It's easy to be "right" if you adjust your opinion to the way things are currently looking.
You came up with this "Bard isn't a starter" s*** a couple days ago.
Obviously the Red Sox came to this website, read your posts and realized how wrong their approach was. After all, who are they to contend with your scouting and analytical rapport?
On the other hand, the Melancon point may very well be true.
Tebow got traded to the Jets.
Also, how can you call the Pats "the world's most annoying franchise" with a straight face with the Yankees and Red Wings still in existence?
Why?
Simon is a common name while Mercedes is a common last name in most spanish-speaking countries.
I bet if you looked in the phone guide of any spanish-speaking country, you'd find several people with that name.
As he starts throwing more fastballs, the FPS% will increase.
I don't know what all the nail-biting is about. As long as he maintains his velocity and keeps the ball on the ground, the rest of his pitching skills will come around.
The problems is that the word "consistency" and the name "Daisuke" should never be together in a sentence unless the words "wild" or "frustrating" are part of said sentence.
Bard is throwing a lot of his secondary pitches, yet still keeping the ball on the ground (6/2 GO/FO) and maintaining his velocity.
Spring Training isn't about the results players are getting, it's what they're doing and how they're doing it.