Kimmi
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When you consider what the FO's philosophy was, that the rotation was not supposed to be lights out, but only decent enough to give the offense a chance to bail them out, I don't think the question marks were as huge as it seems. There was no reason to expect that Porcello, Miley, and Kelly couldn't at least repeat last year's seasons. There were question marks regarding Buchholz and Masterson. but there were also youngsters to step up in case Masterson didn't work out. The problem wasn't so much Masterson not working out as it was Porcello, Miley, and Kelly not performing up to expectations, not to mention our offense being MIA in May. As far as the $9.5 million, the Sox are always willing to overpay in dollars to lessen the number of years. Again, the fact that the deal was for one year only is key.
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I actually think it would be a good idea to try Kelly in the closer's role. I think he's needed in the rotation right now with Buchholz and Porcello both on the DL, but I think Kelly will likely end up in the pen next season. Why not see what he can do as a closer or at least in late, high pressure situations? He's as good an option as anyone else, and he might even find his niche there.
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Couldn't have come at a better time.
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^^This. Whoever said "Chicks dig the long ball" had no clue. There is nothing like watching a well-pitched game or some great defense.
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And this is one of the many reasons why the error is not a good stat.
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No, Hanley is no Manny, but he isn't a negative WAR player either.
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The Sox have the rally-killing DP down pat.
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Nice start back for Mookie. We have an OF of JBJ, Betts, and Castillo tonight. I would love it if this OF can somehow work out for the long term.
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I have no way of knowing for sure, but more than anything else, Hanley just strikes me as being a big airhead or flake. I don't think he's lazy or that he doesn't care. I don't even think he's stupid. Maybe he has ADD, who knows? He is just not always 100% in the game mentally, but I don't think its anything intentional. I had the same impression of Manny.
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They took a reasonable chance on someone and it didn't work out. That's all there is to it. It's similar to the chance they took on Beltre. He worked out, Masterson didn't.
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I agree that Pablo was wrong in saying what he said about the Giants. He should have kept those thoughts to himself. I think the texting thing is one of those non-issues that was blown out of proportion because of the way that he and the team are playing. I'm willing to bet that players grab their phones all the time during a game but nothing is ever said about it.
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Ha. It's an enigma.
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Exactly. And even as badly as the Sox are playing this season, what have we really heard in the media concerning Hanley's attitude? We've heard about how awful his defense is, but I don't recall hearing anything about him being a malcontent.
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Exactly. And even as badly as the Sox are playing this season, what have we really heard in the media concerning Hanley's attitude? We've heard about how awful his defense is, but I don't recall hearing anything about him being a malcontent.
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I remember a lot of griping over trading Hanley, even after the Sox won the championship in 2007.
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That's the thing. When the team is going bad, there are always rumors of clubhouse issues, and the rumors are usually false. Issues over which people wouldn't even bat an eye when the team is winning are portrayed by the media as huge problems when the team is losing.
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That's a fair enough statement SoxHop. I was not thrilled with the Pierzynski signing at all. As I just posted, I had my concerns about Hanley's "baggage" as well. However, people do mature and change. Plus, it seems that Hanley REALLY wanted to come back to Boston. I also think the FO believed that Papi, Pedroia, and Victorino would be a great influence on him. He has been a terrible fielder and his hitting has become pretty bad recently as well. However, I still really haven't seen any evidence of attitude issues.
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I initially had concerns about Hanley's attitude when I heard about the signing, but those concerns were quickly allayed. It's fine that you think it was a mistake to bring him back, but there really has been no evidence that he has been a malcontent. Same with Pablo. There was nothing suggesting that Hanley would not move to 1B if the team asked him to do so. All he said was that he wanted to stay in LF. Maybe with that he's saying that he is not going to quit or give up on that position and that he is confident he can do better. Would it make people feel any better if he said that he didn't want to be in LF next year? I think he would get a lot of criticism for making that statement. I get the frustration with both of those players. They have been terrible this season. That doesn't mean that they are malcontents or that they are not trying their best.
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Thank goodness we have a ball game to watch tonight. Terrible season or not, I hate off days. Go Sox!!!
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Do you honestly think that the Sox do not employ scouts at all? If that's the case, how did they do such a good job of getting all of these high character, intangibles guys in 2013?
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Isn't Cherington one of the people responsible for trading Hanley in the Beckett deal to begin with? So, he had some clue back then that Hanley would be a "malcontent", but magically lost that clue and became clueless about him this season?
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Hey, we agree on something.
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It's certainly not fair, but I wouldn't say it's the loser's way to look at things. All teams do it. I think it would be negligent of the FO to DFA and risk losing a very good player when they don't have to. What then happens when the kept player struggles or gets injured? It's similar to what happened with Castillo this season. He started in AAA because he had options where Victorino or Nava didn't. I think it particularly occurs a lot with relief pitchers.
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I think they had a pretty good idea of what they were getting.
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With Koji out for the rest of the season, now is a perfect time to test Kelly out in the closer's role.
