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  1. FredLynn
    Ummm...he is an 18 year old untested SP with an ERA in the mid 4s this year. Maybe he will be good, maybe he won't. Pomeranz is an all star with very good ERA+ numbers for the past three years. We weren't going to get anyone decent for a Trey Ball or a Henry Owens. You want to make the playoffs this year, you gotta give to get.
  2. FredLynn
    Think what you like Slasher. Last year we were a terrible team destined to finish last for the second year in a row. This year's version of Clay Buchholz would fit right in with that team. However.....if we are going to compete for a playoff spot this year and next we cannot have a guy with his horrendous statistics starting for us-hoping that somehow he will improve. Maybe he will; likely he will not. If I am DD I am not waiting around to find out.
  3. FredLynn
    I meant that if Ziegler is not available lets use Barnes, not Koji. I don't think he has it any more. Just the location of his pitches...not sharp.
  4. FredLynn
    Thats the problem. There is no one else. Owens has neither command nor velocity, a bad combination. No to Owens. Even worse, Farrell has said that Buchholz is coming back into the rotation. We really need help.
  5. FredLynn
    Who would you rather have as our fourth SP then-from among the currently available options? I agree: ERod needs a slider or a curve, and that's what he should be working on all next winter. He isn't going to suddenly come up with one in a few weeks.
  6. FredLynn
    Lets keep this real. Last year ERod, in 121 IP, had an ERA of 3.85, and an ERA+ of 110. At the beginning of this year he got hurt. So far he has pitched just 29 innings in just 6 games. Are you really ready to give up on him already? We gave Buchholz 10+ starts before declaring him a disaster. Aside from the fact that right now there is no better option than ERod-who last year was very good-its simply too early to give up on him. Six starts? Really?
  7. FredLynn
    Barnes has been very good, with a few notable exceptions. He is a good strikeout pitcher, and I would personally prefer that he be given a shot at closing games over Uehara. Ziegler could be the primary closer, then Barnes.
  8. FredLynn
    Phantom injury I suspect. O'Sullivan's value is pretty low. And someone had to be put on the DL or demoted to make room for Ziegler. I doubt this is a serious injury or even a real one. And apparently ERod is being reactivated: "Michael Silverman ✔ @mikesilvermanbb Eduardo Rodriguez will be activated to start 2nd-half opener in NY @yankees this Friday. Followed by Wright and Price." As for the 19th, we do not need another starter then. Not until the 23rd. And here is what Farrell had to say about it: "Michael Silverman ✔ @mikesilvermanbb Farrell said plan is to have Buchholz in rotation in second half. First start unknown right now, no rush for 5th starter until July 23." Oh goody. Clay Buchholz back in the rotation. Its the sort of thing nightmares are made of.
  9. FredLynn
    ERod's major problem, aside from command, is that he has only two pitches he can throw reliably. As a RP you can get away with that, but not as a starter. He needs to develop a slider or curve that he can command.
  10. FredLynn
    I can understand why DD did this: our bench really stinks and Hill is an improvement that is sorely needed. Still......our bench is not the major issue with this team, and we just gave up a SP with an ERA under 2.5 at AAA ball without even giving him a shot at it in Boston. I think this was a mistake. Yes, Wilkerson could have flopped, but given how bad our #4-5 SPs are he was worth a shot....unless DD has more up his sleeve in terms of addressing the pitching issue.
  11. FredLynn
    There is THAT too. Wilkerson may not have had what it takes to make it in the majors, but his ERA at Pawtucket indicated that he was deserving of a chance before he got shipped away. I hope we don't read the box scores and see that Wilkerson is tossing goose eggs for some other team in the near future.
  12. FredLynn
    Lets say Shaw had just been promoted to the majors. He has had 75 PAs so far and has an overall OPS of .620. Is it then safe to conclude that he is not a good hitter? While its certainly possible that he will need some platoon help v LHP, its far too early to make that conclusion IMO. He will need to approach 200-250 PAs v LHP to make that judgement. Its entirely possible that management will never let him get that many, of course.
  13. FredLynn
    I don't know what his splits were in the minors either. I know that he didn't hit anyone well at Pawtucket: career OPS in AAA ball: .715. He made his jump when he got to the majors. You are right: 85 ABs aren't much larger a sample size than 75 is. The true OPS split is probably somewhere in between the two, but no conclusion can be drawn from either one: I cannot say that Shaw is terrible v LHP....not yet.
  14. FredLynn
    For his career Travis Shaw has an OPS v RHP of .804. Vs LHP his career OPS is .810. What has happened this year IMO is an aberration so far (v LHP OPS of .620) and is based on a small sample size of 75 PAs. Furthermore, Hill is hitting worse v LHP than RHP this year; OPS .725 and v RHP .803. Even for his career the difference is small : .762 v LHP, .741 v RHP. Something else is going down methinks.
  15. FredLynn
    He isn't the whole problem; he isn't even most of the problem. But he IS part of the problem.
  16. FredLynn
    Good post Southpaw. Its pretty clear that while Epstein developed some excellent positional players his record with drafting and developing pitchers was pretty horrible. Same with Cherington. Its going to take Dombrowski more than a year to fix the mess he was left with in terms of SPing.
  17. FredLynn
    lmao!!
  18. FredLynn
    Aaron Wilkerson is an option too. He is pitching well at Pawtucket.
  19. FredLynn
    I would have no problem with trying him one more time, but his ERA is over 5 and his WHIP this year in Boston is 2.108, which is awful. At the very least, Rodriguez needs to be sent down to get his act together. This version of him is not going to cut it. Still.....Owens??
  20. FredLynn
    To be replaced by......??? Owens? O'Sullivan?. Thats the issue: there is no one else.
  21. FredLynn
    He is apparently their top prospect. Must be nice to have a top prospect who is a pitcher. We have who-Owens? Uggh.
  22. FredLynn
    Yes. But its still not good enough. We still need another great SP.
  23. FredLynn
    Farrell made two pretty clear blunders tonight. First, with the score 2-0 and runners on first and second in the third inning, he didn't force Marrero to bunt until he had two strikes on him. Marrero is a terrible hitter. No one was out; a successful bunt could have resulted in runners on second and third with one out with Betts up. Second, in the 8th inning with runners on first and second and no one out, a tough RHP on the mound, and Hanley Ramirez (whose OPS over the past over 100 ABs is well under .600) up, he failed to PH Ortiz when it really mattered, instead saving him for a two out, no one on base, in the ninth scenario. Ramirez struck out. I don't much care that it might have hurt Hanley's feelings. Farrell is not putting his team in the best possible position to win games.
  24. FredLynn
    You don't build a championship team with a group of players who "don't have to improve that much to get to average". I realize you cannot have a team full of above average players, but that should certainly be the goal.
  25. FredLynn
    He has been "scorching the ball" to the tune of .221/.567 for the year and .212/.455 over the last 10 games. With that kind of scorching we sure need to break out the fire extinguisher. Sure he has the potential to hit the ball; so does Castillo. I want performance, not potential. He is good defensively, to be sure, but with those offensive numbers I want a backup plan too. Good thing we have Swihart in the wings.
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