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Everything posted by notin
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You don’t think these guys have enough confidence in themselves, that each one believes he can hit regardless of who else is around them in the lineup. I bet you will NEVER find a major leaguer who thinks “If only Player X hit behind me, then I’d be really good.”
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It is saying it if you know how to look at the numbers. It certainly says it to me. If a player doesn’t get as many opportunities, his stats should suffer. Mark Canha, for example, is a home run hitting machine. But he is never among the league leaders. While he is awesome at hitting home runs per at bat, he doesn’t get as many at bats. Therefore his home runs suffer. But if you look at the single number to evaluate home runs, plenty of hitters hit more. Not because they’re better in many cases, but because they get more chances. WAR, like all stats, measures accomplishments. Not ability. Fans like to use the two notions interchangeably, but that doesn’t make it right...
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Right so this is proof. Of course in the first 6 games with Benintendi hitting behind him, JD had an OPS over 1.100. He did struggle in the two series since, so I guess that is where the proof lies...
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Benintendi was hitting much better in 2018...
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Facing an opponent whose already seen him twice this year probably didn’t help...
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Well, a “fire sale” typically implies dealing anyone and everyone. I just think the Sox need to move a few pieces whose value is maximized right now and focus on 2020. Specifically, I think the Sox should move Porcello and, for the right price, Betts. I’m on the fence about Barnes. I think they have a solid lineup core in Bogaerts, Devers, and Benintendi and know who 3 of their 5 starting pitchers in 2020 already. Both of these can be enhanced a bit,..
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Yeah but admit it. The words “Sale” and “Price” just go together so well...
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I think fans are the only ones who react to postseason numbers. If GMs did it, Panda would never have been allowed to leave San Francisco...
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I don’t think the Sox will be sellers. But I do think thy should be sellers...
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The Celtics were the first team to draft a black NBA player (Earl Lloyd)...
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While I questioned Eovaldi at the time and Pearce after other facts were known, bringing back Bradley (who is still in arbitration) was the right move and Nunez exercised his player option, so DD had no choice in the matter this off-season. The Red Sox do have about $31mill in AAV tied up in Sandoval and Pedroia, but they still have over $200 mill in other players and plenty of teams have more money tied up in bad/inactive contracts or spend well under $200mill (or both) and have found a way to stay competitive. Those deals really aren’t some huge insurmountable constraint...
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It’s getting to the point where the announcement that he’s the new closer is the same lip service the Colts front office kept feeding their fans about the imminent return of Andrew Luck...
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I thought the Pearce signing made sense but I was unaware of the budget limitations at the time. I assume DD was aware of them. I didn’t like the Eovaldi signing because of his track record for arm problems...
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Not to mention the assumption that Sale is done. Sale’s peripherals are remarkably similar to his 2016 season, which wasn’t the end of his career, either. His HR/FB% is up this year, but whose isn’t?
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[mic drop]
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Yeah but the idea was to send Holt to a city he where he will not enjoy life and forget about Boston...
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And therein lies the problem. Dombrowski did what he’s always been known for - pay heavily for star talent in the lineup and rotation and ignore the bullpen. It’s the same tactic that kept Detroit as an also-ran for half a decade. It has worked for him on occasion, but had he ever decided to bolster the bullpen in Detroit, there’s a good chance the Sox don’t win a title in 2013. With the payroll he has, there’s no reason to leave such a glaring weakness on this team and no reason to throw a bunch of relievers at the wall and see who sticks. In Miami in 2003, you can pull that off. But in 2019, with a rest-oriented manager, this was a bad idea...
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To be fair, he didn’t say a team should improve every year. He said they should be looking to improve.. World of difference. It was a statement about complacency...
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But the journey gets tiresome when the team decides to go back and start all over again every 3 to 4 years...
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Then we’ll trade him to Detroit.
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Yes the big difference was DD had the mistakes of Ben to learn from. Ben had no such predecessor..
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And that was a huge mistake. Especially since the 2008 Red Sox at least had an influx of younger players like Ellsbury and Lester stepping into larger roles...
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The Sox goal was winning...
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The starters have been a big problem, but the bullpen isn’t without some culpability here. Most of which I pin on Dombrowski..,
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At the deadline, the Sox (or any team) areolikely to make 5 or 6 deals. Too much needs to happen too fast. If they really go into Sell Mode, it makes sense to focus on the more valuable and more sought-after trade pieces. Forget about Moreland, Pearce or Holt unless someone else initiates it. Focus on better trade pieces like Betts, Barnes, Porcello, and Hembree. And maybe Bradley..,
