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  1. notin
    The Rockies DFAd Dakota Hudson today. Hudson is surprisingly not injured, but rather just having a horrible year, highlighted by his 48:46 K:BB ratio and 5.84 ERA. But the one thing that intrigues me about Hudson is he’s never been a particularly hard thrower, and rather gotten by with his breaking stuff. Could this be a formula Bailey can tap into for some success? Also intriguing - his ERA away from Coors - 3.72….
  2. notin
    Of course Sale wouldn’t get injured by Angry Birds. That’s more of a David Price thing…
  3. notin
    Every time you type that, I picture you as the cranky, grizzled, flannel-wearing greybeard forcibly squeezing monosyllabic grunts to express your frustration with those gosh darn changes in the world. It’s very Neanderthal. It brings a smile to my face every time
  4. notin
    Like I have been saying about Sale for years - his issue isn’t talent…
  5. notin
    So Bellhorn, do you limit your critiques solely to my posts? We gotta live one here…
  6. notin
    I think the rule changes do help. Pitch clock can occasionally tell the runner an idea when the windup can start, giving him an extra step or two before the pitcher even starts. The rule minimizing pickoff attempts helps, too. Once the pitcher has thrown over twice, that runner can go take a much, much larger lead…
  7. notin
    Yes I do know what he meant. He was specific about how the Sox would be better if Duran/Hamilton/Wong hit fewer extra base hits and instead just got to first base and used their speed to get into the pitchers’ heads. While I get the importance of the runner on first causing problems for the pitcher, how is that more important than the overall vast improvements we have seen in those small speedy guys he says have no business hitting “one run home runs”? (And how did you possibly not attack that?) Duran is one of the best offensive players in the league. Wong leads all AL catchers in batting average (150 PA min). These are players using the metrics and their lessons to become significant offensive contributors and potential All Stars. But Jung is suggesting they dial it back and instead one third of the lineup fall back into a role where their job is to instead support the remaining hitters.
  8. notin
    Right. Good call. Duran needs to change his approach and stop being a top ten player in the AL. Ditto Wong with his batting average among league best…
  9. notin
    They seem to find more pitchers that way, too…
  10. notin
    Hey I’m not the one who DFAd you
  11. notin
    Posts 5 and 8? He suggested irritating pitchers over hitting home runs. And made it sound like they were only hitting solo home runs. Hitting home runs is scoring 100% of the time. Irritating pitchers is a good strategy, but it simply didn’t lead to scoring that often. I get their home run volume is low and they’d be thorns to pitchers more often. But you look at OBP for that. Not home runs. Is hitting 8-10 home runs really taking down their OBP that much? And with Duran, he has 23 doubles and 10 triples hitting like he is. But he doesn’t bother the pitcher as much with those extra bases. So are those also a bad thing?
  12. notin
    Irritating the pitcher over scoring runs? That was the original premise. Sometimes, you just gotta take the runs. Scratch that. Always take the runs. Scoring runs is a good thing. (Also those little guys putting one over the wall has gotta get under the skin of a few pitchers.)
  13. notin
    I think no on Jansen. But yes on the other three…
  14. notin
    Wild card game? There have been updates to the playoff format…
  15. notin
    No. The mistake was doing nothing at all…
  16. notin
    Why? We’re in the playoff picture now with a team everyone pegged for last place…
  17. notin
    Obviously no one is untouchable “in the right trade.” But I’d think “the right trade” for Teel is much lower quality than the right trade for Anthony or Mayer…
  18. notin
    True, but you might not have to go so overboard typing teams that insist on not taking the entire salary. And a lot of teams do keep their top prospects off the market as well…
  19. notin
    Notin-recommended trade target Tyler “Not Chase” Anderson pitched today. 8IP, 3H, 0ER, 0BB, 10K and evened his record at 8-8. He’s not going to come as cheaply as BTV suggests with their surplus value at $(-4) million. Presumably, there will be other interested teams. Anderson makes $13mill this year and is under contract formanother $13mil in 2025, which will eliminate a few interested teams. But if the Sox can take on all the money they can keep themselves in the picture…
  20. notin
    If you go unclaimed, will you accept your assignment to only post on Worcester Red Sox forums?
  21. notin
    It’s July 6th. Can we at least wait until July 15th to complain about Breslow’s lack of activity on July 31st?
  22. notin
    Only one MLB pitcher has been traded so far. Breslow doesn’t have a dance partner…
  23. notin
    Might as well let him just finish this one. Might take 3 more hours…
  24. notin
    Weissert retired one hitter today and that on a 100 mph line drive hit right at the RF. Anderson is a white flag here. Sox need to get a SP and put Winckowski back in the bullpen where he is needed most…
  25. notin
    Weissert has slowed down a lot lately. But at some point Cora has to use everybody…
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