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Everything posted by notin
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Sure we will. But to make it fun, first we need to fall 14 1/2 games back...
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You do realize if the Sox win, you’re going to have to keep watching that entire series until they lose. Do the Babysitters in Lust movies star Steven Seagal?
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It’s going to depend on who else is interested. From an FIP standpoint, he’s not much better than Addison Reed, who the Sox got for two A ball arms who were unranked in a weak farm system. A MLB-adjacent 3b who is already employing a launch ball swing is considerably more valuable to another team than that package was. They could hold out for a King’s Ransom, much like we were told Seattle would for Encarnacion. But ultimately they’ll take the best offer they get, which may or may not be better. And while they don’t have to deal him, he’s having a career year now, and isnt likely to command as much after the season or next July...
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How would we know about it? He's not going to get Stroman back. But I think he can get something helpful.. Shane Greene, for example...
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Nothing to suggest Eovaldi can handle a closer role? He did have that pretty impressive bullpen-saving outing in the World Series where any run given up would result in a loss. Do you need a higher leverage sample than that?
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There are probably a few names on that list it won’t hurt to give up. Dalbec is the most likely trade bait, as the success stories of Devers and Chavis have him blocked in the immediate future..,
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No one said Addison Reed did. The bottom line was the Sox acquired Kinsler for a player who, 1 year later, has 1.2 fWAR at the all star break while fulfilling a role the team needs. Certainly this type of trade chip is on their minds...
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And the Sox are probably limited to players with that type of availability. The fear is giving away the next Ty Buttrey, of course...
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... which is why I think this team needs another starter to take pressure off the bullpen...
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The sox biggest need is a fifth starter so they can stop using relievers to start games, relieving pressing the bullpen..,
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That’s another shocker...
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A bullpen game is stupid when your bullpen is your biggest problem...
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The thing is to me, this aspect of both the clutch argument and the closer argument step all over each other. In clutch arguments, the hitter is credited with responding to pressure. In closer arguments, the requirement is always stated as a pitcher who can handle the pressure. There is pressure on both the hitter and the pitcher in high leverage situations. At some point, this cancels each other out, which is probably why most hitters and pitchers play to their career norms in these situations, and this becomes more noticeable as sample sizes grow...
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Both Dickey and d’Arnaud had 4 good seasons after the trade. At Dickey’s age, this was a win. At d’Arnaud’s age, this was too few...
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He also has 25 days left in the Sox organization...
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While that’s very good, it has nothing to do with switch hitting...
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He’s been hitting better each month...
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When did Marco Gerbabdez start switch hitting?
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That’s the thing. It’s right there for the taking, but so far this group can’t take it anyway...
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It’s also fun
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But having 9 relievers would bump Hernandez - whose carrying the team - off the roster...
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How about, say, Travis Lakins for Jason Vargas? Open to other prospects as well...
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Dalbec has some trade value, but not enough to get elite level players. He’s not a top 100 prospect on any board, so his value will have to come from individual GMs who like Russ Branyan clones. He can probably get a closer or good reliever. He’s not even part of the package for Boyd...
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Or back a little further, Bert Blyleven...
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Flatter threads also make it difficult for a pitch to break, since it’s the change in air flow created by the threads that causes break in the first place...
