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  1. a700hitter
    Sweeney is a slug.
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    As a reliever, he was a strike throwing machine in spring training each year. He just had a clean inning with a lot of strikes.
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    I'm at the game, and I am starting to get concerned that we might be ruining Bard with this conversion. In the first inning he was hurt by a pop fly that Sweeney should have had. I'm sitting right after the infield skin in short RF. That ball was up there for a long time. Sweeney is a slug. I really don't want to see him playing RF full time.
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    The fact that Doubront has no options really ties their hands. They can't send him back or some team is likely to claim him. His command at the beginning of games is so poor that he can't be trusted to be a reliable bullpen piece. IMO, he has the inside track on the rotation spot, but he has to improve his command. I would have been less discouraged yesterday if he had trouble with his command in the early innings but was able to gather himself and work out of the jams. That is not what happened. He avoided big damage with a lucky strike'em out throw'em out double play as the result of batter's interference. In his entire outing he didn't look sharp -- not even for 1 inning. Melancon was very very disappointing. I am not basing this on the result of this appearance. I am basing this purely on his stuff. It is nothing special... period. His stuff is not intimidating, not does he have an intimidating presence on the mound. The step down in caliber from Bard is enormous. Get ready for lots of heart attacks in the late innings. Lots of them.
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    I really don't see this happening. I think he will not be useful until September.
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    Unless someone starts the season on the DL, I can't see that there is any room for him on the staff that comes north.
  11. a700hitter
    Thanks:D
  12. a700hitter
    I did want to see Middlebrooks, but that's what happens when you can't get there until after the 15th.
  13. a700hitter
    Should we have home and away jerseys with is various identities.
  14. a700hitter
    I've been saying that about Oswalt. He'll be signing with someone sooner than later, IMO. The family life can't compare to the Major League life, and they can have the best of all worlds.
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    If we had acquired a starter, Bard and Aceves would be competing for one spot. The odds would be better that 1 of them will adapt well to the new role rather than both of them being successful. Also, the pen would be greatly strengthened by one of them being in the pen.
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    I just registered my team.
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    That's horrendous. I wonder how much the rain delay bothered him.
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    I think Bowden makes the team initially, because he has no options left. The same goes for Miller and Doubront. I think it will be between Miller and Bowden with regard to who gets cut first.
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    If this happens, either Punto or Aviles might be let go. There's no room on the roster for both of them after Crawford comes back, unless DMac gets cut.
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    ^ Good catch. I'll edit my list. There is even less flexibility than I thought.
  25. a700hitter
    For all the talk about competition this spring, I think the opening day roster is all but set. I think this has to be the roster they take north: 1. Salty 2. Shoppach 3. AGon 4. Pedroia 5. Aviles 6. Youkilis 7. Ortiz 8. Punto 9. Ellsbury 10. Ross 11. Sweeney 12. McDonald 13. Crawford (if not DL'd) 14. Albers 15. Lester 16. Beckett 17. Buchholz 18. Bard 19. Aceves 20. Bailey 21. Melancon 22. Morales 23. Doubront (out of options) 24. Bowden (out of options) 25. Miller (out of options) The only variable is Crawford who might not be ready. In that case, it could be Iglesias or even Lars if he can play the OF a little bit. Other than that, I don't see anyone else having a chance to crack the roster.
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