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A year ago today, the Dodgers were 27-30. I doubt many looked at them and thought “World Series!”
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Just get some bullpen arms who belong in MLB...
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What did the bullpen do tonight?
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Yes for typos. No for content. With typos, it’s understandable. But when it comes to content, he gets the same treatment as everybody else. Positive and negative...
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Maybe MLB should just copy Little League and adopt the slaughter rule. I believe that 30-3 game was also the last career win for old friend Kason Gabbard...
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No. Just one blown save because once you become the pitcher of record and are eligible for the win, you can’t get a hold, save, or blown save...
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The Raptors are in the same division as the Celtics and therefore are their rivals. Go Warriors!
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Agreed. Very disheartening. Never liked this bullpen and don’t have the same faith in Brasier that Dombrowski and Cora clearly have. Or Ryan Weber. But the prolonged stretch without off days and a couple of shortened starts can take a toll on a pitching staff that is using “bullpen days” as a planned strategy...
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Bottom line - it is on Cora that this team was so lackluster (to be kind) coming out of the gate for what we all knew was a difficult road trip to start the season. That they have improved so much since then really just supports this...
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Them’s fightin’ words!!!
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And yet, whenever Kimmi makes these “new and outrageous” claims, she always has some logical reason to back them up when asked. Always. But if you ask anyone why the status quo method is the right one, the answer far too often is “that’s how it’s always been done.”
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The guy who made those typos and punctuation errors is a 95yo half-blind World War II vet. Pick on his ideas and what he says just as you would anyone else. But have some respect and understanding about the typing...
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Did you know it’s possible to have multiple blown saves in the same game? It’s not even uncommon...
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12 out of 30 MLB teams have 9 or more blown saves. It’s not good, but they aren’t the worst in the league. (The Yankees and their $70mill bullpen have 7.) And 5 teams are tied with the fewest blown saves at 3, including the White Sox, Giants, and Blue Jays- three teams that have so few leads to protect...
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2018 TalkSox Fantasy Baseball League -- Mike Grace Memorial League
notin replied to a700hitter's topic in Contests/Prizes
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Don’t underestimate the Guardians and the 57 games they play against Detroit, Kansas City and the White Sox....
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Nah. It’s easy. You just fill out the Reliever Requisition Form on the MLB GM website, and under “Type of Pitcher”, you click on the box marked “Good.” And then repeat 5 times...
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Unless Eovaldi is injured...
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It always looked like the plan was to have Thornburg and Carson Smith anchor the bullpen once Kimbrel left. The problem is, neither of those pitchers have been able to stay healthy. And what’s left is a cast of pitchers dgalehouse likes to call “ham and eggers.” Pitchers like Velasquez, Brasier, Brewer, Johnson, Weber, Taylor, and Josh Smith are all borderline MLB talents showing the world why they were all readily available. Normally Walden would fit in this category as well, but he’s having a career year...
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But as a lesser used player, his decline might be slower. And he’s only 2 years older than Eovaldi...
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The Sox have called up Shawaryn and placed Velasquez on the IL (Incapable List?) Shawaryn will join the bullpen...
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I actually would have signed Kimbrel over Eovaldi. The only thing that keeps Kimbrel from showing up for work is contract demands. Eovaldi, on the other hand, has a scary health history...
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When Ty Cobb played, teams didn’t even have specialized bullpens, let alone closers. Saves, which were not a stat and wouldn’t be for more than a half century, usually went to starting pitchers on their off days. Had anyone kept the stat, Lefty Grove would have lead the league in saves multiple times and in 1930, would have lead the AL in both saves and wins...
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That’s because the ninth inning isn’t always the toughest. Like in Tuesday’s loss. Barnes came in and faced the 3-4-5 hitters in the Cleveland lineup in the eighth. Sure, they could have saved him for the ninth to face Roberto Perez (career .208 hitter), Jake Bauers, and Greg Allen (.087 BA). But then who was going to face Santana, Luplow and Jose Ramirez? Ryan Brasier? The guy couldn’t retire the hitters at the bottom of the order, but he’s going to be successful against the heart of the order? If you don’t have good relievers, the roles don’t matter and rigidly assigning them roles just because isn’t going to work. Because they aren’t very good. All you’re doing is deciding to get beaten in the 8th inning instead of the 9th. And if you have a lot of good relievers, roles don’t matter because, well, everyone is good...
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So no one had a good bullpen before 1995?
