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  1. illinoisredsox
    Exactly. The media is gone. He attacked 2-3 of their own. He could put up Pedro numbers and they will still be on him. When it comes to criticism, the only thing more thinskinned than the players is the media.
  2. illinoisredsox
    Much as we want to rag on Price, his loss, if for an extended period of time, is a big one. Expecting Johnson to fill that spot is not realistic.
  3. illinoisredsox
    That was to get Nunez on the 40 man. The Marrero move was to get him on the 25 man roster.
  4. illinoisredsox
    He's listed as an infielder on MLB,com, ESPN just lists him as "minors" though they have his position as RF. I guess there a couple guys who could be listed either way, Holt being the other obvious one.
  5. illinoisredsox
    Agree. I don't see every game, but it seems to me when Eck's in the booth, any conversation about himself or his career centers around some mistake he made (a "bomb" he gave up or some time when he made a boneheaded play like forgetting to cover first; as I recall, his words on that were "we've all done it"). "Yuck" may not have been the most artful of adjectives to use, but would "ugh" have made things any better? He's not Vin Scully. Eck says it like he sees it without a whole lot of bias. If a Sox player makes a great play, he says it. If an opposing player makes a great play, he says it. Ditto the bad plays. Problem is, the feedback on the former somehow never gets back to players; they only hear the negative.
  6. illinoisredsox
    First they will have to put him back on the 40 man roster. Not saying they won't, but to bring him up, they will have to clear a spot via release or trade. Right now, the Sox list only 5 oufielders on the 40 man (per MLB.com) and that includes Holt. There are no minor league OFs at all on it.
  7. illinoisredsox
    This is where NL teams have an advantage. Their bench players actually get to the plate a few times a week when they are called on to hit for the pitchers. Throw in double switches and they get some actual game time. AL bench types (other than the back-up catcher) can go a week or more without doing more than spitting sunflower seeds.
  8. illinoisredsox
    I agree that the hand may have something to do with it, but even early on it seemed to me he was getting a lot of soft hits. IMO, his penchant for taking at least one strike and sometimes 2 has caught up to him. He does adjust and take a more defensive swing with 2 strikes, but he was flaring a lot of pitcher's pitches into the short outfield. You can't get away with that for very long.
  9. illinoisredsox
    It's not just last year. Bogaerts' career slash line: 1st Half - .293/.350/.771 2nd Half - .274/.320/.719 Breaking it down further: Apr - .289/.368/.748 May - .342/.392/.905 Jun - .265/.306/.702 July - .273/.313/.694 Aug - .240/.291/.604 Sep - .291/.345/.802 For a guy from the tropics, he sure cools down when the weather gets hot. Do we have our own version of Mr. May?
  10. illinoisredsox
    Fair enough. I don't see how one newly acquired player is going to make a difference in the offense without 3 or 4 of the current players raising their game.
  11. illinoisredsox
    Kimbrel? He faced 2 batters and struck both out. Boyer pitched the 8th and started the 9th; got the first guy then gave up a hit and a wallk. That brought in Kimbrel.
  12. illinoisredsox
    No offense but I wasn't asking you. I figured a700 wouldn't bother to respond; I was right.
  13. illinoisredsox
    So what would your line-up be then?
  14. illinoisredsox
    Hard to believe, but allowing 2 runs in 2 2/3 innings last night actually lowered his ERA from 7.54 to 7.46.
  15. illinoisredsox
    Ball game.
  16. illinoisredsox
    Bogaerts' ABs are becoming so predictable. Take 2 strikes (one of them very hittable) and then flail at a slider.
  17. illinoisredsox
    Price in the clubhouse will have nothing to do on whether they get past the first round or even get to the first round. If people think getting rid of him and replacing him in the rotation with Fister or Johnson is going to change this team for the better, they are nuts. If Betts, Bogaerts and Hanley don't start hitting like they are capable of, it's not going to matter. Beni and Bradley getting a little more consistent would help as well.
  18. illinoisredsox
    Well that's true. But he is going on both Tuesday at the latest. So long as he remains on the active 25 roster (or DL), no option year is burned. Unless he completely flops, he will stay there the rest of the year. Come to think of it, even if he does get off to a very rough start, I doubt they send him down.
  19. illinoisredsox
    No option year has been burned yet. Options don't kick in until a player is added to the 40 man roster. If they send him down between now and September 1, then and only then is an option year burned. Otherwise, he still has 3 left.
  20. illinoisredsox
    That theory works best if the pitcher is not throwing strikes. Going into this inning Bridwell had thrown 29 srikes and 12 balls. I know we all get upset when seemingly every batter stands there and takes get me over fastballs for strike one constantly. I can't see the game, so I don't know if Bridwell is throwing hittable pitches on strike one and the Sox aren't hitting them or if they are going after pitcher's pitches. I do remember Bridwell doing pretty well against the Sox at Fenway earlier this year.
  21. illinoisredsox
    Yawn. Nice try.
  22. illinoisredsox
    Many of the Sox pitchers are pitching high in the strike zone (at least to my untrained eye). As the article pointed out, modern swings allow low balls get hit, but that comes at a price; it is harder than ever to get to the higher pitches. Sox pitchers are getting a lot of strikeouts on high pitches. I just looked at the defensive stats and the Sox are near the bottom of the list in number of assists but have more putouts than any other team. This, while not a perfect indicator, tells me they are getting a lot of outs on pop ups and fly balls as well, which one would also expect from balls up in the zone.
  23. illinoisredsox
    They most certainly did not discover it. As one Hall of Fame pitcher put it 60+ years ago: "Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing." - Warren Spahn
  24. illinoisredsox
    Now that I've had the chance to see the DVR, Fister was, to put it charitably, indeed less than stellar. But the game turned when Holt lost the ball in the sun. It cost the Sox 4 runs, Fister a bunch of extra pitches and may well have cost them the game. The pen plays out differently if the Sox are ahead instead of behind.
  25. illinoisredsox
    Not saying it was a smart move, just that it may not have mattered given the way the inning played out. I'm guessing Betts has the green light and they give him a sign when not to run. OTOH, he has to use that green light with some game awareness.
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