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  1. SoxSport
    I hope it's not the turning point of the season. They got burned for lack of a defensive substitute at 3B in a close game. They should have learned their lesson with the first Drew. The Drews play on occasion.
  2. SoxSport
    One wonders why Bradley isn't up. Last time up, he hit one over the Sox bullpen in Fenway against a LHP. They need 2 out of 3 in this series, which looks doable. Their bullpen is shrinking fast. Looks like a trade is warranted here. They won't be dealing major prospects.
  3. SoxSport
    Giving that game away last night was a momentum killer. They'll have to recover against Oakland. I'm still waiting for Middlebrooks to get called up for defense. Forget about his offense for now.
  4. SoxSport
    The game just showed the importance of defense. They had a guy playing 3B at the end weak on defense and they paid for it. Plus the bullpen has some holes in it. Time to get Middlebrooks back to play 3B while Drew is convalescing. Every game is important right now.
  5. SoxSport
    I suspect they are in the market for a BP guy who can be obtained for a low level prospect. I also wonder about M. Young, but Philly will want too much for him. They have to be prepared for injuries which dig into their depth--currently their strength. I don't see any major additions which will cost them high level prospects. Everything is going too well right now. It will be interesting to see what the Yankees do. It looks like they have to make a big splash to stay in contention, and like the Lakers, money is no object.
  6. SoxSport
    The biggest surprise is clearly Iglesias. This kid was advertised as a non-hitter. Not a weak hitter--a non-hitter. So what does he do? He comes up to the Red Sox and has hit .400 . Now he hasn't hit 20 HRs, so we know it's not because of PEDs. But he has shown everybody what it takes to get on base. And using his speed as an advantage. He is playing with his head--which is not as common as you would think in baseball. If he hadn't been forced to play 3B the 1st half, he might be the all-star SS right now.
  7. SoxSport
    They seem to be doing OK shuffling lineups every day, and are getting timely hitting from different players. If they are going to expend resources, it seems to me it should be on pitching. Lee looks like he is too expensive for his age (watch the Yankees on him--they are getting desperate). Garza might be more affordable. I think they need some help on the back end of the BP. Uehara as fulltime closer is risky--he needs help at his age. Bailey's implosion really has messed things up. With him and Hanrahan down, seems they need another reliable pitcher back there. One guy who can help right now is DeLaRosa. Aceves as well. I would focus on shoring up the pitching. Always the weakest link. They still have in-house options in AAA.
  8. SoxSport
    The Orioles are emerging as the biggest threat to the Red Sox right now--assuming the Sox pitching doesn't collapse. Davis is hitting like Barry Bonds.
  9. SoxSport
    The key to preserving a BP is having starters who can go 6-7 innings--and more. That means guys who don't build up high pitch counts in early innings. The other thing is to stretch your relievers to go more than one inning--like Miller did last night. That reduces their no. of appearances.
  10. SoxSport
    Iggy is the first rookie since Tony Oliva ('64) to get 50 hits in less than 120 at bats in a season since rookie records started being taken in '58. Some media twits are counting his infield hits--he has 16, about a third of his total (52). Just another example of how speed helps offensive output. A lesson to be learned there. So now Drew is hurt, and Iggy gets to play his position--SS. One wonders if Drew will come back to SS. 3B has always been the more logical place for him with Iglesias around and Middlebrooks in the minors looking like trade bait.
  11. SoxSport
    He can still hit. Worth the money.
  12. SoxSport
    Melancon also came into a dysfunctional organization last year--one of the worst coached teams in memory. That may have contributed. You wonder about Bard as well, who was totally mishandled--he may well be a head case. The other guy who was treated like crap was Aceves--jack of all trades: reliever, starter, closer--and he finally imploded. When guys turn it around for another team, they are usually getting better coaching.
  13. SoxSport
    Garza is looking good. I'd say deal Middlebrooks for Garza, but the Cubs drafted their next 3rd baseman.
  14. SoxSport
    It ain't over yet. but so far, so good. Depth helps, but the pitching has to hold up. This is close to a .500 team the last 50 games or so.
