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Everything posted by notin

  1. notin
    Well, Springer was driving the ball all over the place...
  2. notin
    What is so wrong with "wins later on"? Are they lesser wins? You are correct that not all blown saves are losses. But then you ignore this later and call them "lock down wins". Why do you ignore this suddenly?
  3. notin
    They could bring him up, pay the luxury tax, and maybe see if he can play well enough at the right level that he could be viable trade bait, possibly even a piece you don't pay other teams to take off your hands. ..
  4. notin
    He's 26, has no real position he can defend well, and is sporting an OPS+ of 5. Trade bait? He'll be lucky if he isn't flat out DFA'd.
  5. notin
    "Can't make a difference" or "don't make a difference? I think they do, but how quantifiable it is another matter...
  6. notin
    And that's why managers get paid a million dollars while you and I watch games and criticize his decisions for free..
  7. notin
    It's not a disconnect. Certain situations in games are more critical than others. While many fans (and sportswriters) like to believe the ninth inning are the most critical, it's not always the case. The advanced metrics suggest deploying the best reliever in the game situation with the highest Win Probability. Because while most situations may matter very little, this is ideally the one the most...
  8. notin
    Kimbrel is very talented. But I think most players out there believe they can and want every chance to do his job. I do doubt the Sox are able to keep Kimbrel. Dombrowski has already made multiple efforts to acquire his successor. Smith hasn't impressed anyone yet, but is very good. Thornburg has yet to pitch and hopefully is over his issues soon.
  9. notin
    The Sox absolutely needed another bat. But when JD plays RF over Mookie (on those rest days), the difference just becomes beyond obvious. The game in Toronto gave a pretty good example there, where Smoak hit a soft liner to right field to move a runner to third. Even if Mookie was unable to catch that ball (which I doubt but can't prove), at the very least the runner would have had to hold up enough to make sure and would not have been able to go to third....
  10. notin
    Who? Do we really have bullpens full of pitchers who complain about getting 4 outs and getting saves?
  11. notin
    Fair point. But I think the argument about specific roles might still be applicable to Eckersley and O'Brien. ..
  12. notin
    I think the overwhelming majority of manner decisions ate betteR than many fans realize, since these decisions get made with knowledge fans don't have. It's not just a matter of "good baseball sense / bad baseball sense" that many fans think it is. I do think hindsight becomes the basis for more managerial criticisms than you think. But sometimes that hindsight is accompanied by some sort of rationalization to mask it's true nature...
  13. notin
    Of the 10 teams to make the post-season in 2017, three of them fired their managers. Of the 20 teams that failed to make the post-season in 2017, three of them fired their managers. Not winning at the right time might be more critical than anything else....
  14. notin
    It's one thing to not like his style. It's another to say he's incompetent he does things different than you would. You're the first I've seen to criticize Farrell solely for not liking his style. I think that's a much more honest statement, and I can see myself agreeing with it a lot of times as well...
  15. notin
    While I agree, it's also true that Francona and Farrell err bith repeatedly criticized for similar (non-)moves multiple times. In fact, I bet we have both seen each of them repeatedly accused of not knowing how to run a bullpen, and accused by people who honestly have no idea how to run a bullpen. ..
  16. notin
    Terrible example that comes closer to disproving your point. Bill Cosby was doing his heinous acts for decades and we all knew nothing about it and plenty of people loved him, including me and very likely you (assuming you're old enough). It wasn't until YEARS LATER when the lawsuits started pulling up we realized who we were revering. ..
  17. notin
    Eck is irrelevant here. It's just more potential ammunition for dumping a player solely for offensive reasons. The fact that Bradley apologized and he and Eck made up was omitted from the attack on Bradley's character. Why? Well it counters it by showing good character traits and it did nothing for his batting average. Why people are so afraid to say "I don't like players who don't hit well" is beyond me...
  18. notin
    It's defensible on the small sample size and team record. But it's exactly the type of thing Francona and Farrell have been crucified for in the past.
  19. notin
    It's amazing that if any Sox player doesn't genuflect in front of Eckersley, someone who likely doesn't know the whole story has to leap into calling this out as a massive team-killing character flaw. Was Eck really that loved? (Hint: No. If JBJ was putting up an OPS over 1.000, this guy would let Bradley stick pins in little Dennis Eckersley dolls just to have fun watching Eck writhe in pain.)
  20. notin
    While true, bear in mind this Jays team has a little more depth coming up from below than we've seen them have in the past. And quite a few of them with familiar names like Biggio, Bichette and Vlad Guerrero...
  21. notin
    I might be the only one who has noticed this judging by the bulk of the comments, but Cora's MO looks like he intentionally gives players the day off before an off day, probably too double the rest. I also wonder if the unreasonable cold most of the country had been experiencing was a factor. I do question leaving Price in for so long today, but those games happen. ...
  22. notin
    When you start insisting the team bunt and steal home more, you're calling for overmanaging. The Sox do Need to execute properly and the fans need to accept the reality that the Sox are going to lose two games in a row once in a while. ...
  23. notin
    What happened before that? What happened in the clubhouse? Did Pedroia say "don't go after Machado" but Barnes didn't listen? Not to mention, how does anyone know how his teammates felt about it? Are they talking about it in press articles I'm not reading?
  24. notin
    Right. When you lose two games in a row - panic and change everything! !! Start overmanaging! !!
  25. notin
    I think people are probably making way too big of a deal of that incident without knowing the whole story.
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