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Wade Davis 2014 Postseason: 12 Games, 14.1 Innings Keith Foulke 2004 Postseason: 11 Games, 14 Innings C'mon man...

When they win tonight, they'll have 90 wins ON AUGUST 23RD. Let's continue on our ranting about how horrible everything is tho! Let's make this gamethread a real humdinger!

He’s going to finish the year strong.

Long term, I don’t think he’s a decent starter. Just need to get to Oct this year.

Sox will rebound too.

You said “Sure, we'd all like to have a CF who plays defense like Bradley and hits like Smith but those guys aren't "a dime a dozen'.” It’s clearly not the same thing as “a guy with JBJ’s WAR. I’m a jerk to you because you constantly whine and complain that nobody listens to you, but you can’t be bothered to listen to anyone else. It’s fine, you don’t have to worry about me responding to you anymore.

I never once said a guy with Mallex oWAR and JBJ dWAR is dime a dozen. Your arguments are just s***. You always bitch and moan about other posters not listening to the other side without ever actually listening yourself.

His WAR is about the same as Mallex Smith's over the past 2 years.

Pffft... It should obviously be called the Hartford Heroin and the logo would be a skinny New England douchebag itching himself.

You don't hold onto a guy like JBJ, because they are almost dime a dozen these days.

https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/red-sox/sale-suffering-bursitis-puts-team-first-recovery “He’s dealing with a little bit of bursitis in that shoulder, so best way to knock that out is rest, which is exactly what he’s doing,” Red Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy said on WEEI’s Kirk and Callahan show on Wednesday morning. “And I know it’s hurting him to be on the bench. This guy is, for those of you who don’t know him or haven’t seen him, he’s the ultimate competitor. He’s pissed off that he’s not in the stating rotation right now.”

OPS in AA this year: Dalbec 1.019 Chavis .900 Dalbec has 50 less AB's than Chavis, but only one less XBH. The big concern is how much Dalbec k's, but if he can make contact at the higher level, maybe he has a better ceiling.

When the teams never interact except during the All Star Game and the WS, it greatly increases the aura around those games. Fans don't watch the WS as much anymore. This could help to change that. Make it a marquee event again.

That's why it's so much easier to just add a pitch clock.

You can't. The tv deals would crater (even though I think they will eventually anyway). You need to keep the ads, but increase the pace of play.

The worst.

Watching pitchers hit is embarrassing. Just get rid of it.

Interleague has nothing to do with pacing. It has everything to do with fixing baseball. When teams play each other all year, the All Star Game and the World Series lose some of their aura.

A million times this...

9. force the NL to use the DH

That Rubby hype train was going strong for a while there.

Eovaldi could be a difference maker out of the pen.

Not only baseball is dealing with cord cutting, their s***** MLB blackout policy and numerous other entertainment options available today, but the average game is longer than it ever has been before. It's slower than it ever has been before. In the 50's through the 70's, the average game length was consistently 2:30. Now, we have an additional 30 minutes to sit through with pitching changes, commercial breaks and pitchers lollygagging on the mound. None of that increases viewer interest. The game is longer and more boring than ever. The amount of plate appearances per game has been 75 - 77 in the modern era. The bloat has come from the game just slowing to a crawl. Attention spans aren't what they once were and it is killing these broadcasts. Attendance figures overall are still really strong so the interest is still there. However, MLB has just not been able to fix the product for the at home viewer. If I were commissioner: 1. no more interleague play 2. pitching clock 3. robot assistance for balls and strikes (would just have homeplate umps were google glass or something behind the plate) 4. built in double headers (provides more overall days off for players) 5. increase roster size 6. limit the amount of pitching changes per inning 7. instant replay for scoring plays only 8. completely revamp the All Star Game (have a money prize for the winners)

1. Agree 2. Strongly disagree 3. People love dingers. It's what got fans back after the strike shortened season. No one cares about bunting. 4. Not every pitcher has the ability to pitch to contact based on their stuff. Honestly, none of us posting on here are "average fans". To spend hours upon hours debating the Sox online is not something the typical fan does.

It just goes to show that there are a lot of great CFers and there's no reason to hold onto a guy hitting under .200 for most of the season. JBJ is very replaceable.