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  1. illinoisredsox
    However, unlike Craig and Castillo, Pablo has enough service time to refuse a minor league assignment, which forces the Sox to either keep him on the major league roster or release him. If the latter, somebody almost certainly would sign him for the minimum and the difference in salary would count against the Sox luxury tax threshold. Either way, I don't how the Sox avoid counting all or most of that contract against the cap.
  2. illinoisredsox
    What weakened line-up? Ramirez couldn't play obviously, but Ortiz hit 3rd and went 1-5. You can discuss whether Brentz or Bebintendi should have started in left, but they went with Brentz, who went 1-2 before giving way to Holt (who drove home the game winner in the 11th). Shaw started at 1st in place of Hanley and had a homer and a couple hits.
  3. illinoisredsox
    Papi hit 3rd and went 1-5 last night.
  4. illinoisredsox
    Pretty sure it does. It's one reason Craig and Castillo are stashed at Pawtucket and off the 40 man. If they were released and ended up on another team's roster, the salary difference counts for the Red Sox.
  5. illinoisredsox
    Here's a link to that data: http://www.baseball-reference.com/games/situational.cgi?from=2016&to=2016&0=2&1=4&rsgtlt=lt&rs=3&ragtlt=gt&ra=5&2=6&trgtlt=gt&tr=10&3=8&mvgtlt=gt&mv=10&4=10&owlsgtlt=gt&owls=.500&sortby=WP&teams=team&years=each&submit= The Giants have the best record at 17-30, Texas is next at 13-26. Most clubs are in the 15-25% win rate in games where they score 3 runs or less. Red Sox are 29th out of 30 teams (only the Twins are worse). It is interesting that the Sox have had only 33 such games this year. Everyone else is well over 40 and some are above 50.
  6. illinoisredsox
    I think the corollary question is more apropos: how many games can a bad manager cost his team? I think the number there is a lot higher than the number that a good manager can get is team.
  7. illinoisredsox
    Most clubs, even championship ones, have stretches like that: The 2004 Sox got off to a hot start, but then went 27-30 in May and June (and 41-42 from May through July) The 2007 team had a great April and May, but went 28-26 from June 1-July 31 and 44-39 from May through August. Now who knows with this club. Let's face it, after the past couple years, to even be worried about a .500 stretch on this date is a big step forward.
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    I've seen some that say MAYBE 3 or 4 But Sparky Anderson, who knew a few things about winning, had a few very quotes on the subject that I think are pretty accurate: "Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind, then the manager is a success." "I don't believe a manager ever won a pennant. Casey Stengel won all those pennants with the Yankees. How many did he win with the Boston Braves and Mets? I've never seen a team win a pennant without players. I think the only thing the manager has to do is keep things within certain boundaries." "If a team is in a positive frame of mind, it will have a good attitude. If it has a good attitude, it will make a commitment to playing the game right. If it plays the game right, it will win—unless, of course, it doesn't have enough talent to win, and no manager can make goose-liver pate out of goose feathers, so why worry?"
  9. illinoisredsox
    I purposely stayed away from the game thread last night figuring you would act like a petulant child. I see from a quick perusing this morning that I was correct. As for talksox version 2016, who would have thought that a newbie like me could have such influence over this board.
  10. illinoisredsox
    I'm sure we are all waiting with bated breath for that. Will you at least keep them game related?
  11. illinoisredsox
    Doubt it; salary is a sunk cost and players are paid whether they play in a game or not.
  12. illinoisredsox
    Given the box of chocolates way the pen has performed this year, I think Farrell was in tough spot there. Abad was the right call, and he made Cano look foolish on one pitch. The homer wasn't that bad a pitch (neither was it that good) and probably would have been called a ball had Cano not golfed it out. Personally. I try to critique a move at the time. If I'm not on, I try not to say anything afterwards (I will not say it never happens). I try not to let the results decide if the move was correct. And damnit, Johnson never should have pinch hit for Willoughby in Game 7.
  13. illinoisredsox
    Apologies if that was the case. I think you posted something around 11 (oops, midnight on the East Coast) and the implosion started about 10 minutes later.
  14. illinoisredsox
    He has said Price should have started the 8th. Can't remember if it was after the first homer or after the bloop hit, but a700 was imploring Farrell to get the pen going in real time. There's only the master 20-20 hindsight guys who are now saying the pen should have been up before the 8th.
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    Exactly. You, Jason, etc were putting that on at the time. Weren't nobody calling for the pen before the 8th.
  16. illinoisredsox
    That's fine. But I'm always a little skeptical when somebody posts 12 hours later what should have been done, especially when they were on the game thread at the time of the move.
  17. illinoisredsox
    Slash, much as I hate doing it, I'm about to insult you. When it comes to Price, you are starting to sound like andrewmitch used to about Buchholz.
  18. illinoisredsox
    Bull. If you thought that, why didn't you post it in last night's game thread after the 7th inning or during the top of the 8th? There was nothing going into the 8th that indicated Price was at his limit. Two grounders and a fly ball on 10 pitches in the 7th. a700 and I disagree when the bullpen should have been up/when the reliever should have come in, but that is at least debatable. Stating that a reliever should have come in to start the 8th is 20-20 hindsight of the worst kind.
  19. illinoisredsox
    Any post that suggests that Hanley should be playing LF has to be farcical and deserves it's own thread if only to avoid mixing the legit criticism of the manager in the other thread with the ridicule that will pointed at the poster in this one.
  20. illinoisredsox
    Plus I think they said Cano lifetime was something like 1-11 against Abad.
  21. illinoisredsox
    No, Hill will start playing most of the time at 3rd with Holt occasionally spelling him; he has been a regular most of his career and will likely perform much better with regular playing time, Holt is still not at 100%. They are not going to put Moncada at 3rd base (or 1st) during a pennant race when he has never played an inning professionally at either position. Even if it's not long term, wrist injuries are nasty for hitters. Papi had that miserable year after having one and Pedroia may be the poster child on it.
  22. illinoisredsox
    That's 20-20 hindsight. There was no reason to think Price would lose it that fast.
  23. illinoisredsox
    Again, the homer and 2 singles (one a bloop came on 4 pitches). The pen started up after the bloop. How fast do you think he can react. Weird thing is Zunino was 1-12 off Price and Cano 1-11 off Abad and both homer.
  24. illinoisredsox
    Was that even a strike?
  25. illinoisredsox
    The homer and first 2 singles came in 4 pitches. That's not a lot of time to get anyone warm, even with the pitching coach visiting the mound. And there certainly no reason to have anyone warming to start the inning.
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