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The press linked us to Montgomery countless times, often because of his wife’s residency…
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How much was specific to Imanaga? Or was it just General Inactivity stuff? One issue we deal with in offseasons is the press every year expects the Red Sox to spend. And they predict the Sox will sign X and the Sox will sign Y. But every year, the Sox avoid X and Y because they don’t want to pay $Z….
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Crawford retired the first 16 Rangers in his last start. It’s not much, but it’s a good start…
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Bello has a 3.93 ERA, .760 OPSA and 4 quality starts in his last 6 starts. His work is cut out for him to keep that going…
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And that’s just what the Sox did. The spent their allowance on Giolito, and their prayers weren’t answered. And since they didn’t sign a bunch of experienced veterans (not even to MiLB deals), they decided to rely on their MLB-ready prospects - both of them. Unfortunately one needed TJ and the other one sucked. But at least they didn’t waste money lining up 8-10 starting pitchers before spring training like they did all those years when they were winning…
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True. But Giolito went down with plenty of names still available. And expecting Whitlock to last all year was simply not learning from the past…
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Mostly after Giolito went down. That they continued the inactivity after Whitlock went down just made matters worse…
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Lauer, German, Odorizzi, Urena, Flexen, Turnbull. You know - all of them…
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Passing on Imanaga because the Sox didn’t want to commit as many years might turn out to be the right choice. But ignoring pitching depth altogether has been the problem. Once Hiolito and Whitlock went down (and how they didn’t even anticipate the possibility of Whitlock going down is another problem), they basically threw up their hands and said “f*** it. Just use the bullpen!”
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The whole point is to use the mitt hand to touch the base. The mitts are bigger influences. Players stretch them out while on first. Also they discourage feet first sliding, since there is no shoe extension equivalent. (And the swim slide over the much cooler hook slide is another negative impact.) The pitch clock helps too. I’ve seen countless runners just take off when it gets down to 2-3 seconds. The bigger base impact is probably minimal compared to other changes. Plus it beats watching infielders get Machado’d…
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Rays’ fans are also hurt by a huge chunk of their home population being transplanted Yankee fans. I’ve never been to a game there, but I’ve never heard anything good. I’ve seen the park; it’s right off the interstate in the middle of the city, but I’ve also heard it’s in a bad location. Why days wrong with where out of? I couldn’t tell (last time I was in FLA was in November, 2021, so no games were being played)…
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Most runners just take off after that second attempt and very few even draw the throw…
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Yes. By 4.5 inches. Players can stretch out that glove to make their hand more than 4.5 inches longer. The pitch clock can all but tell you when a pitcher will pitch so you can get a great jump. And if a runner has 2 unsuccessful pick off attempts, he can basically start walking to second the entire time the pitcher has the ball and there is nothing anyone can do…
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The play was. Getting rid of it wasn’t. Making the bases bigger was…
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Yeah, I imagine it was done due to complaints (from managers?) that Shirtstop X never touched the base so his runner is safe. Really, the neighborhood play had issues. When was it a neighborhood play as opposed to missing the base?
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The gloves players wear to protect their hand has a larger impact on stealing bases than the base size. (Again, this is a safety thing.) Ditto the 3 pickoff rule and the pitch clock. Of course the misuse of the replay role makes it harder to steal bases…
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So you like watching shortstops get spiked in the knees? The bigger bases are for safety when turning double plays once the “neighborhood play” was eliminated. They had to do something, since the neighborhood play was a safety thing, too. So what you’re saying is you hate clever teams that strategize ways to win but prefer an authoritarian regime that over regulates the game?
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Houck has talent. That’s obvious. Ditto Bello and Crawford. To me, it looks like sometimes fans ignore stamina/durability aspect of pitching and always look for other reasons pitchers struggle down the stretch (and in the postseason). “It’s the pitching coach.” “He’s a choker.” The truth is the actions MLB pitchers go through hundreds of times a day are absolute torture on their arms, at least if you pitch from over the top and from 3/4. (Side arm guys are much better to their arms.) I think these 3 pitchers are worn out now, but will be good for the Sox. I’m hoping Priester can join them…
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I doubt any of the complaints on either side were the majority…
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Do you think teams can try to win without making multi year offers to free agents? The most likely/obvious reason for not signing a player to a multi year deal is they didn’t like the available options. Two of the best pitchers on the market last year were Snell and Montgomery, two pitchers NO TEAM was willing to meet the demands of. And you’re wrong about Bello and Crawford. When they’re not worn down, they’re good. Not great, but good…
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Not necessarily. I thought the Sox had 3 young pitchers they liked, but knew IP would be an issue. So they paired them with two (Italian?) innings eaters in Giolito and Pivetta, and hoped that formula didn’t lead to counting on the z bullpen for 700 innings or so…
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The mystery of Giolito’s bad ending to last year might have been solved. It’s very common for a pitcher to struggle once before TJ. Look at Sale’s ending to 2019, for example…
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Use him for a year to help Houck, Crawford, Bello and move on. I thought that option was OK. I assumed based on the amount, that it if he turned it down, the Sox knew they could make a Qualifying Offer and it would also be rejected…
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I think the one thing Giolito was good for was IP, which, when you have 3 starters who between them, have never had a season of 160 IP, makes sense. Sale has shown he cannot guarantee is IP…
