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... and less velocity....
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Sox sign Garrett Richards, pending physical
notin replied to illinoisredsox's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Kluber is the bigger name, but both carried a lot of risk for the 2021 season, and both are very, very capable if healthy.... -
Ottavino is 12th in MLB (discounting Felipe Vazquez, who ain't coming back) in fWAR among relievers with 3.4 along with a 2.61 ERA over the past 3 seasons. He's a pretty underrated reliever...
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Hernandez threw 8 IP last year. I'm expecting a vast increase in that total...
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Technically it's on Cora...
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There’s also the story from March, 1986 when George Steinbrenner was watching Dennis Rasmussen get lit up in a spring training game. Reportedly he turned to GM Clyde King and told him that Rasmussen should be cut and King better start looking for a new pitcher. Rasmussen went 18-6 3.88 that year...
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I don’t think the Sox have improved anywhere more than they improved the bullpen. I’m not wild about Brice and Valdez (which is putting it mildly). Whitlock is an unknown. Sawamura, too, but successful Japanese relief pitchers often do well in MLB. But adding Ottavino and Andriese along with the return of Taylor and Darwinzon Hernandez to the other holdovers from last year in Barnes and Brasier is a vast step up from watching the futility in Walden, Springs, Hall, Covey, Weber, Triggs and Stock plus others. I would like to see them dump Brice and replace him with Houck. Looks like it won’t happen by April but I’m hopeful by May...
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I disagree when it’s made as a sweeping generalization. Players - especially pitchers - don’t always seem to go all out or be in games during ST. And I’m sure they have to know the bulk of the hitters they face won’t be in the same uniform come April. Back on that other board, every spring I awarded a player the Jeff Bailey Award, which was given to the player who had an outstanding spring but we all knew or should have known was not going to last, even in Pawtucket, something Bailey did every year. And even after him, there was some Pedro Ciriaco/Chris Carter/Jon Van Every type who just lit it up for March, and that was their season’s highlight. Once April rolled around, it was back to Eastern League Obscurity..
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He doesn’t play Major League Baseball, where HIPPA laws go to die...
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Point?
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I’ve been more critical of Brasier than most people, but this is flat out untrue. Unless you meant to type “Brice”. In which case, I agree...
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Players have two goals in spring training 1. Get in game shape 2. Don’t get injured. Now some of the MiLB and NRI players will try to make an impression, but supplanting a player under contract isn’t likely. They need a borderline candidate for that. (Like Brice.)
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Without Sale, this isn’t a bad year to give Chavis a legitimate chance to fix his offensive game and see if he has a future as a starter. Not like his potential failures would drag the team down...
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Gettys was let go by the Padres after six season of off/on production. He has some good points, like power, speed and the ability to play all three outfield positions. However, he struggles to make contact and has some holes in his swing he has yet to fix after years (plus a foreign season in 2020 as the Padres did not invite him to their alternate site). It’s not so much an oversight as maybe a player whose projected ceiling is being an AAAA up-and-down player. Every minor league system has a player like him...
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Marte was a very surprising acquisition for Renteria. I think half of the excitement was over dumping Renteria...
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The Sox benched a struggling Coco in the 2007 playoff run and went with Ellsbury. And in 2008 they benched a struggling Ellsbury to play Coco...
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Funny thing was, before coming to Boston, Coco carried a questionable defensive reputation. The Guardians bounced him back and forth between LF and CF even before Sizemore came up. Crisp played amazing defese in CF, but did not hit much in Boston (OPS+ 84 in 3 seasons.). His best eyars at the plate came much later in Oakland (2012-2014 with an OPS+ 108). Although Crisp had a very key single in elimination game 5 of the 2008 ALCS to tie a game in which the Sox trailed 7-0 just two innings earlier. And as Daniel Tosh used to say "and for that, we thank you"...
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Coco played for a long time after leaving Boston...
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What about a player who just isn't good enough for any other team to want? I got me a Josh Rutledge jersey that way. Not only is it cheaper, but for like $25 more, it comes with Josh Rutledge. (I saved the $25)...
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Who should the Sox have play CF on opening day?
notin replied to mvp 78's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Nothing. but it has everything to do with posting about having two left fielders and no right fielders prior to editing... -
Liking players and liking teams can be two separate things. Did you enjoy or not the 2013 Red Sox and all their roster turnover?
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Who should the Sox have play CF on opening day?
notin replied to mvp 78's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Too late. Can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube... -
Who should the Sox have play CF on opening day?
notin replied to mvp 78's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Well with all the shifts, he is going to spend plenty of time there anyway... -
I don't think the opener and bullpen game strategies have caught on as much around the league...
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Really it winds up making a big deal out of the third game of the season. If opening day gets rained out, they're still going to play the next day; whether it was scheduled to be Game 1 or Game 2 is irrelevant. I'll try to not be confusing here. If the Sox are scheduled to pay April 1, 2 and 3, and April 1 gets rained out, they're still going to play April 2 and 3. If they schedule April 1, 3 and 4, and April 1 gets rained out, they do get in all three games. But they still start the season on April 2nd.
