Bellhorn04
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There's a choke factor for some guys, let's face it. I think maybe Reddick choked last year. He was going great until I think it dawned on him, 'I am now the starting right fielder for the Boston Red Sox in a pennant race'. And his hitting went down the tubes. Now he's in Oakland, he can go out there every game, have fun and swing for the fences, knowing not too many people care and his job security isn't constantly under scrutiny.
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You just can't assume that these guys would be doing the same in Boston though. A lot of players have a funny habit of getting better when they leave here, especially for lower-pressure situations. And vice versa, getting worse when they come here, like the pitcher we traded Lowrie for.
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In April we had the same pitching matchup and we won 12-2. Let's do that again.
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Dojji, I do agree on the V-Mart trade. I hated trading Masterson. Hagadone is starting to contribute for them too. I really hate trading good pitching prospects.
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Lowrie is one of the most injury prone players I've ever seen on the Red Sox. For a young guy he had a neverending series of health issues. He had 4 years worth of chances to step up and establish himself with the Red Sox and he didn't do it.
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They got Bailey and Sweeney. Sweeney is contributing and Bailey is injured. If Bailey comes back and pitches well and Reddick slumps does the trade still show Cherries is over his head? The point is it's still too early to call.
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Reddick and Lowrie are now playing for small-market teams with very little pressure on them. That could be helping. You can't say the Red Sox didn't give Lowrie his opportunities. The guy couldn't stay healthy for us.
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Yes, and I'm going to go remove my posts about Brandon Morrow now.
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The one exception is Longoria. He signed a contract that was just plain stupid.
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Here's a really strange and useless fact about the Rays that I just noticed. They have had different closers now for 8 f***ing years in a row.
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I respect their management. As for the players, they're no different from other players. Most of the Rays aren't making that much money right now but at some point, if they're good enough and they last, they will want to get paid. At that point they will leave the team by free agency, like Crawford, or get traded first, like Garza.
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Here's one of the things you said: On your bench, a guy with a good OBP who can't run, throw or field is not useful, because he may slump just when you need him. Sean Casey, 2008. He had over 200 plate appearances. He didn't hit a home run, he was slow, not a great fielder, but he had a high OBP. He refutes your statement.
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'Speed doesn't slump' is kind of a simplistic statement, isn't it? Crawford had 18 steals last year, the lowest total of his career, partially because he wasn't getting on base as much, partially because when he did get on base he was reluctant to go for some reason. His speed was not as much of an asset to us as expected.
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You have a point.
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Could be. But if you look through the numbers for starting outfielders around baseball right now, there are an awful lot of guys with OPS's in the 600's and lower - offensive stiffs.
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Agreed. If you expand the numbers to include all outfield positions, the average AL outfielder has a line of 254/325/423.
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But as I said earlier, what Bard is giving us so far this year is a lot better than what Lackey, DiceK, Wakefield, Miller, Weiland or Bedard gave us last year. The lack of a decent back end of the rotation really hurt us last year.
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Yes, I think I may have gotten a little too worked up about Nava and his numbers yesterday. Mea culpa.
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Personally I'm finding it a little comical how much abuse Nava is taking in this thread. Is this all a backlash against Dojji or something? I understand that Nava's potential is limited but his numbers are pretty respectable. He had a .926 OPS at Pawtucket and his major league line now stands at .264/.383/.408. Also he's got 37 RBI in 201 major league AB's, which translates to a 100 RBI season based on about 550 AB's.
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I like underdogs too...especially the ones who hit 350/491/600 over 14 games.
