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  1. Dojji
    And that's not good enough when it comes to the 9th inning. I do not want the guy whose job it is to take the ball in that inning have it anywhere in his mind that he doesn't want to be there
  2. Dojji
    It takes more than professionalism to be a successful closer. There's a mindset involved, and if Bard is willing to go into the rotation for only the second time as a pro rather than compete for the closer's role, he probably doesn't have that mindset.
  3. Dojji
    Pretty much. And his stated desire to start comes in context of a clean run at the closer's role since this talk was starting before the Bailey trade. He practically had the closer's role on a silver platter and if he had any desire to pitch in that role, why would he be asking for a different role he probably isn't as well suited for?
  4. Dojji
    And again I ask: Do you really think Bard would even do a good job in a role he doesn't like or want? I want my closer to want the ball. I want him to DEMAND the ball in the ninth and be PISSED OFF if he can't have it. Bard is so far away from that ideal that he has been moving heaven and earth NOT to get the ball in the 9th. That says all that I need to know to tell me that Daniel Bard is NOT the answer at closer, as tempting as it might be to stereotype him in that role.
  5. Dojji
    Bard. does. not. WANT. to. close. How the **** don't people have a problem with putting Bard in a situation he deliberately tried to maneuver his way out of ??? Do you really think Bard's going to pitch well in a role he doesn't want to be in? Does that ever happen? I could stand Uehara. That might even be a great move.
  6. Dojji
    He said "plausible" not "identical." Both Bailey and Melancon were good enough to be competent in their roles. They don't have to be as good as Papelbon and Bard were.
  7. Dojji
    Right. You've repeated yourself enough and your point is clear. It's gotten to the point that you're just saying it for the pleasure of being able to say something negative about a Red Sox prospect. Keep chipping at it, and it'll be time to get out the chart again.
  8. Dojji
    I don't think we should blindly presume Bard will fail as a starter. I don't hold out a ton of hope mind, but this gospel dogma that Bard is ultimately not going to hack it really surprises me, even though I opposed the move to the rotation in the first place.
  9. Dojji
    If he can't improve on his numbers this year I'll agree with you. But he gets that second full year.
  10. Dojji
    And why does he want to start? Because he doesn't want to close. It's as plain on the nose on your face. If he was in any way fine with being a closer, he wouldn't have made this fuss about starting. Closers get paid, especially good ones. If he was OK with closing, he'd have just taken closer money, which is more than competitive with what the kid's probably going to make as a SP unless things break REALLY well for him. If he pitches his way out of the rotation, I really doubt that means that he will be the closer. It will depend rather heavily on why he's not in the rotation anymore.
  11. Dojji
    He will.
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    Rey Ordonez is just a bit too pessimistic. He's not a great offensive prospect, but he's a little better than THAT.
  14. Dojji
    1 K in 5 AB's really isn't that terrible. It's not as good as those two, but let's not get recharted here.
  15. Dojji
    The flaw in your thinking is that Bard has expressed no desire to close. Almost as bad as a guy who has no ability to do the job, is the guy who hates it. I don't want anyone pitching for us in clutch situations when if they don't actually want to be out there.
  16. Dojji
    I might be misremembering, but I never got the impression that Mike Gonzalez threw that hard.
  17. Dojji
    I think Iglesias' career track will resemble Omar Vizquel's or Ozzie Smith's, at least offensively. He'll be an offensively sucky all-glove guy for the first few years, and then over time and with plenty of at bats he'll gradually fight his way to adequacy with the stick. We'll have a couple years of suck to fight through before that happens though.
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    I could stand Mike Gonzalez. Gotta worry about a soft tosser though when hitters start catching up to them.
  20. Dojji
    I'm splitting hairs here really. I did like Gonzo, and he is the best defense guy we've had for a long time in either direction. I think Iglesias wouldn't have that much trouble rising to his level defensively.
  21. Dojji
    He had great hands and a strong and highly accurate arm, but his range wasn't special. He's better than anything we've had in a long time, but "elite" stretches it.
  22. Dojji
    I think it's more fundamental than that. I think they downplay having a plus defender because plus defense is harder to measure. Coco Crisp had that epic year with the glove in 07 and has the reputation of a great defender, right? Well that was the only year when he was even that much above average. Defense can be very unpredictable.
  23. Dojji
    It's not about being a plus defender. We haven't had a plus defender at shortstop since... on God I don't remember. Scutaro sure as heck wasn't one. Lowrie wasn't one. Nomar wasn't one. Renteria was a joke. I barely remember Valentin, but he was more of an offensive guy too IIRC. Cabrera and Gonzo were pretty good, but "plus" stretches it -- Cabrera was barely here for any time, and Gonzo is a journeyman with good hands who only looked as good to us as he did because of the guy he replaced, and the guy who replaced him, both SUCKING. I'll take actual adequacy from the shortstop position. It's a big step up from anything we've had in a very, very long time. I'll tell you this though -- if Iglesias ever makes the big leagues as our starting shortstop, we are going to be able to tell the difference -- just like we could when we got to watch Coco that one year when he really lived up to his ability.
  24. Dojji
    .... 96 wins. I think people are overreacting to September. There's no reason to expect our luck to be that bad again. I was encouraged by two big things in this last game, despite the loss. One was Lester, who battled his heart out. The other was the defense. Aviles in particular was not as bad as I was afraid he'd be and is easily an upgrade over Scutaro defensively. It'll come down to Salty improving. If he can reach his potential, we could have a special season. Especially if Bard does make good as a starter. An improvement by him, combined with Crawford returning to his career levels and Kalish or a Ross/Sweeney platoon holding down right field, instead of the worst production out of the right field position in MLB history, and a bottom of the rotation that isn't as historically awful as last year, should allow us to pick up several games.
  25. Dojji
    *tips cap*
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