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A pitcher gets 30 days max on a rehab assignment and he started his on 6/5; That ended on Sunday, so they either had to activate him, return him to the IL or send him packing.
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Sure, on that level. But I’m talking about the effect on the teams. Suspended players cannot be replaced on the roster. The Red Sox lose an everyday player for 7 games (or whatever it’s reduced to on appeal). Over 7 games, a starting pitcher will appear no more than twice, and the team can easily figure out a way to make it once via off days or dropping the appeal the day after a start. Far different effects on the teams. Look at the other two guys suspended, Eaton and Mikolas. Eaton is out 3 games. Mikolas can start on his normal day, serve his suspension the next 3 games, then make his next start on normal rest. Zero issue for the Nats.
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Might be fair, but the unfair part is 7 for Cavalli, which amounts to missing 1 start.
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I knew Eaton had; didn’t know Willson did, but not surprised.
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The team gets hurt as well. Not only do they lose his production, they can’t replace him on the roster. They will play with 25 until next Saturday against the Mets. Eaton appealed his. Hopefully the league takes its time with that one because if it’s denied in the next week, they get to play with 24 for 3 (or less) games.
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They’re nostalgic. They take me back to my ND student days at the stadium.
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What the Red Sox lack is scouts who can observe whether or not a player can actually play. I can't say for sure, but I'm betting Milwaukee knows the strengths and weaknesses of every player in their farm system and they scout the AA and AAA leagues hard to find ballplayers in other organizations. Breslow knows nothing except his models and spreadsheets. Hopefully now that the Sox have started hiring scouts again, maybe some of this will change. But any decent scouts are most likely employed elsewhere, including the ones Breslow didn't think he needed and fired,
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Lee and Carbo were two members of the Loyal Order of the Buffalo Heads, who’s sole purpose was to mock Zimmer and his decisions. There were 3 or 4 other guys as well. The group lasted maybe 2 years with all of them traded or otherwise moved from the club.
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Don Zimmer? But yeah, Yaz and Lee were about as opposite as 2 guys can be.
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True, but they can hit.
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Someone should have done to him what Nettles did to Bill Lee 50 years ago.
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Bottom line, Sox have one hit. They haven’t had a baserunner since Contreras reached on the error in the first that scored the run. Sometimes the other pitcher is on and Cavalli certainly was tonight.
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It doesn’t matter. Right or wrong, other teams are going to start doing it a lot if he can’t just walk away and let the bat speak for him.
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Have to admit, mouth aside, that Cavalli has been really good tonight.
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Sox have been awful offensively the last 9-10 innings.
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It’s going to happen every time Contreras strikes out if he can’t just walk away from someone saying something.
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I actually did that once in Little League. Pitcher almost hit me twice and somebody yelled out of the stands “hit him”. I lined the next pitch off the pitchers foot or ankle. Everyone was laughing.
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Hardly a surprise, he’s probably the second best fielding 3rd stacker of the last 20 years behind Nolan Arenado. Amazingly, they were high school teammates at El Toro HS in California. Chapman was a couple years behind Arenado.
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I've found one other time it has happened. It was last season and the player involved was Taylor Walls of the Marlins. The umpire was ...... Nic Lentz. I guess it's similar to drawing a line on the ground with your bat if you don't like a call. Big difference between Walls and Contreras was Lentz was the home plate umpire and Walls looked at him when he tapped. Contreras never looked at Lentz and was most of the way back to the dugout, which means Lentz was watching him the whole way, looking/listening for something. for something. He wanted to toss him. Lentz will be behind the plate tonight. I think every fan in attendance should tap their heads on every ball/strike call.
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Wrong. Any win against the Evil Empire is one you should feel good about.
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Not a routine play but one he normally catches.
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He hasn’t been good lately but you can’t blame the last inning on him. Bloop that should have been caught plus a bad throw, a bunt and a ball hit about 30 feet. One run tops should have scored.
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That ball was maybe 25-30 feet from home plate. Durbin had no chance to get to that ball and even if he did, he had no play at home or first.
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In retrospect, Chapman should have balked the initial runner to 3rd. He’s done it before.
