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He is not a top of the rotation pitcher, but he makes top of the rotation money. How many career 4 + ERA pitchers make make $20 + million on long term contracts.
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The whole "no-brainer" analysis aside, the Red Sox needed to move on from Buchholz simply because the one certainty that he provides is that you have to scramble to replace him every June or July. They needed to move on and get another Porcello type who could take the ball every 5th day. It is no wonder to me that Seattle preferred Miley or Buch. Miley takes the bump every 5th day and you can pencil in his numbers at the beginning of the season and he will come close to meeting those numbers at the end of the season. With Buch in your rotation, you know that you have to make another acquisition during the season to replace him -- and that is always expensive.
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Oh, I agree. After Price and Wright, I look forward to Porcello's starts. I was just adding my own commentary, not disagreeing.
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He's a 17 year old who is about 4 or 5 years away from Fenway under ideal circumstances. It would be interesting to see how different the Red Sox roster will be when and if he makes it to Fenway. By then XB might be gone or maybe Betts. Who knows? I really can't get too excited about drafting or signing a HS kid.
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I agree. And because of the big hole in the middle of the rotation, we really need him. He is a Bronson Arroyo type guy in that he takes the ball every 5th day and will give you 200 innings year in and year out. We traded Arroyo and never went after him when it came time for him to get a long term contract. With Porcello, they felt the need to lock up a #4 starter for 5 years. I just don't get it. imo, there are always guys like him who are available each year. You don't build your staff around a guy like him.
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He is a 4 ERA pitcher who will give you 200 innings. That is something we need. It is 4th starter caliber -- not #1 or 2 caliber performance. And there was not need to lock up this caliber of pitcher for 4 years and $82.5 million. Every year those types of guys change teams. There is no need to lock up a lot of future payroll to retain them.
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We have Monday off. He could have gone to Kimbrel to get out of that inning.
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5 infielders wasn't going to help that.
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A bad day by Bogaerts.
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And here is where Porcello will fold his cards.
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The Twins offense isa flaming bag of dogshit.
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But they are hitting good pitches ... not his fault.
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The Jays have a powerhouse offense that has not started to hit yet, and they have better pitching than the O's and the Red Sox.
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Their fans seemed pretty upset by the team's performance.
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How Long Does JF Go With Hanley in the 5 Hole?
a700hitter replied to bosoxmal's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
It will be a good thing for the team if he gets hot down the road when other players cool off. Not everyone can be hot at the same time. -
Hopefully, he will be a big time pitcher for us some day. I just have a hard time getting excited about "some day". I really hope that he will be worth coming in last place. T Ball has been a long wait, and doesn't seem to be worth the last place finish.
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The Twins are a terrible team.
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Yep, Steven Wright for me too with Shaw as the second most surprising.
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ERod has not gotten back to where he was last year. Bogaerts running play was awesome. Maybe managers will start rethinking the overuse of the shift if things like that keep happening.
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It is just not control -- there has to be tremendous deception too. I am not sure if it is that they pick up the ball late or there is a lot of movement or both. I have seen many hitters late on his 86 mph fastballs.
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There are a few of us who go to Fort Myers. TalkSox needs to get us some hats or tee shirts with a large TalkSox logo so we can identify and find each other. Also, it is good advertising to wear it in front of thousands of fans.
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I predict that you will change your avatar before the end of the season.
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That is interesting. He had a great run at the beginning of the season.
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Disagree. When right, Clay has a swing and miss changeup that is top shelf. I have not seen that recently though.
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6/8 @ The San Francisco Baseball Giants
a700hitter replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
SF would be a great city if you could walk more than 5 feet in any direction without bumping into a homeless person.
