Bellhorn04
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Maybe it was just a bad connection and all they really said was, 'What will it take to get him? F**k knows.'
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The Sox never really had that much leverage, I don't think, because Epstein was clearly a goner who could do them no good by sticking around. Shaughnessy's suggestion of holding out for Garza seems pretty ludicrous.
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Wouldn't be surprised if Theo already had a quick conversation with Cherington. 'How you likin' it so far, buddy...you know, we just might be able to find a place for you here.' Lucchino might as well just take over as GM.
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Eck seems to me to be a guy whose baseball knowledge and insight leans heavily to the pitching component. As such, he might make an excellent pitching coach but I don't think he would be a good manager.
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Based on what numbers?
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On the leadership/clubhouse thing, the Joe Torre book did have some fairly interesting stuff on this. You could even see some parallels between what happened with Torre and what happened with Francona. Torre confirmed that it was important to have guys within the clubhouse that helped you control things. Paul O'Neil was a guy who would get in other players' faces when they weren't giving it full effort or whatever. And he was respected so other players would listen to him. The impression of Jeter was that he was quiet but that he did give leadership by example because of his work ethic and the fact that he wanted to play every game even when he wasn't 100%.
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Well, if you're a conspiracy theorist, runs scored in the AL had a fairly precipitous drop in the year 2010, from averages of about 9.6 per game in 2008-2009 to about 8.9 in 2010-2011. One of the theories advanced to explain it has been a slight expansion of the strike zone. And yes, J. D. was one of the guys who verbalized that theory.
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No question, the ability to draw the walk was a big part of his game and when he wasn't getting the borderline calls it really hurt him.
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No, in my haste I actually missed that little detail. Point taken.
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Bard had a 1.44 ERA with Varitek last year and a 4.54 ERA with Salty, so if we get rid of Varitek things will be even more exciting for Bard.
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I think it goes like this: Q) Does Drew play enough games? A) Nope. Move on. Q) When he plays, is he productive?
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I've participated in quite a few of these arguments about Drew the last few years. They're actually kind of fun. Not quite as much fun since his averages with the Sox have gotten dragged down the last two years. The knock on him about his fragility and his attitude is tough to dismiss. Wouldn't even attempt it. The knock on his offensive productivity is much more addressable. The primary criticisms always revolve around his low RBI's. What seems to get overlooked is how his high OBP translates into high runs scored totals. The players I think Drew should be compared are guys like Pedroia and Damon. Over his career Drew averages 82 RBI and 98 runs per 162. Pedroia = 78 and 109 Damon = 75 and 110 Also you could bring in someone like Victor Martinez who drives in considerably more but scores considerably less. 104 and 82 If you use the simple metric of Runs Created - Runs + RBI - HR, Drew falls just a little below these other 3, who are considered to be good solid offensive producers.
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Which specific data are you you referring to as the ones you consider important?
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One thing nobody's mentioned is Drew's postseason numbers for us. Everybody knows the Slam, but here are his career postseason numbers for Boston: 28 games 107 PA's 286/346/459 805 OPS 4 HR 19 RBI Interestingly enough Swisher has the identical number of postseason games for the Yankees: 28 games 114 PA's 160/257/330 587 OPS 4 HR 5 RBI
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That's a fair methodology and I would agree with the 2003-2008 grade. I think the 2009-2011 is too low, but I can see a D grade. Overall I think a B- grade is reasonable.
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