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  1. sk7326
    Good news is he figured it out right away - and that this is happening around the All-Star Break ... assuming the MRI is clean, they might not lose too many starts because of the timing
  2. sk7326
    Personally you fire GMs because the talent base has suffered. Porcello, Miley projected to be #3 sort of starters. Masterson was a cheap (for them) gamble. Porcello has underachieved a lot, Miley has underachieved a bit less. But it is not the median of their expected performance - saying otherwise is simply incorrect. The team is not untalented. Now where you can hold Cherington accountable might be the coaching staff. But that is a more complex question. I actually don't think the GM expected ANY of the pitchers to turn into the 71 Orioles. He was expecting the lineup to do the lifting - which is a perfectly acceptable way to win, and works frequently. THAT is the differentiator this season (in May in particular where all of the bad record was created).
  3. sk7326
    Listen, fans voting are fine. It's a game for the public. But I absolutely believe that business considerations should matter in choosing teams - not as a primary criteria but part of the soup.
  4. sk7326
    well 3 or 4 starters ain't nothin ....
  5. sk7326
    if fans are not interested in seeing the stars of the near future as well as today, then you're doing the all-star game wrong. Bogaerts as an all-star fits whatever definition of the All Star game you want - a reward for the first half OR a marketing of the game's best young and old.
  6. sk7326
    We have encountered those situations, and he HAS played first. So the question kind of answers itself. As long as De Aza is playing well, this alignment makes sense ...
  7. sk7326
    The "me" vs "team" is a bit hard to splice here. When he is successful the team is - I don't think he has held the team hostage in any way on stuff like that.
  8. sk7326
    That could work ... but as long as De Aza has not turned into a pumpkin, the Ortiz at 1B alignment gives them probably their most complete group out there between offense and defense. I don't expect De Aza to last - but it has been nice while it has.
  9. sk7326
    It is tricky. That said Holt has been one of the top 20 or so players in the AL to date via whichever WAR flavor you like. It's not a great choice - but not a stupid one either. Considering position depth - Bogaerts was a better choice, Buchholz was very much arguable and given how many relievers managers are taking into the game, Uehara was better than at least two of the guys who actually made the team. (Tazawa too, frankly)
  10. sk7326
    I agree that the top performing SS in the league would have been a deserving runner up SS.
  11. sk7326
    I don't want the Sox to empty the farm - that said there is depth at SS and Margot is blocked too. So there is tradeable surplus and it's why you have them.
  12. sk7326
    Our SS has been the best performer in the AL to date and our CF has been about as good anybody in the AL that doesn't share a name with that of a fish.
  13. sk7326
    Between 2002 and 2011 the "brutal periods" were 8 winning seasons 2 heartbreaking losses in the LCS 2 sweeps in the LDS 2 playoff berths lost inside the last weekend of the season I won't defend 2012 and 2014, but reports of brutality are very very exaggerated.
  14. sk7326
    Roster crunches at most of the positions Sox had contenders ... 2B, SS, CF, SP, RP ... and Buchholz' start and pedestrian W/L obscure how well he has pitched generally
  15. sk7326
    I needed the chuckle.
  16. sk7326
    says nore about the al roster. there were 3 or 4 better choices from the Sox roster but Holt is not a bad choice
  17. sk7326
    Since the sweep by toronto Braves: 18 runs in 4 games Royals: 24 runs in 3 games Orioles: 15 runs in 3 games Rays: 10 runs in 3 games Jays: 21 runs in 4 games Astros: 19 runs in 3 games Marlins: 10 runs in 2 games 117 runs in 22 games ... 5.3 runs per game. A total which (for a full season) only Toronto could match. Even in a game where they only had 5 hits, 2 were extra base ones. Team which had been dead flippin last in doubles all season now up to 11th.
  18. sk7326
    Listen, you expect de Aza to turn into a pumpkin. But until that happens, ride it out. I pointed to the staff as the culprit because the team was underachieving across all three phases of the game ... when that happens, the coaching staff is an obvious suspect. That said, things have gotten better. Unfortunately that deathly offensive slump in May has put us behind the 8-ball.
  19. sk7326
    I suspect they will wait until after the ASB. Cincy fans know.
  20. sk7326
    BTW: Guerra might also be tradeable, for essentially the same reason Margot is. (high floor, considerable ceiling and position is blocked at the big league level by a youngster already)
  21. sk7326
    Really the last two weeks has been the pre-season formula finally kicking in a bit - a top shelf offense augmented by pitching that won't kill you.
  22. sk7326
    if you are rotating the DH it means you don't have somebody good enough. Moreover I am not sure how much the partial rest idea matters.
  23. sk7326
    It's possible - granted there are the issues with scouting the stat line and whatnot. But SS is a loaded area for Boston - somewhat by design. It's where your best athletes usually are, so the Sox make a habit of drafting them and then figuring it out. Hernandez might be good - and he might be good enough to be a trade piece.
  24. sk7326
    Cueto is the best of the starters available. That said Hamels comes with control, which is important. I would not hesitate to deal Margot and/or Owens in the right situation.
  25. sk7326
    oh relax - not like he is half assing it. I don't think it impacts his HoF credentials - how many 1B make it on D anyway. The PED thing will hurt him, but he has so many made for TV moments. Pure DHs have their issues getting in, and Ortiz is not the best of the lot. (that's Edgar Martinez) But he will have a good chance to get in. He will go down as possibly the best non-tender signing in baseball history though.
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