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  1. illinoisredsox
    They already sent him back to the pen. With today's off day, the all-star break and another off day on the 18th, they won't need a 5th starter until July 24th. I expect they will have brought someone in via trade by then, or they will tap another minor leaguer. If Buchholz remains on the roster for the rest of this season, I think the only way he starts again is in an emergency (like somebody gets sick on the way to the park) or maybe one game of a doubleheader during a very full week of games. Otherwise, he's strictly a long reliever and will pitch only in games that get away early or extra innings when they've used everyone else.
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    Interesting take on a go-forward plan: http://www.boston.com/sports/boston-red-sox/2016/07/06/fix-red-sox-rotation Not sure I buy into it totally, but if you can have the main guys go every 5th day and use it only when a 5th guy is needed, it might have some merit.
  3. illinoisredsox
    Well, you would have been right had Mookie not been running.
  4. illinoisredsox
    Provided the situation allows it, Choo HAS to go down his next time up. He is WAY too comfortable up there right now against Sox pitching.
  5. illinoisredsox
    Price has at least been okay against the Rangers away from Arlington. 0-2 with a 3.82 ERA and a 1.242 WHIP over 33 innings and 5 games. Not fantastic, but at least numbers like that tend to give your team a chance. His numbers against the Rangers in Texas are downright ugly, (3-2 with a 7.68 ERA and a 1.735 WHIP in 34 innings and 7 games).
  6. illinoisredsox
    Yeah, but is that because he has somehow lost those skills or because Sox pitchers are missing so badly that it makes them moot. Seems to me pitch framing mostly comes into play when a pitch is just outside the zone and thus the catcher's mitt must move very little to "frame" the pitch. Sox pitchers appear to miss spots by several inches, which doesn't lend itself well to framing.
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    That would be 1.000/1.000/4.000 but everything to the right of the "and" would nonetheless remain completely true.
  8. illinoisredsox
    Because "something different" has sucked as well, in fact worse. It defies belief, but Buchholz has been the "best" of the sorry lot they've tried in the #4 and #5 slots.
  9. illinoisredsox
    Why does Kimbrel EVER throw a ball down low to a left handed hitter? Or any hitter for that matter?
  10. illinoisredsox
    That run is going to count.
  11. illinoisredsox
    No kidding? Buffoon was used to describe Farrell and his remarks after the game about Price's stuff (among other things). Now read carefully. If Price really thought that his stuff yesterday was worse than it was against the Rangers last Friday, then buffoon is not nearly an apt enough description of the person making THAT statement. Both remarks were well off base.
  12. illinoisredsox
    Neither Hanigan nor Leon can be sent outright to Pawtucket. Both are out of options, so neither can be sent to RI without exposing them to waivers. Leon probably would not clear; Hanigan would but as a 5 year vet, he can refuse the assignment. Vazquez may be the odd man out right now, if only from a roster management standpoint. Also, he does have the offensive side of the ball to work on.
  13. illinoisredsox
    Maybe, but buffoon doesn't really describe Price if David really thought he had less stuff yesterday than he did against the Rangers last Friday. That just sounds like a guy making a stock quote for the reporters.
  14. illinoisredsox
    Why was Hanley taken out of the game? Did they say anything?
  15. illinoisredsox
    All I can say is in those 4 starts he allowed 9 runs (8 earned) in 31 innings, which equates to a 2.32 ERA. That will lead the league in a lot of years. The teams record in those games was 1-3 due to the offense, not Price. And in his last 4 starts in May he was just about as good (8 runs allowed in 27 1/3 innings, a 2.63 ERA). Yeah, his last 2 starts have been clunkers, but even if he was back to good Price today, given the offense, he probably posts another L. I'm far more concerned about the offense right now than Price.
  16. illinoisredsox
    They are pressing. Need a couple of duck snorts in those situations to fall in and then the hitters might relax a little.
  17. illinoisredsox
    Other than the Ranger debacle, he's been good in June. He's going to go 1-4 this month with a no decision (ironically, the Ranger disaster). His other four stats were 3 runs (2 earned) in 7 innings, 2 runs in 8 innings, 3 runs in 8 innings and 1 run in 8 innings. Not sure you can ask much more from a starting pitcher. He could stand a little support from his teammates. The Sox have scored 2, 1, 2 and 2 in those games, and may be on their way to 0 today. Today he hasn't been great, but it hasn't been awful either.
  18. illinoisredsox
    As has been alluded to, it's been a weird game. Offensively, other than an error in the first, the Sox didn't get a baserunner until the 5th when Bradley walked. They didn't get a hit until the 6th. Pitching wise, Price has 9 K's through 5. So unlike the game against the Rangers, he has stuff today. The Rays have 6 hits out of 12 balls put in play. Apparently a few hard hit balls coupled with a few well placed grounders, but the Rays bunched 4 of them in the 3rd for 3 runs.
  19. illinoisredsox
    Well yeah, at that point, sure. Got to get there first. A solo shot doesn't do much in this situation.
  20. illinoisredsox
    Home runs can be rally killers. Gives the pitcher a fresh start. I'd rather see 4 straight singles. Same total bases, 1 and probably 2 runs and you still have 2 guys.
  21. illinoisredsox
    I'm sure they do. I'm also sure the player has some responsibility in this as well. And as a700 said, it's a bizzare game on Price's part. Rays are hitting .500 on balls in play play and K'd 9 times, so it's not like last game where Price showed up with nothing from the start.
  22. illinoisredsox
    I don't think they can fine him like that any more. In the old days, the players' kangaroo court would have taken care of it, but I haven't heard of that in years.
  23. illinoisredsox
    If Gamecast is at all accurate, Price is not getting the same strike zone that Moore is.
  24. illinoisredsox
    Dumb play by Bradley. Utterly stupid given the score.
  25. illinoisredsox
    Well, can't usually do too much about grounders hit in the "wrong" place.
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