Bellhorn04
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We're mired in the basement yet only 5.5 games out of first. The positive thing about the overall strengthening of the division is that the Orioles, Rays, Yankees and Jays also have to play each other 18 times and that should have a drag on the W-L records in the division.
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Dice-K threw 5 shutout innings for the PawSox Saturday. 1 hit and 1 walk.
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That was Kalish's second game. In his first game he was 2 for 4 with a home run.
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Well put.
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Here's hoping Buchholz pitches a good game. But I also think Valentine may be pretty quick with the hook today if he doesn't like what he sees.
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At the very least Salty is establishing himself as a hitter with potential to put up some serious power numbers. He can crush the baseball.
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Yes you may.
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Dice-K pitched 5 shutout innings for Pawtucket...1 hit and 1 walk.
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Nice posting there man.
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I have to agree with Pumpsie, our problems are mainly with the starting pitching. Our offense is pretty good and the bullpen has really come around. Lester and Buchholz are the guys who are really not getting it done. Between the two of them they have 6 quality starts out of 19. One more bad start from Buchholz and I think he has to go on hiatus. Even if we have to replace him with a piggyback team like Atchison and Tazawa.
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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.
