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  1. FredLynn
    How do we rank if you remove players who are better off on the DL like Lackey, Matsusaka, Jenks, McDonald and the like? Its not the number of players on the DL, its who the players are. Even though Ellsbury and Crawford have been on the DL all year we have still scored plenty of runs with guys like Nava overperforming. The only significant pitcher on the DL is Bailey. Our pitching still stinks. That is the essence of our problems: poor pitching, especially the lack of a true ace. And that hasn't been addressed in three years. Until it gets addressed effectively we will see THIS kind of team out on the field year after year. Injuries have little to do with it.
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    I am pretty close to doing just that.
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    Better technique might have avoided that injury, yes. And running into Beltre was not particularly smart either.
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    Sure. Its possible. If he were pitching in Anaheim or in Texas against any of those pitchers with a better ERA (and especially against the Rangers' lineup) and you had to put your money on the team you thought would win that game, where would your money be? Odds are heavily in favor of us losing that game. Very very heavily.
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    Matt Harrison ERA: 3.16 Colby Lewis ERA: 3.51 Yu Darvish ERA: 3.59 Jered Weaver ERA: 2.13 Justin Verlander ERA: 2.69 Jon Lester ERA: 4.53 Josh Beckett ERA: 4.06 No, nothing is a guarantee. But in a one game road playoff game against any of these pitchers and their teams, my money would not be on the Red Sox.
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    I think this is from Cafardo's column. There is no evidence that the Mariners are shopping Hernandez. Even if they were, Lester/Ellsbury would not be enough for them to part with The King.
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    We are not set up for any run this year, if we even get the chance. As I said elsewhere, who is our ace who will match up well against the legitimate ace of the better teams that we would likely face in a road one game playoff?
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    The point is that SOMETHING must be done to change both the roster and the mentality of the team-unless you like how we have performed for the past three years. If nothing changes then nothing will change. And we will keep the core of overpaid troublemakers and malcontents that has lead us down this path for years to come. I would start by getting rid of Beckett and/or Lester and plan to secure some real pitching during the offseason-while those two #3-4 SP still have some value.
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    Ellsbury has put himself in positions of needless risk. He can change that. As far as I know, he has no chronic injuries. Besides that, I didn't say that Jacko is always right or that I agree with everything he has to say.I said that he is usually right in his criticism of our team. Sox fans tend to take far too rosy a view of the team because some have a biased viewpoint-"its the Red Sox; it must be right or good". Our team is mediocre this year and has been mediocre plus for several years now. We simply aren't that good. Where I disagree with Jacko is in his evaluation of our younger players, Middlebrooks especially. Its too early to judge how he will perform.
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    Did we have a one game playoff scenario last year? That changes everything. We have no one to match up against the legitimate aces of other teams against whom we are competing. You really think Beckett or Lester has a snowball's chance in hell of beating Weaver or Harrison, Lewis, or Darwish or Verlander, especially in what is more than likely a road game? You get real.
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    Unfortunately, most of the time Jacko is right. Some of the bonnetheads here just don't like to hear the truth when in conflicts with their own entrenched opinions.
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    No. I think we have a fine team and we should try to keep it intact for at least five more years.
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    I would imagine that its pretty demoralizing to the batters to see their SP go out and surrender four runs after just 28 pitches, throwing meatballs up there for all 28, while they know that they will have a huge battle on their hands against a quality SP. Gotta get rid of DiceK. Lose any more ground to the Yankees and we should just clean house by the deadline.
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    Enjoy the game. I am going to switch venues.....gotta win the next two now.
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    DiceK must go. Thats the most important thing right now.
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    All I can say is this: winning the next two games is mandatory now. Tough position to be in.
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    Where do you see this team finishing this year? I am thinking third place again.
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    I thought I was pretty clear about my opinion on yesterday's game thread. Here it is, for what its worth: given the number of remaining games, I think we still have a chance to overtake the Yankees, though its slim. If we get further behind by (pick your number of games-I chose 9 right now and as more games are played I will reduce that number) then its time to throw in the towel for this year and clean house.
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