesn't work out, I'll post another poll.
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    I do like Uehara. He has closer potential too.
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    I am pretty sure that the Sox FO is actively and feverishly considering all of their options. If they are not, they aren't doing their job. They may way wait a week or two to make a move, so they will have a better idea of what they have in their current bullpen, but they are certainly discussing the items. We're going to be discussing the bullpen like crazy here, so I thought it would be interesting to gauge the thinking of people with a poll.
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    IMO, they need to add an arm. I think it is a tremendous risk to wait for Dice K and/or Hill to return. They may not be very effective initially. Relying on Cook and Ohlendorf, doesn't solve the bullpen issue unless you send Bard to the pen, and it seems that he doesn't want to close or the FO doesn't want him closing or both.
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    I'm not resistant to it. I don't think numbers tell all of the story, because the indefinable stuff doesn't translate to the numbers much of the time. It's not a bias thing. I think it is just a matter of seeing it with eyes that I have seen a lot of baseball. I'm not a Yankee fan. I hate the pinstripes, and always have. I didn't see Mantle in his prime, but when you went to Yankee Stadium and watched him play, he had a special quality. The ball exploded off his bat. His numbers have been eclipsed and even in his day, his numbers were not the best. No, it is not a bias thing. I think the numbers merely support what my eyes have already told me. If it was a bias thing, I would think all the Sox were great and the numbers would expose my bias. There aren't a lot of stats on Bailey to make a very strong case. He's pitched more than 50 innings just once in his 3 seasons. Let's see how his numbers look when he gets 6 or 7 full seasons under his belt. I think those numbers will bear out my impression of him.
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    When a guy has produced for many years leaves, the next guy has to prove himself. Bailey has some nice numbers. Nothing to make me think he belongs on any list with Papelbon. That's my opinion. If he had stepped up and earned that respect in Boston, it would have been great for us. Now, we will not get the chance. Maybe next year he will get his chance. I'm just not ready to put him on par with Papelbon until he proves deserving in Boston. If he does, he'll be in some elite company. It would be great if it happens, but although very good, I just don't see a lot special about Bailey. Hopefully, I am wrong.
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    I realize that you are being snide, but before the internet and fangraphs and so forth, a scout that went to look at Bobby Doerr noticed a gangly kid that could hit the everloving stuffing out of a baseball. He didn't need to see him a second time and recommended that the Sox sign him. He only saw few ABs from the skinny kid. Ted Williams filled in the rest of the gaps over the next 22 years. The point of my story is that some players are special when you see them. You can't get that from numbers or GameCast and maybe not even from TV. Now you may not like my story and you will surely denigrate the story and my ability to spot special talent. Go right ahead. It's just my opinion. The funny thing is that all the numbers that you look at don't prove that he (Papelbon) isn't a special talent. In fact, to a great extent they support it. It's like the great Vin Scully said about stats: they should be used the same way that a drunk uses a lampost-- for support, not illumination. I paraphrase.
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    I saw that kind of fastball dominance on several occasions from Papelbon. Never saw it from Bailey. If I ever see it, and I don't think I will, he'll go up in my estimation. So, you don't like the story. Am I surprised? Oh well.
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    I'm not saying anything to the contrary. As I said earlier, Bailey could have really been a big asset to this team. Now, he is a non-factor, and frankly our pitching staff has no more room for additional injuries or under-performance. We don't have the depth to withstand further inury. We didn't have the depth last year, and we didn't add much to last year's staff. We added Melancon and Bailey, and now Bailey is hurt.
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    You criticize people for being haters, and now you criticize them for showing the love. My, you are hard to please.
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    My friend, iortiz has used the expression when comparing Mo and Papelbon. He said that they drive on the same highway. I like that expression. Bailey hasn't done anything to prove that he is on that highway. He just has not.
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    Let's not forget that bailey was pitching in a home ballpark that could fit a good sized parking lot in foul territory and that the ball carries horribly in Oakland at night too. It's a much different situation.
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    It would have been nice if they acquired one with a reliable track record. Melancon had one good half of one season. He would have been a nice under the radar acquisition to handle the 7th inning but not as the first option for the 8th inning.
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    I really don't think much of Melancon at all. His stuff is underwhelming. I am not closing the book on him, because I always thought that Foulke's stuff was under whelming, but he had great command and a great out pitch (his changeup) that batters could never identify. Maybe he will be a similar pitcher. Bailey is pretty good when healthy, but IMO not a Papelbon or bard.
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    I could buy Melancon as a plausible 6th or 7th inning guy, but after seeing his stuff I am not seeing him as even a plausible 8th inning guy. What does "plausible" mean in this context anyway. I want reliability in my 8th and 9th inning guys. He has questionable stuff and he has had a good half of one season, so I don't know if that equates to reliable. Plausible to me means possible. Possible is not good enough for me when I hand a guy the ball in the 8th.
  21. a700hitter
    It's tough to pitch with the shits.
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    I disagree with this. There is no way that Bailey and Melancon would replace Bard and Papelbon. Those guys shortened the games to 7 innings. They were as shutdown a duo as any in the game. With Bard's ability to go 2 innings on a occasion, a lot of games were shortened to 6 innings. As for the contingency plan for Bailey's injury, if there is one, I think it will develop on the fly. I don't think there is any plan right now.
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    Bingo. There is no getting around that. The pitching crapped out at the end of last year. It was as if all their tires went flat. Buchholz coming back was not going to fix the whole mess. The rotation had two empty spots. They tried to fill them internally, which really is hard to understand, because if we had the solutions in-house, why weren't they tapped down the stretch in 2011? New blood was needed. None was obtained. Some relics were brought in to shore up leaks if they happened, but they never addressed the big holes. They have put themselves in a position where they have very little margin for injury or under performance. Right out of the gate, the only big piece that they acquired (Bailey) goes down basically for the season leaving us with no margin for further injury or under performance. Is it likely that neither of those things will happen? Answers to that may vary.
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    The guy wants to start. The Sox committed to giving him a chance. I think he's in the rotation until he pitches himself out of it.
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