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  1. illinoisredsox
    They do but he’s better off pitching every 5th day in Pawtucket than being the 6th or 7th guy out of the pen in Boston.
  2. illinoisredsox
    He’s still adjusting from being a starter. I doubt he was fully warmed up since they started the 8th with a 2 run lead. If he’s going to pitch out of the pen, he’s got to figure out how to get warm quicker.
  3. illinoisredsox
    He went on his rehab assignment April 30. Pitchers get 30 days max, so I would think he either has to be activated or put back on the DL today or maybe tomorrow. EDIT - He was taken off his rehab assignment on Tuesday without being taken off the DL; he can resume minor league rehab on the 8th
  4. illinoisredsox
    Unless you are also going to give him credit for a really good offense in 2016, yes.
  5. illinoisredsox
    He doesn’t have good instincts. Betts has them; Beni and JBJ not so much. Two of the best runners in recent years were Lowell and Napoli. No speed but they knew when to go and when not to. Ortiz was pretty good as well, especially until what little speed he had left him.
  6. illinoisredsox
    JBJ has some speed but he is not a good base runner. Having said that, if Beni went on his own, he may not have known. That’s a play you have to anticipate; the coach can’t help you there.
  7. illinoisredsox
    Looks like Gaviglio is pounding the outside corner; got to take him up the middle and the other way. He’s gotten them to roll over on 5 ground ball outs.
  8. illinoisredsox
    Truth is we (the fans) have absolutely no idea what happens in the clubhouse. Cora et.al. saw something or some things that raised some concerns. We’ll have to trust their insider judgement on what is/was best for the team.
  9. illinoisredsox
    Those who are clamoring for Velazquez to take Pomeranz's spot need to note that Hector has been scuffling quite a bit lately.
  10. illinoisredsox
    Oops, yeah you are correct.
  11. illinoisredsox
    Actually, no. The tying run is still in the dugout. Under these circumstances, it has to be on deck for this to be a save siyuation.
  12. illinoisredsox
    Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; the band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light, and somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; but there is no joy in Natick — Sandy Leon hit it out .
  13. illinoisredsox
    Interesting, but how would he know? Francona’s last season was 2011 and the Sox didn’t sign Pablo and Ganley until after the 2014 season (by which time Franconia was managing the Guardians).
  14. illinoisredsox
    Cliff, PM one or all of the mods if you have concerns. Calling out the mods publicly is never a good thing.
  15. illinoisredsox
    THAT is why you can't just throw people in at first base and expect them to do all the little things.
  16. illinoisredsox
    Hamley is guaranteed $22M for the year; per the CBA, he cannot get 1 penny more. The Red Sox owe him roughly $15M for the rest of this season. If I'm another team, why would I pay him $1.5M (meaning the Sox would pay $13.5M) rather than the prorated minimum (~$367K right now) and let the Sox pay $14.6M. I get his services either way.
  17. illinoisredsox
    Oh I think Natick has that one wrapped up. You would post about Moreland a couple times a day, and that pace has slowed to glacial speed. Natick babbles about the catchers 2-3 times every page.
  18. illinoisredsox
    Well, while they're at it, they should rule change the slider and/or the split finger fastball. The game changed with the advent of those pitches Or how about any pitch over 95 is now illegal. Ridiculous? Of course it is. It's up to the hitters to adjust. If they fail to do so, it's on them.
  19. illinoisredsox
    At this point you are just trolling.
  20. illinoisredsox
    As somebody penned somewhere in another thread, Ben was a great Director of Player Personnel; he was a less than stellar GM.
  21. illinoisredsox
    This is not that difficult: 1) His current contract contains the vesting option that kicks in if he gets those 1050 Plate Appearances over the 2017 and 2018 season. As of today, he has 748. 2) If another team claims him off waivers or makes a trade for him, they assume the terms of his current contract. This makes it extremely unlikely that any club will take him in this manner. 3) Once released (in a week), he is free to sign a new contract with any team. Any plate appearances from here forward will be under that new contract, not his current Red Sox one. He got 748 PAs under his current contract; that is not 1050 and the option does not vest.
  22. illinoisredsox
    That's the way I understand it. But either way, it's still a new contract, so any PAs he has from here forward are under the new contract. For the option to have kicked in, he needed 1050 PAs during the 2017-18 seasons. He got 748. It doesn't vest.
  23. illinoisredsox
    If somebody trades for him, then they pick up all the terms of the contract (I would imaging any trade would include a large cash payment from Boston to the new team to pay the salary). Why would a team even part with a Grade B prospect and be on the hook for the option if they can just sign him in a week as a free agent for 2/3 of the major league minimum.
  24. illinoisredsox
    He'll be released from his contract in a week. Signing with another team is a new contract. He can't go play for another team unless he is under contract to them somehow. That agreement with the new team would almost certainly be for the major league minimum, and that would be prorated for the 2/3 of the season remaining.
  25. illinoisredsox
    Well, don't feel TOO sorry for him; by the end of the year, he'll have been paid nearly $160 mil for his career.
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