Jump to content
Talk Sox
  • Create Account

Bellhorn04

Community Moderator
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    54,791

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    76

 Content Type 

Profiles

Boston Red Sox Videos

2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking

Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker

News

2026 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by Bellhorn04

  1. Bellhorn04
  2. Bellhorn04
    The guy could still be throwing good but at 111 pitches you know fatigue is going to kick in very soon. You've got a guy in the bullpen with good numbers and he's fully rested and ready to go. I see your side of it too. I just don't envy the managers those decisions. Sometimes it's just rolling the dice and praying.
  3. Bellhorn04
    Byrd must have been on the bad juice...sort of like the bad acid at Woodstock.
  4. Bellhorn04
    Valentine seems to be attempting to boost the pitch counts a bit. Lester has already had 5 starts of over 115 pitches. IRT the Hamels yank, I think it's just a tough call for the manager. You say leave him in till he gets in trouble. But how much trouble? I assume if the first 2 guys get on you pull him. So then you bring your setup guy in, but instead of a clean inning to pitch he's got 2 men on and nobody out. Maybe your setup man has great numbers in clean innings and not-so-great numbers with inherited runners.
  5. Bellhorn04
    It's a very good story.
  6. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, I hear ya...to me it sort of sounds like Manual just wasn't interested in getting into a big discussion with whoever asked the question on the whys and wherefores of pitch counts, like we do here...
  7. Bellhorn04
    I think most managers are still leery of a pitcher throwing 125 pitches or more, for health reasons and also, probably, because the number crunchers have shown them how most pitchers lose effectiveness at that point. Hamels was at 111 pitches after 7. Maddon also pulled Price at 112 pitches with 1 run allowed.
  8. Bellhorn04
    I think you're right. Halladay is on the shelf, Lee has a 5.10 ERA in his last 7 starts. They need Hamels very badly and as you say, they have demonstrated a willingness to pay premier prices.
  9. Bellhorn04
  10. Bellhorn04
    Plus the odds are against the White Sox being the team we have to beat for a WC spot. The Rays, Baltimore and the Angels all have better records. The White Sox also have a good shot at winning their crappy division.
  11. Bellhorn04
    He hit .199 after the ASB last year and ended the season on the DL. You can't sell high on that. Other teams needed to see him play.
  12. Bellhorn04
  13. Bellhorn04
    And what if we trade Nava, and CC comes back and stinks it up again with the .290 OBP or his injury issues linger...the fans will love it.
  14. Bellhorn04
    Yes, get him the f*** out of here. I'm sick of his hits, walks, runs and RBI.
  15. Bellhorn04
    Nah, Nava's just trade bait. We don't need guys who get on base 2-3 times a game.
  16. Bellhorn04
    I don't know which one of those would make me sicker. Nava I can possibly understand, but why in the f*** would they trade Ross? The guy is killing LH pitching. We need his RH power.
  17. Bellhorn04
    I only care about his player transactions that are still with us-they are what's relevant. Morales looks like a good one.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Christ. At present our rotation is Lester, Morales, Cook, Doubront and Dice-K.
  19. Bellhorn04
    As I recall Tito expressed some regret about Meredith. I think the Sox bullpen was really short-handed for that game and Tito had to plead with Epstein to bring up a reliever. He said later he wished he hadn't rushed Meredith into that situation.
  20. Bellhorn04
  21. Bellhorn04
    According to all the insiders a Youkilis trade is just a matter of time now, and not much time either.
  22. Bellhorn04
    So does Epstein get any credit for getting Morales for nothing, or did the franchise-crippling blind squirrel merely stumble on another acorn.
  23. Bellhorn04
    Ha ha, look, this FO ruins everything it touches, and as for Bard, as you can see in Fred's post above, he, Elk, Pumpsie, Muggah and Brennan called this.
  24. Bellhorn04
    Fair enough. I've been watching the Sox a long time, though, and I haven't seen many players have a better on-base stretch than he is having for this long.
  25. Bellhorn04
×
×
  • Create New...