Dojji
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... is not a first baseman.
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Report: Manny and Ortiz tested positive in '03
Dojji replied to Paradisecity's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Remember that we are talking about a possibly controlled substance or even an illegal one. I have no problem with letting Ortiz's lawyers go over the evidence BEFORE David opens his mouth on public TV over this. Papi's already ahead of Rajah or McGwire, however. Instead of vehemently denying everything right off the bat he simply quietly went about a fact finding mission. If more guys had done that this might not have blown up in our faces quite this bad. -
Report: Manny and Ortiz tested positive in '03
Dojji replied to Paradisecity's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
OK from that we learned that Ortiz is at least making a cursory effort to follow through. He's filed some paperwork. OK, if there's a mandatory waiting period, we wait. -
No, there isn't a contradiction. A good pitcher can pitch well despite a bad catcher, but he'd pitch better with a good one. A poor pitcher will suck with any catcher, but a good one will allow him to hide his flaws better. And there's a lot of pitchers in the middle for whom a good catcher can be the difference between effectiveness and ineffectiveness. A catcher can have a net positive and net negative effect on a pitching staff. All I'm saying is, I want to see which one Martinez is with this staff before I hand him the reins for next year and beyond.
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No, I said that whatever affect a catcher has, CC Sabathia is talented enough to more than overcome it. Why do you insist on continually attempting to make two compatible statements sound like a big contradiction?
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It should be indeed -- your season may hang on it.
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In a small sample size. In the first two years of his career Lester was something like 11-2 despite a cumulative ERA in the high 4's. As bad as he looked sometimes in those outings he put the team in a position to win.
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Actually I kinda agree with Jacko. We know the offspeed stuff is there, he'll succeed when he can put the heater where he wants to put it. Once his fastball is effective his offspeed stuff will be far more effective than it is right now.
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CC Sabathia is a unique talent that would probably be effective pitching to just about any catcher. And I thought Shoppach did a lot of the catching for Lee. I could be mistaken.
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Yeah, I did, because i knew that one wasn't going to a good place.
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So you can. Great. Feel free to proceed. Seriously, we're stuck with the guy so if there's good news I'd love to hear it.
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he's 24 and going through his sophomore season. I think we need to be a little beyond looking at his raw stuff at this point. He really needs to start getting it together over the next year, at least get the ERA into the 4.5 range or so. If you can find a positive that's there now that wasn't there 2 years ago when he was our best prospect, I'd like to hear it. Frankly I have a hard time noticing any development at all. He reminds me an awful lot of Hansen -- great, great stuff, but will he ever turn it into results on the field?
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lester's growing pains, cancer aside, weren't nearly as severe. Even while he was still underdeveloped, he had a reputation of being Teflon Jon. He got in trouble a lot but knew how to get out of trouble too. If Buchholz was getting in trouble then getting out of it again I'd be defending him. Instead he gets in trouble and surrenders a crooked number.
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Yeah, he's definitely going to New York. The Mets are desperate for a good LF.
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Nothing says "this guy will implode" quite like a .232 BABIP Phil Coke = Sean Henn Brand new toilet, same old crap.
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You can't have it both ways. Either Bay's offense isn't that good, in which case our offense doesn't really get hurt that much, or else it is good, in which case it'll hurt to lose him.
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Not having the 7th locked down impacts all your starters. Let's not be deliberately oblivious here.
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You can have him.
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Drew will need to move to LF in the near future to cut down on wear and tear. I think all protestations to the contrary, Bay will walk at the end of the year, Drew will become our LF, and we will make the choice between Reddick and finding a good veteran RF, as there are a couple of decent ones available.
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Now THAT is scary.
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