mvp 78
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I don't think anyone is saying that trust Bailey and Crag blindly with the pitching staff. I think, for the most part, they/we/I just believe that it should be better than it was under Bloom, because it really couldn't get much worse than what we saw the past few years. They were s*** last year, maybe they can reach boring mediocrity this year or next? Nobody here thinks this is a top 10 pitching staff or even has a future trending that direction. I haven't seen anyone make that case. I guess I don't know where you're pulling out this "trust" issue from. Should we be ranting about Bailey? He hasn't done much yet to rant about. Should we be praising Crag? I don't think anyone has praised him at all aside from being glad that he put some additional focus on pitching development which was grossly ignored for the past decade plus. Most of the opinions have been thoroughly in the middle of the road. If the Sox are going to be under Henry's misery thumb for the next few years, it's hard to get pissed off at anyone except for the people signing the checks and approving the budget.
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@BOSSportsGordo Nick Yorke will begin the season in AA, per @bradfo . Gets called up once Grissom is added to BOS roster?
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And if we all believe this is a last place team, what exactly is our trust meter set to? It's not set very high?
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Just day dreaming about putting each one of the Van Helsing clan into their graves.
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I mean, we're talking about LUKE VOIT, not someone that is exactly a catch.
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I wondered if you had taken Bernie deep.
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We've seen some good ST results so far. I'm not sold that this team is better than a last place team so how much trust is that really putting into Crag? I think almost all of us believe this is a last place team. We can like what we see being done on the fringes of the roster and realize it's not really going to pay dividends this year. We got nothing else to root for. Does that mean we have blind TRUST? We're excited to see baseball and some of us choose to not live in misery 24/7. The baseball will most likely be mediocre at best. Feel free to get mad about us being interested about the progress of a middle reliever or seeing Garrett Whitlock add a new pitch. At the end of the day, we'll all be rooting for the same last place team.
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Kicking the extension in early reduces the AAV though.
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I really don't see them signing Jordan Montgomery at all. 5 year deal? No way Jose! If they were really going to sign him, it would have happened by now. At one point, I think Bradford had the likelihood at 10% and that still seems too high to me. If there are two teams in the bidding, Montgomery is going to the other team just because they probably have a better short term outlook.
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Without 3B experience, no.
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It'd be one way to get around the roster limitations.
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Sure why not?
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Was this slow pitch softball in VT?
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Double agent!
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It would make sense for part of the hype train that I'm starting to see?
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FO's typically don't like to go all the way up to the cap at the beginning of the season due to in season maneuvers. Also, the Casas extension is hanging out there in theory and I think they'd like to get that done and would rather do that instead of bringing Montgomery in. They brought Giolito in as the cheap version of Montgomery. Sox probably wanted Montgomery in the first place, but settled for Giolito due to ownership restraint.
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We're at the point where getting Montgomery on 4/2 isn't going to push the envelope. People already heard "full throttle" and then saw the car stall out. They won't buy it. Fans will still go. Visiting fans will help fill up the park. It would have to get really ugly for a few more years before attendance is really an issue.
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He'll be the first guy called up most likely.
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A 3.32 middle reliever for WOO would be a giant step up compared to what they had to use last season. They had 12 relievers with over 10 innings that had an ERA above 4.80.
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How many people here have actually seen Sandlin pitch?
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That's scouting boxscores though. Bailey and Breslow are there everyday evaluating the players. They obviously see things about each guys that we don't see. There is some reason that Weissert is more valuable to them than what we see right now. They both have options, both have pitched well, but Bernardino was sent down. I'm not completely shocked by it. I think Bernardino is a candidate for regression. The career numbers of Bernardino are heavily weighted by his one good year. Career AAA numbers: Bernardino 3.32 ERA, 78.2 Innings, 1.09 WHIP Weissert 2.16 ERA, 125 Innings, 1.03 WHIP
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The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre?
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That's what people have said this offseason. I think it's just to make themselves feel better about hitching their wagons to him.
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No?
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Not many risk free moves actually can provide value these days.
