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Farrell's glaring weakness as a manager is his philosophy of base running. He thinks of it as putting pressure on the defense. I see it as giving too many outs away.
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And if the players listen closely, Eck is as hard on himself as he is on them, if not harder. He just tells it like it is, good or bad. He is never stingy in his praise. Price was just showboating to show everyone what a great teammate he is.
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This move was part of the master plan to ensure the Sox come in dead last for team HR's. They want to keep this team a photo negative of all those old 70's lumbering slugging teams. I know he was supposedly expendable, but I sure miss Travis Shaw. And just think of the numbers Adrian Beltre would have been racking up for us all these years.
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You better. They're predicting rain.
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Sox starters looked good against the Yankees. Now they just need the offense to ignite.
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There's a special place in Limbo reserved for Pablo Sandoval.
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Pull up to the table Mr. Henry and start eating salary. Bon appetit!
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Impossible Dream: Red Sox Nation Begins
devildavid replied to dustcover's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Hey, for me, it was 1975. I still love that team and Luis Tiant is still my all-time favorite Red Sox player. -
I'm finally feeling very positive about the starting rotation as we head into the second half of the season. Sale is Sale, and Pomeranz has been effective in his own imperfect way. But now it looks like Porcello and Price are stepping up their game. I also think Fister is a decent fifth starter. Still hope for Rodriguez to get healthy and return, and things would really look positive for this bunch. It took them a while to get it together, but they seem to be on the right track. I am optimistic.
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Moving Mookie to leadoff is not the cause of increased run production. If Mookie produced the same numbers from the three hole it would also lead to increased scoring. Can't Mookie hit for power batting third? How does batting leadoff change Mookie's power production?
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Mookie has had 35% of his plate appearances with runners on base. Moreland has had 48%. I would like to increase Mookie's chances to hit with men on base. Moving him to third or fourth in the batting order should do that.
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The leadoff spot starts every game with zero runners on base. Mookie is a top power bat, and not the top OBP bat for this team.
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Maybe Price is turning the corner. Pom has been pretty solid. Picking up Fister was smart move. The patchwork rotation may hold together. Just need Porcello to improve. And of course Sale is great.
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Mookie leads the team with 13 HR's, 10 of which have been solo shots. Betts should be put in a position where more of these could drive in more runs. Leadoff is not that position.
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I don't see any compelling evidence that Farrell manages to a script.
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There is no pattern. Look at the whole season.
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Except there really is no script.
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How can it be a pattern if it doesn't happen frequently? It only happened 3 times out of the sample you chose. You guys are seeing things that aren't there. Look at every single game for the season, and tell me what percent of the time it has happened and calculate the percentage. It didn't happen at all in April. It happened once in May in a win. So out of 72 games it has happened 4 times. That is not pattern. A more likely explanation is that Farrell, smart manager that he is, has determined after two months who his most effective relievers are and uses them to enhance the chance of winning close games. Not a pattern, but learning from the performances two months into the season. Would you rather have him send out others just to break the pattern that you perceive that really isn't there? Four times out of 72 games is 6%. Not a pattern. One other thing: what is wrong with the "pattern"? The Red Sox have a winning record when the so-called "pattern" occurs.
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Kimbrel wasn't lights out last season. Many on field managing moves wind up being trendy and copied around most of the league. Farrell may not be an innovator, but it doesn't mean he can't manage effectively.
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And Farrell doesn't have the same personnel so he manages accordingly.
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I only had time to check April and couldn't find one actual occurrence of that scripted relief pitcher pattern. I'll pass the baton to you to find out how many times it actually did happen. Good luck I agree that Bogey should lead off. I think Mookie should hit 3rd or 4th. He is our power bat.
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Agreed. I do have an issue with the base running philosophy of the team, which I hold Farrell responsible for. They are over aggressive on the bases in general and run into too many outs.
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The "I Support, I hate ___" thread.
devildavid replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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It is a chronic problem.
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Francona uses Miller knowing he has an equally good reliever he can follow with. Cody Allen was his closer in 2016, not Miller. And Francona didn't do much of this when he was with the Red Sox.
