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  1. illinoisredsox
    It will come down to which of Hamilton or Valdez might possibly improve playing in AAA. Hamilton is a couple years older, so it’s less likely he would, so I’m guessing Valdez will go down when Grissom is activated tomorrow. I frankly thought both would go; a bit surprised at Reyes since he can also serve as the 14th pitcher LOL.
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    Actually, the minor league seasons go much later now. Whereas the regular season used to wrap up around Labor Day, this year A ball ends on September 8, Portland on the 15th and Worcester on the 22nd. Makes it even easier to roll guys up and down since many are actually still playing. Not sure if the new minimum stay times are in effect in September or not. But it only takes an injury to get around those and at that time of year, everyone has some little thing. Changing up the back-end guys is nothing.
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    If Duran is tagging, it wouldn't have mattered. Neither one of those scenarios is going to get Duran at the plate unless he falls down.
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    Agree 100%. Especially since it was Duran. If it were a Casas or Yoshida, the part way thing is fine; they aren't going to score if from there no matter who catches the ball. It has to drop in. With his speed, the only way Duran doesn't score is if the left fielder gets there to make the catch, in which case he just stays at 3rd. If the SS or 3B make the catch, he scores.
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    Grissom apparently is done with his Worcester rehab/spring training and will be up with the big club tomorrow. Cooper should also be added to the active roster, so two moves coming.
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    I made post 82 but didn’t realize Joely had already been DFA’d. Uwasara is a lefty, but I’m not sure that would have been the spot for his debut. I looked back and you did indeed post about your concerns with keeping Martin in in real time. Kudos to you for that; you are not a 20-20 hindsight guy as so many others here are.
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    Duran got away with it, but he made a mistake on the game winning play. He was not tagging up on O’Neill’s hit. If Swanson catches it, he doesn’t score. If he’s tagging, even if Swanson catches it, there is almost no way Duran gets thrown out at the plate.
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    Incorrect. Martin was not forced to face Tauchman. He got the last out in the 7th and then allowed the two hits to start the 8th, so he had faced his 3 batters. Both hits were bloops, so it’s not like he was being line drived to death. I had no issue with him facing Tauchman. If Cora brings in a lefty, it’s either Bernardino, who pitched yesterday, or Rodriguez, who gave up 3 runs in an inning on Friday and whose performance this season needs no further comment. Tauchman got him, it happens.
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    Cooper’s got to get to Boston first; he wasn’t on the Cubs active roster so he’s either still in Chicago or maybe back home (wherever that is). We will likely find out tomorrow.
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    They might have to include 6 baseballs in the deal. The other team has to get something of value.
  11. illinoisredsox
    You can probably count the number of players in the majors who can consistently bunt for a base hit on two hands, and I mean that’s across all 30 teams.
  12. illinoisredsox
    Why wasn’t Duran moving?
  13. illinoisredsox
    If he’s going to fit in …
  14. illinoisredsox
    Bull.
  15. illinoisredsox
    Like I said, Dalbec doesn’t need help to strike out; he can do it just fine all on his own. He did need help to reach first base and that time he got it.
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    He’s always seemed to have that issue; even back when he had his good 1/2 season, BD had a lot of borderline pitches go against him. It’s not like he complains constantly. Like you said, he’ll K enough on his own. He doesn’t need help. He really ought to consider getting aggressive on the first pitch. Pitchers are just throwing it down the middle because he takes it 95% of the time.
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    Other than preventing Morgan from hitting a likely Series clinching homer, sure. Evans himself has said it wasn’t the best catch he ever made, but it was the most important. If you’ve never seen it, there’s a video on you tube where Dewey describes the catch and why it looked so awkward. Worth spending 5 minutes on if you’ve never seen it.
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    Correct
  19. illinoisredsox
    Last Red Sox complete game shutout was Michael Wacha at the Angels a couple years ago. The last one at Fenway was the immortal Brian Johnson in 2017 against Seattle.
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    I won’t take credit for it; the radio guys mentioned it. If you think about it, it makes sense, because that type of wind up really could be deceptive to the baserunners.
  21. illinoisredsox
    When a pitcher uses the sideways type windup (the type that looks a lot like a stretch position), he has to declare which one he is throwing out of with men on base. I think Lively failed to do this; that may have been the reason the balk was called.
  22. illinoisredsox
    It’s amazing how often those shots off Red Sox bats are foul and how often when they’re off opponents bats they stay fair.
  23. illinoisredsox
    Well, I guess I was an inning off with my over/under mark of 3.
  24. illinoisredsox
    Definitely a fierce competitor; as I recall, he played for the Harlem Globetrotters one off season. Supposedly he quit because he couldn’t stand the clowning.
  25. illinoisredsox
    That’s how bad everybody’s offense was in the Year of the Pitcher. Yaz won the AL batting title that year with a .301 average. Cater was second at .290. Only 4 or 5 guys broke .300 in the NL.
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