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  1. jacksonianmarch
    Player 1- 45G 43.2IP 36H 16ER 63K 23BB 3.30ERA 1.35WHIP 13K/9IP Player 2- 49G 49.1IP 41H 20ER 63K 22BB 3.65ERA 1.28WHIP 11.5K/9IP One of them is Robertson, the other is Bard. They are damn near identical
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    Like I said, every advantage counts. Boston has a decided advantage when they play at home. They are a below .500 team on the road. NY was the best team at home this season and they were only a bit over .500 on the road. If you are a great home team and a below average away team, then it behooves you to have home field.
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    for a guy who tries to pretend like he knows anything about baseball, this post seems to prove otherwise. Aceves gets nothing out of you? Nothing, you would have loved to have had him. Coke was a pretty solid reliever. How about Robertson's numbers? They were better than Bard's. It starts with relief. The position prospects are coming. The only question is whether we trade them or try to incorporate them.
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    Lester and Youkilis take the cake. If Wang was still around, he would almost cancel out Lester. But we dont have an answer as of yet for the Youkilis power-patience combo from within. Montero could do it. So might Jackson (although I doubt it). The rest can be cancelled out one side or the other. I have said before that the sox started it earlier. Therefore they have some more established homegrown guys over the past 5-6 yrs. But the guys coming through now are in the process of securing their place on the team, and a LOT are due to come through shortly. NYY started later, but their wave is coming in 2010-2011. Boston's wave came and restocked the team well. But they have 2-3 yrs before another wave hits.
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    Your point is moot example. You try to talk about home grown players and I point out that NY had the most. You try to point out the money factor, and I point out that we have more guys at league minimum than the sox do. Can you just admit that, while the sox have had a pretty solid development system, that NY's is finally starting to catch up?
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    I would care about division championships if I were you guys. Home field for the red sox is always huge and the yankees were the best home field team this yr. If you secure a wild card berth and then have to go through NY, then you lose homefield to the best home field team in baseball. Every little advantage counts
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    Yes it is, I agree with you
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    Also, Youkilis, Pedroia, and Lester dont fit into the cheap category anymore. If you want to try and use that distinction, then you need to talk about the guys who are at league minimum.
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    Robertson, Coke, Gardner, and Aceves were all on the roster for pretty much the entire season
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    The guys in the TB system are never blocked. They dont usually sign their guys long term, so the time blocked is typically 2-3 yrs at most, which also correlates well with the amount of options a player has
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    At one point this season, the Yankees had the most home grown players of any baseball team on their 25 man roster. So yeah, that "home-grown" argument doesn't work either since NY has done a pretty good job of getting something out of their farm system
  12. jacksonianmarch
    We now have this world series by the balls. The win tonight was huge. Not only because it gave us a 2-1 advantage, but because it guarantees that we at least will get back to Yankee Stadium. And, when we return to YS, we wont have to face Cliff Lee. And if the pitching matchup tonight goes as expected, we could go back to NY needing to win only one of two games.
  13. jacksonianmarch
    CC can do it. I hope AJ and Pettitte can. That being said, I think pitching Gaudin or Chamberlain in game 4 would backfire more since neither have started a game in a month
  14. jacksonianmarch
    So the sox sent a few guys to the Fall League this yr. Here they are... Casey Kelly has played SS for 4 games, going 3 for 13 with 4 walks and 6Ks. Jose Iglesias has played 9 games, going 8 for 32 with 2 steals, a double and a homer Ryan Kalish is 10 for 36 with a double, 2 walks and 11 strikeouts for an OPS right around .600 Luis Exposito is 5 for 23 with a homerun Dustin Richardson's conversion to relief has sputtered in the AFL. 6 games, 6IP with 5 walks, 9 hits and 5 runs. The only saving grace is his 11Ks. Chris Province has done well, allowing 6 baserunners in 5.2IP Richard Lentz has been the sox biggest bright spot in the AFL. He's thrown 8.2IP allowing only 5 baserunners, 1ER and 9K's.
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    Back to the World Series.... The announcement that Lee is gonna go in game 5 is huge IMO. That means that NY has to win only one game to get back to the Bronx, and if they do get back to NY, there will be no Cliff Lee standing in their way. AND, they will be looking at Andy Pettitte and CC Sabathia for games 6 and 7. Thats a pretty big announcement, IMO, and makes me pretty psyched for tomorrow.
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    From all accounts, Wakefield's surgery was a success. They have until 5 days after the world series ends to pick up the option. And as of right now, his strength has returned to his legs and he is walking around without a limp. The plan is for 6 weeks of rehab, then he can pick up a ball again.
