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I find it hard to believe, and I rarely wave the ehite flag this early. But at the very least, I am trying to keep the optimistic ones from giving up...
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Because: 1) Garcia has already crushed his season high in IP for the year. 2) Hernandez, Dull, Lyons and Betances are all Major League pitchers capable of contributing the garbage innings you would need an additional reliever for anyway. 3) The post-season is no time to find out what adjustments Garcia needs to make for the Majors. 4) Unlike Valera, Garcia is not an infielder. I doubt Valera makes the postseason roster, but if he does there will be a reason that Garcia is not the answer for. Garcia will be added to the 40-man roster with plenty of time to keep him from the Rule 5 Draft....
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8/07 Royals @ Boston
notin replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Big deal. Fenway Franks have a shelf life of 150 years... -
Happy 80th Birthday Captain Carl Yastrzemski!
notin replied to a700hitter's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
In Fenway? Maybe not. At Yankee Stadium? Absolutely... -
Happy 80th Birthday Captain Carl Yastrzemski!
notin replied to a700hitter's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Too many remember him solely for popping out to Graig Nettles to end the 1978 season. Why no one remembers his home run off Ron Guidry earlier in that game is beyond me. Especially since the 39yo Yaz became only the second lefty to homer off Guidry that season... -
Nomar had nothing on Mike Hargrove. Remember him? His nickname was "The Human Rain Delay". After every pitch, he stepped out of the box, adjusted his helmet and his gloves, and took 3 practice swings. And then, sometimes, readjusted his helmet and gloves. Sometimes he would step in the box and step back out and do it all over again. And that sequence all happened without fail after EVERY PITCH! And to make matters worse, he was a very selective hitter and took a lot of pitches. And to really compound the issue, as he was not only a pretty good hitter, but he was especially good at drawing walks, he frequently hit leadoff. He could come up 5 times a game!! And did so alot!! When Hargrove came up, you had time to go to the fridge and get a snack. And if there was nothing good to snack on, you actually had time to go to the store and buy something good. And you had to, because many people starved to death waiting for his at bat to come to an end. In retrospect, Nomar wasn't so bad...
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Let's just hope the WC team knocks them out. So root against Tampa, as the Yankees (12-5) have owned them this season. But Oakland (2-0) and Cleveland (4-3) have winning records against them...
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I think my comment was more about Quinones. who played part of one season (in 1986) in Boston. Spike Owen logged more innings at shortstop for the Sox and he didn't even make your list . And it was Owen who had the stellar 1986 post-season...
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I really don't get ripping Brian Cashman. I think he has done a great job. It was easy to call him out when the Yankees were the far and away payroll leaders, but he has been extremely good, especially recently. He's found several hidden talents around the league like Urshela, Voit, and Tauchmann, and acquired them all for basically nothing. (Although he did give up Giovanni Gallegos to get Voit.) Not every GM gets that many hidden gems in that short of a time frame. That does take a special brand of talent recognition. I wish Dombrowski could do something close to that. (Lou Gorman was actually really good at finding scrap heap gems, but I don't think any other Sox GM really shined in this one area.)
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But bear in mind the overwhelming bulk of those titles occurred before Curt Flood changed the way rosters were built. Prior to free agency, it was very difficult to turn a team around and make a bad team good. The time between baseball changing the reserve clause and allowing free agency (1972) until free agency started to create exorbitant salaries (which I will say started with Kirby Puckett in 1990) was probably about the most level the playing field was in recent MLB history. In that time frame, the Yankees did win 2 World Series, but they were not the most dominant team in the sport. Not even close...
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Rey Quinones over Nomar and Naehring? Really? Did one of his 190 at bats with Boston really impress you? His run at SS in Boston was barely longer than Arquimedez Pozo...
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I think it's weird that the Kelenic comparisons range from Mark Kotsay to Christian Yelich/Grady sSizemore. Kotsay was a good player who basically fell off some sort of talent cliff before he turned 30, which Yelich and Sizemore are/were among the best in the game during their careers...
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AGon was probably my favorite of the Sox shortstops during that SS-Rotation phase...
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Oh ok. I will allow that...
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tough call on Tampa, whose entire starting rotation seems to consist of Charlie Morton while Snell and Chirinos are out...
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Might be worth pointing out the Yankees haven't won 100 games yet. And there big lead in the AL East gives them less cause to go full bore for the rest of the season. If it comes down to a decision of fighting for home field vs resting the rotation pitchers, the Yankees might take the foot off the gas pedal for a bit...
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It's not just the rest days. It's the overexposure to the same hitters, too. Unlike during the regular season, it's the same hitters for all seven consecutive games....
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Baseball Reference does have them third, behind Houston and just ahead of Atlanta. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2019-playoff-odds.shtml
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Right now, current odd (from whatever date) have the Yankees second behind Los Angeles. https://mybookie.ag/sportsbook/mlb/world-series/
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I'm half his age and make typos about twice as often. (I do tons of edits and corrections.) If I even live that long, my typing (which may be a thing of the past by then) won't even resemble English. I ignore his typos (as we all should), but I treat the content of his baseball input as I would anyone else's. And I doubt he would want it any other way...
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They will be for a while. But if you need them for 28 innings in a 7 game series, fatigue and overexposure could become a huge problem...
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Why stop posting? You're always welcome here, at least by me...
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I wonder how many people still think Feltman is the closer of the immediate future...
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As he i not on the 40 man roster, the Yankee have to add him quickly. I doubt they do add him this season, as Cashman has been claiming and signing other bullpen alternatives. If the Yankees add another reliever to the 25 man roster, they have already put Ryan Dull on the 40 man roster. But David Hernandez should be the most likely of that bunch to actually see the post-season, IMO, as he has been the most effective in MLB this year. (I do expect Dull or David Hale to be DFA'd in this case.) I doubt the Yankees give Garcia a trial by fire of MLB post-season baseball. Dellin Betances might even be more likely, assuming he has anything to offer right now. Garcia will probably be in the bullpen mix next season as the replacemet for Betances. He might be fighting for a spot with Trevor Rosenthal...
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If that helps you sleep at night...
