Jacoby_Ellsbury

Let Nava waste away in AAA forever.

Lol at Showalter's genius posturing.

OH GOOD MUJICA's UP

Cut ties with Nava already. He's useless.

I feel like I should clarify that my post wasn't an endorsement of 4/20.

HEY GUYS ITS 4/20 HAHAHAHAHA BLAAAAAAAAAZE YoLO!!!!!!!!111

If the Red Sox brass had done like you say, and glued themselves to Tex's living room couches and issued a take-it-or-leave-it offer, and Teixeira said no (which he and Boras would have, because Boras doesn't fall for s*** like that and Teixeira had no special allegiance to Boston), you and Fred and whoever would still be accusing the FO of dragging their ankles and "blowing the deal." The deck was stacked against them all along in the Teixeira sweepstakes.

Well, find better reports. Or better yet, stop using "reports" as a crutch and use common sense instead. The Yankees were always going to get the opportunity to match/trump the offer for the reasons I mentioned above, regardless of whatever Lucchino pulled. They had more money, they needed him more than the Red Sox did, and Boras was his agent. Do the f***ing math. You don't actually believe this, do you? RBI is the worst offensive stat in baseball. The worst. It tells you nothing. It's literally a measure of whether someone happened to be on base when player X came to the plate. It is luck. And that's a fact. What would Bay have contributed in 2010, and what would the team have done with him in tow? Tell me. Would that be the year we win the world series that we would not have won in 2007 if Damon was playing center field? Has it ever occurred to you that MAYBE, just MAYBE, Crisp's defense in CF played a big part in the quality of our pitching that year? Damon would've been a total liability in CF and there was no place else on the field to put him, unless you think that sitting Manny or Ortiz would've been a good idea. Let me repeat, Damon wasn't bumped from CF by the Yankees because they acquired someone better. They moved him to LF/DH duty and plugged in a replacement player in CF, because that's how much Damon stunk playing that position at that point in his career. And you wanted him playing next to Manny? Bradley's batting like a rookie, although he does a solid job of getting on base. Ellsbury, as of this fine mid-April night, is hitting like a guy whose getting paid 20-25 million a year for his decline phase. I've said this before, but thank god you're not the GM. It would be 84 win season after 84 win season.

Bull. s***. The fact that you cited RBI's already makes this a joke of a post. You know who had more money than the Red Sox and needed Teixeira more than the Red Sox did that winter? The Yankees. Teixeira's agent was Scott Boras. Any reasonable person would be able to conclude, just from those tidbits, that whatever offer Boston laid out there would be taken right back to the Yankees so they could match and/or better it. The only way Teixeira would have ever found his way to Boston that winter was if the price tag got so inflated that even the Yankees walked away, at which point Teixeira would never be worth what we'd be paying him. Such a chain of events would likely have broken the baseball financial landscape as well, at least temporarily. People like you need to come to terms with the fact that Teixeira was never coming to Boston, not as long as the Yankees were involved. Also kind of funny that you think the Red Sox "blew it" with Damon and Jason Bay. Damon played one year of that four year contract in New York as the regular center fielder. From 2007 onward he only played about a quarter of the season in CF, the rest of his games were either at DH or LF. He got bumped from CF for the immortal Melky Cabrera, who at that point was a good 4-5 years away from being a useful player. I'd really love to hear how you think the Red Sox win the World Series in 2007 with Damon lumbering around in CF instead of Crisp and Ellsbury. As for Bay, he fell off the face of the earth after leaving Boston. What exactly did we "blow" there?

I would LOVE to hear you explain how they "blew" it.

There's no such thing as a clutch team. There's no such thing as clutch. Clutch is for people who hate logic.

Someone in the front office thought we had too much plate discipline last year.

With relievers all bets are off. Starters always need to be pushed though.

Finally found what I was looking for. In 2013 we led MLB in pitches seen by a comfortable margin. So far this year we're tied for 10th, which isn't bad, but it's definitely not where we want to be. Part of it can be blamed on injuries, getting people like Herrera out of the lineup should help. Middlebrooks was our second-best guy last year at padding pitch counts (although Victorino was the worst of the starters). But I'm concerned about the team as a whole getting away from what made them so good last year, which was padding pitch counts and not being greedy dickheads. I'm concerned about someone like Pierzynski, who prides himself on not taking pitches and swinging at dumb s***, having a voice in the clubhouse. The f***ing guy is seeing less than 3 pitches per plate appearance. That's pathetic. The jump from 2 to 4 pitches in one single at-bat may not be a game changer, but those extra pitches will add up if the entire lineup buys into it. If the other team's starter throws more pitches, he gets tired quicker, and subsequently leaves the game quicker. He could also get frustrated and end up serving up better pitches to hit. Once he's gone, you get to feast on middle relievers, who aren't as good as starters. You can help yourself by just making the other guy throw. There was an awful lot of hacking going on in Yankee Stadium. If nothing else is working for you, you can at least make the other pitcher throw. It's like boxing out and rebounding in basketball. You don't need to be hot or in the zone to do it, you just have to be focused on what actually helps your team win. They made Nova throw for 3 innings on Sunday, then cancelled it all out by hacking like idiots for the rest of his outing. This isn't like hitting home runs or hitting with RISP (which is luck anyway). You don't need to be a naturally gifted baseball player to see 3 pitches in at bat. Anyone from this forum could see 3 pitches in a major league at bat. No matter how fat, old, slovenly, out-of-shape or otherwise physically disadvantaged we may be, it wouldn't be possible for a major league pitcher to strike us out in less than 3 pitches.

Not that there's any such thing as a choker anyway, but attaching that label to f***ing BOGAERTS of all people is batshit insane.

We're f***ed if Napoli is down for any length of time. His OBP is nearly .400 and he was probably giving the team the best ABs out of anyone.

oh jesus

Jesus H Christ gameday is the worst. I might as well pour maple syrup on my computer.

Nevermind! That by itself keeps him in the majors.

Wow, do both fangraphs and B-R not have a 'total pitches seen by team' stat anywhere?

Terrific.

Nava hit one home run! That changes my position on him completely!

Bradley can play defense and has a good head on his shoulders. Plate discipline is supposedly a strength of his although we haven't really seen it this year. He warrants patience. It's Nava who needs to go, and Carp needs to be banished from the OF.

Between that and Hawk Harrelson's ******** I think the White Sox could use a remedial "act like you've been there before" course.

Really bad day at the office for the bullpens in Philadelphia.