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Everything posted by notin
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The playoff dud game wasn't even all bad. He came out in the first inning and started by making the Guardians look bad. That one pitch to Chisenhall and a quick hook made the outing look much worse...
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First of all, Price had a very good year last year. Don't kid yourself. Easily I might have been the biggest Buchholz supporter at BDC, but even I know Clay's career years don't equal Price's "bad: ones..
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Yes a one post-season gsme sample size should be adequate. .
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Other than both being Major League pitchers, I don't see much else in common between the two...
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Beltre was the biggest mistake to let walk. In another universe, keeping Beltre might have meant not trading for Gonzalez, which could have meant keeping Rizzo. Also , Beltre has largely been flat out awesome, outside of his propensity for destroying left fielders....
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Not hard to find, but you do have to look. Even the Cubs used 9 different starters last year, although many for just one game. But they had an unreliable level of health among there starters. The AL East champion Red Sox used 9 starters for multiple games each...
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Depending on whom you choose to believe, one of either Pomeranz (bullpen) or Rodriguez (AAA) is not likely to make the rotation. If healthy, there seems to be very little talk of Wright to the bullpen. And therereally sshouldn't be if he's healthy. He had a great run last year, and knucklers make for risky relievers...
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There are a few guys who might take minor league deals. Really my only hope is they are better than Owens, Johnson and Elias. If they aren't, no harm done. Some names off the top of my head, none of which are very sexy, include Dillon Gee, Lucas Harrell, Bud Norris, and Trevor Cahill. There might even be better options than these. I was a little disappointed that Rubby De La Rosa took a minor league deal elsewhere, but maybe staying with Arizona was a priority for him...
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While i definitely see the merits of starting Rodriguez in AAA, Peter Abraham had written a while bsck thay the Sox might start the season with Pomeranz in the bullpen to reduce his workload after such a drastic increase last season. If he is right, Barnes becomes the odd man out as he is thr only reliever with an option left. The Sox do have 5 relievers on the 40-man roster who are not likely to make the 25-man rroster, which, if they are joined by Barnes and barring injury, is decent depth for April. They do only have 3 starters in the same boat, which is not much. Putting ERod in AAA decreases the bullpen depth but increases the starter depth, although gives an interesting position that the Sox have 4 MLB-ready pitchers in Pawtucket that are all left-handed. I'd like another MLB-ready starter in any case. Soxprospects list only 4 starters in Pawtucket, one br ing some guy named Scott Haviland that I know nothing about. If Barnes is in Boston, maybe a bullpen arm for depth is a good idea.
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Not wild about that idea. The guy is like 44 years old...
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Back to the thread title, my predictions Rotation-Sale, Price, Porcello, Rodriguez, Wright Bullpen: Kimbrel, Kelly, Thornburg, Pomeranz, Ross, Abad, Hembree AAA Rotation depth: Elias, Owens, Johnson AAA Bullpen depth: Barnes, Ramirez, Ysla, Scott, Martin, Workman. Thoughts? Those of you looking to add arms, where? These are just the options already on the 40-man roster. .
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I always wondered if he injured his foot when Middlebrooks tripped him in the World Series. ..
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April trades are pretty rare. Usually teams trying internal options first since they're cheaper and can be undone. ..
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Looking for arm-for-arm replacements in the bullpen is a silly venture. How about having Chris Sale in the rotation over last season's back of yhe rotation starters taking up some innings and reducing the bullpen workload?
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Defense-oriented catchers are not hard to find. Defense-oriented catchers who can hit are. So if Leon or Vazquez don't hit - and if either does, he becomes less likely trade bait - it won't be hard to find other equal alternatives on teams willing to take AA players as opposed to key components from the bullpen. ...
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Or build up some depth now and see if the problem cannot be solved internally...
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Or until the Sox clear a major salary obstacle (Sandoval? ) Even the act of adding him to the 40-man roster and making a deal where the Sox pay part of his salary could be cost-prohibitive. And it's not like he would net some game-changing player in return. Castillo can start looking for houses in Rhode Island, which is a shame. I think he is a major league player. But his best chance at returning to the majors might depend on whether or not Price opts out after 2018...
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A contending team is also less likely to break up their bullpen and trade a useful reliever. Such a team would probably look elsewhere for a catcher and deal away players they are not counting on to contend...
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I'd rather keep Swihart. There is no reason to assume Vazquez and Leon are a solution for the immediate future. If not for his salary, the Sox could probably trade Swihart for David Robertson yesterday.
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Hey I'm working on a Samsung Galaxy keyboard with astigmatism here. If people reading my posts acknowledge thry are typed in English, I consider it a moral victory. As for the bullpen, at this point the Sox are unlikely to add anyone who is a definitive upgrade over Hembree, and possibly not even over Abad. I would hope their top three priorities the remainder of the off-season are depth, depth and depth...
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Rusney Castillo is in a horrible position. Even if he hits in AAA, his contract will be next to impossible to move. And the Sox can't call him up without pushing or exceeding the tax limit in a manner that cripples their maneuverability....
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From some Nike(?) commercial 20 years ago featuring Greg Maddox, Tom Glavine, and Msrk McGwire in a rare commercial using MLB players. ..
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That operates on the assumption that either Vazquez or Leon play well enough to look likr s viable trade candidate. If both look like prototypical defense-first backup catchers, which is certainly possible, how often are players like that acquired by rebuilding teams? Swihart could be dealt, but that further weakens the farm...
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Way too early to even think about deadline concerns. Any one of over a dozen players can get injured and bump "extra reliever" way down on the priority list. Really the only thong the Sox should do until camp breaks is bolster the pitching depth at both starter and reliever with minor league deals. And while I get this is an unpredictable practice, it's getting a little disappointing that the Sox haven't been doing this at all. Granted it's been a slow process league wide, but other teams ate doing it. But hey we got Brian Bogusevic on a minor league deal. Maybe he can be converted to a pitcher, which would make sense. Hopefully he wasn't signed to play the outfield. He can't hit, but he does have a serious CANNON for an arm..
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True wrestling has a fanbase but I don't think its lack of popularity is rooted in the civility of the coaches. Golf is about as tame of a game as there is, but it's immensely popular. I think the main reason true wrestling (which I call it to distinguish it from WWE) isn't very popular is it doesn't make for exciting television. That's not a knock on the sport. But really, how often do you see it televised? Even during the Olympics, where archery and curling get air time, wrestling rarely does. EPSN will cover everything from baseball to poker to Scrabble, but you never see the NCAA wrestling chamionship televised. I think it's a combination of relatively low amounts of action and an unfamiliar scoring system that prevents the sport from being more mainstream. I like wrestling. It was the most popular sport in my high school and college. But I do think the nature of the sport just isn't what John Q. Public wants to watch on TV. And a lack of a television audience does a lot to hinder the popularity of the sport...
