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Assuming the Sox would have made the post-season is a big leap, but they were absolutely headed that way. The biggest issue I had was the unprecedented run the Sox were having with an extremely high percentage of high profile prospects who simply didn't flop. Cherington was certainly far too stingy to deal any of them, but at some point it would have made sense. However, while pretty much every high profile prospect for the Sox to suit up in recent years has panned out, some of them, notably Bradley, did take a while. So the Sox might have had some mediocre seasons while waiting on a few others. Now the plus there is with Cherington, the Sox wouldn't have made the foolish Kimbrel and Pomeranz trades (anyone catch Margot the other night?). But he almost definitely would not have acquired Sale, either, which was move that did make sense. And for that matter, I'm not convinced going after Price was his style, as he tended to use free agency the way Bill James recommended and S5 pointed out, which is a method that I agree with. But it can also have some short term implications.
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It can certainly work that way, yes..
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So it was the pressure who got to A-Rod in the 2010 playoffs? He was 35 years old when that post-season began. As for Sandoval, his post-season sample size is a little small to make any conclusions. and he was all over the place when he played. He was barely involved in the 2010 post-season, his 3 series post-season OPS numbers in 2012 were .571, .576, 1.125. So did he feel the pressure in the NLDS and NLCS but not the World Series? Or did he just get hot in the World Series? In fact, in the 6 post-season series in 2012 and 2014, Sandoval has either been a non-factor with an OPS below .600 or he was a real factor with an OPS over 1.000. But never in between. That's just wht happens when people look at small sample sizes spread out over multiple years and decide to make conclusions from them...
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Part of it is your only looking at 2 post-seasons and deciding "This is reality." The guy played in 12 post-seasons and had a post-season OPS of .822. And yes, he did struggle from 2010 through 2012, but this was not prime A-Rod, either. He was 35 years old at the beginning of that stretch...
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Yes but most of his career he has struggled to find it..
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No there is a difference between control and command. Control is the ability to find the strike zone. Command is the ability to throw the pitch where you want it within the strike zone...
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4/8 Red Sox @ Tigers
notin replied to NativeBostonian's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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Well, it might be the length of this thread before anyone comes up with a definition...
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Infinity is a tough concept to grasp. Try thinking about the true meaning of "Forever" some day. THAT is infinity and I still can't grasp it, except within the confines of my own lifetime, however long that ends up being. But anyway. From what I can tell and have seen, mosy greay clutch hitters are great clutch hitters because they are simply great hitters. But, like Papi, they can be great enough to produce enough memorable moments that we give them that label...
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NOTHJING in baseball puts everyone on the edge of the seat like the ninth inning of a no-hitter or a perfect game. It might be the only time the home crowd fans will cheer the opposing team and boo their own players for getting a hit...
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I believe Jamie Moyer has that tattooed on his left arm...
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True but that was a little inflated by his horrific control in September, where he walked 9 hitters in 9 innings. Before that, his 21 walks in 44IP wasn't so bad. It was a bad year for him, but it meant at his worst Kimbrel was Daniel Bard...
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Kimbrel might occasionally struggle with command, but Kelly struggles with control. There is a big difference...
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B-R also has "Medium Leverage". They have definitions, too, depending on how important the moment is in the game using the WPa factor. which weighs the importance of each play on the outcome of the game. Really if you look at Ortiz, he's basically the same hitter in all situations. Ditto A-Rod, who is surprisingly equal to Ortiz in high leverage situations despite a reputation for being notoriously "unclutch"...
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Even people who don't believe clutch is a skill use "clutch" to describe certain moments. I also don't believe winning the lottery is a repeatable skill, but I would still describe anyone claiming the prize as a winner...
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So the other day, I was listening to the White Sox against the Tigers. In the 8th inning with the score 11-2, White Sox announcers Darrin Jackson and Ed Farmer, both former MLB players with long careers, started talking about how it was important to get those final outs because the Tigers were NOT going to give up. Then Darrin Jackson says, and I will do my best to quote him but it was radio, "I don't remember EVER having an at bat where I didn't care. I wanted my hits." Farmer comes back with "You have no idea how many times a guy cam up to me and said 'Why did you throw me that slider last night with the game out of hand?'. I always told them 'tell me when you give up. I'm not giving you anything.' " Got any quotes from players about times they quit focusing?
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If you look at Ortiz' career splits on B-R.com, his OPS in high leverage situations is .040 higher than low leverage. However as this is OPS, that difference isn't as great as you think and basically boils down to two singles for every 100 at bats. (Actually, slightly less.) And his ISOP in both situations was practically identical. So is THAT the definition of a clutch hitter? A hitter who gets 2 more singles for every 100 at bats in clutch situations?
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Thornburg out with shoulder impingement
notin replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
And the Robby Scott dream continues. Of course, when it comes to building bullpens, Dombrowski's nightmares are also continuing... -
Well, demeaning or not, it's true. In order to be a player in MLB you need to be one of or close to the best 750 players in the world. This is not meant to insult anyone as much as it is to get some perspective. I have no idea what your job is, But let's say you're an accountant. Are you one of the best 750 accountaNts in the world? If there were only 750 accounting jobs in the U.S., would you have one? Would you even be considered? Like Rutledge of not, he has had one of the available 750 jobs as an mlb player. He's in the running for one again. That alone takes an amazing level of talent, which is the point in t trying to make here. So yes, Rutledge is better at baseball than you our I are at our jobs and that's not an insult regardless of your opinion of Rutledge.
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Appearances? Sure. But they won't all be opportunities. Not that many. ..
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I'm hoping...
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He's a great player whose successes will outnumber and outlive his failures. I would argue that makes him great. Isn't that enough?
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I will argue Holt does a horrible job as a second baseman and isn't any better as a shortstop.
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Possible with Price it's a stamina issue. He was solid against the Sox in 2009 when he didn't have 200+ IP under his belt. Or - crazy thought - maybe looking at half a dozen games spread out over 7 years really isn't representative. Remember when Cole Hamels was rumored to the Sox? Several fans did research and concluded, based on a handful of gamed spread out over six seasons, that Hamels couldn't pitch in the American League. How accurate was that conclusion?
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And have to randomness. Remember Tom Bruanansky's pennant clinching catch in 1991? Was that near game-winning hit by Ozzie Guillen an out because Ozzie didn't come through in a key at bat? Or is it simply because sometimes a hitter can do everything right and things still don't work out?
