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  1. notin
    The “closer by committee” is right up there with beer and chicken along side “bridge year” as the most ridiculous controversies in recent years. The committee was Chad Fox. And no one else. Just Fox. But as Fox was an inconsistent pitcher capable of highs and lows, if the Sox said “Chad Fox is our closer,” many would have thought “but he sucks!! He’s wildly inconsistent!!” And they’d have been right. But since the Sox called it “closer by committee”, it then impugned an entire strategy that can actually work pretty well, and everyone ignored that the committee was just Chad Fox…
  2. notin
    You did leave out the extremely unoriginal Death Valley image…
  3. notin
    Because Refsnyder is worse at outfield defense than Stephen Hawking is at ballet. And just because Anthony isn’t starting in April doesn’t mean he is off out of the picture. Platoon Yoshida at Ref at DH Platoon Abreu and Grichuk in RF. Until Anthony comes up at some point. And yes, get a catcher !! (The Sox could trade Abreu for a catcher and solve this logjam as well.) There is some merit to keeping Crawford in the rotation and moving Bello to the bullpen into a high leverage role. But don’t post about out or else the guy who came up with it will let it go to his head…
  4. notin
    If the Sox signed Grichuk to platoon in RF with Abreu, that would make sense. Grichuk crushed LHP last year and is a capable OF who’s played all 3 positions (and isn’t a defensive wasteland like Refsnyder). Ramon Laureano also makes sense as a RF weak side platoon/4th outfielder. Neither should be a full time starter in Boston. But platooning with Abreu, who cannot hit LHP? They fill a NEED…
  5. notin
    Or he could replace Buehler should he go down before Sandoval is fully healed…
  6. notin
    .852 OPS on the road last year, as opposed to his .632 at home. So, yes. Not surprising splits for a lefty pull hitter in that ballpark in SF, with its deep Death Valley in RF.
  7. notin
    They had to replace Buehler with Snell. Otherwise that rotation would have lead MLB in sutures…
  8. notin
    No catcher?
  9. notin
    No one will remove them. You will learn to live with your shame…
  10. notin
    The Sox bullpen last year relied on Jansen, Martin, Slaten, Weissert, Bernardino, Kelly, Winckowski and at one point, Chase Anderson. This year they have Hendriks, Slaten, Chapman, Whitlock, Wilson, Adams, Guerrero and maybe Fulmer. It might be better. It might be worse. It’s definitely been overhauled…
  11. notin
    And a RP that has never pitched for the Sox before but has had a season as high of 3.2 fWAR…
  12. notin
    Not the worst idea. Although I still have faith in him as a starter…
  13. notin
    A lot of people might not realize it, but Rickey’s baseball career ended only 19 years ago. He retired from MLB after the 2003 season, but played 2 more years of independent league ball, in which he stole 53 bases and was only caught 4 times. He was ages 45 and 46 for those seasons…
  14. notin
    And Abreu, the Unloved Gold Glover. That they’re talking to Grichuk could mean Abreu is still the opening day RF…
  15. notin
    That means he’s either got garlic in his soul or termites in his smile. Either way it leads to having all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile…
  16. notin
    It seems odd to replace our most durable pitcher with one of the least durable ones in all of MLB. But the reality is this team is already better than the one that finished 5 games out of the postseason last year…
  17. notin
    His metrics have him roughly average, but he’s only logged 548 innings at 3b over 4 seasons. I think Devers is the 3b next season, much to the chagrin of the pitching staff. That so many in the org want Bregman for 2b just re-enforces my belief that Cora cares very little about defense…
  18. notin
    Given now that the rotation has Crochet, Houck, Bello, Buehler, Giolito, and Crawford, maybe one of them is the new RP. Or trade bait for a catcher or 3b..
  19. notin
    If we’re going internal, go with Romy. Which, if he can maintain last year’s exit velocity, might not be a bad thing. Although I’m fairly certain he had a disproportionate number of plate appearances against LHP. Grissom might work, too…
  20. notin
    The Sox can get Bregman for 3 years. Just let him sign elsewhere and then trade for him in four years. Or they could just trade for Arenado now…
  21. notin
    Had the Dodgers extended a QO, it’s extremely likely Buehler would have accepted it. Since he just accepted the same money/years with Boston…
  22. notin
    I have no faith in Buehler, but Breslow clearly does, scratching out Nick Pivetta’s name on that check and replacing it with Buehler’s. And I’ll root for Walker to do we’ll…
  23. notin
    Oh he was cocky as hell. Cockiness might be the one thing he was better at than baseball…
  24. notin
    According to multiple players around the league, he would arrogantly announce his stolen base attempts by yelling “Rickey gone!” before each one.
  25. notin
    So Buehler plus Sandoval equals one pitcher..
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