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  1. Kimmi
    It's time to move away from 'historical values'. Basing a reliever's salary on the number of saves he has is rather archaic.
  2. Kimmi
    The true 'save' situation does not always occur in the 9th inning. Sometimes, the game has to be saved in the 7th or 8th innings.
  3. Kimmi
    If Henry is willing to continue paying luxury tax penalties year after year, then there will be no cliff. I didn't think he (or any owner) would be willing to go that route, but he just might.
  4. Kimmi
    I'm not trying to knock either Papelbon or Kimbrel. But Koji did not create drama like either one of them did. Every reliever is going to have a down moment now and then. Koji not walking people is exactly what I'm talking about. He came into the game and took care of business. Game over.
  5. Kimmi
    Come playoff time, they will likely make a difference. Right now, and likely for the remainder of the regular season, having those guys out is not hurting you one bit. IMO, starting pitching was always a much bigger concern for the Yankees. German has been huge for you guys.
  6. Kimmi
    ^^Wise man.
  7. Kimmi
    Bases loaded with no outs, and the Sox can't even push across one run with Mookie, Moreland, and Bogaerts coming up. That about did me in.
  8. Kimmi
    Confirmation bias, I believe.
  9. Kimmi
    Save percentage averages to date in 2019: AL 70.65% NL 68.71% MLB 69.68% In 2018: AL 66.43% NL 65.66% MLB 66.05% These count the dreaded blown saves in all innings.
  10. Kimmi
    My man Joe Posnanski had a very good article relating to the effect of closers on teams winning the game when leading entering the 9th inning. It turns out that the % of times a team wins the game in this situation has remained remarkably consistent throughout the years (95% overall, but he also broke it down into 1 run leads, 2 run leads, etc.), regardless of the changes to late inning pitching philosophy. Here is his summary: "But I just find it fascinating that no matter how much everyone tries to fiddle with the last inning of a game — closers, match-ups, specialists, pinch-hitters, whatever else — those overall ninth-inning win percentages just do not move. I would guess that teams with great closers having great years might help a team squeeze an extra win or two in a season. Maybe. But I do wonder if all of the ninth inning tactics are about as useful as rearranging furniture." Full article here: https://joeposnanski.com/the-closer-you-get/
  11. Kimmi
    I'm not sure who is on the arb panel deciding these players' salaries, but if they're basing the salaries on the number of saves a reliever gets, they need to be replaced.
  12. Kimmi
    Agree. I'd choose catcher if I could only have one.
  13. Kimmi
    Yup. Both Papelbon and Kimbrel, while very good, created far too much drama at times for my liking. My nerves can't take it. LOL
  14. Kimmi
    Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats · 20h A truly team effort s*** show. Nothing more to be said.
  15. Kimmi
    Beni is not getting it done leading off the game. His batting line as the first batter of the game is .061/.184/.061/.245. It's a small sample, but to me, it just doesn't seem to be working. Far too often, it seems like the Sox go down 1-2-3 in the first inning very quickly. Either that, or JD gets a hit as the #3 batter but it goes wasted because there is no one on in front of him.
  16. Kimmi
    It's not like you really need him.
  17. Kimmi
    Now that everyone has caught Chavis fever, where is Marco going to play?
  18. Kimmi
    My guess is that Cora will split the duties roughly 60% for Vaz and 40% for Leon. That said, he catching position is not on the Top 10 list of problems with this Red Sox team, IMO.
  19. Kimmi
    The best part about Koji closing is that he did not mess around. No 9th inning drama. I wish him the best.
  20. Kimmi
    I very much doubt that keeping their salaries in check has anything to do with the way Cora is running his pen.
  21. Kimmi
    I fully endorse The Notin Method.
  22. Kimmi
    Why? We're not going to keep them out of the playoffs any more than they are going to keep us out of the playoffs. The Sox need to beat the teams that they should beat, which they have been doing, after the slow start.
  23. Kimmi
    It makes sense that it would be. This was point #2 that struck me from Miller's comments.
  24. Kimmi
    No need to pull up the old posts. I remember very clearly asking you to come back in a month. Thanks for remembering to do so! Things are looking much better for the Good Guys than they were a month ago. I have the utmost confidence that the Red Sox will be playing postseason baseball.
  25. Kimmi
    Fair or not, I have a feeling that Nunez will be the odd man out.
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