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  1. jad
    Farrell also assures us that hiring his friend Willis as pitching coach is "not about hiring friends," because, well, hiring friends is, I suppose, NEVER about hiring friends.
  2. jad
    I don't believe Craig, as a veteran, can be sent down. It's keep him or waive him. (Not sure of Nava's status on that score, but I agree, he still has value--he came back last eyar after a stint at Pawtucket, and that may be the best option now. Obviously, being in the lineup every 3 days or so is not working.)
  3. jad
    WS was a matter of everything, miraculously, going right. Looks like the construction of the team last year and this was ALSO based on the notion that everything will go right: JBJ will replace Ellsbury, Nava will hit .300, so will Ortiz and Pedroia, so will Victorino, pitching will be clutch, Boggaerts will hit .380, Koji will come out of nowhere and dominate, scrap-heap veterans will return to form (Craig, a.k.a. Cameron). Wishful thinking may well get 3 last place finishes in 4 years.
  4. jad
    Well, they're eating it one way or another. It would be better to pay someone to hit .150 for another team than to pay them to hit for you.
  5. jad
    Enough already. It's pointless to imagine Nava (whom I've always liked) or Craig is going to turn things around magically. I believe Nava can be sent down, correct? (actually, he wouldn't refuse, since it would essentially mean the end of his career); Craig can be released. Their value right now is at its lowest-- that is, unless they continue to play. Bradley needs a final shot. Even his anemic .200 average from last year looks formidable compared to what these guys are giving.
  6. jad
    Agree entirely. Alas, there are always underperforming veterans (like Craig or Johnny 'winning finds me' Gomes) to do the same thing at 10 times the cost.
  7. jad
    JBJ is hitting .340 in Pawtucket. Why is he still there?
  8. jad
    So exactly what has Craig done to earn his new role as everyday player? Outhit Steven Drew?
  9. jad
    So why, with a RHP, do you replace Ramirez with the .150 hitting righty, Craig? I realize Nava has been bad, but no one has been "Craig-bad."
  10. jad
    The most tragic aspect of this game was Craig, whose every hit unfortunately guarantees him another week or so "look" by Farrell.
  11. jad
    Pointless move. Leave Nava in against a struggling left-hander. Going to Craig means a fresh RHP and the inevitable out.
  12. jad
    I guess the part that says a team ERA over 5.00 over 20 games is meaningless.
  13. jad
    Pitching has improved so much since Sunday. I really think FO's plan of getting rid of deadwood like Lester et al. is starting to pay off.
  14. jad
    Well, at least the pitching has improved over yesterday.
  15. jad
    Wow. Sure was a good idea last year unloading all those pitchers in order to get the big bats and trade bait like Cespedes and Craig.
  16. jad
    He appears to be the new Johnny Gomes.
  17. jad
    I love Koji too. But the problem in the few games I've seen so far is that too many of the sinkers are up, and when that happens, last night is the result. When he keeps it down, it seems both irresistible and unhittable, exactly as two years ago. I hate to see any athlete get old and ineffective, since it reminds me ... oh never mind.
  18. jad
    It's extraordinary how much vitriol we can expend over matters on which we basically agree!
  19. jad
    (Well, at least Victorino is back where he has the most experience--on the DL.)
  20. jad
    Sure it does. It proves he's hitting better than anyone else "right now," which is a lot more than nothing. That doesn't put Napoli on the bench, but it sure makes one wonder what Craig or Victorino are doing on the field.
  21. jad
    Well, he's hitting pretty well in Pawtucket, and he hit well this spring. Meanwhile, among those who are not hitting all that well: Betts, Craig, Victorino, Nava, catchers, even Ortiz. Since three of those are OF, there ought to be a place for him on the roster pretty soon. I'd like to see Craig and Victorino gone, since I'm not really interested in their apparently fading careers, but it's not my money, and thus it's easy to say that.
  22. jad
    Agreed. Not sure what 'overexposed' means. If it means 'tired', ok. But if it means something like 'the league figured him out', his hitting this year disproves that. I don't see what advanced statistics or imagined intangibles are required to suggest that you should keep the guy who's hitting better than all your other players on the field.
  23. jad
    I agree entirely. He has the highest BA of any Sox player now, and in 106 games, he had the highest BA of any sox player in 2014. But that of course is irrelevant.
  24. jad
    Yeah, that Brock Holt is just not ready for the majors. That .400 average and that 3 run homer just now--that's just bench player stuff.
  25. jad
    I'm not sure whether we should imagine that the RS are tied for first, or two games out of the cellar, but this is beginning to look a lot like two of the last three years.
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