I agree, and they are definitely picking up that option. If Clay will be the boil on the Red Sox ass for one more year, maybe he can at least provide relative value in the bullpen.
If Martinez only played IF, it would have been unremarkable. The fact that Martinez was stuck in the OF playing garbage defense, basically forced the hand on either trading for an OF or bringing Beni up.
Wright is supposed to come back and pitch this weekend. What do you think he'll look like? I don't really believe he's a sub 3 ERA guy, but if he's a sub 4 ERA guy who can pitch a ton of innings he'd still have tremendous value.
The issue is that management didn't believe Benintendi would be an "experiment." They thought he'd have a great chance to stay in the lineup. When they feel Moncada is ready, they'll bring him up. I'm going to trust their judgement on this one.
@marc_normandin David Price has a 3.17 ERA, over 6-2/3 IP per GS in his last 20 starts. Still not exactly what the Sox hoped for in year one, but better.
The vast majority of closers can be classified as "white knuckle." Koji in 2013 is an abberation. Even Papelbon's early career was an outlier. Even with Kimbrel's missteps, he's still one of the best in the game right now.
My guess is that most players would hit better in wins as runs are a function of batters getting on base.
One of my pet peeves is NESN popping up stats like: Over JBJ's 8 game hitting streak, he's batting .360. No s***. A guy who has gotten a hit in each game is batter above .333?!?!? OMG OMG OMG
So now I have to fret about DUMBrowski's inability to staff a decent bullpen and the impending free agency of all my favorite players???????
Thanks a lot.
So, you'd re-sign everyone? Where would John Henry come up with all that money??? Unbelievable...
Honestly, except for DH, your lineup is realistic to me. I don't see why this ownership couldn't keep all these guys around if they wanted to.
So, you'll resign Betts and Bradley and move Moncada to LF. Are you trading Beni? Or are you moving Beni to SS? Maybe moving Betts to 2b and Beni to SS with a Pedroia trade? You're not moving Pedroia to SS are you?