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  1. illinoisredsox
    I guess (though may as well a wash), but nowhere near the difference you are claiming. And as I said above, it's a sad commentary on the state of 3rd basemen today. Somewhere, Mike Schmidt and Brooks Robinson weep. Oh, and how come you didn't bring up the offensive numbers? Moustakas 6.8, Devers -2.2. I'm perfectly happy to let Devers develop as best he can at 3rd. It is also obvious that right now the game is moving a bit fast for him. The only way to get over that is to play. But for the short term, right now, Moustakas may have been a better choice. Long term, who know, Lets see where Devers goes.
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    That might be, but it lists Devers as the 4th ranked 3rd baseman in the majors; if so, then every 3rd sacker in the big leagues absolutely blows as a fielder. And I repeat, how can a stat be considered seriously if if differs so greatly from site to site.
  3. illinoisredsox
    Not according to Baseball Reference 2018 Devers dWAR 0.1, Moustakas dWAR 0.0 https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/deverra01.shtml https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/moustmi01.shtml Look under Player Value - Batting And if there's that big a difference between sites on the same statistic, how good can the stat be?
  4. illinoisredsox
    Sox had one this year by Marcus Walden. But it wasn't a pressure packed save when he pitched the last 3 innings of a 7 run Red Sox win. Kimbrel tends to lose effectiveness after 25 or so pitches. That makes it tough for him to get multi-inning saves, especially since he tends to go to multi-ball/multi-strike counts on a lot of hitters. I wrote this the other day, but I'll repeat it here: last season during some telecast, the subject of muti-inning relief appearances came up. The color guy, a pitcher, so probably Hersheiser or Kaat, said that today's relievers are not used to warming up, throwing an inning (or part of one), sitting down for 10 minutes and then going back out there. Starters do it all the time. Nowadays, kids are converted to relievers early on in the minors and are on pitch counts, so they never get used to that cycle. Kelly has been pretty good at multi-inning appearances. Miller as well. It's no coincidence that both of them were starters for most of their professional careers.
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    Could be that is how they see him,. H did have 10 relief appearances in the fall league in 2016 but 84 of his 86 minor league games have been as a starter (he had two relief games in the Gulf Coast League right after he signed, but the way thing work in that league are not normal). I'm not sure all of a sudden putting him in a relief role is a great idea, especially with Thornburg probably back in a couple weeks. DFAing Hembree is all well and good, but at that point, just bring back Walden or Poyner. Why mess at all with Beeks' development?
  6. illinoisredsox
    Why would you bring up a starter to replace a reliever? If they envision him as a starter (as they should right now), then that's where he stays.
  7. illinoisredsox
    Oh, I don't disagree. It was a virtually impossible situation and it's not like Varitek tore the cover off the ball. But, by the standards some seem to set here, he blew it. I don't think Kimbrel thinks he can get a 5-6 out save. I don't think Rivera ever thought that he couldn't do it. It didn't always happen, but mentally, he really always thought he could.
  8. illinoisredsox
    That might be, but it's not the only thing he posts. There are a (very) few who's every post is "(insert name here) xxx sucks" after every ground out, strike out, walk/hit allowed, whatever with nothing else ever added. Everyone has negative posts once in a while, and more often when the team is struggling a bit. But most add other substance to the conversations. Some clowns don't and IMO it's just easier to block them rather than have to scroll through 10-15 posts to find something actually worth reading. I don't like blocking people; some have earned it though.
  9. illinoisredsox
    Rivera had issues with it too. He had some success, but he failed several times as well. It's the nature of the game. A few examples in some big moments: 2001 World Series, Game 7, entered in the 8th, 3 outs allowing one single. In the 9th (facing 7-8-9 in the Diamondbacks order) allowed 2 runs and Arizona won the Series on a walk-off single. 2004 ALCS, Game 4, entered in the 8th, 3 outs allowing one single. We all know what happened in the 9th 2004 ALCS, Game 5, entered in the 8th with a guy on 3rd: Varitek hit a Sac Fly to tie it
  10. illinoisredsox
    No, he can’t. He has not learned the value of an unexpressed thought.
  11. illinoisredsox
    I hated to do it, but I've gone ahead and blocked the biggest naysayers (the ones who don't like anything and who aren't happy unless they aren't happy). So long as you log in to read, that just leaves the posters who want to actually discuss baseball.
  12. illinoisredsox
    In some sense, Kimbrel is the "true closer" while Kelly is the "Fireman". Or to use another example, for the Guardians the past couple years, Allen the closer, Miller the fireman.
  13. illinoisredsox
    The thing is, if healthy, he is still very good (witness his first two starts this season, or his work in the postseason last year with virtually no rehab to build up any sort of arm strength). Yes, I know that's a big if. But do we really want to put our hopes in Steven Wright or Hector Velazquez as a starter? It might come to that, but the best thing for the Sox is a healthy Price.
  14. illinoisredsox
    That was my thought (except if Smith gets the first 2 in the 8th, I would have left him in to finish the inning). But, Sometime last season, one of the national color commentators (a pitcher, so either Kaat or Hersheiser) opined that the reason many relievers (especially closers) don't fare well in multi-inning situations is that they are not used to throwing an inning (or part of one), sitting down for 10 or 15 minutes and then going back out there. A starter does that all the time, relievers don't. The reasoning makes sense. Kelly has been fairly successful at it, but he isn't that far removed from his starting days. Johnson did a good job last night. Ditto. The guys who suck at it have been relievers for years. Starters will throw simulated games in the pen. Maybe relievers should throw simulated multi-inning stints in the pen (2-3 innings), especially in spring training.
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    Notin, Natick makes so many idiotic comments he's not even worth responding to any more.
  16. illinoisredsox
    Actually, thr Sox lost opening day, so they also put yogether a 17-1 stretch. It’s how they got 7 1/2 up so quickly to begin with.
  17. illinoisredsox
    Agree. Personally, I would have left Smith in, but Cora has all the data on match-ups, etc., stuff that everyone here has no clue about.
  18. illinoisredsox
    Cora should be all over the plate ump on that one. He was never given the opportunity to try for second.
  19. illinoisredsox
    I didn’t ask what you wouldn’t do, I asked what you would have done.
  20. illinoisredsox
    Yep. Devers can’t strike out there.
  21. illinoisredsox
    Devers positioning had nothing to do with that double.
  22. illinoisredsox
    Well please enlighten us with what YOU would have done.
  23. illinoisredsox
    What?
  24. illinoisredsox
    Ortiz was the master of this, especially late in his career. The pitcher might get him, but he was seldom completely fooled on a pitch. And if he was, it wasn't likely to happen again.
  25. illinoisredsox
    That's a racist statement in and of itself. I really don't care what NFL players do for the anthem. I watch my 2 teams and maybe a little of the Sunday Night game (of course, the fact that we are inundated with the Bears and Packers here helps that along). Was doing that for years before the anthem stuff and will continue to do so. Funny how the networks never covered the anthem (except for the Super Bowl and maybe the other playoff games) until that all happened. The NBA isn't worth my time to think about, but not because of racism, I just don't like it. I think the last time I watched a full NBA game was the finals when Jordan's Bulls won their first title (1991?). Since then, if you exclude the second half of Kobe Bryant's last game (and I watched that much only to see how many points he would end up with; I think he ended up with 60), my total viewership of NBA games might add up to one full game.
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