Bellhorn04
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The important thing is that everyone has someone or something to blame. My main source of blame for this year is that miserable prick Mr. Shithappens. Hate that guy.
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So what about E-Rod and Bogaerts and Devers and a few others? You're saying they magically rose above it all somehow?
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And what about E-Rod. How can he be possibly pitching so well after all that babying? Hard to figure...
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And let's not forget the babying of Cashner in ST...oh wait...
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Eovaldi's issue this year was the same one he had last year when he was, um, with Tampa Bay.
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True that.
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So you really think a veteran pitcher like Rick Porcello in his contract year is posting a 6 ERA because Cora babied him in ST? I think you have to be kidding. And Sale wasn't fully healthy at the end of last year to begin with.
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They can afford it. But a lot of the contracts do turn into albatrosses. It's not much fun paying piles of money to guys like Sandoval and Castillo to play in San Fran or Pawtucket. So you can understand some hesitation in just signing these things like they're car rental agreements.
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Well, let's see: Sale - gone. Price - mystery injuries popping up left, right and center. Eovaldi - missed most of the year and hasn't been great when he's pitched. Porcello - DFA candidate. Cashner, Johnson, whoever else - more s***. Yeah, AC is doing a terrible job managing this stalwart staff.
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I didn't mean it to be unfair. I realize that injuries were part of it. Just pointing out what rough shape the group is in.
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Yes, Cashner might be a better choice than Porcello going forward. Heavy emphasis on 'might'.
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Setting E-Rod aside, when was the last time one of these guys had a Quality Start?
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Cashner was even worse than Porcello as a starter. He's been good as a reliever. We're talking Russian Roulette here...
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You know better. Our replacement for Porcello would be, if not Johnson, Ryan Weber or someone of his ilk.
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It's virtually guaranteed that every mega-contract will have issues. There are hardly any players that go out and produce like clockwork and don't get injured, for 8 straight years or whatever it is.
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Um, what are you talking about?
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You might be the biggest Sox fan in the universe, but you've tossed in the towel. Not everyone has. I think most of the fans going to Fenway this week expect the team to try to win the games until they're mathematically eliminated.
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Sometimes guys surpass the early projections & expectations. That's our biggest hope, weak as it may be.
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Or the Clarifier, as Denny calls me. In the office I've been called Hawkeye for my proofreading skills.
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Yeah, that Manny Ramirez contract absolutely killed us. You do have a point. But let's not forget that some of those contracts do pay off.
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Nope. You can't just throw in the towel and start workouts for next year. This is major league baseball and fans are paying huge dollars to watch it. The time for what you're talking about appears to be coming soon but it's not here yet.
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Possibly so. But still, it put a man at second with Mookie and Raffy coming up. They just didn't get it done.
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Yeah, I figured some people would lay this one on Cora for not hooking Porcello sooner. I mean, why shouldn't he rely totally on our vaunted bullpen, and let them pile up the innings with only 6 more straight days to go against the Twins and Yanks offenses? Right on.
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What irks me is the heaping of abuse on the same players who delivered such a fantastic season last year.
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Yes, we will be a playoff team this year
Bellhorn04 replied to bosoxmal's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
To be fair, DD had nothing to do with Porcello's contract (other than trading him to us LOL).
