FredLynn
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The season hasn't even started yet and the bullpen is a "problem"?
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Steven Wright facing 80 game suspension
FredLynn replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
He should have missed the rest of them. -
Steven Wright facing 80 game suspension
FredLynn replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Sure there are. But they are all forbidden. Yes, there goes some insurance out of the pen, but some things transcend baseball. Wright's laundry list is now long enough to warrant his immediate release IMO. -
Steven Wright facing 80 game suspension
FredLynn replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Even if he was not REQUIRED to let the team know it was a moral imperative that he inform them. Get rid of him and move on. -
DD has already said that he doesn't plan to carry three catchers. I think that Swihart is going to DFA'd. They are likely waiting a bit to do it because doing it a week after his brother died would be heartless.
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Not sure if this belongs in this thread, but it is about ST. Seems the Yankees have a new problem: Luis Severino scratched from spring debut WWW.MLB.COM TAMPA, Fla. -- Luis Severino is "highly unlikely" to be ready for Opening Day, according to manager Aaron Boone, who said the Yankees' ace will not be permitted to throw for at least two weeks due to right shoulder inflammation. Severino was scheduled to make his spring debut on Tuesday,
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I think that the pen is suspect. I am surprised that DD didn't make a move to improve it. Its the one area that is likely to stand between now and a deep run in the playoffs IMO. The rest of the team is very good....but the pen....??
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They don't go away. They just ripen.
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So premature as to be irrelevant at this time.
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Who the hell cares what Kraft does in his bedroom? If he is not married any more he has every right to seek companionship wherever he can find it and its pretty obnoxious of anyone to judge him for it. Even if he were married, thats not something that should concern any of us: it would be ONLY between him and his wife. To label him a "scumbag" for seeking companionship at age 77 - or at any other age for that matter- is the height of sticking your nose in where it doesn't belong.
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I would love to see him get an OPS like that, obviously. But at this point that kind of projection doesn't pass the sniff test. All of us watch him at the plate swlnging at too many high strikes. Until he fixes that he isn't going to make that grade.
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Steamer projects Devers to hit >.800 OPS? Seriously? I don't see it...not until he learns to stop consistently swinging at balls that are out out of the strike zone. Devers is a poster boy for someone who has lots of *potential* according to many people-but who has shown little to live up to those expectations.
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I have no idea what you are talking about. Jacko nailed it on the head before last season began.................................oh wait.
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Just out of curiosity, what happens if we trade one of our catchers and then one gets hurt. Who do we have in the minor leagues that could fill in, if anyone? I don't really keep track of the minors as much as some of you do.
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You don't know that for sure. I doubt Machado's off field antics are going to cost him much of anything at all. Its all about his play-and the reluctance of owners nowadays to sign big name players to huge contracts.
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IMHO Leon has a body type that is subject to breaking down. While any player can get injured its less likely to happen to a younger player who is in decent physical shape. The demands of catching could wear Leon down...maybe this year...maybe next. But a guy in his physical condition is an injury waiting to happen...IMO. I would trade him while his trade value as a good defensive catcher is perhaps at a high point and keep Vas and Swi.
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The problem is, its not really MLB competition. The regulars might be out there for a few innings, but mostly the guys playing will never sniff the major leagues. Personally, I find it uninteresting.
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Which half?
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Interpretation: " Sure. Show me the money".
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Some folks here are convinced that because of Leon our pitchers are so "comfortable" on the mound. Maybe thats true. And maybe some other GM will see that too. And $2.75M nowadays isn't really a king's ransom, is it.
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Watches Leon get traded and becomes the backup catcher to Vas.
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I will gladly take a bite out of my hat if Pedroia comes back and contributes in any kind of substantive way to the team this year.
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Not quite sure if this is the right place to post this, but I was informed today that PinstripeZac passed away at age 62 on Feb 7. Many folks who posted on the old BDC forum-as well perhaps as here-may remember him as a true gentleman. Rest in peace.
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More RPs are crapshoots than starters in terms of predictablity. We will see how the Yankee bullpen does this year. ON PAPER they look good. ON PAPER the Yankees should have won the ALE last year too. Far more RPs are crapshoots than RPs who are predictable. RPs are RPs because they are, in general, not good enough to be starters-in part because they are inconsistent.
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Those guys are exceptions and you know it. Furthermore, at times Kimbrel WAS a crapshoot last year. Way too much drama. And numbers significantly below his career average. The examples of guys who far exceeded expectations as RPs or underperformed are too many to list. Starters-probably because they have a much larger sample size in terms of innings pitched-are more predictable (though by no means can Fangraphs or any other model say for certain how a player will pitch). So yes, RPs ARE a crapshoot-mostly.