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Everything posted by notin
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Or when healthy...
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I have nothing against Kimbrel, who is very talented, but I do think fans and some teams (but not all) greatly overvalued closers...
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Sale, yes. Thornburg, yes. Kimbrel and Pomeranz are another matter. Hesitant on Smith. I like him as a pitcher but I think the Sox greatly undervalued Miley...
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What are you talking about? I saw the pictures. It was the largest crowd ever to see a Sox-Yankees game. At least, according to the people who count crowds for Trump, anyway...
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I blame Cherington for Sandoval, as well as Castillo. But really, like the Reset Button Trade (which i also credit Cherington for), we do find out Henry and Co. were calling a lot of shots then. Crawford being another. But it's just so much easier to credit/blame the GM for his tenure. Overall I still think Cherington did a good job despite my immediate dislike of the Sandoval signing..
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That is a good point and somewhat of a relief. Hopefully Holt is closer to Drew than Esasky...
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The Sox lead the league by scoring by a wide margin. While we all expected that margin to shrink, they did add a full season of Benintendi and also reduced the scoring against by adding Sale and (eventually) Thornburg. And there is also the absence of Price and that impact. If some of these, say, 3-2 losses were 2-1 wins, would the offense still be the same concern?
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[quote=Wade Boggs;1057can't get as much as you think. It not about a trade clause , about 90% of MLB players wave it for a chance 2 win. It is about the return. A bad teammate is a different story entirely. So you want Hernandez or Holt replacing him. Plus Hernandez and Holt are about a tick above average in the field... I'm more concern about the clubhouse and leadership, as of his loss of his own skill. I don't have much of a reference point for vertigo, but if if the results for Holt are like they were for Esasky, tjis could be it for him...
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I think a lot of fans might also be underestimating the impact of the flu. The influenza virus can be deadly in cases and can have lingering effects. Most people don't realize this because the "flu" they had that time was probably not the actual flu, but some other weaker virus with"flu like symptoms"..
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Small ball is ok once in a while, but it's best used by teams without hitters, not by slumping teams. You don't break out of a slump by sac bunting...
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Using the bunt to avoid a double play is kind of silly. "Ok in order to not make two outs on one play, we're going to start intentionally making that first out right away and get it out of the way. That'll teach 'em." The issue isn't a lack of busting and stealing, and thst certainly doesn't originate with the Bill James Red Sox. Back in the 1980's, the Era of the Lead Off Hitter, where teams and players were breaking stolen bases record annually, who was stealing for the Sox?
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If Benintendi stops at first, yes. If Benintendi runs hard into second, probably. But I like how he at least made it a no doubter...
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Benintendi's OBP is .415. Pedroia's is .329.
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Actually that gaff wasn't so bad. Rather than run directly into the out at second, Benintendi appeared to wisely slow up long enough to allow Bogaerts to score. I'll take that level of heads-up play from a rookie anyday.
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We did have to expect a serious drop off without Ortiz. Leading the league in runs scored again would be great, but with the additional of Sale and eventual return of Price, Thornburg and Smith, it might not be so bad even if the Sox don't...
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Nobody is stalking you. No one from this PC anyway. Having contrary opinions isn't "stalking," regardless of how many times they get reiterated. I haven't even used harsh language or insults.
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Oh I am not denying we've had some back and forth and differences of opinion, as I have with all of those names. (Except, ironically, dannycater, as the rest of that thread bore out.) But to call it "stalking" is laughable. I comment on your comments on a message board. That I attribute your opinions to you is nothing more than my good memory, and I do this frequently with plenty of others. That you that response so readily available response could be considered ironic and makes me wonder who is stalking who here. Not that I think anyone here erally is. It's an anonymous message board, and I have no idea who anyone is in real life
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Oooh. Can I obfuscate on this like you would? "I never said you were anti-stathead or a denier. I have no idea what point you are trying to make. When I call out statheads as being soft and obese, that's not an insult. My best friend is soft and obese." All I need to do now is call you out for some random generic comment as predicting misery for some completely unnamed group of people, and I'll have the whole act down pat...
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Umm.. because all I do is comment on some of your commentary I disagree with. If you view that as stalking, maybe message boards and the internet are no the proper venue for you. Hey, if it bothers you, go to freeforums. I never go there anymore...
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Sox have 11 home runs as a team, or 3 more than Eric Thames. This would be less concerting if the pitching staff had not surrendered 24 home runs...
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I'd say Betts was pretty key loss when he sat out with the flu...
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If mvp's point was that Sandoval is playing better than he had with the Sox previously, he's probably right. "Better" doesn't mean "good" if the previous bar was pretty low...
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I actually think trading guys at the right time is usually very obvious. I think it's more a matter of having the guts to trade a player whose actually performing...
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I do think it was that obvious of a situation...
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I think the AL Manager also may have selected him due to his versatility. You know, since that game matters for some awful reason. Really Holt was having a good season and a lot of teams - notably an injury-stricken Washington team - could have used him. They wouldn't have dealt an elite prospect for him, but it wouldn't have been a straight dump deal like the Buchholz trade either...
