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  1. notin
    So the Sox have no pitchers capable of holding a lead, and the solution is a closer (for the 4 ninth inning leads the team hast lost this year) and relying on the other team’s bullpen to suck?
  2. notin
    I don’t think that’s intentional...
  3. notin
    If the other pitchers are not capable of getting a hold as you say, getting a closer won’t help...
  4. notin
    If they need that much, maybe selling is in order...
  5. notin
    That it didn’t exist for a couple of millennia after he passed away might be a contributing factor...
  6. notin
    He also goes on the IL every time he sneezes...
  7. notin
    Back when they used to give MLB Comparisons, they were notably extremely generous. Lars Anderson just never lived up to being the next Justin Morneau. On the other hand, sometimes other sites do like some of the Sox other players better than Soxprospects. Fangraphs, for example, thought Cole Sturgeon could have an MLB career as a bench player, going so far as to call him a “poor man’s David DeJesus.” Soxprospects usually just labels him as a player who can continue to play minor league ball for as long as he wants...
  8. notin
    The only admission to the bullpen issues that matters is Dombrowski’s...
  9. notin
    Which makes it essentially the same deal Anibal Sanchez got last year. Sanchez is nearly 5 years older and lacks Porcello’s durability, and while Sanchez certainly has his seasons of effectiveness, it’s not like he’s reliable in that regard. Despite a recent slump, Porcello could and should do better. If the Sox have AAV concerts (they do), they used to circumvent these with player options at reduced values, ensuring their refusal. Not sure if the current CBA still allows this...
  10. notin
    I guess that depends on your definition of a fun party...
  11. notin
    But as for now, it looks like the two “new” relievers fans are clamoring for are Eovaldi and Wright. Unless Eovaldi just absolutely crushes it as a reliever, I expect him back in the rotation next year...
  12. notin
    At the very least a bench player. But he’s had like 3 good games!! He’s the future!!!
  13. notin
    Because pitchers were dominating. They still are, just not as much. It’s not like anyone is hitting .500. Or even .400. But it’s still a pitcher’s game...
  14. notin
    The changes in the game that’s effect statistics are astronomical and have hit . EVERY ASPECT of the game. From players (more teams, more races) to fields (foul poles, grounds rules, ground rule doubles, lowering mounds) to equipment changes discussed above. Oh and rules, too!!
  15. notin
    That would have the opposite effect. But there has been some discussion of lowering the mound in the next couple seasons...
  16. notin
    I’m ok with bringing up Darwinzon. Just limit his IP per appearance...
  17. notin
    Walden’s demotion comes when Eovaldi returns...
  18. notin
    A 4 game overage halfway they the season isn’t uncommon. It might erase itself over the next half...
  19. notin
    It is funny how the worse he pitches, the more some people think he’ll be attractive to other teams...
  20. notin
    Pythagorean for baseball is based on the exact same criteria as run differential...
  21. notin
    I wouldn’t call it a conspiracy, either. MLB is trying to compete for the fandom f low attention span millennials like Thunder, and noticing how they gravitate to quick-snip streaming video packages of segments of games that contain actual action such as the one the NBA released a few years back and was a mega hit. Baseball is not conducive to this type of viewer or medium as it stands. But more important in the evolution of the game, jung’s diatribe was more of the “the way it was yesterday is the way it always was” viewpoint. This isn’t the first time the ball has changed. Heck they even named “The Live Ball Era” after a previous change it what had to be the worst ever attempt to disguise it. The ball will probably change again. Ditto the bat. (Attempts made and failed to switch to maple, for example.) The gloves (which are already radically different from predecessors) and batting helmets (now with new cranial protection feature!!). This is just evolution. And it’s not stopping here either...
  22. notin
    I think that decision should be 3 letters long, but it won’t be...
  23. notin
    You and jung’s manifesto clearly disagree on this.
  24. notin
    So... 3 bad starts and he’s a pawn in a giant conspiracy?
  25. notin
    Especially since Tigers lineup is about half plasters I look at and think “Who is this guy?” interspersed with the other half that I look at and think “I had no idea he was still playing.”
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