Kimmi
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Thank you. It's not good when I have to defend the job that Dombrowski has done (for the short term), and I'm not even a Dombrowski fan.
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LOL I guess my point is that there's more than one way to build a winning ball club, and if the team is winning, should it really matter whether they get it done with pitching/defense or offense? My preference is great pitching, mediocre offense, but I believe a great offense, mediocre pitching team could get the job done as well.
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In comparison to the other AL teams still in the playoffs: Yankees: +198 run differential, +20 run differential with a 26-22 record against teams over .500 Guardians: +254 run differential, +23 run differential with a 27-22 record against teams over .500 Astros: +196 run differential, +33 run differential with a 18-15 record against teams over .500 The Red Sox look to be right in line with the other top teams as far as how they played against teams above .500. As would be expected, most of the run differential is coming against the weaker teams.
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Very nice post SoxHop.
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Until last year, almost all the complaints on this board were about pitching, pitching, and pitching. You can't win without pitching. It's the pitching, stupid! The offense is not the problem, we need pitching! Etc. So, Dombrowski gets us the pitching that we need. Now suddenly, the complaints have turned to how important offense is, in particular, the long ball. I understand that it takes a balance, which we mostly have. A strong pitching staff and an average offense should be a winning recipe.
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Well said.
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The Red Sox scored an additional 5.1 runs above the average MLB team due to their base running. To break it down even more, 1.4 of the runs came from things like advancing an extra base, scoring on a sac fly, etc., 4.2 of the runs came from stealing bases, and hitting in DPs cost the team 0.5 runs.
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I have often used that play as a perfect example of randomness - The bounce of the ball potentially being the difference between a win and a loss.
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Preaching to the choir.
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Our run differential against teams over .500 was +10. We had positive run differentials against the Cubs, Guardians, Twins, and Cardinals. We had negative run differentials against the Astros, Brewers, and Yankees. It's interesting to note that only 50 of our games were against teams that ended up over .500, Our W-L record against them was 27-23. So yes, most of our 'damage' was done against below .500 teams, but I think that would be the case with any of the contenders. And we ended up in the good on both differential and W-L record.
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You can't expect a team to sign the best players to long/huge contracts, play said players while they are in their prime, then DFA them once they are no longer living up to the contract, eating 3 years and millions of dollars in the process. No team can survive on that type of philosophy.
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Despite an early exit that may or may not occur, the team won 93 games, won the AL East, and had a +117 run differential. As frustrating as the offense has been for most of the season, the team was not seriously flawed or poorly built. Dombrowski focused on pitching and defense rather than offense, and there is really is nothing wrong with that. The 'formula' worked.
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I am realistic about Pedroia, although he is one player that I would never bet against. He is gritty, after all. There's no telling what might have happened if we had not extended Pedroia. Our team might be in better shape than it is now, or it might be in worse shape. I am almost always against long term contracts, but I thought his made sense, even though the team will likely 'pay' for it in the last few years. I have no regrets about the team extending him.
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Yeah, that could be the end of Nunez with the Red Sox. I have no idea what the extent of the injury is and whether resting it over the offseason will heal the injury. I would think, however, that if he is healthy, he will be cheaper to re-sign, at least.
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I am not one to blame managers for costing the team the game, and no, I don't think Girardi lost that game for the Yankees. However, it really is a head scratcher as to why Girardi didn't challenge that play. There's no excuse for that.
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Well, you know I'm not a fan of Dombrowski's philosophy, in particular the depleted farm and the impending cliff, so you're mostly preaching to the choir on that. Part of the reason that I'm not a fan of the 'win now' philosophy is that it guarantees nothing, and then you're left with nothing but the cliff. We could be as good as the Guardians are right now, and we would still be guaranteed nothing. I can get on board for firing Dombrowski because I don't like his philosophy. However, the playoffs being the crap shoot that they are, I can't get on board with firing Dombrowski because of two early playoff exits, if indeed we do exit early this year. (It's not over yet!) Exiting early would be extremely disappointing, but Dombrowski really can't control that.
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LOL I see what you did there.
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Let me first say again that I am a fan of your posts on this topic. People are indeed free to believe anything that they want. Not everything can be proven with stats. I believe in many things that have not been proven with stats. One of those things that I believe in is that Pedroia's 'grit' makes him a better player than he would have been otherwise. I have no proof of that whatsoever, but I 100% believe that. I know that many (including you?) believe that the idea of 'grit' making players better is hogwash. I'm okay with that. Having said all that, when there is strong evidence that something doesn't exist, I think you (not you personally) have to at least consider that perhaps you might be wrong. I once believed in clutch. The evidence changed my mind. I once believe in line up protection. The evidence changed my mind. If someone showed me as much evidence against grit as has been presented against 'clutch', I would probably have to concede that I was wrong about grit.
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I have said it many times, and I firmly believe it. Henry is a panicker. When things go wrong, he has no patience to allow them to right themselves. He did it in 2011, and he did it again in 2015. IMO, it hurt the team both times.
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These guys are pretty good. 93 wins and a +117 win differential ain't too shabby. They aren't as good as the Astros. Nor are they as good as the Guardians or the Yankees. But they're pretty good. Personally, I think they are better than what they've shown us this year.
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LOL I really like you. I think Dombrowski did his job in putting together a team for the short term, but overall, I am not a fan of Dombrowski's way of doing business.
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Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats 4m4 minutes ago "This should be a very strong team for the next three years." - John Henry One down?
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Frankly, he should have never been hired. #bringbackben That said, should he be fired for the way the team has performed (or not performed) over the last two years? No. Dombrowski did his job of assembling a contending team. He can't control how the players perform on the field.
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