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  1. notin
    Loss?
  2. notin
    I listed 2, plus I assume you were referring to 78 Yankees. (If not, add them to the list.) There was also the 2012 A’s, the 1993 Braves (only 9 1/2 out, but in August), and the 1951 Giants, who were 13 games out in August and won on the most famous home run and call in MLB history. And probably a few others that you can find once you learn how to use Google...
  3. notin
    Wow. Gutsy blow up...
  4. notin
    Maybe we’d have back those two games we lost i the ninth. But we’d probably have lost the 3 wins in Sale starts. Unless Ryan Weber can pull off miracles facing everyone else’s ace with no run support...
  5. notin
    I thought you wanted this team to sell?
  6. notin
    There have been a lot of teams to overcome 10 game deficits, and many were that far behind much later than June 2. The 1995 Mariners were 12 games out in mid-August and won the division. The 1914 Braves were 15 out in late June and won. Stop with the white flags. Especially the one you’re waving for fictional reasons...
  7. notin
    The Red Sox are professional athletes who don’t get to that level without knowing how to be competitive. While you’re out there making room for the 2019 AL East pennant,best in mind the Sox did start out on an 11 game11 day west coast trip against 2 teams who had to gear up fast for a March start. Since then, we’re 26-21, a record hobbled by another extensive stretch with no off days. Meanwhile, the Yankees have played one third of their games against the Orioles and Royals and gone 15-4 in that stretch. I know while every Yankee fan is salivating over getting Judge and Stanton, etc, back and how great this team will be. Well, considering you’re almost done with Baltimore and KC, maybe those expectations need to be curbed...
  8. notin
    It can be both, but at the very least it serves as a show for fans that the plan is to re-invest their money into the team. Even if you spend badly, at least fans see you trying. But these past two off-seasons, a lot of teams stood pat and didn’t spend a dime. Fans simply followed their lead. And why shouldn’t they?
  9. notin
    As I have been saying for years, free agency isn’t about improving teams. It’s about showing your tabard you are willing to spend money in an attempt to get better. It’s PR. So when teams don’t spend money and show fans they want to at least try to win, fans follow suit and don’t spend money to try and support the team...
  10. notin
    Hanley is another one, despite his actually giving the Sox a discount. But Price didn’t and is unlikely to pitch so effectively at ages 36 and 37. He will get paid the same, however. I wonder how many will insist he should retire and give up the money, too...
  11. notin
    With a 2.39 FIP and a 7.00 K/BB. ERA is neither the only nor best way to evaluate a pitcher...
  12. notin
    I think Rodney is an awful pitcher. But he does have a track record. And really, the Sox could have DFAd 31yo career minor leaguer Josh Smith to make space. He’ll clear waivers and can be resigned. But I don’t get why Dombrowski decides he wants to try and get by with career minor leaguers like Ryan Weber while avoiding career Major Leaguers like Fernando Rodney. Especially when they cost the same...
  13. notin
    The Sox might be better off trading for Ian Kennedy than signing what’s left of Kimbrel...
  14. notin
    Why is Pedroia’s contract the poster child for bad contracts? Because he got hurt and couldn’t perform? That’s cold. Did it become the epitome of bad deals right after the injury? Or should Dombrowski use hindsight to make all his contracts? Compared to other contracts like Price and Sandoval, Pedroia have the Sox a bargain. And if you don’t like the Pedroia deal, then you should be advocating to deal Betts. Because his deal is going to be monstrous in terms of years and money. And there is a chance he will get hurt at some point during the deal...
  15. notin
    Nationals sign Fernando Rodney. Not that this guy was a surefire upgrade, but it makes me wonder what it would take to get Dombrowski to act at all. And especially in a situation with. NO RISK. Sure Rodney could suck. As could Kontos or Rzepczynski or any other reliever on waivers. So? Release them. Done. Not even a significant financial risk...
  16. notin
    Is revenue down?
  17. notin
    So the plan to “blow up the roster” involves trading away most of the potential free agents and giving away ERod and Barnes? So the idea is that people who can’t handle two months of not winning think the Sox need to go into a rebuilding mode, which typically takes longer than two months...
  18. notin
    And do you have any empirical evidence that he is doing it incorrectly?
  19. notin
    Sure, although bear in mind Beeks netted the Sox an oft-injured mid-rotation starter for only 3 months. What do people think Dalbec is worth?
  20. notin
    Sale has held hitters to a .655 OPS with men on base and a .669 with RISP. Also a .646 OPSA in Late and Close situations. In High Leverage situations, his OPSA is .794 in 42 PA. Most of this is carried by singles, as he has only allowed 1 HR in these at bats and has an 18/2 K/BB ratio. (Although he has 3 hit batsmen). In his 12 starts, he has faced the Yankees, Astros and Rays 5 times! (Sox are 1-4 in those games.) He was also victimized by very poor run support in some of his favorable match ups, such as being on the wrong end of an Aaron Brooks 1-0 shutout. Yes, Aaron Brooks.
  21. notin
    And yet many before the season thought the Sox in 2018 were not a playoff team at all...
  22. notin
    Cash might also use his opener like Yarborough. Honestly, against Boston in a WC game, if I was managing TB, I'd want to go with Charlie Morton anyway...
  23. notin
    I was not a fan of Beeks and I'm really not all that high on Dalbec. It also would not surprise me if Dombrowski committed board heresy and moved Chavis...
  24. notin
    If Dalbec was a Yankee prospect, he’d be tradable for ace pitching...
  25. notin
    Dalbec is a Three True Outcome guy...
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