Bellhorn04
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Personally, I think it's the baseball contracts that are f***ed in the head, and FanGraphs just reflects that reality.
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Agreed, and personally I'm waiting for the day when baseball's economic bubble bursts - it has to. But when the games are being played you have to set all that stuff aside, the game of baseball itself is still great.
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The reason Buchholz is worth 13 million is that it's only a 1 year commitment. Plus there is a team option for a second year at 13.5 million if by some miracle Buch both pitches well and stays healthy.
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Here's how crazy the money is: Brett Anderson and Colby Rasmus each received Qualifying Offers of 15.8 million.
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As a matter of fact, FanGraphs has Price's total value over the past 2 seasons at 97.3 million or 48.65 million average. That's why he's going to get a deal worth 220 million or more. It's insane but it's the current reality of MLB.
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The rumor mill has it that Price is very likely to end up with the Cubs.
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FWIW MLBTR predicts we sign Cueto and O'Day.
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All I can say is I hope they gave him a really good physical.
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Carrasco of Cleveland is the guy.
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He is a maestro of mediocrity. Welcome back.
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Kimmi, one of the all-time classic examples of why both the save stat and the hold stat should be abolished came in a game that Sox fans all know and love - Game 5 of the 2004 ALCS. As we all remember with joy, Joe Torre elected to let Tom Gordon start the 8th with the Yanks leading 4-2. Gordon gave up the home run to Papi. Torre didn't budge. Gordon gave up a walk to Millar and a single to Nixon, moving pinch runner Roberts to third. Torre finally trudged out to the mound and removed Gordon for Rivera. Rivera gave up a game-tying sac fly to Varitek, then retired the side. He also pitched a scoreless ninth, raising the question of why Torre didn't have him start the 8th. At the end of the day, Gordon's stat line shows 2 runs allowed in 0.2 innings. Rivera's shows 0 runs allowed in 2 innings. Gordon was credited with a hold. Rivera was charged with a blown save.
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2016 Red Sox Hot Stove Discussion Thread
Bellhorn04 replied to a700hitter's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
One trade suggestion on the Boston.com forum that seems at least plausible looks like this: Swihart, Bradley and something else, possibly Owens, to Cleveland for Salazar or Carrasco -
You seem to be disagreeing with my point and yet saying essentially the same thing.
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The blown save stat can be ridiculous sometimes though. You can be brought in with the bases loaded and no outs and give up a run on a ground ball and get charged with a blown save.
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No doubt. I wonder how the fans at the park who were screaming for him to leave Harvey in feel about it now.
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And the Royals were so close to being taken out by Houston in the first round - down 2 games to 1 and down 6-2 after 7 innings in Game 4, in Houston.
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If not for the 2 blown saves, the Mets would be the team up 3-1 in this series.
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Agreed.
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Hmmm, a blown save for the Mets - that looked kind of Familia. (Well, someone had to say it.)
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That's two pitchers though. Shades of the 2006 World Series, maybe, where the Tigers pitchers made a bunch of errors.
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Very true. But there are variances, of course. Some fans are convinced they are much smarter baseball-wise than the manager.
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I like Curtis Granderson. Nice to see him having a strong season and postseason.
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Unfortunately for Ben, his biggest, most expensive acquisitions, Porcello, Hanley, Panda and Castillo, basically underperformed throughout the whole season except for a few good stretches. The team has invested about 350 million in those 4 players.
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The only red flags I see are his overall numbers since he moved to KC. Some very rocky outings that puffed up his ERA. That and his reported asking price of 8 years, 240 million. But it's all in the hands of Dombro and JH.
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Ah yes, the Recency Effect. It's hard not to be influenced by what just happened.
