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Great outings from Barnes and De La Rosa tonight: Barnes: 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K RDLR: 4.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
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Rdsx = Red Sox, Mbnt = pieces of my first and last name Made it like 10 years and ago and have just rolled with it since haha
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Good to see. I think of all the upper level pitching prospects Webster/RDLR/Ranuado/Workman, Barnes is the least polished so I think he's gonna have somewhat inconsistent results. That said with his stuff and poise I think he arguably has the highest potential.
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I don't think it was ever the switch to the rotation that ruined Bard. The main thing is that the tools that made him successful are not there anymore. When he was averaging 97 mph on the fastball, and 84 mph on the slider he had two plus pitches and regardless of his command he was good enough to pitch one great inning at a time. Now that he sits sub 94 mph on the fastball he just isn't going to have the same success without great command which he never had. It is very common for young pitchers to lose velocity, and the ones that continue to be great are the ones who have good command. Bard never developed that and I think it is too late, his best bet is being an average MR at this point.
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Tend to agree with this. Take a look at what is happening with pitchers, teams are developing their own arms AND resigning them. Just look at the contracts Cain/Hamels/Verlander/Hernandez/etc have been getting. Have to think if a pitcher like that ever becomes available you'd want to use the chips there.
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Hard not to get excited about Webster, three plus pitches, good composure on the mound, and awesome velocity. I think Brentz gets underrated here too given the plethora of good prospects in the system, but he has good power and will be above average in the field. Love Cecchini, really think he is the next big hitting prospect in the system. Good plate discipline, cannon arm, great speed, and think he could have decent power once he develops. Also excited to see Ranuado performing well. 3 good starts, 15.2 IP, 17/5 K/BB, 1.15 ERA. With his height, his velocity, and his plus curve I think he could be one of the best pitchers in the system after Barnes/Webster. People sleeping a little bit on Barnes right now, but went 6.0, 5 hits, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K in his last start. Velocity AND command is the best combo a pitcher can have IMO and supposedly his curve could potentially be a plus pitch also.
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Outside the Usual suspects (Xander, Barnes, Brentz, RDLR, Webster, etc) some guys to watch: Cecchini 3B (A+) - .387/.406/.548 = think he is probably the best candidate to make the jump into the top 50 prospects of baseball lists. Anthony Ranuado SP (AA) - tough season last year but could become one of our top pitching prospects if he can return to form. Already had a good start to begin the year Frank Montas SP (A) - long way to go for him but has explosive velocity for a SP (96+) and has pitched well so far. Henry Owens SP (A+) - great season last year and was able to jump into many top 100 lists. Only his second professional season since high school and already in A+ and is pitching well. Also a blast from the past: Michael Almanzar 1B/3B (AA) - Seems like he has been in the minors forever but is still only 22 and in AA so very much at an age appropriate level still. .300/.353/.458/.812 line in A+ last year and .393/.452/.714/1.166 line in AA so far to begin the year.
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He hasn't even come close to learning how to handle AAA pitching yet. I like Iglesias and could see him being a good enough defender to be a #9 hitter in the majors but not yet. He's has only hit 3 balls out of the infield and the BABIP gods have given him all hits thus far. He's gonna come crashing down to earth very quickly.
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had a similar reaction. Don't see him being anywhere near a 100+mil guy right now
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haha good find. Not to call you out specifically dojj but you got caught here. However, there's a hoard of posters here who only evaluate moves in hindsight and its stupid to argue with them because they are always 'right'.
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That hole was opened up for Kalish who the team bet would be a better bet going forward than Reddick. After ONE year that has not been the case, but again I'd look at this deal on a 3-4 year timeline, evaluating Kalish vs. Reddick as well as Bailey's performance and Head's performance. Bailey has been injury prone but a freak thumb injury bodes better for the future than an elbow or shoulder injury.
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Its been one season, I think the trade will look at lot more even after next year.
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There were over 30,000+ innings played by LFs in baseball last year. How many of them ended in a season ending collision for the OF? It was a freak accident not a careless oversight by the management
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You have to be kidding me. You're blaming the Red Sox management for Kalish getting injured in the minors and for playing Ellsbury in LF? Newsflash, being in the majors doesn't protect players from injuries and neither does CF over LF.
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Fenway now on the National Register of Historic Places
Rdsxmbnt replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
It works for football because games are played only once a week and it's worth it to go out of the city and tailgate early, etc. Baseball is played pretty much every night and a lot of people just get out of work in the city and go. Wouldn't be nearly as easy if they had to travel to the outskirts of town. -
Bard is a lost cause IF he doesn't regain his velocity. He never had great command but with a 98 mph fastball and high 80's slider you don't need that. With a 92 MPH and low 80's slider you need command and realistically you need a third pitch. If he shows up at camp with the 92mph then I think he's done. We'll see. Agree on Salty too, want him gone or off the regular catching rotation.
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I don't think they need any magic bullet for Lester. He's still a good pitcher, his peripherals look good, he's not injured and his velocity and durability are all there. Pitchers have off years sometimes, look at guys like Beckett and Halladay, pitchers with the traits I described above are generally a good bet to bounce back. In fact he finished the season strong with a 3.76 ERA in his last 80 innings.
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It would have been hard to make any large moves for 2012 when they had such large commitments to players. They had two 100+ contracts for Crawford and Gonzalez and two 80+ contracts for pitchers Beckett and Lackey. You can't continually add gigantic pieces like that every offseason and hope to compete with other teams moves. Very glad they aren't pigeonholed into large contracts for once and have some flexibility to incorporate a growing farm system in the next year or two.
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2006 they traded for Beckett 2009 they traded for Victor Martinez 2010 they signed John Lackey 2011 they traded for Gonzalez and signed Crawford And there's a on of other big moves out there to cite. For the past decade they have always been gunning for the World Series title and to say otherwise is just baseless whining. No they haven't always won the World series but in the past 10 years they have won two world series, made it to game 7 in two additional ALCS's, and two other playoff appearances. There's no argument to be made that they haven't been trying to compete with the Yankees nearly every year. You don't spend 150+mil to half ass something and all their moves (even though many haven't worked out) makes it very clear to me that the goal is to try to put the best team on the field every year while managing the future.
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You believe the ownership is somehow not putting in the full effort to get first place and are instead aiming for the wildcard every year. That notion is absurd.
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How do you aim for second place? You get second place by not being in first place.
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Really hope they don't sign laroche. 3 years would be excessive for a guy coming off a career year and is no more consistent then when he was a fringe starter for us three years ago.
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When else has this happened? Pretty sure you're just talking about Bard. Morales looked pretty good in his 9 starts, 45.2 IP, 39 hits, 18 BB, 47 K, 4.14 ERA. It's not like he currently has a major role in the pen either. Definitely a prime candidate to try the switch, especially when he has three good pitches and maintains velocity into games. There have been some big successes recently around the majors also, CJ Wilson certainly to comes to mind.
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Red Sox and Pirates have discussed Hanrahan
Rdsxmbnt replied to wetcamelfood's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
How is it dumping them if we got two useful players back, one of which has been an all-star the past two years. And Webster and De La Rosa are two of the best arms in the system. Whole post is just :dunno: -
See I don't see Musial as Ted William's equal. I think the best stat to compare players across different eras is OPS+ and ERA+ since it adjusts for ballpark and is relative to the competition level. Williams had a 190 career OPS+ and Musial had a 159 which is good (all-time good even) but quite a bit away. That's how I feel about say Pujols vs. Miggy. Pujols is at 168 and Miggy at 151. Both awesome but Pujols is clearly in a different class.