  15. SoxSport
    Ben had a bundle of money, and just picked the low hanging available fruit. He was lucky Napoli had issues, so he doesn't have to pay him FA money for 3 years. Vic looks like he's become injury prone, and is a poor risk for 3 years at big money. The emergence of Nava and Bradley has changed the OF situation, and made Vic look expendable. You can argue about Dempster, but he isn't a $13 mil pitcher in this division at his age. A 4th or 5th starter. Plus there's a chance he will block a prospect. Gomes is a nice backup, though he's playing a lot less for the salary they paid him. Hanrahan and Bailey look like failures at this point.Hanrahan gone. Bard's career may be over. Once the top setup guy in the league. Lackey has been an unexpected gift. Probably their top starter right now. The one thing the FO does well is draft. They have exceptional players developing, but the roster is still filled with expensive veterans on the downside soaking up salary. The prospects need more opportunities.
  16. SoxSport
    Welcome to the new ace of the Red Sox pitching staff: John Lackey. Who would have thought?
  17. SoxSport
    If Dempster is worth $13 million a year as a pitcher, Kershaw is worth $50 million.
  18. SoxSport
    Speaking of Vic, it appears that he has become a problem staying healthy at age 32. He had similar problems last year. They have $39 mil for 3 yrs tied up with him, and he could well become an albatross. They were lucky with Napoli--getting him down to 1 year, but Vic and Dempster look like expensive mistakes at this point. They continue to overestimate development time for their prospects--creating roadblocks with salary.
  19. SoxSport
    When a guy blows a save, you should sit him down and give him a day or two off away from closing. Then bring him back. Don't throw him back in the fire the next night. Sometimes it makes it worse. The Pirates sat Grilli when he finally blew a save after 26 chances.
  20. SoxSport
    Their pitching is in trouble, and they are sitting on two guys in AAA who could help. It's a joke that Aceves is still in purgatory after he has saved them twice now in two starts getting called up. His reward was back to purgatory. DeLaRosa has always been ahead of Webster in the prospect list, and he is pitching lights out in AAA. They are babying this guy the same way they babied Buchholz a few years back. Both of these guys need to be tried in the rotation before there is a complete pitching collapse. Or at least in relief to replace some of the stiffs they have right now. We know Buchholz is the anti-Pedey, but what happened to Lester? Farrell/Nieves were getting credit for fixing this guy, but he has become unfixed and they haven't found any answers. They are 25-25 their last 50 games, since going 20-8 to start the season. That's enough in this division to miss the playoffs. Wake up, front office. Time to set aside politics.
  21. SoxSport
    Bailey has imploded, and putting him out there in a one run game was risky. Fact is, Red Sox pitching is sinking fast, and Farrell is left with a bunch of guys who are unreliable save for a few. When you have starters who can't go more than 5 innings, you wear out your bullpen. The Front Office has not done an effective job in replenishing the pitching--after Hanrahan went down. The team has been hanging onto 1st place in baseball's toughest division, and the urgency to bolster the pitching doesn't seem to be there. DeLaRosa, for example, is rated a better prospect than Webster, and they are sitting on him like a hen keeping an egg warm. They babied Buchholz for years, and guess where it got them? A guy who is fragile. Miller is another guy they hang onto, and he craps the bed every other inning he pitches. Not consistent throwing strikes. Granted Bailey's implosion was unexpected, but it's a disaster considering they did nothing to replace Hanrahan. Hard to see this team staying on top of the division with the pitching in disarray. They need some boldness.
  22. SoxSport
    Bradley should be up right now, but he has to wait his turn. The way he turned on that left hander to hit one over the bullpen last time here shows he can hit all kinds of pitching. He could well be their best outfielder right now, but he just has to wait his turn on what is still a veteran team.
  23. SoxSport
    Bailey has been wearing a "danger-implosion" sign on his forehead his last few appearances. Amazing how a manager takes chances on a guy like that with the game on the line in a close pennant race. They just get locked in on assignments and are unable to change direction quickly enough. If you are going to make a guy so important saving game after game, you better get a good one--and pay him.
  24. SoxSport
    Tito also got burned by going to the well too often with relievers gone sour. It's a conditioned reflex.
  25. SoxSport
    You would think with Pap's success, they would have replaced him as closer from within. The logical successor was Bard. Tazawa has now emerged as well. But the damage has been done.
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