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  1. illinoisredsox
    C'mon dewey, consider who you're responding to.
  2. illinoisredsox
    Right now I would go with Vazquez. First, he makes all the routine plays seemingly effortlessly AND has made some great ones as well. Two things jump out: the pitching staff is not afraid to throw splitters with him behind the plate and right now teams are not really even attempting any running game against the Sox. Frankly, I have not been that impressed with JBJ's play in the OF this season. Yes, he has made some great plays, but he has missed a few that I think makes last season and his throwing has not been nearly as good (been off the mark several times, in a couple instances by wide margins). He's been good, but IMO he was better last year.
  3. illinoisredsox
    ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Yeah, that's what is says:)
  4. illinoisredsox
    Emp9, the Cards got rid of Craig for a reason; they aren't taking him back.
  5. illinoisredsox
    You've determined it's a no-brainer, just on the side of not being worth picking up the option.
  6. illinoisredsox
    Keep in mind that Rivera's numbers encompassed the peak of the steroid era, Papelbon's a little less so. Kimbrel is pitching in a lower OPS era.
  7. illinoisredsox
    Amazed that happened with Boras as his agent. Obviously Strasburg likes playing in Washington and was willing to forgo some $ to stay there. Good for him.
  8. illinoisredsox
    Only thing to hope for is a repeat of last game when he gave up 2 in the first and nothing after that.
  9. illinoisredsox
    I would make a quick to the mound and tell Mr. Buchholz that you are going 6 innings tonight. That can be 18 pitches or 218, up to you.
  10. illinoisredsox
    In a word, no, Trout is not a realistic option at this time.
  11. illinoisredsox
    There are some big differences though. Betts started 2014 in AA, not A. Betts was called up to a last place team. Betts also benefited greatly by the total ineptitude of Sox outfielders that year: JBJ imploded, Victorino was hurt most of the year, Gomes was traded and really didn't do much before he was, Nava was terrible the first half. There is not a comparable situation in Boston this season. No need to rush the kid. Yes, if he keeps raking at Salem he'll be in Portland before the end of the year, but that will probably be it. He appears to be a keeper, but let's not ascribe Trout/Harper fly through the levels type talent to him.
  12. illinoisredsox
    True. My take on Drew is that he was/is an extreme introvert. He wanted to do his job and go home. He didn't want to deal with the press on either good days or bad ones. He didn't wear his emotions on his sleeve ala David Ortiz, and so he appeared not to care. But it takes all types to make a team, 25 guys with personalities like Ortiz would not work and neither would 25 Drews. Many years ago, the Sox had another outfielder who, if given his druthers, would have done the same thing, and was also accused at times of not caring. He had the nickname of Yaz.
  13. illinoisredsox
    Slash, people don't undergo shoulder surgery for a "phantom" injury and any doctor that would perform one would be guilty of malpractice. A guy like Dr. Andrews is certainly not going to put his or his practice's reputation on the line for that.
  14. illinoisredsox
    The immortal Sean O'Sullivan? It appears from his games for Pawtucket that he at least throws the ball over the plate (5BB in 33 IP), which is more than could be said of one Henry Owens. Whether or not that's a good thing remains to be seen, although in theory the defense would have a chance to make a play.
  15. illinoisredsox
    Or maybe pitchers could learn to pitch more than 1 batter or inning at a time, so that 12 and 13 man pitching staffs aren't required.
  16. illinoisredsox
    Sure he can, but that means Young is in left, and it seems like a lot here just want to be rid of him already. And one of Holt's hits was that 45 foot frozen rope off Jennings last night. So going into that AB, he was hitting .222 off of lefties. Two ways to take it; either non of them can hit lefties this season or it's way too soon to tell. I'm opting for the latter. (The Shaw stats are interesting in light of virtually everyone trashing Farrell ph Young for him early on.)
  17. illinoisredsox
    vs. LHP Young .250/.368/.500/.868 (4-16) 4K Holt .300/.462/.300/.762 (3-10) 3K Shaw .083/.120/.125/.245 (2-24) 8K 2 of the 3 are going to play when a lefty starts, unless Rutledge worms his way into more PT
  18. illinoisredsox
    Henry "Houdini" Owens
  19. illinoisredsox
    White Sox announcers just cited a baseball first tonight. Coupled with the Nationals-Cubs game at Wrigley, this is the first time ever that four first place teams have been playing in the same city at the same time. Have to admit it's nice not having Harrelson on the broadcasts Tuesday and tonight.
  20. illinoisredsox
    Nothing wrong with that trade. Boddicker was very effective with Boston, going 39-22 with an ERA of around 3.50 and helping the Sox to 2 division titles. Schilling didn't even become a full time starting pitcher until 1993 (5 years after the trade), and Anderson was a decent outfielder, but other than 1 over the top year, was hardly a diffeence maker.
  21. illinoisredsox
    Baseball Reference has it at $6.5M for both years. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/youngch04.shtml#contracts
  22. illinoisredsox
    I've heard that as well, and it's absolutely sick. That surgery costs in the area of $20,000 and since in these cases it's elective, that's out of pocket. That's a year of college at many places. Another dirty little secret is that division 1 scholarships are limited to 11.7 per team. That covers 4 years worth of players, so a) almost no one gets a full ride (in some cases, you might get your books covered) and even if you do, scholarships are year to year, so even if you get a full ride year 1, odds are you aren't getting one after that because it will be needed to lure another frosh. In other words, you are going to lay out big $ anyway. Division 2 schools are allowed 9 per team and Division 3 don't give "athletic" scholarships. You want $ for college? Hit the books.
  23. illinoisredsox
    Close. More like: 1. Babe Ruth 2. Bagwell for Anderson, although Lyle for Cater is certainly in the same ballpark.
  24. illinoisredsox
    63 might be the average temp but the reality in Chicago now and tonight is overcast, temps in the upper 40s and winds at around 15 mph; I'm guessing that translates to windchills in the 30s. In other words, miserable.
  25. illinoisredsox
    Given the historical excellence of the position, it's hard to believe that LF has become somewhat of an offensive black hole for the Red Sox.
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