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I actually expect one. The only three people who deeply love 3 way deals are AJ Preller, Chaim Bloom and you...
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But there’s outcry when players like that depart via free agency. How many posts on this board have referenced “not understanding why people were trying to save Henry’s money.” Answer: no one, but some knew there was a budget limit. Or how many thought players like Jacoby Ellsbury didn’t re-sign because the Soxnevdr made a good offer, despite Pete Abe repeatedly insisting they did. The ghost of Jon Lester still haunts the front office. Outcry or not, a lot of fans live and die with the only season that matters is this one, and you can worry about next year next year. For fans, that’s ok. But front offices can not operate that way...
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Too bad they have diddly to send back. Hoping for Padres or Braves here, if they deal him at all...
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Cherrington leading candidate for Pirates Job
notin replied to Elktonnick's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Lots of players. Do you mean in the round by other teams? Or later rounds by the Sox? -
Dan Duquette came to Boston with that reputation, too...
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Also, they should put sanctions on all the citizens living in the Houston greater metropolitan area. Sorry, Moon, but rules are rules...
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Ah but if you trade JD, you can maybe keep Betts...
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Get back in the box!!!!!
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Well, it’s not that they would rather Pearce beat them than Betts. In either case, they get beat. They just figure Pearce is less likely to make a pitcher pay for a mistake...
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Cherrington leading candidate for Pirates Job
notin replied to Elktonnick's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Let’s not go overboard with the “best trade in team history.” It was a big deal, and certainly had to be a tough sell. And the Sox did shed a lot of salary, but they also got absolutely nothing back. When it comes to best trades in team history, this one falls far, far short of that one with Pavano and Armas. And that other guy. Peter Martin? Or something like that... -
I'm pretty sure the people at Inside Edge watched the games in some fashion. Besides, bad defense is not always about errors...
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Cherrington leading candidate for Pirates Job
notin replied to Elktonnick's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Well, he did draft Michael Kopech, Logan Allen and Jalen Beeks. It's just that his replacement traded them all away... -
Exactly. They're barely differentiated over a full season, let alone a post-season that can be as short as 3 games. A player with 4.5 fWAR does rank ahead of a player with 4.3 fWAR when sorted on Fangraphs, but that level of contribution is negligible. If we started using WAR in the post-season, it would have to be carried out to 3 decimal places just to see differences, and at that point, it's just getting stupid...
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Not to mention, Randy Johnson started games 1 and 4 of that series. He did give up 5 ER in game 1, but 4 of them came in the fifth inning (his last) and he was done in by walks and singles and some shoddy attempts to catch base stealers. He then came back on short rest and started game 4, in which he went 8 innings (for a CG) and gave up 3 ER, but lost...
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Not necessarily. Those "elite" pitchers in the post-season are very often on the tail end of seasons where they have already pitched 180 to 220 IP (counting previous post-season appearances in some cases). That can be a huge factor, and probably one of the biggest reasons a lot of great pitchers don't have great post-season numbers, as we all saw when David Price had a good post-season in 2018 after finally pitching in the post-season after his lowest regular season IP total in his career (not couting the injury-plagued 2016). Prior to last season, Price was labeled a post-season choker, but a definite possibility was always that he was simply worn out at the tail end of all those 200+ IP seasons...
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Buy some skates...
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but most players don't play every year. So then you have games 2 or 3 years apart. The player is probably not equally healthy every post-season, and in some cases the effects of aging set in. Someone like Jeter had basically a full season's worth of post-season stats. And his numbers were virtually identical to his regular season numbers. But the overwhelming majority of players have scattered post-season appearances that too often get lumped into one stat line that becomes their post-season evaluation. And this isn't jut from fans; sportswriters, sportscasters, and commentators all do this, too. It's like a few random months, like every third June in a player's career, collecting those stats, and then determining he can or cannot hit in June...
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Can you send me like maybe 20 or 30 degrees?
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Exactly. That's why I am not a fan of post-season stats. They're typically a bunch of small samples scattered out over a number of years. Really, I keep it simple with post-season stats ("Good post-season", "bad series" type stuff) and I think any analysis beyond that is probably going to be faulty and useless...
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Actually Inside Edge Fielding has Miguel Andujar doing very well in the routine plays but not making the more difficult ones...
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It's 25 degrees in Chicago today. Forgive me if I keep thinking it's January...
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And that was exactly where all the injuries that derailed the season occurred...
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I certainly hope so. Right now, the only name mentioned was Jake Marisnick, and even then no one is certain how interested the Sox really are. But if the Sox still have a good OF, they aren't going to bench Martinez to let Pedroia DH. And that's with assuming Pedroia can do that much. Now if the plan is to trade Martinez, and let Pedroia DH, that's different (and unwise). But they certainly wouldn't be trading Martinez just to clear a place to play for Pedroia...
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Dombrowski did try to get a lot of bullpen depth, none of which really panned out. But at least he did not ignore the problem. However, he did nothing for the starter depth prior to acquiring Cashner...
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Well, given that the Sox are reportedly going to move Bradley and Betts and have no minor league outfielders ready to play at the MLB level not named Rusney, if Pedroia goes to DH, it would probably push JD to the outfield. While not ideal defensively, the Sox don't have a ton of other options right now. I know there will be additions, but as of today, if Pedroia plays DH and Martinez plays, say, LF, is that better or worse than having Martinez at DH and Cole Sturgeon in LF?
