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  1. notin
    See why I’ve been saying since December this team needs a fourth outfielder? They didn’t use JD Martinez and put XXX at DH...
  2. notin
    Neither starter had life? Those guys were throwing 145 kph out there!!
  3. notin
    So it’s the end of the window despite only Porcello leaving this year and Bradley’s nd Betts TBD after that?
  4. notin
    Something that becomes a lot easier when you lose a lot and have those really high draft picks. Is that what you want?
  5. notin
    Saved that bullpen
  6. notin
    Actually with the exceptions of Shawaryn and Porcello, what was disappointing? I will day this past week has had two firsts for me after over 40 years watching baseball. So things I never saw before were 1. A game where both teams put the DH in the field and had the pitcher in the lineup to hit. 2. A game where both SP had 0.2 IP and 6 ER...
  7. notin
    Considering the Yankees lead 6-0 after one and once lead by 11, it is somewhat of a victory to get Chapman into this game...
  8. notin
    That sounds like Palmer...
  9. notin
    I question promoting Hernandez if he can’t find the plate. Do they think the plate is bigger in AAA or something? Or maybe the problem is the Eastern League umpires?
  10. notin
    It does seem like a dumb idea. The Brits - and Europe- must have heard of baseball by now, and want nothing to do with it. I think they hate it because you can almost always tell when a game is going to end. For some reasons, those oOld Land Filks like the endings to their sporting matches to be complete surprises...
  11. notin
    Unless the Sox right the ship soon, taking these two “home” games on the road isn’t going to matter...
  12. notin
    I think you mean “vaping.” This isn’t the 1950’s...
  13. notin
    Jim Palmer was notorious for that behavior...
  14. notin
    The real problem is the Sox need to remember that in London, you circle the bases to the left...
  15. notin
    I do expect a drop in the second half, as the selling/tanking teams move some of their starters and replace them with minor leaguers. It probably won’t drop the full 7.5%, though..
  16. notin
    But only half a season wirth of data vs a whole season from last year...
  17. notin
    If I knew about the budget concerns, I would have been VERY opposed to signing Pearce. And I didn’t like the Eovaldi signing for that money due to his spotty health history. I’d have preferred either Kimbrel or Keuchel (even though either probably cost a bit more at the time)...
  18. notin
    So you’re trading Sharwyn in order to knock $400K of the luxury tax?
  19. notin
    You hit the nail on the head with the problem with that bullpen - not good pitchers. Same problem with the Sox pen this year. Barnes is good, but I have my doubts about the rest. Having a designated closer isn’t the only way to go, especially if your bullpen blows lots of leads in the 7th and 8th innings (like the ‘03 pen did). This year, Tampa has one of the best bullpens in MLB, yet they have a 3-headed COMMITTEE handling save duties in the ninth. Conversely, the worst bullpen in MLB is the Mets, who added 3 successful closers (Diaz, Familia, Wilson) this past offseason alone...
  20. notin
    Plan or not, no one got save opportunities except Chad Fox until he got hurt and Brandon Lyon took over pitching the ninth almost exclusively. Kim tookover closing inJuly after a few games as a starter and finished out the year...
  21. notin
    It’s not about spending big. It’s bout spending at all. If he had traded for a modestly priced reliever, or grabbed a good waiver claim or one of the many free agents with significant MLB experience who signed elsewhere, I’d be ok with it. But this off-season, the relievers he added with the most MLB experience were Jenrry Mejia, Colten Brewer, and Erasmo Ramirez. Brewer has been off and on and the other two have a combined 3 IP this year in Boston..
  22. notin
    I think DD needs to hire me to be some sort of “adviser” where my job includes things like watching him try to spend money on Pearce while letting 1/3 of his bullpen walk away for nothing, I get to hit him with a rolled up newspaper while yelling “No! No! NO! Bad Dave!! Bad Dave!!” And when he gets some bullpen help, I would give him a treat and say “Who’s a good GM? Who’s a good GM? You are. That’s who. Now let’s go for your walkies.”
  23. notin
    While he didn’t include anyone, wasn’t he going to get anyone back in that trade?
  24. notin
    You’re not exactly selling me on the idea of dealing Benintendi for a pitcher...
  25. notin
    If you count the most recent game, his OPS over the last 10 is .579. But over the last 20 games, it’s .907. This is just the ebb and flow of the season. Mini-slump is the harshest term I’d use to describe it...
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