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I just don't get it. Why would the RS pay millions to acquire a guy who's having a bad year, hitting close to the Mendoza line, and whose only effect would be to keep Devers in the minors another year?
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Which way?
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I can't believe all you young whippersnappers haven't heard of illegal streaming of all sports events.
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Didn't Mookie run through the stop sign? DFA Betts!
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It must be a lot easier to pitch on the ML level when your opponent's best hitter is willing to swing at pitches a foot outside.
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OK. I'll bite. Define "current credible projections."
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He's made a lot of plays that refute that. (That was not one of them.)
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Belt high fastballs with a two-strike count are not good put-away pitches.
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When you're struggling for hitting, I'm not sure the best move is to take a guy who just came up, hit nearly .300 with the 2nd best OBP on the team, and send him down to make room for a .150 hitting utility player.
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07/16- Sox vs. Yankees game 2
jad replied to Spudboy's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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Maybe. But I don't think one HR every 45 innings is going to change much.
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Any of the guys they have already. No .210 hitters needed at this point.
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Well, you know. I mean, Lin doesn't ... you know ... "fit in". Like, I mean, this IS Boston, after all ...
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Just saw him play in AA last week. His swing looks odd to me (although 4-4 ain't bad!), but his defense was spectacular. Sadly, Lin is probably not going to get a fair shot.
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Now let's not get carried away! It's not as if Gary Geiger and Sammy White, or perhaps Gene Stephens (in there for defense, of course), or Don Buddin himself could have come in and saved the day!
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Ah yes. Those big, dumb, right-handed .210 hitters -- something the RedSox have never been able to resist. (Let's see: Jack CLark, even Ray Boone, and who can forget Johnny Gomes? I'd add Dick Stuart, but that guy actually hit pretty well for them. And Mike Cameron didn't have the distinguishing features of most of the others, i.e., being white.)
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Terrible at-bats in extra innings. Wild hacking. No discipline. The guy who seemed to have the best at-bats was Lin, who came close to winning it on the line drive to right.
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Oh oh.
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A-gon did not "suck" with the RS. He did exactly what he did elsewhere, hitting around .300. And until this year, he has done exactly that with LAD. The reasons he did not "fit in" acc. to many Boston fans had nothing to do with his production.
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Exactly. He joins that elite group of players vilified by Boston fans: among those who come immediately to mind-- Manny, Boggs, Clemens, Jim Rice, Buckner (of course), Ortiz (when he had a bad year), Price (17-game winner), A. Gonzales, Dice-K (18 game winner), and of course Williams himself. Not a bad line-up.
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Yup. I agree. This is the Pomeranz I was expecting to see.
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Not a Pablo fan, but refusing an assignment to Pawtucket has nothing to do with character-- it's simply a function of the CBA, which does not allow teams to 'humiliate' a veteran into retirement (eg, the A-rod case), and thus gives players the option Pablo now has. Pablo doesn't do the RS any favors by accepting the 'assignment' (no one expected him to), since he would only be taking up space that could be occupied by players RS want to develop (Devers). Even if he burned it up in AAA, there is no way he comes back to the team. Thus, the only chance he has of getting back in the bigs is by becoming a FA.
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Not sure Hanley is in the same boat: he had a decent year last year. What I don't understand is why they DH'd him, as he demonstrated pretty clearly that when he wasn't involved defensively (i.e., stuck in left field), his hitting suffered as well.
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Just watched Devers play last night. Holy crap that guy is good in the field. Lots of tough plays. His swing looks wonky, even by the standards of AA-ball, but he seems to be doing ok statistically. Incidentally BRING THE 20 SECOND CLOCK to MLB!!! What a joy to watch a game that moves right along without having pitchers take 30-40 seconds between every pitch. (Of course, all that was enhanced by the 30 hits, and the fact that the SeaDogs won 8-7 on the only HR of the night-- a walk-off grand slam on an 0-2 pitch -- don't think I've ever seen that!)
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Freakin' top of the order! One hit??? What a bunch of bums. Time to clean house and go into full rebuild mode. Start by getting rid of all the pitchers and position players. ...
