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Everything posted by notin
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Ellsbury and Dempster. Ellsbury was still good, but he wasn't the difference between last place and first place...
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In fact, just blaming the SP is not 100% accurate. Eovaldi - wit ha significant history of injury - has missed most of 2018. Dombrowski's lucrative extension made replacing him difficult. (So apparently he decided not to try beyond Ryan Weber.) Sale missed time in 2018, and was not the same in the postseason. He was also given a lucrative extension. Now that he is out, don't hold your breath for a replacement. Price has been having off-and-on issues since 2017. If he isn't 100%, why do you expect the same results from when he was? Porcello has been a flop. That's on him. But essentially, Dombrowski took a WSC team and the extent ofhis "improvements" was to replace Craig Kimbrel with Colten Brewer. Meanwhile, Houston and NY and Tampa and, well, everyone else, was trying to get better to catch the Sox. Juggernaut or not, he absolutely gave everyone the chance to close the gap. And some of them took it...
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So who do you blame the 2014 Sox first to worst season on?
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I am saying the Yankees bullpen pitchers are more talented and it has nothing to do with the way they are being utilized. They just have better pitchers in the bullpen. And I simply asked a hypothetical question. I don't expect the Yankees to change anything...
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Well, he held over a successful team from last year and has done nothing to improve it. Cherington built a Wolrd Series Champion in 2013 and did nothing as well in 2014, and the team was not successful. Was that on the team or Cherington? Because Ben was stripped of some of his responsibilities the next season...
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Reportedly, Dombrowski tried to move him last offseason. Not sure what the market was, but at the very least, we know it was less than Dombrowski wanted...
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He was overpaid and screamed "decline." While he was worth 7.7 fWAR the 3 previous seasson, the late Luis Valbuena was worth 6.0 fWAR those same years while playing about 60 fewer games. Sandoval received a 5 year $85mill contract that the Sox are still paying despite releasing him 3 years ago. Valbuena signed a 2 year $10mill contract, played it out, and moved on. For the Sox, Sandoval was worth (-1.4) fWAR before being released. Valbuena provided Houston with 3.7 fWAR in that same timeframe. Sandoval looked like just chasing the bigger name and getting burned by it...
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I don't think the Sox should trade him because he isn't any good. I think he is very good. The reason to trade him is because his value on the market relative to his value to the Red Sox (including his first year arb salary) and any future reset plans is among the highest on the Red Sox. He's their best trade candidate, with the possible exception of Mookie. But unlike Mookie, the suitors aren't as limited. (But in the right deal the Sox should move Mookie, reset the luxury tax, and then bring him back long term on a contract similar to Nolan Arenado's.) I also think the Sox should non-tender Bradley. Not because I don't think Bradley is a bad player, but because his fourth year arb salary is likely to become a financial issue....
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The disparity in the Sox bullpen isn't in the way the pitchers are utilized; it's in the talent of the pitchers involved. If Boone used the Yankee relievers in a "play it by ear" fashion that had Chapman pitching the occasional 7th or 8th, and saves distributed among the 4 pitchers, would they suddenly be ineffective? If Cora used the regimented bullpen role philosophy and always used, say, Walden in the 6th, Hembree in the 7th, Barnes in the 8th and let Workman close all year - or whatever arrangement you think is better - would this bullpen suddenly be better? Would you suddenly take our bullpen over the play-it-by-ear Yankee version?
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Depends what other teams think he might be worth...
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And for the Red Sox, he has more Silver Slugger Awards than seasons played. I doubt he opts out this year, unless there is some serous writing on the wall about a full scale rebuild than he doesn't want to wait through. But I don't think that happens, and I think that JD stays for 2020, but might opt out for 2021 when his salary drops by about $4mill...
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With Sale back, trading Betts becomes less urgent. But if the goal is to reset the taxes, I would try to trade Barnes (who still has value and no shortage of interested teams) and try to trade Bradley and Hembree. But if either of the latter two cannot be dealt, I would non-tender them. But the foundation of this lineup over the next 3 years is Bentendi, Bogaerts, and Devers...
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OK, but what do you do when the robot umps turn on you? What do you do if you're cornered by the cyborg version of Angel Hernandez, an automaton with mechanical brute strength, no depth perception, extremely poor decision making abilities, and no concept of fault, conscience or cause-effect relationships but is hellbent on destruction and creating sadness and frustration?
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Paging Andrew Friedman...
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And the Yankees have since added Tyler Lyons and Trevor Rosenthal to the bullpen mix. While nothing is likely to save this season, can Dombrowski please take a gamble on someone other than non-pitchers Cody Asche, Joey Curletta, and the immortal Chris Owings ? Just give me the illusion of concern...
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No. He's on first....
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It's sort of weird so many think Cherington is relegated to do-nothing jobs around MLB, or out of MLB altogether. We rooted for a team that had a former GM as the first base coach just two years ago. Cherington is doing a far more responsible position than that...
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Sandoval was a misguided signing from Day One....
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To be fair, as the de facto leader of the Fire Dombrowski Movement, he isn't gone and we really don't know if he actually will be...
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I think that is a sweeping generalization that certainly applies to some relievers, but not all. There are also pitchers who want the ball no matter what, relish the high leverage chances and challenges, and always think they're the guy for any situation. These are human beings and aren't so easily categorized...
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By throwing strikes and getting hitters out at a spectacular rate, two things Ryan Weber has been incapable of doing on the same level...
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Ehen it comes to pitcher reinventing themselves, the best success story - and one no one has mentioned - is former Sox SP Frank Tanana. Some of you might remember him. (His Sox tenure was rather nondescript, however.) Tanana came up at 19 pitching for the Angels alongside Nolan Ryan, and threw nearly as hard. But by age 25, completely ruined his arm. He came back immediately throwing a huge variety of curveballs, and while he wasn’t the elite pitcher prior to his injury, managed to pitch in MLB until he was 39 years old. If Sale has to reinvent himself, it can be done quickly. And it can be very successful...
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But you have to bear in mind that every time I watch him pitch now, he gives up 6 runs and doesn’t get out of the second inning...
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Disagree. Cashman has done a good job for the Yankees, especially this year. There were plenty of seasons where the Yankees not winning was on the players themselves. It happens. This year he screwed up not getting a SP at the deadline, but he did save their season with his low cost signings that carried the team through some very rough stretches of injuries...
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Agreed. The Sox can get a better outfielder even for league minimum. Bryce Brentz would be a better option, and I am far from a Bryce Brentz Supporter...