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    Another thing fueling the rumor mill. The Padres sent out season ticket brochures today, and while there were pictures of many players, there were NO pictures of Adrian Gonzalez
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    If they stand pat, then the Yankees are gonna waltz to another division championship. So, I dont think they will be completely "pat" per se. Although, the more I am hearing about the Holliday negotiations, the less I like them from either a Yankee perspective or from the sox perspective. From the NY perspective, their own internal option of Matsui will fit the need. We wont need a franchise type player in the middle of the order. It would be nice, but it isnt an absolute need. From the sox perspective, I dont see them going out and offering the $120 million it is gonna cost to get a guy who has some question marks. Also, going full bore for Holliday means a long waiting game that could put them out of the running for another player who could fit the need. Theo is all about having all avenues open, so I doubt he sticks to the very end unless he is completely desparate.
  19. jacksonianmarch
    Matsui mustnt have looked good in practice today in LF. So be it. We'll at least have the big bat off the bench. Did he say anything about RF? Cause if it is Hairston again and we start Molina in game 5 with Burnett on the hill, then things get really, really dicey with the back end of the lineup.
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    Pretty good breakdown from this site on the sox salary structure. If you include the likely arb raises, Wakefield being re-upped and Lugo's 9 mil then the sox are stuck at $111.05 mil (their number is a bit off) http://bottomlinesox.com/2009/10/29/how-much-will-the-red-sox-spend-in-2010.html
  21. jacksonianmarch
    Intriguing stuff from the World Series. Joe Blanton will pitch game 4, meaning that Cliff Lee goes in game 5, Pedro in game 6 and Cole Hamels in game 7. The Yankees still plan on using the 3 man rotation with CC squaring off with Blanton in game 4, Burnett vs Lee in game 5, Pettitte vs Pedro in game 6 and CC vs Hamels in game 7. Also, it sounds like Matsui may be starting in LF for game 3. Now, he hasnt played any OF at all this season, but he has looked much better on the basepaths and Citizens Bank is a pretty small stadium. Thing is, if Matsui is playing LF, it might be a good idea to start Gardner in CF since the loss of range needs to be made up. I guess it is possible that Gardner starts in CF and Melky in RF in that scenario.
  22. jacksonianmarch
    Guys, Beckett HAD his s*** together in 2009. He just got hurt at the end of the yr. He had a run of 14 or 15 starts where he looked like Pedro circa 1999. The only thing you can hope for is a completely healthy Beckett for 2010. If he is completely healthy start to finish, then he will be an ace. If he isnt healthy, then he is gonna limp into that big contract. Also, it might be time to space him out. Francona uses him like a rented mule and never seems to give him the extra days of rest that a guy with his injury history might need.
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    I have been reading all over the place that the sox sound like the dark horse for Harden. I dunno, I dont see it IMO. The sox like reclamation projects, but Harden had a full yr for Chicago and is likely to command around 10 mil a season and will want more than one yr. So, reclamation projects are usually guys coming off bad seasons who are willing to take a low base with a high incentive. That doesnt sound like Harden
  24. jacksonianmarch
    Another implication that Pedro has on this series is his inability to start on short rest. Manuel has decided to go to the 4 man rotation, which is a mistake IMO. We have always murdered Joe Blanton, so starting him in game 4 sounds like a bad play. I dont think Manuel goes to the 4 man rotation if he was sure he could have all of his guys go on 3 days rest. But I think Pedro is the only one who cannot and it throws off the rotation. Better to have your #4 starting a non-elimination game than to have him throwing game 5 or game 6 when the Phils could be facing extinction. This also helps NY in that Lee wont be going a third time. Cause with how even these teams seem to be, I have a feeling this is going 7 games and a CC vs Hamels matchup is squarely in the court of NY
  25. jacksonianmarch
    Pedro was good last night. He used the fastball to setup his curveball and changeup and was able to keep the yankee hitters off balance. The thing with Pedro has always been his lack of durability, and throwing him out there for the 7th inning was just inexcuseable. If Pedro came to the AL, he'd be a 5-6 inning pitcher, period. He doesnt have enough stuff nowadays to keep the hitters off balance through a third run through the order. And, at his stage of his career, he needs to use everything to get someone out. It isnt like he used to be where he'd start off with the heat in the early innings, then mix in the change, then the curve was coming. Now, he needs all 3 pitches to get anyone with patience out. So he shows his hand a lot earlier.
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