Bellhorn04
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From last offseason on, the Sox have acted like they sort of wouldn't mind making the playoffs this year, but it's not really a high priority. The front office is probably pretty happy the team has hung in there this long.
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I think Reese McGuire may have some acumen/concentration issues, which may explain why he's been moved a lot for a guy who seems to have baseball skills.
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Yeah, if they just miss the playoffs there will definitely be some post mortems along those lines.
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I somehow forgot my boy Mark was a switch.
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The Rays have had horrendous losses in the rotation too. Springs, Rasmussen and now McClanahan.
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You are a man who dreams of perfect platooning. Too bad they only allow a handful of bench players per game.
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If it makes you feel better, Casas has an .841 OPS in games started by a righty, and .821 in games started by a lefty. I always look at these splits too because they factor in the relievers that follow the starters, and of course the dreaded "openers".
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So has all the playing!
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In fairness their pitching staff has also been decimated by injuries and suspensions.
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Fair point.
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Right. And he's definitely struggling in August, with a .630 OPS. His last home run was on July 25.
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I'm just surprised you have an issue with Casas "only" starting 81 of 86 games against righty starters. That's 94% of the time. And again we're talking about a rookie who struggled early and who some had a lot of concerns about. Maybe Cora's resting policy has worked perfectly for him, because he has come on tremendously since the slow start.
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This thread should disappear. It's almost as bad as a political thread. -
a) No, I didn't say hot or cold doesn't matter. All I said is that if a guy has a scheduled rest day in the midst of a hot streak it's not a big deal. But if a guy is badly slumping obviously a day or two off can be necessary. No, I'm not going to show you why he needed the days off. What I've said is that we don't know exactly why Cora sat him but I'm confident there was a good reason. So obviously I don't necessarily have the explanation. My guess would be those 5 off days were mostly in April in May.
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OK, you said Casas has started 80 out of 85 vs RHP. Which 5 games didn't he start? How was he hitting at the time? He wasn't hitting much at all in April and May. Who started instead? If you're really going to dig into this you have to go all the way with it.
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Hitters can slump whether they're playing every day or have been rested a lot. Ted Williams said something about the difficulty of hitting, I think. But sure, let's blame it all on the manager, it's easy, it's simple.
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We have 6 guys to cover the 4 spots of outfield and DH: Duran Duvall Refsnyder Turner Verdugo Yoshida Pretty hard for them all to play 162, ain't it?
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Common sense might say you're right about the hot streak thing, but where's the data? If there's no data, it's just guesswork.
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It's a complaint based on nothing other than adding up games played. If the team was playing s***** such complaints would be more understandable.
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Nah, he's just a pussy. Keep running him out there until he's useless.
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Yoshida missed 4 games in April with a minor injury of some sort. But those are being included in his "rest days". Some of these complaints are really getting stupid.
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He's in a slump. Maybe he has a health issue we don't know about. And wasn't he out for a week or so with some issue? I guarantee Cora isn't sitting him just for the hell of it.
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Fornication, Firearms, Fraudsters...lots of F words to have fun with.
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Because we're used to pro athletes and people in general committing adultery. It's a story when you cross over from the merely immoral to the criminal. Not that I disagree with your point.
