Dojji
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He earned another chance based on his prior start, got it, and didn't convert. Oh well.
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How much greater a contribution would Ted Williams have had on his team if his mediocre-at-best defense could have been hidden in the DH spot? bWAR says that over the course of his career, if Williams had been a DH instead of a LF, the man would have been worth an additional 13 wins. It's a factor.
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I'm not seeing tha guy out there in trade that's going to turn this rotation around all by himself. E-Rod and Wright are the key to the rotation down the stretch at the moment. I still fully expect Price to have the numbers by the deadline, if those two can fall in behind Porcello, then our rotation is very solid 1 through 4. If they can't, we will have to pull the trigger, but probably (and this may infuriate some people) not go balls deep for a top of the rotation guy. The best I see is them moving for an Ervin Santana type -- durably adequate, in other words.
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he's just too good of a player to struggle that badly forever.
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5/14 vs Houston Astros
Dojji replied to NativeBostonian's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
More than they didn't, I'm pretty sure. -
yes. 14 and 15 were chiefly defined by problems with the roster, regardless of your bizarre determination to delude yourself into thinking that a bhetter manager makes a broken roster somehow not broken. Some of those problems, such as flaky starting rotation, are obviously still with us. Fortunately the development of our young talent improved radically over the past 2-3 years so we can grow our way out of some of them such as our horrible infield defense in 14 and our weak infield offense in 15.
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I think the prepwork required to do two full time jobs at the highest level of the sport in a time where either one could easily consume all the hours in the day, makes it very unlikely that we'll ever see a player-manager again. It would take a pretty unique individual to handle the physical emotional and mental challenges of managing and playing both at the same time when both can take up everything you have and want more.
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Pretty much impossible to overstate what Curt Schilling accomplished in the 2004 postseason, especially Game 6 of the ALCS. by all rights he should have come out of game 1 and straight onto the disabled list. I don't know of a single other pitcher in recent history who would have even been out there throwing at a time like that. That experimental surgery could have ended his career right then and there and he knew it, went for it, and made a name for himself in Boston that should never be allowed to fade. He won all but one his games in the 2007 postseason. He wasn't a rotation leader anymore, wasn't dominant, but he still pitched quite well for a guy whose shoulder was about to fall apart if he breathed on it wrong. The last pitch he ever threw was in a World Series win, that still counts for a lot.
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I don't want to poke any holes in Pedroia, but I'm sorry, no, I disagree. Schilling's postseason heroics carried us through 2 World Series rings. Pedroia's been on hand for 2 as well, and he has featured prominently in them, but I've never felt like Pedroia put us over the top in any of them. Great player to have, emotional leader of the team, all that stuff is true, but the magnitude of what Shilling accomplished and the fact that he was able to carry his weight again in 2007 at the end of his career, that stuff speaks volumes to me.
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because this team didn't go through a significant tough stretch early in April that the team somehow rallied its way out of. I guess they rallied despite Farrell, right? Is that what the narrative is going to be? When things slump, it's all Farrell, but he can't possibly be responsible when things get back to normal right? Speaking of broken clocks. I mean eventually Farrell is going to run into a problem he can't fix on this franchise so if you keep predicting it EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. THE. SLIGHTEST. THING. GOES. WRONG!!!!! you will have to be right eventually. Don't talk to me about broken clocks. There seem to be several of them in this thread.
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I'm soprry, Ortiz is not just 1 player out of 9, or 25. Some players carry the team in body or spirit, and Ortiz does both. He's easily made this team and this league several times more money than he was ever paid. He's a lot more than just a guy who wore the laundry, and his value is far greater than nearly everyone else who's work it in his tenure here. I'd say the only three guys who are worthy to be compared directly to Ortiz's contribution to this franchise over the last 13 years are Manny, Schill, and Tek. No one else comes close.
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Our current OF is actually fantastic. Once Betts gets his bat going, we're going to have one of the best 2 way outfields in baseball.
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Who is the best Sox defender right now?
Dojji replied to Maxbialystock's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Give him time and he may. He's hit for decent average at times in the minors, and of course he's adanced on the strength of his glove so he's never really had multiple years to see the same pool of pitchers, he may do what Yadi did at first, carry himself on the strength of his glove initially, then start hitting more as he gets used to the league. -
He was before he found the path to the dark side. There's part of me that can't look at the villain without seeing the former hero, if you can forgive the incredibly cheesy line.
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I can't make myself hate Roger Clemens. He was too central a part of growing up in New England for me. It'd be like trying to hate Larry Bird.
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I don't think it's necessary to impugn Ellsbury's character. Some players just recover quicker from injury than others. And just for the record, some of the toughest people I've ever met have been women, so you can just get *that* out of your system to, thank you kindly.
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This team is performing a very reasonable imitation of that offensive level right now.
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I'll be maybe a little sad to see it go, but if the team keeps winning I won't care that much. If the team loses 14-11 I don't care about double digit runs our team scores.
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trout will pobably leave when his contract's up, but I don't think it's at all reasonable to expect the Angels to trade him in 2016. They're gonna try to build a team around him and win in the next 5 years, and from the Angels' perspective, 5 years to win is a pretty reasonable window. Plenty of room to hope that can happen and plenty of reason to expect that if you're close in year 5 but don't quite get there you can back up the truck and keep hold of Trout.
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Who is the best Sox defender right now?
Dojji replied to Maxbialystock's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Which is the most important joint, the elbow, the knee, the hip or the shoulder? Ummmm... -
How are you defining great teams? We've played every division in the very tough AL East, we've played the White Sox who are an early favorite, and we took 4 of 6 from NYY. The only "great team" we haven't seen yet who's really tearing it up this year is CHC.
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Our rotation isn't that woebegone. yes, Price and Buchholz are struggling,, but Porcello and Wright are as far over expectations as buchholz and Price are under them. Our run differential is actually very good, and that's not just because the offense is insane.
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I don't think you have to have given up in 2016 in order to trade Holliday at the deadline. If they aren't frontrunners (and they aren't) trading Holliday is a way to hedge your bets, ensure the team is competitive beyond this year, which a 37 year old Hollday doesn't even begin to ensure. The Cards have had a thing about making sure they're competitive for more than the one year, that's why they're consistently in the mix for playoff teams. I think it's likely they will make a move with Holliday. He's a very attractive piece to the right buyer.
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5/10 vs. The Oakland Athletics
Dojji replied to Youk Of The Nation's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
you're an idiot, seriously. Using WHIP over a single start, really? And on a replacement starter no less. WHIP is only useful over a reasonable sample size, which does not, I hasten to point out, mean one freaking start. The number one job of a replacement starter is to get through innings. O'Sullivan didn't look pretty, but he did his job. I'd be fine with giving him another go. -
Why would the Cards trade Holliday? Because they aren't a frontrunner, Holliday is slowly declining, and this is his last guaranteed year. perfect time to make a deal and get what you can. If they were frontrunners maybe they wouldn't deal him, but since they aren't, I think it's likely they'll sell off Holliday at the deadline and sort of reposition for next year.
