moonslav59
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I know all the reasons why he should have been Yanked.
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Tiant not being in the HOF is one reason I barely pay attention to that whole clownshow.
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Also, finishing the game is a different point than finishing the 8th. Pedro had gone over 115-120 pitches a few times in 2003 and after. It's not like demanding 9 IP and 140 pitches.
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Whitlock was ready to pitch. He also had 209 IP in the minors, including 14 GS'd in AA just 2 years before being selected. His readiness level was more of a known.
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Yup. They were due for a crooked number. (LOL)
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On Song... He would be just about on his way to Japan, had his request for status change not been accepted: Song sings: https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/phillies-noah-song-navy-roster-spring-training-20230223.html Song never expected selection: “To be honest, I had heard of the Rule 5 draft before but I didn’t know anything about it. I didn’t know any of the rules associated with it. I definitely didn’t think I was going to get picked. Nobody expected it.
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Yes, and it makes more sense that this could be the endgame, assuming he looks good.
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The Phillies can give the Sox something, and it would take away their need to keep him on the 26, something I'm sure DD would prefer. Perhaps they are all waiting to see what he looks like in workouts, before deciding on doing that who who gets offered to the Sox, if it happens, at all.
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It was the 8th inning. I only meant to finish the 8th.
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Yes, the same season. Let's hope no double whammy, this year.
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Perhaps my most unpopular position was that it was the right choice to leave the best pitcher to wear a Sox uniform since Cy Young in the most important game in a very long time.
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Yes, I mentioned with players like Bogey, it doesn't really matter much.
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Only one can be "most" memorable. That's what most means.
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3. Force of habit. I remember when I switched to softball, I used to still hit my sneakers with my bat to knock the dirt from my cleats.
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Out of the 156 MLB pitchers with 150+ IP since 2021, Whitlock places: T6th in ERA- at 64 (5th place is Manoah at 63) 8th in SIERA at 3.07 12th K/BB at 5.09 14th ERA at 2.73 16th in FIP at 3.07 (15th in xFIP-) 21st in K-BB% at 21.5% 23rd in BB% at 5.3% 25th in K% at 26.8% 26th WHIP at 1.06 36th in HR/9 at 0.95
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One remembers how to pitch: the other forgot, or so I hear. You can't get much different from that.
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I remember following it loosely, just to see what prospects the team seemed to value most. I think before Whitlock, Josh Rutledge might have been the most memorable choice. I remember looking back in hindsight and wondering "what if" about Ryan Pressley, but never dreamed of thinking the GM messed up.
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To me, it's like your driving down a 4 lane highway and decide to pass a beat up truck. Just as you are next to him, his tire blows out and he veers into you. Bad move deciding to drive next to a truck about to have a blowout. Bad move.
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Good points, but saying his defense is not great is a bit soft on him.
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You know the Sox clubhouse standards have gone in the toilet, when they allow a Booser on the team. (He did pitch a scoreless inning, so maybe we could use more like him.)
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The Yanks are stuck with Cashman for life, but I guess they could add a VP of Strategy.
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Your assumptions are way off.
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Crawford: 2 IP 2 H 0 ER 0 BB 2 K Verdugo remains on fire (2-3 by the 6th inning.
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I've said this same thing, a few times. In terms of numbers of promising ML ready pitchers, as well as the level of quality of some, it's really pretty stunning. Graduated in 2021-2022: Bello Whitlock Houck Crawford Winckowski Ort Saw action in MLB: Kelly Should see action in MLB in 2023: Mata Walter Murphy R Fernandez I know many of us, myself included, are so stuck in the mindset of ignoring anything promising said about our up and coming pitching prospects since Lester or Buch, might not be able to get excited about this, but I am. I highlighted 6, but one could easily argue 4-5 have a lot of promise, and out of the 10 listed, maybe 5-7 could very well give us significant plus contributions.
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Interesting thread choice.
