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  1. The interview with Ozzie was at least as interesting to watch as watching Henry Owens try to find the plate.
  2. I think teams have learned to pitch him up in the zone, which is where his hole is. He is not going to be a .900 OPS guy; I expect more like .780 or so. And at least his defensive metrics don't suck. In any event, he has been better than Sandoval would have been.
  3. The C's are an incredibly gritty team....what a game!
  4. Nice job by Barnes...he actually had a very good ST. At the very least he throws strikes, even if some of his strikes end up in the bleachers.
  5. You must work in a cigarette factory
  6. Fortunately, Feldman has sucked even worse and the Astros seem intent on giving us the game
  7. I sure hope this isn't going to be our #6SP all season....is this all there is at Pawtucket?
  8. In some ways it was more entertaining than watching Owens
  9. How many more baserunners is Farrell going to put up with before he gets Owens off the mound?
  10. Farrell is about to be a batter too late
  11. Time to get Owens out of the game...before its too late
  12. This guy reminds me of Matsusaka, only worse
  13. Hembree, Taz, Koji, and Kimbrel...all should be available
  14. Once a rattlesnake bit Holt, and after five days of excruciating pain, the snake finally died.
  15. Anyone think five runs is enough with Owens pitching? I just hope he can make it through five with a lead of a couple of runs.
  16. I would be happy if he can give up five innings and leave with his team ahead. He is really not very good at all....most #6 SP are not too good.
  17. Wonder who we could get for the #7 overall pick in 2013
  18. Fact is, we are stuck with our current rotation now, at least until the trade deadline. Hopefully they will improve enough for us to start winning more consistently.
  19. I could have lived with that.
  20. I am arguing because I am of a different opinion than you are. Where would we put either of those guys? Assuming we still have our current SP. I would have had no problem signing Latos for $3M as insurance for Buchholz, but not at the cost of getting rid of CB. Latos was also a risk, given what he did last year.
  21. I just used those two teams as examples. I didn't take the time to fully research the injury history of every team. I did find one source, fangraphs, that shows that for the 2013 season the Sox were in the middle third for days lost due to injury (http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2013-disabled-list-team-data/) Sure, in an ideal world DD would have obtained another TOTR SP (at great cost, no doubt). I do not think that was a realistic expectation after obtaining an ace. Henry simply isn't going to pay for that. Hence, we are stuck with a relatively cheap, if fragile, Clay Buchholz. Edit: one more graph, from 2002-2011 showing the Sox in the middle of the pack in terms of player days lost on the DL: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/10-year-disabled-list-trends/
  22. First, I think we can stipulate that Buchholz has something to prove vis a vis injuries. And we can also stipulate that Kelly belongs in the pen where he is less likely to get hurt because he won't be throwing as many pitches. Porcello was horrible last year; but the year before that he had an ERA+ of 113 and his ERA had gone down for three consecutive years. In addition, he has averaged nearly 200 IP for the seven years before this one. Finally, the Red Sox have no monopoly on injuries. Just off the top of my head, I believe the Yankees lost Pineda for a whole season. And currently the Orioles have had Gausman, Gallardo, and Matusz on the DL already this year; the Rays have Cobb and Boxberger on the DL. I am not sure the Red Sox even have a worse than average injury profile. No team makes it through the year injury free.
  23. Wright has an ERA of 1.4. He is going to regress from that. Don't forget that he would likely be our #5 SP. If he can manage to keep his ERA around 4 I would be thrilled. As for injuries: they happen to all teams. I am not sure that the Red Sox are going to have an injury profile that is much worse than league average. Thats really the key to getting a ring: keeping our major players healthy. And thats a crapshoot.
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