moonslav59
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Everything posted by moonslav59
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It should be over $200M next year. I'm not sure we want JBJ locked up until age 36 or 37, but your point is well taken.
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That is a huge asset. It also allows the team to go with 4 OF'ers more easily. Having Holt as the 5th OF'er is also a big asset, especially when you have a DH that is essentially only a DH.
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I always liked Owens better. Looks like another thing I was wrong on.
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I don't disagree. I think his good job vs LHPs last year should have carried more weight, even though the sample size was small. So was this sample size this year. I did not like the Hill trade, and it certainly has not worked out as planned. However, he has a .733 OPS vs LHPs (43 PAs) compared to .641 for Shaw over 100 PAs. There's no guarantee Shaw would have done better, afterall, his overall AAA OPS was just .715 in 668 PAs. I do think an argument can be made that Shaw's initial success in MLB was a "flash" or "fluke" (especially vs LHPs), but I agree that he should have been given more time to make that determination more valid.
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This is the game I've been waiting for from Price. I hope he has made the adjustment and will be the ace we hoped and expected him to be. Maybe Wright comes back strong, and we end up with 3 guys pitching like and ace and Pom & ERod pitching like solid #3s. Nice. -
Always safe to agree with moonslav, but in this case I was agin Papelbon as soon as his name came up.... You've been right a lot recently- more than I, so maybe I should start agreeing with you more often!
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I'll back the truck up!
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I disliked Brentz before the gun shot.
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I forgot about Hanigan, so there is a chance to add 2 to the 40 man roster.
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He's not going to sit for 3-4 weeks. He'll PH some and we will face lefties more than people are making it out to be. We face one tonight.
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JBJ has a career .692 OPS vs LHPs. It's about the same this year (.689). As hot as JBJ is (4 Hrs in his last 33 ABs), he could probably use a rest vs the lefty tonight. He responded very well to his last day off. He is 2 for his last 17. Let's hope it works tonight. We need to kill the Rays.
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There's enough lefty starters to give Betts and JBj one to two rest days for the remaining season. The rest comes from Beni and Papi. I'm not sitting clearly (way) better hitters vs RHPs just so Young stays fresh. It's not about numbers: it's about winning.
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Actually, it's easier than that, since we only have 39 guys on the 40 man roster right now, according to soxprospects.com. I wonder if their holding that last spot for Moncada. I think all or DL players are either on the 60 day already or not going there as of yet. Pitchers on the 40 man roster but not on the 25 as of now: Wright (15 day DL) Workman 60 day Kelly Brian Johnson Noe Ramirez Williams Jerez Carson Smith 60 day Roenis Elias William Cuevas I see only Johnson, Kelly and Elias as choices from the current 40 man roster. Maybe Owens gets another look in 5 days.
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He's not on the 40 man roster anymore. Is
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I'm not sold on Shaw either way. The sample sizes are all rather small. I believe he struggled vs lefties on the farm, so maybe last year's splits were a fluke. As bad as Hill is doing now, I'd give shaw another chance FT.
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Since some guys are backups, that's just the way it works out. There is no way I sit one of our starters vs a RHP just so we keep Young fresh. Young should only start vs lefties and only lefties, unless someone is injured.
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Owens had one BB his last start and had seemed to be turning the corner. He should get another chance at some point, but probably not this year with Boston. I'm wondering who is next? Johnson??
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Yes, especially vs LHPs. That's why they got Hill.
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One more example of me never admitting a mistake.
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Some of these guys have long-standing issues vs a righty or a lefty. They've been "working on it" all through the minors and playing FT through the splits to no avail. It's losing baseball to keep playing certain players vs wrong-handed pitchers. It might look neat to have a set line-up everyday, but we need to put the best players out there every day. While I agree, that it seems wrong to give a player a rest day right in the middle of a hot streak, Shaw started losing playing time when he started struggling vs LHPs. Just because Hill has failed to do what he was supposed to do- hit lefties- doesn't mean it was a bad choice made. Benching the 4th best MLB player vs lefties, just so another player doesn't get a bruised ego or lose focus, is something I can never agree with.
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He's actually done okay vs righties this year (.734 OPS). When he starts against a RHP, his OPS in those games has been .830 this year. I'm not saying this small sample size means he should start vs RHPs. I'd only start him vs LHPs. Nobody needs more rest than the occasional LH'd start won't afford them.
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ERA is not a good stat to use for RP'ers, especially those that may come in to get one or two outs. It's a lot harder for one of your runs to score when you come in with 2 outs. His WHIP is 1.457. He's walking almost double the amount he did in the last 3 years combined. His attitude is a wild card I do not wish to take a chance on.
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$5M divided by 2, so $2.5M per year for 2 years. I think he might make more, but I'd rather have a healthy Rutledge or Hernandez than Hill, and besides, Moncada is learning to play 3B these days. We shouldn't need Hill.
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I think the teams interested in Buch this year expected us to pay most of his remaining salary.
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I guess Pomeranz has been betterth an I thought: Pitches per IP: ERod 17.0 Buch 16.3 Pom 16.1 Price 15.9 Wright 15.8 Porcello 15.5
