Bellhorn04
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His hands appear to be truly tied at the moment. Henry et al may have decided not to worry about re-setting, but they obviously don't want to spend money this offseason either. Plus we have little in the way of prospects to trade.
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Nothing that happens on a baseball forum is useful, it's just entertainment.
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Have any teams actually been using a closer-quality pitcher to do this?
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I've accepted the idea of bullpen games, but I don't really get the 'opener' concept, other than it can throw off the other team's L-R lineup strategy.
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The message is pretty clear now - they'd like to reset, but not at the expense of the 2020 team being competitive. On its face, that would rule out any payroll-cutting trades in which we get worse.
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Ha ha...I empathize, but any posts are better than no posts.
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Erod and JBJ packaged up and let’s move on .
Bellhorn04 replied to Swiharts Ghost's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
He led the AL in walks largely because he pitched 203 innings. His 3.3 walks per 9 innings was exactly major league average. -
I'm sure you do.
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Some after the fact analysis of trades using the simulator would be of interest.
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But Middlebrooks was walking less and less too. Absolutely no patience.
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Dalbec's K/BB in 2019 was less than 2/1.
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Dalbec had 139 K's last year, but 73 BB's. That's a good ratio. Hitters in general are striking out a lot more now.
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K/BB rate seems to be the critical number. Middy's was 5/1. He proved that 5/1 is death.
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You could be right and you could be wrong. That's about the size of it.
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Chavis does look ominously like Middlebrooks. Dalbec looks more hopeful.
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Well, you don't need them all to go right. Expecting that would certainly be unrealistic. You do need most of them to go right.
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That's kind of a gloomy way to think.
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You don't seem to have much faith in Bloom to plug the holes and make some nice little under the radar acquisitions to bolster our chances.
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If the Sox don't make any more big moves, the team will not be hugely different from the 2018 team. The big subtractions being Porcello and Kimbrel. The lineup will be the same other than Moreland & Holt. It'll all come down to the health of the rotation.
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As Elk pointed out, it's not just ticket sales that matter, it's NESN viewership. And 700hitter has mentioned that the secondary market for tickets has fallen way off.
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Yes, 'interested fans' would be a better way to put it.
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One thing that has to be kept in mind is that selling tickets is a big part of the reason why this franchise can spend $200 million on players.
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This arb agreement is pretty much a non-event. The only question was the dollar amount. I'll be happy if he's not traded, yes.
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You're right, this does put things in a different light. I have to give Shaughnessy credit for quoting Henry's e-mail in full, even though it made clear that Henry thinks he's full of crap LOL
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If anyone else agrees, I'll take it seriously and never diss the docs again.
