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And the Nationals fired Dusty Baker after two seasons and two first place finishes. It seems like coming up just short is now a worse career mistake than missing the post-season entirely...
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And really, Sanchez and Masterson were more contemporaries of Lester as opposed to pitchers developed since...
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Not a lot of them over that span, but still, they do seem to like to trade them away..
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A submariner - a missing pitching style IMO - typically throws from very from a very low angle and throws at an slightly upward trajectory. There is a difference between a ball actually thrown slightly upward and one that rises due to air flow around the ball..
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But they will lose 76 jobs if they ever go to robot umps...
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It's easier to develop relievers. It is a bit of an overblown fallacy that the Sox have not developed any starting pitching in the past 10 years. It's just that they haven't kept any of the ones they have developed. There have been some like Justin Masterson, Michael Kopech and Logan Allen that the Sox dealt away. And they did acquire Eduardo Rodriguez before he ever hit the majors and turn him into a formidable starter. But primarily the big problem has been the repeated low position in drafts, which means they already have pretty weak pickings at a position with very high attrition rates...
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Very possible. Although anyone who takes over as President or GM or both will probably have some degree of autonomy...
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Fastballs don't rise. But they can stay flat in lieu of the anticipated downward angle. And at 90mph or so, it just isn't where the hitter thinks it will be and gives the appearance that it rose.
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I would think Cora's future is going to be heavily influenced by whoever the new GM turns out to be...
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I'll take a crack at this. SP: Sale, Price, Eovaldi, Rodriguez, Chacin or Acquisition, likely for Dalbec. My choice was Jose Urena is what seems like a fair deal that makes sense for both teams. RP: Workman, Hernandez, Taylor, Walden, Brewer, Barnes, and an acquisition. Although trading Barnes might help a lot, too. C: Vazquez and backup (Oscar Hernandez?) 1b: Chavis 2b: Lin 3b: Devers SS: Bogaerts LF: Benintendi CF: Acquisition. Either free agent (Hamilton, Lagares) or via trade (possibly for Barnes) RF: Betts DH Martinez Bench: M Hernandez, Travis, OF (Sturgeon? Free agent? Gerardo Parra signed for $1mill last year and is a nice fit.) Or possibly Chris Owings. Owings has been awful the past two years, but plays everywhere and won't cost alot. Remaining 40 man: Poyner, Lakins, Reyes, Shawaryn, Brasier, Kelley, Chatham, Velasquez (who also might make the bullpen), Sturgeon (personal favorite), and 6 more who the Sox need to add to avoid Rule 5. Maybe Ockimey, but I doubt he is a risky loss.
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Think they tender Wright? 1. He hasn't been a picture of health for a few years now. 2. Repeated off-field problems 3. Not only hasn't he been very effective, but the Alleged Manfred Missile should turn the knuckleball into a 60mph slow pitch home run in progress. In a tight budget world, this guy might command $3-4million. Let him walk. I also question whether or not Hembree receives arbitration. It might not be a case they can afford to lose.
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THe problwm with expanding rosters to even 26 for the entire course of a season is baseball is a game of specialization nowadays, and some teams will have that specialty pinch runner. Oooh how exciting. Or some insanely specific specialty reliever. Or some very specific "pinch hitter to face RHP with bases loaded and two outs" guy. Or - and you might like this but I think it's small market baseball - more platoons! 25 players is enough. I'd like to see that last all season. The biggest change is teams would still use the Injured List in September...
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That's definitely an improvement. And probably why Bochy is retiring...
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... which means who replacing Porcello? The incorrect answer here is Brian Johnson...
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With the information we have, I think it can be done. But not much in the way of additions and no Bradley...
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I do miss Portland. I don't miss Pawtucket.
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I'm just outside of Chicago. I've been to the Quad Cities, and I could pass, and I'm not even a very exciting guy. But I actually think Iowa City (which I would never call a big city. It's really just a Big 10 School with multiple zip codes.) is one of the coolest cities I have ever been to, despite the fact that it is always under construction. I tell you, it's going to be great if they ever finish it...
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There not going to change the foul ball rules again. It's been done twice and the changes to the game have been drastic. But.. the foul ball, and specifically the Wade Boggs approach of intentionally fouling off borderline pitches until you get something you want, is one of the biggest factors in pace of play. MLB should enforce the existing rules for a pitch clock, but everything else they are suggesting will be inconsequential. Especially the 3-batter minimum rule, which might knock an average off of about .0005 minutes per game. I hjave repeatedly suggested this, but MLB really should abandon the pratice of allowing teams the entire 40 man roster in September. This is the only time of year the 3 batter rule might make a difference, since some teams will have 12 bullpen pitchers and can afford to make multiple pitching changes per inning. But maybe with Bruce Bochy retiring, this problem goes away, too. (It won't. But Bochy was far and away the worst abuser of this.) Still the idea of expanded rosters for one month is stupid. What other sport does this?
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Apparently you like Travis and Ockimey a lot better than I do....
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To me, if sportrac is correct, the Sox have $56mill for arbitration cases and everything else before they cross the luxury tax line. The arb cases for Betts, Benintendi, Rodriguez, Workman, and Barnes should easily top $40mill and will probably be closer to $45mill, maybe slightly over Hopefully not over that amount by too much. As for stretching out Hernandez, he needs more than durability. He needs control, and lots of it I think he is best utilized in short doses, like from the bullpen. Unless he can find the strike zone a lot better, he will certainly have bad days out there, but also good ones. Put him in a role where he has to pitch 5 or 6 IP every time, he will absolutely have a bad inning every outing...
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Or a 2b, if Chavis plays 1b. 2b is typically easier to fill and we have better internal candidates for 2b than 1b...
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I have my doubts about Bobby Dalbec being able to replace JD Martinez at the plate. If the Sox don’t trade Dalbec,what do you recommend they do to replace Porcello?
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It is a possibility. Just one we all hope doesn't get exercised...
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It seems to be such a consensus opinion that it's probably false..
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Except it gets tough to rely on any team ever drafting like the Sox did in 2011. That was just a great draft. And Bradley certainly took a long time to get going. Had he not been such an offensive no-show to start his career, the Sox might have never moved Betts to the outfield and very possibly never signed Rusney Castillo. But more important, these players were already in the farm for the last place finishes. The Sox have no one currently in their farm that such hopes can be pinned on. Certainly a player or two can make some sort of tremendous leap, but you can't count on it. But if you're counting on the future drafts, these two players took 3 years to debut. As dgalehouse points out, the Sox can't afford to starve while waiting for the farm to produce...
