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6/27 Vs. The Toronto Blue Jays
SoxFanForsyth replied to Youk Of The Nation's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Haha Over the Monster just tweeted 'Well, they don't call him Joey Gloves' Haha. Well played. -
6/27 Vs. The Toronto Blue Jays
SoxFanForsyth replied to Youk Of The Nation's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Ells needs to take advantage of the wet grass and lay one down. -
6/27 Vs. The Toronto Blue Jays
SoxFanForsyth replied to Youk Of The Nation's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
That almost took wang's head off. -
6/26 Vs. The Colorado Rockies
SoxFanForsyth replied to Youk Of The Nation's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
You're more mature than I am. I find it hilarious. -
6/26 Vs. The Colorado Rockies
SoxFanForsyth replied to Youk Of The Nation's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Well, that was easy. -Uehara -
Yup. Durability is certainly the biggest question mark with him. If you go with him as your permanent closer, you need a 1b guy, like Miller, who can close when Uehara can't go consecutive days.
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I'd just as soon take a chance with Bradley than to go with Aoki myself.
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Haha I'm just giving you crap man. I was talking about the stats of Uehara vs Papelbon, when you said you didn't have confidence in Uehara, that's all.
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Love looking up a ton of stats to show someone a different view of something/prove them wrong, and then just bring ignored. Yeah I'm talkin to you Ted! :harhar:
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This has absolutely no backing in any way whatsoever. If his 89 mph FB would get hard in the 9th, it would get hard in the 7th and 8th innings as well. But it doesn't. He's got a career 2.79 ERA, and a 2.31 ERA since 2010. From 2010 - today, Uehara has a better K/9, BB/9, and ERA Over their careers, Uehara has a better contact rate (72.5%) than Papelbon (74.4%). In 2012 and 2013, Uehara's contact rate was 67.2% and 68.4%. During that same span, Papelbon's contact rate was 74.7% and 76.7%. Please explain how Uehara would not be a good closer (outside of durability), but Papelbon would be based on velocity?
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If they do "give up" on WMB, it will be in a trade, and they'll have to get a really good return for him. They're absolutely not going to DFA him or sell low on him. I could see him going in a deal to Philly, though. The team that likely needs a 3B the most this year would be our rivals.
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The Blue Jays lost last night, which is weird, because I thought they had already won the World Series twice?
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There is a very large implication that Papelbon is invincible when everytime the Red Sox blow a save, Papelbon comes back up. His K numbers are down, and not just down, we're talking like down by over 3 K/9. That's substaintial. His FIP and xFIP are at career high numbers, his BABIP (.218) is 56 points below his career average (.274), and he's much more HR prone. Not to mention, hitters are swinging at less pitches out of the zone than they have since 2009, so he's not fooling as many hitters, and the swings they put on pitches in the zone are getting hit more frequently than anytime in his career outside of 2010. His stuff isn't as good as it used to be, and he's not the same pitcher as he used to be. Again, not arguing one way or the other, just making sure all the facts are known.
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And just to be clear, the only reason that I even talk about Papelbon's blown saves is because it really seems like the people who are pro-Papelbon, or pro-trading for Papelbon, think that the guy is invincible and will never blow a save again. Everytime the Sox blow a save it's like "Oh, well, if we had Papelbon we win this game". That's very clearly not the case. Yes, he was an excellent closer when he was with us, but he's certainly not invincible, he's going to blow his saves too. I'm not arguing for or against trading him, I'm just saying things aren't so black and white, and outcomes with Papelbon here aren't always going to be different.
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You do realize that the Phillies had a 3 run lead last night, so regardless of whether or not he came in with men on 1st and 2nd, the tying run was not on base. He still allowed both baserunners to score as well as an additional batter of his own.
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Yeah I was furious with the Demp signing. I thought he was Freddy Garcia 2.0, and wanted to give the ball to RDLR rather than Demp. Shows how much I know.
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And if you want to argue that the foundation is the part crumbling, I would absolutely argue against that too. Dempster: 3.71 ERA in June Lackey: 3.16 ERA in June Doubront: 2.73 ERA in June Lester has bombed badly in June, and Buchholz has been hurt. But the rest of the rotation has certainly picked up their slack. Aceves is 2-0 with a 1.64 ERA in place of Buchholz, who went 2-0 with a 1.54 ERA in June. I just don't see your point here. Injuries happen. The Sox have had Aceves pick up Buchholz big time. Webster got hit hard, but those are the lumps you have to swallow with young pitchers. Not everyone has Steven Strasburg waiting in the wings who just seamlessly transitions into the bigs.
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The pitching staff is starting to crack and crumble, or Bailey is cracking and crumbling? The Red Sox have a 4.16 ERA in June. Of the 91 ER allowed this month, 8 have been allowed by Bailey. Without Bailey, the rest of the Sox have a combined 3.95 ERA in June. A 4.16 ERA is a solid ERA for an entire staff, particularly through the toughest part of the schedule. I would hardly say that the staff is starting to crumble. I would certainly like to see another high caliber SP, and for Buchholz to return to the rotation, but this pitching staff has very much stepped up and done it's job, outside of Andrew Bailey.
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There is almost a 0% chance that Bailey isn't injured. He's very, very clearly injured right now. Probably just doesn't want to further exacerbate the injury-prone stigma that goes with his name. Either way, a DL stint is almost certainly inevitable.
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I'm not saying it's the worst in the last 50 years, but it's up there. This play was right in front of him, and in broad daylight. There was no playoff pressure that could have gotten to him or anything like that. It was a pathetic call, period.
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Hey Farrell - what the hell happened to the 'low leverage situations ' for Bailey?? A 1 run lead is not low leverage you moron. This game was horrific from top to bottom. Im taking a vacation from baseball and the Sox for a while. This game has driven me away from the sport. Disgusting management, and even more disgusting umpiring. We should have taken 3/4 and instead we get 1/4 primarily because of ridiculous bullpen management Bud Selig can't get out of office soon enough.
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That play wasn't even close. That's embarrassing. I swear, if the MLB wants to maintain interest they need to institute way more replay. Watching games get decided by an embarrassingly blown call makes even the biggest fans want to stop watching the games.
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This team is resembling the 2012 version more and more everyday.
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Just disgusting!!!! Good Lord, I mean this is little league s***
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Hey Felix just make sure you get through 4 today, don't kill yourself here. Try to average 25 an inning. You're doing great. Oh, and whatever you do, make sure you always face the best hitter on the planet with two on. Excellent work.
