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  1. a700hitter
    I agree that you can't have everything. You are never going to have two-way stars on the bench. I just think that the composition of the 2004 bench was interesting, because it was a highly specialized bench. They were definitely not all-round good players, but the had certain star quality skills that were very useful. I don't think that you can build such a bench to get through an entire season, but for the post -season it is a very useful bench. I am surprised that more teams don't try to build specialized benches for the post-season.
  2. a700hitter
    Chacon's outing was like Guidry in his prime compared to Jared Wright's outing on Monday. In three innings, he gave up 8 runs on 11 hits with 1 Walk and no K's to the Pirates with no DH. That has to be one of the worst ST pitching lines that I have ever seen.
  3. a700hitter
    I was standing less than 90 feet from home plate when he got hit. He should have gotten out of the way. It was a glancing blow that was not really a big deal. Duffy must have an eggshell skull if he got a concussion.
  4. a700hitter
    They can't steal bases at the rate Roberts can.
  5. a700hitter
    In his 3rd AB on Monday he hit an absolute bullet that the SS made a great short-hop pick going to one knee and turning a DP. He hit a very solid double on Sunday in his last AB.
  6. a700hitter
    He's the real deal. Great range, hands, footwork --the whole package.
  7. a700hitter
    He can't pitch inside anymore because he would get lit up. He doesn't have the juice to make a mistake inside and get away with it.
  8. a700hitter
    Curt wants intimidation to be a bigger part of his game. Incidents like this will not go unnoticed. Being a jerk will help him in this instance.
  9. a700hitter
    It was nice to have a defensive replacement off the bench that was truly gold-glove caliber. It was also nice to have Robert's speed of the bench. They were top quality weapons on the bench. Not too many teams have those kind of weapons for late inning situations. The Sox didn't replace those capabilities in 2005 and they won't have it when the season starts in 2006.
  10. a700hitter
    He has looked good in his ABs even though he hasn't gotten results.
  11. a700hitter
    Leiter-esque but scoreless.
  12. a700hitter
    4 walks in 3 innings. Great outing! I would be very encouraged.
  13. a700hitter
    Then why did they go? As for the comments about winning a World Championship, my recollection is that ARod doesn't have one of those. He may have to settle for a WBC championship. As for the WBC being meaningless, IMO it probably has a lot of meaning to the US team. I think they would be personally embarrassed to lose the first true World tournament for the Great American Pastime. BTW Not too many Yankees with rings anymore. I count PD, Posada and Mo. Damon and Myers have Red Sox rings. Pavano and Sheffield have Marlin rings. Not much Yankee winning tradition left on the roster.
  14. a700hitter
    He could throw around the leather. The only downside to him playing SS was that when Nomar came back it made it obvious how much Nomar had slipped defensively. Nomar had to be uncomfortable watching Pokey night after night making plays look routine that Nomar knew he had no chance of making.
  15. a700hitter
    He looked real good in the first 2 innings, and that's probably how he will be used in the early part of the season--- as a late inning bridge to Foulke on the days that Timlin needs a break. The third inning would not have amounted to much if the starting 2nd baseman and SS were in the game. The starters easily would have turned the DP on that one ball. Gonzalez is money. He does everything right in the field.
  16. a700hitter
    Reports are that he threw very nicely yesterday in a minor league outing.
  17. a700hitter
    I'll admit that statistical analysis has its place in building a major league roster, but its reliability is highest when used with major league players. There is little validity to statistical measures applied at the minor league level, and that validity decreases exponentially as you go down the levels of the minor leagues, because there is no way of telling if a player will develop at a fast or slow rate or if he will develop at all.
  18. a700hitter
    That's all I was saying, and I agree that he could get to the majors faster than 2-3 years, but I don't think he will be a major contributor before 2-3 years.
  19. a700hitter
    He made a really nice play going into the stands at Yankee Stadium to catch a foul pop in the same game that PD made the catch that bloodied his face. Pokey's catch was better. He had better control of his body allowing him to avoid knocking his head in the stands.
  20. a700hitter
    You didn't. I was being sarcastic. Any formulaic indicator of major league success for pitchers would be extremely unreliable.
  21. a700hitter
    If it was as easy as a formula, teams would hire actuaries instead of scouts.
  22. a700hitter
    Oh, so your point is that top 10 prospects always make it as stars in the major leagues? Unfortunately, that is not true. Many top 10 prospects fall out of the top 10 while still in the minor leagues. Scouting baseball is a very imprecise art. Prospects are long shots. Very few truly are can't miss major league stars. In all my years of following the Red Sox, the only pitchers that came out of the system and made it to star status with the Red Sox for an extended period were Bruce Hurst and Roger Clemens, and the Mets had passed on Clemens. That's not a lot in 38 years of following the team, so pardon me for not getting all excited about this current crop of young arms. I have seen other crops whither and die.
  23. a700hitter
    I agree that he is a fine minor league pitcher, but he is far from a can't miss major league prospect.
  24. a700hitter
    Prospects are always a long shot. How highly rated were Carl Pavano and Tony Armas Jr when they were traded for Pedro? Pedro spent 7 years in Boston, became a legend and went to the Mets for a year, and neither Pavano or Armas has yet cracked .500 as a major leaguer. Don't get your hopes up about Lester. By this time next year, he could fall to the the top 25 prospects.
  25. a700hitter
    He's a good couple of years away, and anything can happen in 2 or 3 years. Fortunes at the minor league level change very quickly. After seeing him today, I realized that he is not the almost-finished product that I had been reading about. He won't be at Fenway anytime soon.
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