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  1. mvp 78
    Yes. That's the only evidence we have.
  2. mvp 78
    1. You don't call up those guys because they still have room to grow before they get here. Both of them are still teenagers. Yorke is a poor defender (he'd fit right in on the 2021 squad). Mayer hasn't ever played a season this long before. Plus, nobody is calling for A players to be called up. Once you get to AA, the chance is much more likely. 2. You aren't going to waste a call up on guys like Yorke and Mayer for contractual reasons (i.e. Super Two status). You won't mess around with their service time. 3. If the Sox really thought Yorke could play everyday at the MLB level going forward, they'd call him up. If he failed after being called up, I don't think it would affect his career going forward because he's just 19 and still has a lot more to learn. In a vacuum, call them up. It wouldn't hurt their status going forward. Was Pedroia called up too early? Did that affect him long term? Was he mentally broken after 2006?
  3. mvp 78
    I don't see how any harm would be done. The only potential for a pitcher is if they try to overpitch and hurt their arm in the process.
  4. mvp 78
    To me, it's similar to the "choke/clutch" conversation where people say "they wouldn't get to MLB if they couldn't deal with pressure and were chokers." The theory is that talent that chokes would be weeded out by the time they get to MLB anyway. If someone is promoted too early and struggles, it's up to them to make the adjustments in MiLB and scratch their way back. If they don't get back to MLB, it's probably because they never would have made it there in the first place. They ruined Cla Meredith! The very next season, he had a 1.07 ERA for the Padres in 50 innings. He pitched another 230 innings of ok to uninspiring relief after that point.
  5. mvp 78
    Quantrill Last 10: 1.77 ERA, 3.67 FIP, 6.1 inning av, 88.3 LOB%. He gives up contact. Need to string together some hits. His BABIP with men in scoring position is .195. Time to end his lucky streak. WHIP Home: 1.09 WHIP Away: 1.40 xFIP Away 5.19
  6. mvp 78
    There is no empirical evidence that calling up a player and having them struggle hurts their long term success.
  7. mvp 78
    How about $1.5M to Marisinick instead of $3M to Marwin?
  8. mvp 78
    Paplebon: 2 inherited runners, 2 inherited runners scored
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  10. mvp 78
    There is NO WAY that option gets picked up and I want him closing from here on out.
  11. mvp 78
    Agreed.
  12. mvp 78
    The 1978 game was most likely on when I was in the room and while every other Sox fan was s***ing their pants that day, at least I had a diaper on.
  13. mvp 78
    1986 > 2003 > Sept 2011 > Aug 2021 > 2008 ALCS (which I barely even remember)
  14. mvp 78
    Losing game 3 in 2004 ALCS was the best thing to happen to my psyche in that playoffs.
  15. mvp 78
    Yes.
  16. mvp 78
    It made up for 2003 for sure. At least 1986 game me a story that my kids love to hear (my dad waking me up to tell me that the Sox are going to win the WS and then me witnessing the Gedman/Stanley mix up and disaster that followed).
  17. mvp 78
    It was a question many of us asked this offseason. The OF plan on day 1 was not a good one.
  18. mvp 78
    Hard to compare a guy who is still in their arbitration years.
  19. mvp 78
    IDK. Ottavino scares the s*** out of me whenever he's on the mound.
  20. mvp 78
    Don't speak that into existence.
  21. mvp 78
    Be better.
  22. mvp 78
    "Hey Pedro, I know you're one of the most competitive people in the world. Do you think you can get the next few guys out? Oh, good!"
  23. mvp 78
    Richards has the second most saves for the Sox since August 1. 2 saves, 1 hold, 0 blown saves.
  24. mvp 78
    He's the closer and makes the right amount of money for that position.
  25. mvp 78
    I agree, but it's clear that a bigger part of postseason success is due to the starting rotation. If they go cheaper on DH and spend on the rotation, I think you have a better chance of getting to the playoffs. I think you still need some big bats, but it doesn't have to be the traditional DH only types. If payroll isn't a consideration (like in the early Ortiz years and early JD years) then you have the luxury to go nuts at DH. Seems like the purse strings are a little tighter now.
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