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The Alex Cora Managerial Decision Thread
Kimmi replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
If the posters on the board can see what a pitcher has or does not have, of course Cora and his coaching staff can see it as well. We are still in the marathon phase of the season. Cora has to be cognizant of overusing his BP, just as he is being cognizant of limiting the starting pitchers' innings. Being only the 3rd inning, I can't really fault Cora for leaving Porcello in. Not to mention that I'm sure Cora has a lot of confidence in our offense to put up some more runs. -
If I had to pick just one factor, I'd go with Cora, even though I voted for regression, because I was expecting our offense to be much better this year even without the additions of Cora and JD. And someone had to vote for that option. Of course, it's a combination of several factors. 1. Cora, as I have already mentioned. 2. Positive regression, which was not just possible, but highly expected. With that, Cora gets some credit too. He encouraged our hitters to be more aggressive, rather than taking that first pitch fastball right down the heart of the plate. Also, I heard a couple of days ago that part of Bogaerts' improvement was due to Cora telling him that he'd rather Bogaerts be a .285 hitter with some power than a .330 singles hitter, or something to that effect. 3. JD obviously lengthens the line up. In terms of being a positive role model and taking some pressure off of the other guys, he has helped as well. In terms of providing line up protection, no can do.
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7/15 Toronto @ Boston
Kimmi replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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Do you not think that a team can be a contender based on offense rather than pitching? That's not my preference, but the pitching was never supposed to be that good. The offense was supposed to carry the team.
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Actually, he probably was. In all sincerity, if a team is projected to win the division, I am good with the job the GM did. If the Sox had somehow managed to only win 80 games this season, I would not fault Dombrowski for their underperformance.
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The criticism was never about how good this year's team is.
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Good question Bell, and good job posting it. Fangraphs Depth Charts was not introduced until May of that year, so there are no standings projections. That said, none of Fangraphs' 31 staff members at that point picked the Sox for either the division or the wildcard. BP (Pecota) had the Sox tying for 2nd in the division with the Rays, 6 games behind the Yankees. Davenport had them finishing in 4th place with 85 wins, but with the Yankees, the Rays, and the Jays all with 86 wins. Jonah Keri at Grantland had the Sox finishing in 4th ahead of only the Orioles. So, it could be strongly argued that the Sox were not really considered a contender that season. I concede that they outperformed their expectations and had better than their share of luck that year.
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You have not. That was to the board, in general.
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The thing about a 5 year plan is that it takes 5 years. During that time, you build a team to be competitive without making any big trades or long term free agent acquisitions. You sign the Mike Napolis and Mitch Morelands of the world. I will say again that the Pablo signing goes so much against Ben's grain that I can't believe he was behind that signing. I have no doubt that Ben would have traded some of his prospects in 2016. He would not have given up the package that Dombrowski did for Kimbrel, but he would have moved some prospects to improve the pitching.
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Sale would be part of the 2016 pitching staff. I don't know who the closer would have been, but it wouldn't have been Kimbrel. And I would hope that Ben would stick with the 'not signing pitchers over 30 to big contracts' philosophy.
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I can't really argue with that. I was thinking more of the offense from 2003, and Pedro.
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7/11 Texas Rangers at Fenway
Kimmi replied to Maxbialystock's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
1. Mookie Betts ® RF 2. Andrew Benintendi (L) LF 3. J.D. Martinez ® DH 4. Mitch Moreland (L) 1B 5. Xander Bogaerts ® SS 6. Brock Holt (L) 2B 7. Eduardo Nunez ® 3B 8. Sandy Leon (S) C 9. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF Devers sitting tonight with Nunez playing 3B. Otherwise, the pretty standard line up. -
Due to flukes, not due to roster construction. Nothing can be done about that.
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I have posted before that Duquette gets a lot of credit for Theo's success here and that Theo gets a lot of credit for Ben's success. Just don't tell me that Dombrowski came in here and 'saved the day' with his brilliance. The team was going to be competitive in 2016 regardless.
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I agree on both counts. As to your second statement, Ben was doing just that, and in fact won a ring in the process. Dombrowski's win now method is more apt to give you the latter scenario.
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That's all I want, which is what I've posted many times. It's very difficult to remain competitive every year when you decimate the farm. That's the point. Dombrowski has gone all in to win now. If we do win it all, then we can say mortgaging the future was worth it.
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Did you read the projections that I posted to you? Even the ESPN poll that you posted yourself had the Sox winning the division.
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They did stink. That they stunk is a fluke. And if last place finishes matter because they ruin summers and hurt attendance, then rings matter for the opposite reasons.
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The teams that won under Dombrowski are compliments of Theo and Ben.
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And yet, they were projected to win their division. That they sucked is not Ben's fault.
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Last place finishes have nothing to do with anything, when the last place finishes were flukes.
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+100
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That is true.
