Bellhorn04
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As SFF says though, if you assume a 6 month recovery, he ain't gonna do us any good in January, so why not see how he plays now.
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Let the Lester character assassination begin
Bellhorn04 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Lester is pitching horribly at Fenway (5.80) and very well on the road (3.04). That'll certainly catch the eye of any teams interested in him. If we do trade him, I have little doubt that he'll get himself straightened out and will have a long, productive career. -
Very nicely put.
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The thing is, SFF, that is an elephant-sized IF. We're over halfway through the season. If Beckett and Lester haven't gotten it together by now, what exactly is there to generate any optimism in that area? Especially when they're both coming off dismal performances against the NYY. There's just nothing there...
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He does.
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Lee is probably right on both counts.
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This team has problems on all fronts. As bad as things have gone this year, I thought maybe Beckett and Lester could step up against the Yanks, but no. It was the Oakland series that really snapped me though. Especially that second game. That was as brutal as it gets. Punto blows the bunt, Kalish goes Psycho Lyons and gets thrown at third, Aceves blows the save. What a trifecta! That was awful.
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I don't think it's possible to have a highly successful Red Sox team without a strong offence. You play half your games in Fenway, you have to be able to win some 8-6 games, and to blow away some weaker teams by putting up crooked numbers early.
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This team did a great job building a run differential monster starting around 2002. We started losing our run differential mojo in 2009.
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You're right, it's not profound, it's obvious.
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:thumbsup:
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The evidence does indicate a higher correlation between pitching and titles than it does between hitting and titles. But hearing the old adage 'pitching wins championships' is kind of aggravating when, as I mentioned, the teams with the very best pitching are missing the playoffs.
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Oddly enough, the team that led the AL in ERA the last 4 years, 2008-2011, all missed the playoffs. And Oakland is on pace to make it 5 years in a row.
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I think it depends on what happens the next couple of weeks. We have a tough schedule after the break. If we fall further back we could be sellers.
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D for disappointing.
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The MFY's are always good for a reality check, aren't they? They will bring out whatever fear exists in a pitcher.
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Yeah, Mortensen is a long man/garbage man.
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Right now that looks like the proverbial rearranging of deck chairs on the Titanic. Let him complete a season anyway IMO.
