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  1. illinoisredsox
    I would say 1988 was hardly change for change sake: 1) It was July. 2) With John McNamara at the helm, the Sox had gone from an out away from a World Series title in 1986 to a 78-84 record and a 5th place finish in 1987. 3) They were 43-42 at the All-Star break in 1988, in 4th place and 9 games back. The current situation meets all but 3 of those. Oh, and despite Morgan Magic getting them the division title, they got swept by the A's in the ALCS.
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    Magic Numbers: Division - 23 Wild Card - 20
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    The thing is, this isn't that far below his career norms: Starting from his rookie year in 2009 - ERA 3.96, 4.92, 4.75, 4.59, 4.32, 3.43, 4.92, 3.15, 4.67 WHIP 1.336, 1.389, 1.407, 1.531, 1.282, 1.231, 1.360, 1.009, 1.401 HR/9 1.2, 1.0, 0.9, 0.8, 0.9, 0.8, 1.3, 0.9, 1.7 The W-L and HR/9 are way out of norm, but a lot of his stats are fairly average for him. He's a low #3, #4 type pitcher. Last year was the outlier.
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    You said good pitchers don't lose 20 games. I listed several good (and in a few cases great) pitchers who did. Porcello has not been good this year, there is no disputing that point. His record is where it should be. He's lost a few where he pitched well but got no run support; he's also won a couple where he didn't pitch too well but got good run support that day.
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    Actually, there are a lot of good pitchers who have lost 20 games, including several Hall of Famers. Note I am not comparing Porcello to any of them: Phil Niekro (twice) Wilbur Wood (twice)(to be fair, he also WON 20 one of those years) Steve Carlton (a year after he won 27) Luis Tiant Mel Stottlemyre Heck, go way back and Walter Johnson is on the list twice. Repeat, I am not comparing Porcello to any of them.
  6. illinoisredsox
    Betts is getting nothing to pull. First pitch fastball, which he takes 95+% of the time (I agree he needs to get a little more aggressive with those, he is letting hittable pitches go by a lot), followed by sliders and sinkers away and down. Until he starts going the other way with those, he isn't going to hit. Beni is doing just fine, not sure I'd have him doing much different than he has been at at he plate.
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    It's especially suspicious when they made a big deal about the league office's being closed for the Labor day weekend, yet the Tigers involved began serving their suspensions Saturday. Prediction: they will be announced tomorow. Romine's will be reduced to one game, he will sit out tomorrow's game. Sanchez's will also be reduced a game and he will miss 1 Oriole game and 2 Rangers games. Torre always takes care of his boys.
  8. illinoisredsox
    Reason to be concerned about Sale: Historically, he wears down as the season progresses. September is by far his worst month careerwise. Fewest IP, highest ERA (by more than half a run), highest WHIP (by .18), only month with a losing record (9-15). August is his second worst month in those regards. Perhaps those who were complaining when Farrell tried to get the rotation extra days rest here and there back in July and early August should maybe consider JF knew what he was trying to do. (Okay, that's probably asking too much). I'm pretty sure he had these types of stats available when all they saw was his last start.
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    Magic Numbers: Division - 23 Wild Card - 21
  10. illinoisredsox
    Won't be Owens; they are sending him to the Arizona Fall League. They aren't doing that with the intent of releasing him, at least as of now. Might be his last shot, though. If he shows nothing in the AFL, he's be gone by spring. Johnson is going to the AFL as well, along with Chavis. My guess would be Martin. Lin and Marrero will be up Tuesday, as will Smith.
  11. illinoisredsox
    OH, I agree Farrell sent him, and I had no issue with him doing so The onus was on Betts to at least attempt to put the ball in play. It's not like it was one of those 3 inches outside called strikes Sabathia got a few times last night.
  12. illinoisredsox
    Neither you nor I have a clue as to what coaching Beni is or is not getting. All we know is he's been up a little more than a year and continues to make the same mistakes over and over again. Whether it's lack of coaching, unwillingness to learn or inability to learn is the question. Could be any combination of the three. If we know nothing else about Farrell, it's that he doesn't say anything bad about his players in public. Tell me how coaching would have prevented the play at second last night? You can preach theory on that one all day and night, but that's a situation that you have to experience to learn from. In this sense, Farrell is right, the game has to teach you. It was a dumb play and despite that, he still was a questionable replay reversal away from pulling it off. That smacks of a guy who's been able to outrun mistakes since he started playing. The only thing coaching would have done there is coach aggressiveness out of him, and we don't want that either.
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    3-2 I doubt it was a hit and run, but Betts, as the great Tiger announcer Ernie Harwell used to put it, "stood there like a house at the side of the road". It was a pitch you have to at least offer at.
  14. illinoisredsox
    We're not talking about sacrifice bunts here. But several of these guys could and should learn to bunt for base hits.
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    He strikes me has a guy who has gotten by on sheer physical ability to this point. He was the national high school player of the year; he was the national college player of the year. He's played the game, but he's never learned the game. He's always been able to out run or out talent his mistakes. At every level, there are always a few players you can't do that to. You're not better than they are or at least, you aren't that much better. Those are the guys the pros sign.
  16. illinoisredsox
    Lee was never the same after that.
  17. illinoisredsox
    Bill Lee and Graig Nettles, 1976
  18. illinoisredsox
    Who cares? He isn't here any more.
  19. illinoisredsox
    Agree, and certain guys should really learn to. The only on purpose bunt hits I remember this year have been Leon and Moreland. Bradley has the speed to get several a year. So do the rest of the B's (Bogaerts, Benintendi and Betts). And once on, all of them are capable of turning that into a double. They don't have to do it that often, just a few times.
  20. illinoisredsox
    Hicks squared both of his first 2 times up last night. Since ERod is also dealing with a knee issue, I assume CC was also upset about that.
  21. illinoisredsox
    Moon's got it right, who are you going to put there? Yeah, you can move Nunez up. But Farrell still has to slot a bunch of guys who aren't hitting and haven't since the all-star break. Second half slash lines per Baseball Reference: Benintendi .276/.367/.790 Betts .240/.322/.652 Ramirez .221/.302/.731 Bogaerts .205/.279/.587 Moreland .256/.321/.785 Benintendi and Moreland are roughly the same as the first half, and it could be said both are around what we probably could have expected. The other 3? A different story. Bogaerts needs to be benched. Now. He is contributing nothing.
  22. illinoisredsox
    Despite my signature proclamation, with the Sox issues against both those teams this year, I want those 7 games going 4-3 one way or the other.
  23. illinoisredsox
    No, they got a discount because Torre is the once who decides these things. They always do. And notice they conveniently waited until the rosters expanded. That being said, my guess is the results will be announced Monday; that way Yanks have all hands on deck for this weekend. I would not be surprised to see both Sanchez's and Romine's reduced 1 game each (to 3 and 1; given his role, Romine's is a little more understandable in that regard, Sanchez's ought to be raised). Romine will miss one game of the Yanks-Orioles series and Sanchez will miss the 1 in that series and the 2 in the Yanks-Rangers series.
  24. illinoisredsox
    Do you ph Moreland for Bogaerts. I do.
  25. illinoisredsox
    No, he needs to sit. He looks absolutely lost up there and has for 2 months. Playing through whatever it is, physical or mental, isn't working.
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