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  1. notin
    Perfectly stated...
  2. notin
    The logic, which certainly does exist with some managers, that closers are "paid for saves", it's akin to starting players just because they make more money. Which means Sandoval should be starting over Devers for the next two seasons. However last year, Terry Francona introduced the idea of using the best reliever, Andrew Miller, when the game wad on the line, going so far as to occasionally give him the save over the closer Cody Allen. THIS is the smarter way to run the bullpen. And why we really need Francona back...
  3. notin
    Changing leagues should give him an advantage, since fewer hitters are used to him. As he is a late inning reliever, the whole "DH" thing is moot. I'd bet he never faced a pitcher in his entire NL career...
  4. notin
    The entire point was that Kimbrel should have been used in the eighth once Reed put the game in jeopardy. If Kimbrel could have gotten out of the eighth - and no Sox reliever was more likely to - than anyone else could have pitched the ninth. Workman has barely pitched in the past 3 years and is much more of a question than answer at this point...
  5. notin
    Brentz has struck out in 25% of his at bats in AAA. How much of an upgrade is he over a 0.0 fWAR player?
  6. notin
    I have no problem replacing Young. I just do think Brentz is any better, and his good season in AAA is more an argument against him than for him, considering how long he took to adjust to AAA pitching. If th e Sox promote him now, will they reap the benefits in 2022? I'd actually rather see Rusney Castillo get the shot, but that isn't happening this year. Although it might next season. For this year, the Sox probably need to find a cheaper Ryan Raburn type lefty masher on the waiver wire. Raburn himself, being in Washington, won't be available. But you get the idea...
  7. notin
    It's amazing how fast the opinion of Young has fallen. Last year he was terrific, and fans were talking about how necessary it was to extend him. This year fans want him replaced by a career minor leaguer who should have been DFA'd two years ago. ..
  8. notin
    And yet Reed is still the best setup guy Dombrowski has acquired so far.....
  9. notin
    Actually Gregorious has a .668 OPS against LHP this year, as opposed to a .910 OPS vs RHP. Abad would have made sense. Of course, bringing in Kimbrel to face Judge would have made even more sense...
  10. notin
    So after Reed wild pitched Sanchez to second, why didn't Farrell go to Kimbrel? This is a major pet peeve of mine. The game is on the line, the 3-4-5 hitters are up, and you save your best reliever and hope for the best. Saving Kimbrel for the ninth inning to hopefully face the 6-7-8 hitters in that case is flat out stupid. Let someone else face the bottom of the order and get the save...
  11. notin
    No it wouldn't. The Sox championship teams were fun in the past because we never knew they coild do it. No one exp. . Tlted 2004 or 2007 and certainly not 203b. That's what made then fun . The last thing I want to see is Sox team that is a disappointment if it doesn't win....
  12. notin
    Chavis is probably trade bait at some point. He's good enough to net a useful piece but not good enough to replace the guy holding his position. ...
  13. notin
    Is Peacock really all that my good this year? He spent a big chunk of the season in the bullpen lowering his peripherals. In terms rotation due to injuries, he's been good. But I wouldn't get worked up about a starter with 4 quality starts and one game in excess of 6IP in mid -August. Porcello's career year last year crushes that. Especially considering Peacock still doesn't have 90 IP for the season....
  14. notin
    By batting Holt second, Farrell kept all the other hitters in their accustomed spots. I wouldn't over think this one....
  15. notin
    At this point, Butler may have given up The Dream, or part of it, and keeps coming back because he figures to have a future coaching or managing in the Sox organization, or wherever his contacts wind up working....
  16. notin
    Actually Butler keeps choosing to return. The Sox traded him to Washington in 2015 and signed him as a minor league free agent after the season. Then they granted him free agency and re-signed him again after 2016...
  17. notin
    I don't like the trade, but if I'm being consistent, I never thought Shaw was anything special either....
  18. notin
    The Shaw trade hasn't worked out, but it's amazing how many people have decided it's evidence of Dombrowski's incompetence. He could make nine straight trades that worked out, and people will still be saying "But that Shaw trade...". Yes we lost Shaw. Forget about him. Every tesm makes deals like this. It's timr to move on. This is the Age of Devers now....
  19. notin
    Agreed. PCL batting averages are like SAT scores. You get 200 points just for showing up
  20. notin
    The Sox also faced uncertainty in 2005. Pedro, Lowe, Varitek, Nixon, Cabrera, and numerous other were free agents after that season. The farm system had very little above A-ball. And the World Series drought lasted 3 whopping years...
  21. notin
    Chavis would be better served as trade bait. The Sox hopefully won't have any outfield openings for a few years. However, they probably will have needs at other positions....
  22. notin
    Or when the Red Sox future was to be carried by the trio of Brian Rose, Carl Pavano and Jeff Suppan. Rose was the headliner and had the worst career by far...
  23. notin
    The 3 year window was always a myth. But you can't debunk it by naming free agents the Sox haven't signed or, in many cases, shouldn't sign. Go back 3 years on plenty of teams and see how many starters were even in the organization 3 years ago. And how many were major leaguers. Having a great farm creates these myths about the future, but the truth is the OVERWHELMING majority of prosepcts do not live up to the hype. However, many do live up to the job of making minimum wage or being adequate trade bait....
  24. notin
    That's because she is a HORRIBLE hitter...
  25. notin
    OMG his BABIP screamed "unsustainable" so loud it could be heard at both poles simultaneously. Yet whenever I mentioned this, someone would dispute this and say something "he re-tooled his swing" or something. I don't care if he learned how to channel the ghost of Ty Cobb. No way was he going to get hits on 45% of the balls he puts in play. The record is .423 held by some guy named Babe something or other. (Leon did drop a little and finish the year with a .392.) (Chris Taylor of the Dodgers with his .419 BABIP this year ranks number 4 all time, behind Ruth, George Sisler and Hornsby. Not sustainable. Oddly enough, while listening to a Dodger broadcast, the radio announcer said he "re-tooled his swing." Exact words. I am starting to think "re-tooled hi swing" is sportspeak for "lucky as hell" for people in denial.)
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