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  1. The option only is in play if Hanley is traded/claimed off waivers (which is about as likely as 59 year old me signing with a team). If he does get picked up after that, it becomes a new contract and the option is void. The new team would pay the prorated portion of the minimum (~$367K) with the Sox on the hook for the balance of this year's contract (roughly $12.5M). For $367K, somebody will take a shot.
  2. I would think this means that Swihart will see some action at first, at least against tough lefties. Moreland is best if he doesn't play every day (maybe he plays 4-5x a week with Swihart 2x).
  3. One problem; if a player is sent down, he has to stay there 10 days (unless a player with the big league club is placed on the DL).
  4. It's mostly 2 people, and IMO all they are showing is we have a couple of the dumbest posters in existence.
  5. Here's another article on the robo-ump subject: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/37347/robo-strike-zone-not-simple-think/
  6. ' Do we really? This article seems to indicate it's not as good as one might think. It has some extensive and interesting insights from the Director of Technology for Baseball Prospectus on the subject. http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/news/robot-umpires-electronic-strike-zone-in-mlb-pitchfx-balls-and-strikes/ggv80p4qmsu31d72sohrmbcnj Note - it also quotes Joe West, but he can be ignored.
  7. Bradley gets more borderline pitches called for strikes than anyone I've seen.
  8. If ther Sox take the lead here, I'd let Kelly close his own game. He didn't throw too many pitches.
  9. Interesting choice in Kelly; who closes should the Sox take the lead? Not sure I trust Hembree to do it.
  10. Alvarado was downright nasty tonight. That two seamer was fast and had good movement. Glad to see him done.
  11. Message from Price to Sucre about deking Nunez.
  12. Source? It may be true, but it seems like a dumb thing to say 2 days ahead of time.
  13. And so it starts for today.
  14. Actually, it's not. You just put them on ignore and you don't even have to scroll past the drivel. The negative is you have to log in to have it work; if you just read, it's all there. I don't like to put people on ignore, but I like even less having to scroll past a dozen or more posts of garbage to get to a post containing something worth discussing/reading, and then having to go through another 10 of garbage again. The ignores have earned their place on the list.
  15. Would that be a bad thing?
  16. There's really just one critic; he's just very, ahem, passionate(?).
  17. Well, it sounds like we'll find out Friday: http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/red_sox/2018/05/red_sox_notebook_dustin_pedroia_heading_for_friday_return
  18. C'mon moon, he's up to 2 innings now and he's the only catcher on the staff without a passed ball. He's obviously better than everyone else. Didn't you hear, he's the next Fisk. To be fair, the yips were apparently in 2017 ST (I did a quick search for that) and he seemingly has gotten past those now.
  19. This is one of your dumber posts, and that boggles the mind.
  20. Kimbrel in big trouble here. He loses effectiveness after 20 or so pitches and really goes down after 25.
  21. He's delusional and irrational. Not worth the effort.
  22. More importantly, both were hit hard.
  23. Now that was very dumb base running play.
  24. The only way is if they decide to try and save a few $ cap wise by moving on from Leon. Sandy makes about $2M (which will probably go up in arbitration) while Swihart is down around the minimum. If so, then Swihart is basically a Rule V player this year. He certainly is being treated like one.
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