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  1. User Name
    You mean like you, and what you did in 2012? Why pot, meet kettle! Also, everyone here has the right and ability to post whenever the hell they want. Douchey antagonistic posters like you and cp are the reason this board is a shell of what it used to be. GFY fred.
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    That's the main problem with him. Not only that, but even in a year in which he got extremely lucky (.247 BABIP/2.7% HR/FB) he was still 12th in the league in WAR, sandwiched between around 20 relievers who are either better or almost as good, for a fraction of the price. The "Rivera highway" bs is nonsense, and Papelbon's just not that good anymore.
  3. User Name
    Let me put it this way: You think you know better than people throughout the industry, but you don't.
  4. User Name
    Yeah, like a lot of other closers on s***** teams. There's a reason why all of the other playoff-bound teams (including Detroit) with question marks on their BP didn't make the effort to go after him in a trade even though he was clearly available. You may want to let go of Papelbon's jockstrap as soon as possible. He's not that good.
  5. User Name
    You know, there's this thing in fangraphs called "inside edge fielding" which quantifies how many balls a player got to on his position depending on the likelihood of the ball being normally caught. Xander caught balls in the "routine category" 98.6 % of the time, while defensive wizard Andrelton Simmons caught these types of balls 98.3% of the time. What this tells me is that you are doing a lot of talking without doing any kind of research. Scouting reports speak of his soft hands and good instincts (like another certain ss who was able to "make all the plays") with average range and decent arm but certain problems with positioning and footwork, both fixable issues. It's true that XB is a below average SS, but people who actually know what they're talking about project him to become at least average at the position with the projection of having to move off the position when he gets older. You don't know what you're talking about with your "scouting" of XB.
  6. User Name
    You're still not very good at reading after all these years, which is surprising. Read it again. Mask "some" of his deficiencies. Not turn him into an above-average SS overnight. In that respect, i said he "could" improve, but that's something out of the team's control.
  7. User Name
    This is a great post, and a700hitter trying to dance around the response means your post hit his argument (and the argument of many here) pretty hard. Well done.
  8. User Name
    Except that Hamels is far from a sure thing considering his numbers against the AL in an acceptable sample size, and they have the option of getting a likely superior pitcher in either Scherzer or Shields that costs only money.
  9. User Name
    Power needs to improve. You can't shift around a home run, but in the meantime, they will continue to suppress offensive production, as has been quantifiably proven. Numbers don't lie, yet opinions are like *******s and all that.
  10. User Name
    Then you don't value the opinion of a lot of people who know a hell of a lot more about baseball than you or i do. Good luck with that. Also, this is a forum geared towards baseball discussion in general, especifically referring to the Boston Red Sox. I am discussing the Red Sox. If you don't like it, feel free to either stop whining, continue the discussion, or put me on ignore.
  11. User Name
    I like Shields because he looks like a goofball. There, i said it.
  12. User Name
    iortiz, once again, you have reading comprehension problems. What BSN has said (and who are the other posters?) is that the rotation is flawed but if they can stay afloat they can buy a #1 as a rental before the trade deadline, just like many teams do. I don't agree with him in this regard, but you're absolutely taking what he said out of context.
  13. User Name
    The main point of my post was that a catcher is more important to run preventíon that a ss. That is not arguable. The other is that for all the whining about xb's defense, he could improve. That is a possibility. For the lot of you who think that overall D can't help negate for some ss's defensive deficiencies, you are dead wrong. With the advent of defensive shifts around baseball, and with a team as research-inclined as this one, shifts will absolutely impact overall defensive efficiency for this team next year. Having good defenders to either side will absolutely help Bogaerts mask some of his deficiencies, and this isn't something left to the eye test, it can and will be quantified. Hit me up again next year regarding this subject. And jacko, as always, you speak half truth here. Again, defensive shifts make a major impact now that wasn't around during Jeter's prime.
  14. User Name
    Your take is wrong.
  15. User Name
    Unsurprisingly, iortiz has reading comprehension problems as well. No one here is content with the current state of the rotation.
  16. User Name
    Sox need a number 1. No one is disputing that. Whatever is making anyone here think that others are arguing otherwise is creating that argument out of thin air. Now, people giving reasons as to why the fo may decide to go with the current rotation is an entirely different argument, and it's the one actually being presented.
  17. User Name
    Because c has a greater impact in overall run prevention and a ss's deficiencies can be covered by the overall quality of the rest of the infield. Bogaerts is also 22 with the possibility of defensive improvement and superstar offensive potential. There is no irony, it's common sense.
  18. User Name
    "To be an ace, a pitcher not only needs the performance, but the durability"- Jacko, as long as it doesn't pertain to a Yankee pitcher, because then they have a separate "ace level" class.
  19. User Name
    I was going to try and post something funny here about how awful of a comparison that is, but gave up. That is beyond ridiculous.
  20. User Name
    I would sig this entire post if i could. Fred's been watching baseball long enough to understand how player development works, but conveniently ignores it if a player isn't one of his binkies.
  21. User Name
    This is absolutely ridiculous.
  22. User Name
    That's a joke post right?
  23. User Name
    Goddamn what's in the water up there......
  24. User Name
    Betts for leadoff plz.
  25. User Name
    I wholeheartedly disagree. We'd have to see him play fully healthy before declaring a lack of power on his part.
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