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  1. mvp 78
    "You get what you give" - HR Manager's Jeep Wheel Cover
  2. mvp 78
    Word thunderbird...
  3. mvp 78
    Right, blame the players, but the pitching coach should be able to fix some correctable issues rather tgan sit back and watch the staff turn to dog s***.
  4. mvp 78
    Glad he signed.
  5. mvp 78
    Do we consider Pomeranz a 2?
  6. mvp 78
    I hope so. As long as Pomeranz pitches well, I won't complain.
  7. mvp 78
    Not with his trades he isn't... He's made some really s***** deals. More often than not, his trades are head scratchers.
  8. mvp 78
    He does have great relations with reporters though.
  9. mvp 78
    Also, it's nice to hear that Devers is doing well. I haven't really heard much about him lately.
  10. mvp 78
    Benintendi and Moncada are definitely 1a and 1b. I think a case could be made for either. Benintendi may be a little more polished, but Moncada is an athletic freak.
  11. mvp 78
    She was spawned from the devil, most likely.
  12. mvp 78
    For me, I try not to get excited about the really really young guys as they tend to flame out more often than the ones already in Portland. Kopech may throw hard, but a lot of scouts see him as a reliever.
  13. mvp 78
    That's what I was waiting for! Great news.
  14. mvp 78
    That post received more responses the 24 hours after it was moved than it did before it was moved.
  15. mvp 78
    OP was specifically talking about the umpiring affecting recent Sox regular season games which is why it is ok to be in the Sox forum. If OP mentioned a Cubs game having poor umpiring, it would have been moved. The All Star game involves Sox players, but has very little to do with this Red Sox season.
  16. mvp 78
    If Gray was pitching like an ace, I'd want them to grab him ASAP. Unfortunately, he's pitching like a bottom of the rotation starter. Right now, he makes David Price's current season look like 2000 Pedro.
  17. mvp 78
    He hasn't really pitched that well. He has an FIP of 4.50 and a 0.8 WAR. His fastball is getting wrecked and his offspeed pitches aren't making up for it this time (see 2014). Until he gets his slider back, he's suspect. The haul that it would take to get him here is just not worth it. You'd have to send One of the top 4 guys, plus 2 - 3 other guys at a minimum.
  18. mvp 78
    I know. I'm just worried it will not last. If it does, I'll admit my error.
  19. mvp 78
    The NFL has the weakest union in professional sports. They signed a s***** contract, they need to live by it.
  20. mvp 78
    They should trade redundancy, but I think they need to decide long term what to do there. If Moncada is the answer, he needs extensive reps this offseason. Will he be ready for 3b opening day? Maybe not. Midseason call up for 2017? In the meantime, they need to decide if they want to keep Hanley or Shaw. Hanley doesn't have the stick for DH. They will probably need to eat some of his contract and move him to the NL. If they keep Shaw, they'll need a platoon for him (i.e. someone not currently on the roster). Could Sam Travis be a 1b/DH with Travis Shaw? Are they going to bring in an expensive bat like Encarnacion this offseason? I honestly don't think they will. I think they either look to keep Aaron Hill or bring in Brandon Moss rather than grab an Encarnacion.
  21. mvp 78
    At some point, the coaching staff needs to know how to fix struggling pitchers. They have no clue how to harness Buchholz or Kelly. It also doesn't help that the guy who leads the team in appearances is a 40 year old reliever with health concerns.
  22. mvp 78
    Ramirez doesn't have any power left. He's no longer a 5th hitter. The Sox should move him in the offseason. Shaw can't hit lefties. Sandoval isn't physically fit enough to play MLB. Moncada still hasn't played 1 inning of 3b. Hernandez is not an MLB starter. Travis will lose this whole season to injury and wasn't tearing it up beforehand. Holt can't be relied on to be a starter. Rutledge is a AAAA player who is an ok backup at best. Marrero is all glove and no bat which isn't a very good fit for 3b at the moment.
  23. mvp 78
    Tuesday’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game garnered an all-time low 8.7 million viewers, continuing a downward trend in that game’s popularity. In the 1970s the MLB All-Star game routinely topped 30 million viewers, and until 1996 it had never dropped below 20 million. Now the MLB All-Star Game has had fewer than 12 million viewers for six consecutive years. Great job, Bud. You killed it.
  24. mvp 78
    It's not a great number, but it has a decent amount of value as it is something we've all been familiar with for most of our lives. When you see a guy with a 2.25 ERA, it generally shows that he has been pitching well. If you see a guy with an ERA above 5, it shows that the pitcher has been knocked around and may not have kept his team in as many games as the fans would have liked. It's why Price's ERA is spoken of more frequently on here than his FIP. His FIP is only .20 higher than his career average. However, his ERA is 1.2 above his career average. We can talk about how a pitcher will do in the future, but it's just guesswork. We can definitively talk about the results from previous games.
  25. mvp 78
    My former landlord was a Yankees/Cowboys/Lakers fan. Now THAT is a truly terrible combo.
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