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  1. illinoisredsox
    Castillo, and bringing him up has severe luxury tax implications for both this year and next. It's not always as cut and dried as we want it to be.
  2. illinoisredsox
    The problem is the cap; not easy to improve when you have no salary room to maneuver, and DD's marching orders from above may be no exceeding the cap. Onone of us know for sure. This is where Sandoval's contract really hurts. Hanley's wasn't great, but at least he was here for most of it.
  3. illinoisredsox
    By going Manaea/Sabathia on steroids. Perfect location, never two pitches in the same place or at the same speed. Warren Spahn would have been proud. Mariners flashed some leather as well.
  4. illinoisredsox
    There aren't THAT many guys out there who throw like that, and there certainly aren't pitching staffs loaded with them. Relax.
  5. illinoisredsox
    Only problem is there really is nobody right now who merits a promeotion. Lin I guess, but he's a meh.
  6. illinoisredsox
    That was like the 20th game of the year; can we really say the team hitting before that game was the real Sox or are the current genre more realistic? OTOH, I note that Manaea's no hitter was also on a Saturday; so can we say that the Red Sox are vulnerable to left handers with change-ups pitching on Staurday's on the west coast?
  7. illinoisredsox
    The Sox scored 4 off Manaea the 2nd time they saw him, though. And I think if they see LeBlanc next week, they will do better as well. You still have to execute the pitches and there's no way LeBlanc can execute any better than he did tonight.
  8. illinoisredsox
    So in other words, you can't answer the question. Baseball is an inconsistent game; if you can't figure that out, you are going to always be miserable as a fan.
  9. illinoisredsox
    What "manner and attitude" should a manager have?
  10. illinoisredsox
    If everyone has been brilliant, how have the Red Sox won 48 games and scored the 2nd (or maybe 3rd) most runs in all of major leaguie baseball?
  11. illinoisredsox
    Actually, if you would take you head out of your rear, you would know the reason. LeBlanc has been brilliant. As I said, its a classic example of actual pitching as opposed the throwing we usually see.
  12. illinoisredsox
    It really would not surprise me to see LeBlanc face the minimum 27 (if he's allowed to pitch the 9th, which I bet he won't be unless the Mariners score a few runs). He has been masterful.
  13. illinoisredsox
    All I know is this a classic example of pitching. No two pitches ever in the same place, no two pitches at the same speed.
  14. illinoisredsox
    I swear Bradley gets more borderline pitches called strikes than any batter in baseball. He's bad enough, he doesn't need help striking out.
  15. illinoisredsox
    Cobb slid feet first with spikes high.
  16. illinoisredsox
    I didn't think so, and there wasn't enough to overturn it anyway.
  17. illinoisredsox
    I don't care if it gets you there quicker or not (I don't think it does); the risk of an injury to a hand or finger is too great. The ONLY time you do it is to avoid a tag on a throw up the first base line and you want to get under it (and then you aren't worried about getting to the base quicker).
  18. illinoisredsox
    Yep. I'm thinking the shortstop gets it if LeBlanc doesn't.
  19. illinoisredsox
    Bogaerts if you run through the bag you may have beaten that.
  20. illinoisredsox
    If he's going to be out there, they've got to think opposite field. That's how they got to Paxton last night (though the Mariners helped out in the field as well).
  21. illinoisredsox
    Not this year. He has been very good this season. Not as good as he's been tonight, but good.
  22. illinoisredsox
    Sprint vs. marathon. You can’t trot those 2 guys out there every game. You do that and neither will be around in August, let alone September. Both have been used a fair amount this week. Hembree and Barnes have generally gotten the job done this year. Not always as cleanly as we would like, but for the most part, they’ve done their job. Tonight Barnes didn’t have it; it happens.
  23. illinoisredsox
    It’s a problem with the modern game; you trot out a different reliever each inning, you are taking a chance that it one of them doesn’t have it on a given night.
  24. illinoisredsox
    Couldn't be a fielders choice since the play was made on Betts; it's either a straight up error or a hit and error (allowing Bradley to get to 3rd).
  25. illinoisredsox
    The 3 sure things of life: death, taxes and d-money not posting when the Sox are ahead.
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