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  1. mvp 78
    When I said they'd pick up his option, everyone said I was being foolish. How about your declaration that Price should pitch out of the pen in the playoffs?
  2. mvp 78
    No. That would be an insane take.
  3. mvp 78
    Well, if you never want to be taken seriously...
  4. mvp 78
    No, he just thought Price and Buchholz were the same pitcher for some reason.
  5. mvp 78
    To me, it just makes more sense to put Buchholz back in the pen during the playoffs. As previously stated, ERod really doesn't have a bullpen track record. Pomeranz is too good to take out of the rotation.
  6. mvp 78
    Sports teams are not run like businesses. They are run like investments. The true value of the team is not in the day to day revenue, but the overall gain of the asset. If the Sox were sold today, they'd get about $2.5B. The Sox were purchased for $660M less than 15 years ago.
  7. mvp 78
    Was he a pinch runner?
  8. mvp 78
    Put Buchholz back in the pen on Oct 1.
  9. mvp 78
    I thought there was no way to get Pablo there due to service time issues?
  10. mvp 78
    Sometimes the sequel is better than the original, but sometimes it is not.
  11. mvp 78
    The question marks were: Will Price adjust to Boston? It took a while, but he's there now. Will ERod come back healthy? Same as above. Will Porcello pitch more like first half of 2015 or second half? Looks like the first half was the fluke, not the second half. Will Buchholz stay in the rotation? He did not, but he's fighting to re-earn his spot. Will Kelly stay in the rotation? Nope, he's gone. If either Kelly or Buchholz falter, can Wright be serviceable? Even with his recent injury, he was still the best "5th starter" in the league. Thankfully, Pomeranz is also pitching like he's still in San Diego.
  12. mvp 78
    Pomeranz is the #3 right now and it's not even close.
  13. mvp 78
    Which WAR is on the back of baseball cards: Baseball Reference or Fangraphs? It's Baseball Reference.
  14. mvp 78
    I wouldn't have him be a setup guy though. I'd rather him be the long reliever/spot starter guy than an inning here or there.
  15. mvp 78
    To me, Clay needs to be eased back into longer outings. 87 pitches is actually more than I would have expected him to go. I think Farrell has done a good job managing Buchholz this year.
  16. mvp 78
    Wright isn't pitching again this year.
  17. mvp 78
    I'm just glad that Farrell decided he didn't need Wright to be able to pitch down the stretch. They really didn't need their 3rd (maybe 4th) best starter for the stretch run.
  18. mvp 78
    I didn't say he did provide what was expected. My sentence was "if... Hill provided what was expected, Moncada would be playing sparingly." Moncada isn't playing sparingly. Therefore, Hill isn't providing what was expected.
  19. mvp 78
    I think "mental problems" are overstated for MLB players. You won't be pitching in MLB for very long if you aren't mentally tough.
  20. mvp 78
    And he was limited in previous starts as well. His previous 3 starts were in order 71, 81 and 94 pitches. His first start after a return to the rotation has been met with a quick hook and not necessarily due to performance.
  21. mvp 78
    I think the bruised ego rationale is better suited to young pitchers rather than young hitters. Hitters are used to failing 70% of the time. He just needs to be given him time to adjust.
  22. mvp 78
    If Shaw wasn't in a free fall and Hill provided what was expected, Moncada would be playing sparingly. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Moncada was brought up because they needed him.
  23. mvp 78
    Uh, wut?
  24. mvp 78
    He strikes out a lot, but you have to stick with him through the end of the year. Shaw and Hill weren't playing all that great anyway. Soxprospects was saying his high K rate was due to him knowing "the strike zone better than the AA umps." Maybe it's not really the case?
  25. mvp 78
    Except that losing to the Jays or O's would hurt them more than losing to the Padres since they are not competing for a WC spot with the Padres. Some wins are more important than others. For example, if they lose the next 2 games, there's a chance that they could still only be one game back. However, if they lost 2 straight games to the Jays, they'd fall 3 games back.
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