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  1. mvp 78
    Alex Speier was one of the dreaded journalists who was pushing out the closer by committee narrative back in 2003 too.
  2. mvp 78
    If the Sox aren't playing smart baseball, it's on the coaching. If their running is a big problem, it's on the base coaches.
  3. mvp 78
    "Excuse me sir. Please throw me a good pitch because I need to hit a long fly ball here."
  4. mvp 78
    It's a kid's game...
  5. mvp 78
    Wow, talk about kicking us when we're down...
  6. mvp 78
    There's only a handful of hitters that choke up with 2 strikes anymore. It's just a different game that it was 30 years ago.
  7. mvp 78
    "You think that trading for a good reliever would have actually helped this team?!?" "Uh, seems like it now."
  8. mvp 78
    Whatever they are openly stating now is just the first step in negotiating. There's no way in Hell it will look like that when the CBA is agreed to.
  9. mvp 78
    If it's the middle of the order that is struggling, I'm not sure how Arroyo fixes that. He won't be taking over for any of those middle of the order bats. Shaw has an XBH in the past 3 games. Is Arroyo going to do better than that? Arroyo wouldn't have made that lineup any better last night. Maybe his defense helps a bit more? IDK that he's that great of a defensive 2b. He's fine, but not Pedroia. Is he even better than Kiké. The real change is pusing Kiké to CF for defense, but then you have to sit one of JD, Verdugo or Schwarber. How does that help the offense?
  10. mvp 78
    Plus, the $100M is still subsidized by large market teams.
  11. mvp 78
    Richards
  12. mvp 78
    PivettAAAA
  13. mvp 78
    495 ft bomb.
  14. mvp 78
    Yup, just bring this dud back next year.
  15. mvp 78
    Why are people penciling Pivetta in for a rotation spot in 2022?
  16. mvp 78
    Robo ump
  17. mvp 78
    Underwhelming
  18. mvp 78
    Papelbon: 368 Saves, 8 Holds.
  19. mvp 78
    88%. Are we ready to say he was almost as good as Rivera? Was he better than Eck? He's definitely better than a guy like Thigpen and better than Timlin or Barnes.
  20. mvp 78
    What doesn't make sense is looking at Save % IMO.
  21. mvp 78
    Bobby Thigpen 79% Save %. Because his usage was primarily 9th inning, his Blown Save % is 20%. Mike Timlin 64% Save %. Because his usage was NOT primarily 9th inning, his Blown Save % is 20%. Was Thigpen a better reliever than Timlin? Was he a better closer? Not according to bWAR. On a per inning basis, Timlin was the better bWAR pitcher. So why is the Save % misleading?
  22. mvp 78
    Lee Smith 82% Eck 85% Goose 73% Sutter 75% Hoffman 89% Rivera 89%
  23. mvp 78
    Barnes: 24 Blown Saves 39 Saves 95 Holds His "Save %" is 62%. However, his "Blown Save %" 15%. That is, he only gives up a blown save 15% of the time. Baseball reference's Save % hurts guys who haven't been primarily closers (like Barnes) as it includes blown saves from 7th and 8th inning appearances when they would not likely get a save anyway.
  24. mvp 78
    Cora looked at last night's boxscore and just decided to rerack today with the same lineup.
  25. mvp 78
    You could probably get him at 15 AAV for a shorter term. Maybe 4/60?
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