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  1. Bellhorn04
    I don't think the state of catching is any worse than it's ever been. Good hitting, good defense catchers have always been a rare species.
  2. Bellhorn04
    'Quality start' is just a made-up stat, of course.
  3. Bellhorn04
    OK, let's say they should have given Vaz a couple more weeks in AAA in 2016. What should they have done with Swihart after those couple more weeks?
  4. Bellhorn04
    Sale's last start wasn't a bad one. 2 runs in 5 innings. But 102 pitches, so Cora wisely elected to get him out of there.
  5. Bellhorn04
    It might be argued that having 2 young catching prospects like Vazquez and Swihart was bound to become a problem at some point. I think we felt it was one of those 'good problems to have'. But I think it turned out to be a problem for Swihart, and perhaps for the team as well.
  6. Bellhorn04
    Your position is reasonable. Larry's is not.
  7. Bellhorn04
    I think Vazquez will be fine. We're much more likely to be in the market for bullpen help.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Metrics were good to Blair. Also good to Mark Belanger, who ended his career with a .580 OPS but a bWAR of 40.9.
  9. Bellhorn04
    Somewhere John Farrell is smiling. Oh well, I guess Sale threw a lot less in the spring, before the games that count started. But it's pretty hard to minimize the number of pitches thrown by your stud horse when you're in what shapes up as a season-long division battle with the Yanks and you have a short window to try to win it all...isn't it?
  10. Bellhorn04
    Under the Mendoza line in mid-May, though. If anything, the numbers suggest a guy like Vazquez will go on a bit of a hot streak and end the season hitting .240 or so. That's the way I'm sure team management is looking at it. Fans tend to just look at the current BA and freak out about it.
  11. Bellhorn04
    I guess JH didn't think much of the last place finishes under Ben. Say what you want but under DD we have 2 first place finishes and a great start this year. I get all the cliff talk, but saying he hasn't done well in the short term is kind of stupid, Larry.
  12. Bellhorn04
    And Leon is hitting .500 is his most recent game sample. I think we're good.
  13. Bellhorn04
    I think of him as Durable Dick.
  14. Bellhorn04
    Scott Proctored.
  15. Bellhorn04
    I don't disagree that he's been jerked around, but in 2016 they had Vazquez coming back from the injury, and they had Hanigan, who Ben had signed to a 2-year deal. If the plan was for Vazquez to be the #1, where did Swihart fit on the roster?
  16. Bellhorn04
    I don't disagree with you that there are some issues with the disparities in defensive metrics.
  17. Bellhorn04
    JBJ finished 5th in voting for MLB center fielders in the 2017 Fielding Bible awards, after a 4th place finish in 2016. That's some solid recognition from independent commentators right there.
  18. Bellhorn04
    That's true, but so is the statement that you can get a good reliever cheaper than that, as noted on the Ziegler and Reed acquisitions.
  19. Bellhorn04
    This is the rare occasion I have to defend Stork. Unless he edited it out of his post, he didn't actually suggest trading ERod for a reliever, he just said he was a trade chip, after mocking the idea of trading JBJ for a reliever.
  20. Bellhorn04
    Tingle All the Way!
  21. Bellhorn04
    You're an enigma, cp, that's what you are.
  22. Bellhorn04
    Kimmi! I was afraid you'd left us.
  23. Bellhorn04
    That bottom third is going to kick some butt tonight.
  24. Bellhorn04
    It all worked out pretty good for us, I'd say.
  25. Bellhorn04
    It's all water under the bridge now.
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