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  1. a700hitter
    I don't think. The Red Sox have any choice but to send Bradley to the minors, even if Victorino gets traded. He'd still have Ramirez, Castillo, Betts and Craig ahead of him. If it comes down to him and Nava, Bradley has options. If VIctorino is with us on opening day, Bradley goes down and Nava gets DFA'd and some team will claim him.
  2. a700hitter
    My brother saw Johnson pitch against the Marlins in Jupiter the other day. He thought that Johnson looked very good.
  3. a700hitter
    His ABs have looked much better. The difference has been night and day. He doesn't look lost at the plate. I hope other teams have been watching, because he is excess baggage with Hanley, Rusney, Victorino and Betts.
  4. a700hitter
    A tough day for Owens today.
  5. a700hitter
    Expecting another 2813 season from Koji would be unreasonable if he was only 30. His 2013 was absolute perfection. I'll be happy to see that type of season from a Red Sox reliever just one more time in my life.
  6. a700hitter
    He can be very effective at that velocity.
  7. a700hitter
    How has CC's velocity been this Spring? I heard that the Mets lit him up for 3 homers yesterday.
  8. a700hitter
    I got home yesterday.
  9. a700hitter
    I thought Porcello looked fine. He's not a #1, but he should be solid. Masterson's velocity is down significantly. That's not negative. It's just a fact. Kelly looks like garbage. Not negative -- just a fact. Maybe he just needs to get healthy and build arm strength. Buch has looked good. He just needs to stay healthy. This is an objective assessment of the situation, not being negative.
  10. a700hitter
    Victorino is playing every day with no nagging problems. He's looking healthier than he has been since he has been with us.
  11. a700hitter
    Betts continues to rake. In his first 2 ABs, he has a double to the RCF gap and an inside the park homer to CF.
  12. a700hitter
    Betts has had a great spring. He has very few bad ABs and he hits the ball hard to all fields. He has earned a job. Who is the odd man out?
  13. a700hitter
    If our number 5 starter goes down, we have another one of those -- Miley. We don't have a number 1.
  14. a700hitter
    I guess Mujica is the backup plan.
  15. a700hitter
    Cheer up? I was in the Florida sunshine watching Red Sox baseball. What could be better? End of the world? I am just passing on information.
  16. a700hitter
    I think Rodriguez was sent down this week.
  17. a700hitter
    I couldn't see the movement on his pitches from my vantage point, but he did get a number of key ground ball outs and a DP. Earlier in the week, Matt Harvey was hitting 97 on the same gun. Masterson was not throwing hard. Eck would have said that he was tossing up salad.
  18. a700hitter
    Maybe some of the scouts guns registered him at 91-92, but he didn't hit higher than 89 on the stadium gun, and that was a couple or three times. I moved into the shade for his fourth inning and I couldn't see the readings from my vantage point. The stadium gun had him more than a few clicks of last year's velocity in the first three innings, never reaching 90.
  19. a700hitter
    It doesnt look like HanRam left his dog in LA. Normally, I wouldn't think much of it, because it is just spring training, but he does have a reputation. He never runs hard. He needs a kick in the butt, but I don't think there is anyone in our clubhouse to do that.
  20. a700hitter
    Masterson who lost a few clicks on his fastball last season did not find them today. He never hit 90, topping out at 89 once or twice. He sat mainly at 87/88. He threw several 84-86. I can't see him being successful at that velocity. Hopefully, he is building up arm strength and velocity, but I am not very hopeful. Earlier in the week, Kelly looked terrible. Porcello looked fine, but the only other excitement on the mound was Rodriguez.
  21. a700hitter
    On Wednesday, XB made an excellentdiving/sliding play in the hole to start a double play.
  22. a700hitter
    I never said that they don't have a plan. Of course they have a plan. However, we are not privy to the plan, nor do we know whether they have executed that plan with success. I am saying that it is my opinion that the pitching moves this off season have not been very strong. No one has really countered that opinion with solid statistical evidence or data. What their plan is and whether they have exceuted it doesn't change my opinion of these moves. I see no compelling evidence that this will be a. Strong staff.
  23. a700hitter
    We are fans so hope is a necessity.
  24. a700hitter
    They are rationalizations because without knowledge of the FO strategy it is an unsubstantiated excuse. If you like what they did in the off season, that is okay. You usually come armed with stats and data to back up your arguments, but I don't remember seeing any compelling data in this regard. I have seen arguments (not by you) that this collection of mediocrity is an execution of the FO forward thinking strategy. Eyerolls. That is not backed up by data. It's a guess at best. IMO, an argument like that is baseless rationalization.
  25. a700hitter
    Yuk!
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