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Everything posted by notin
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I agree Armas was a weak CF, which was probably why Oakland never used him there. But just because Dewey was a better option doesn't mean Evans would have been a good CF. And really, the Rice-Lynn-Evans outfield (Lynn, not Armas) has to be among the best outfields in recent Sox history. In fact, other than Lewis-Speaker-Hooper and this current trio, what other Sox outfields are in the running?
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It depends on who they go in place of. While Kelly has had his stryuggles, it's not like you can't say the same thing about a lot of pitchers in the Sox pen this year. Or is the idea that Kelly has struggled and was a disappointment, so the Sox need to take someone for whom we had lower expectations?
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The point wasn't that Drew's slam wasn't important. But rather that his eighth inning 2 run home run to bring the score to 7-6 and his ninth inning game-winning hit were more important than that slam...
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I have always felt that was his best post-season work, as opposed to the 2007 ALCS grand slam in a blow out game...
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But it will always take a back seat to the Mets losing a 7 1/2 game lead with 17 games to play and, of course, the horrific collapse of the 2011 Red Sox. The 2006 Cardinals nearly added themselves to that list, but righted the ship at the very end and went on to win the World Series...
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I have to think game 5 of that series, which was an elimination game for the Sox, was about the most exciting post-season comeback I have ever seen. The Sox were down 3 games to 1 and trailed 7-0 in the seventh inning and managed to take that series all the way to game seven...
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He did it very infrequently (32 games, 17 starts in his career). It looks like the 8 games he played CF in 1976 was the most, and Bobby Darwin played RF in most of those...
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Sure, there were two good reasons to move Evans to CF. 1. Tony 2. Armas
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And the Cubs had sole possession of the best record in the NL after 160 games and wound up playing for the Wild Card and potential one game elimination....
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Think Evans could play a capable CF? He played out there, but for a very limited amount...
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I thought it was funny that the only NL playoff team not in a one-game playoff was the team with the worst record of the five...
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Many a buffet owner has tried...
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Exactly. Who pegged the Brewers for home field throughout the NL playoffs? This is a team that was 5 games out in early September. Anything can happen at this point...
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There are two ways to look at that "long time." 1. It's been 4 weeks. 2. It;s been 7.2 innings pitched. So while the calendar says it has been a long time, the IP sample size really doesn't...
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Cubs, Guardians, Blue Jays, Cardinals, Royals, Brewers, Twins, and Mets off the top of my head. Not all will be willing to pay for Kimbrel, but certainly some can afford him. And there is always a team or two willing to move their closer to a set up role and upgrade the position...
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But a high percentage have not had TJS twice before turning 27....
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He also has major durability issues...
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The postseason is way beyond scouting. It goes deep into data-driven analytics at this point...
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Well when you watch a team play everyday, it gets easier to find all their flaws. And when rarely see a team, you rarely see their flaws. So therefore the team you watch less is less flawed and a better team...
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Workman hasn’t been very good lately, either. If it is down to Kelly or Workman, I think I take Kelly. While he is inconsistent, when he’s on, he’s unhittable. When Workman is on, he's not as good. It comes down to “higher ceiling vs higher floor.” Kelly has the higher ceiling but Workman has the higher floor. I would hope Poyner makes it...
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There is a big difference between “can’t win” and “didn’t win.” If DD goes out rebuilding a team that won 107 games, he will learn the obvious - that it’s much easier to make the team worse than better. Tweak where needed. Keep the core intact...
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I NEVER EVER want to see the Yankees win. If a super-race of aliens came to Earth from Alpha Centauri or wherever and challenged the Yankees to a Space Jam style game where, if the aliens won, they would enslave the entire human race, I’d still have trouble rooting for the Yankees...
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Severino got beat up in the wild card game last year, and it didn’t matter much...
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The Mets were in their second year of existence at the time...
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Cursory research says t's been done at least 6 times since 1900, with the most recent being the 1962 Mets, who finished 60.5 games back. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_worst_Major_League_Baseball_season_records
