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  1. Dipre
    Then correction: He stinks *now* . Also has a bad attitude.
  2. Dipre
    I also think it's safe to assume that Henry's expecting results that improve the bottom line. Out of the playoffs ain't it.
  3. Dipre
    .500 against the good clubs and .700 against the bad clubs gets you to the postseason.
  4. Dipre
    No, I get the point. What I'm saying is that it's not about him taking more pitches, it's about swinging at strikes.
  5. Dipre
    Good point though.
  6. Dipre
    I've always preached the idea that the main sign of a stealthily bad team is surprisingly beating the good teams, surprisingly losing to the bad teams, scoring when you're not pitching, and pitching when you're not scoring. Those are all things this iteration of the Red Sox have excelled at. Buyer beware.
  7. Dipre
    Then again, a good way to make up ground in the standings is beating bad teams. But if the Angels series is any indication, well, we're f***ed.
  8. Dipre
    Talksox Geography class.
  9. Dipre
    Tic-toc indeed.
  10. Dipre
    That's not it. Dude likes to swing and swing hard. They want him to swing hard at his pitch.
  11. Dipre
    This series gave me heartburn.
  12. Dipre
    I believe in Duran long term. Too many tools and too good and approach to not become at least serviceable at the ML level.
  13. Dipre
    Ceddane Rafaela Pitchers per plate appearance (P/PA): 2022: 3.65 2023 (so far): 3.60
  14. Dipre
    Fair point. Then again, a dude from the Dominican Winter Leagues is better than Kluber.
  15. Dipre
    Wacha sucks. But there were a lot of other options.
  16. Dipre
    That is, unfortunately, the mark of a bad team, pains me to say.
  17. Dipre
    That's an indictment on the Sox, not a compliment for Pivetta, for one, and we're talking about current Pivetta. His year's worth of a good run is the outlier, not the norm. As a700hitter would say, he stinks.
  18. Dipre
    It is bad if you're not providing IP. ERA is juat a part of a pitcher's value. You're arguing a silly point honestly.
  19. Dipre
    Then let's take it by point: A 5th starter who can't provide IP and has a 4.55 ERA is still bad. To be considered decent, even at the #5 spot, you either provide IP or provide run prevention, Pivetta does neither. On xFIP, he consistently underperforms it, because he gives up a lot of hard contact besides the myriad other problems with his stuff quality and pitching style.
  20. Dipre
    But some do it. Cleveland, TBR and Oakland develop a lot of good starting pitching. All low-budget teams. Coincidence?
  21. Dipre
    The Rodon footnote is correct and noted. Otherwise, Urias' peripherals, velocity and statcast data all post a worrying picture (so far) to me. I'd hard pass on both.
  22. Dipre
    But you're not using ERA, you're using xFIP, which Pivetta underperforms consistenly anyway. We have to compare apples to apples.
  23. Dipre
    Building a sustainable pipeline of any type of player is hard, but SP is probably the hardest. It takes time.
  24. Dipre
    On that front, I highly recommend reading The Athletic's analysis on the improvements regarding the Red Sox' player development system. Shines a light on the efforts being made to improve players in general, but pitchers (Drohan is featured prominently) specifically.
  25. Dipre
    No, he would not be.
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