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  1. notin
    The Sox really needed to trade Zimmer. For all the complaints I’ve seen on Sox boards over the years about Williams and Kerrigan and Francona and Farrell, Zimmer has to the much closer to the top for being the worst manager in the Sox in the past 50 years, maybe trailing only Hobson. His poor leadership was masked largely by a roster rife with Hall of Famers...
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    Chavis

    notin replied to bosoxmal's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk

    He also hasn’t faced any pitcher in multiple starts yet...
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    Not so sure. Cooper went on to continue a very good career, but Scott, while older, wasn’t nothing. Lee was dealt for a utility infielder while the Sox were contenders having some of the best seasons in team history. Not to mention he was very capable of shutting down the team’s main rival Yankees. Didn’t Zimmer bench him for those two series against the Yankees for no reason in 1978 (except maybe to punish him)? That entire Bucky Dent game could have been avoided altogether...
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    1. So the Sox also got you in the Scott/Harper trade. 2. I believe you mean Bobby Darwin. Danny was a defending NL ERA leader the Sox signed as a free agent in 1991 (?) who was actually a massive disappointment...
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    But the Sox got him back (with Carbo) for Cecil Cooper. This wasn’t like dealing Bill Lee for Stan Papi...
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    The funny thing is, if you look at a lot of the relievers who got paid heavily this off season like Kelly and Robertson, they’ve been awful. Britton might be having his worst season, but he’s still doing ok. Ottavino - among the lowest paid of the bunch - has been stellar...
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    Actually his velocity was up a bit last year..,
  8. notin
    The real problem was Don Zimmer, who did everything he could to have the players he couldn’t control shipped out. That included (I believe) Lee, Carbo, and Jim Willoughby. And probably a couple others...
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    But Didn’t we get George Scott back in there somewhere?
  10. notin
    Define “close”. I don’t think he was all that close...
  11. notin
    I’m not entirely sure he was referring to Defense-Independent Pitching Stats...
  12. notin
    I can think of 2 people who might take the other side of that controversy - Keuchel and his agent...
  13. notin
    The Red Sox have $220mill or so divided up among 40 players and 20 of them make less than $1mill. It’s not the expenditure of Sandoval that’s putting financial restraint on this team. It’s that we have 20 players combining for over $200mill...
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    Chavis

    notin replied to bosoxmal's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk

    Middlebrooks was a one trick pony and the rest of MLB figured out the trick...
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    The Sox have a payroll of about $240mill. Even ignoring the wasteful Panda contract, a good GM should be able to build a winning team with $220mill...
  16. notin
    So are you saying the team with the highest batting average wins the World Series? Just about every Red Sox team from 1977 to 1990 might disagree there. And while no one said the most HRs should win MVP, are you correcting that with saying the award needs to go to the highest batting average? Do you even know what batting average really represents?
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    A 2-run single requires help from 2 other hitters capable of getting into scoring position. A 2 run home run just needs one man on any base. A higher batting average does NOT mean you put the ball in play more often. Betts and Martinez finished 1 and 2 in batting average last year, yet each put the ball in play less often than Yangervis Solarte, whose batting average was among the worst in MLB...
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    I make them to keep mvp updated...
  19. notin
    Only if Houston includes Cole...
  20. notin
    I like Bradley and have been pro-Bradley in these debates for, well, all of them. But now I’m starting to wonder. Is Bradley necessary when you have a smaller CF and you have Betts in RF already? It seems like his abilities might actually be being underutilized.
  21. notin
    Gold Gloves are NOT voted for by the BBWAA. The coaches and managers in each league do the voting, and cannot vote for their own players...
  22. notin
    Like I said, not sure. We’re talking about earned runs, so errors are not a factor. It’s all about defensive plays not made. So it’s tough to get a grasp on...
  23. notin
    Batting average? The stat that says singles and home runs are equal? At least look at OPS (Bradley .711 / Pillar .690)
  24. notin
    I don’t think JBJ making plays look easier impacts his metrics. I suspect those degrees of difficulty are more cold and concrete than that...
  25. notin
    So about 20 ER over the course of 180IP? That’s about 2 runs for every 3 starts. I’m not sure if I find that believable or not. I suppose it’s not unreasonable...
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