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Everything posted by notin
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Small point but Brennan Bernardino is on the staff now as well...
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Not so sure. Dave Roberts appears to be making a strong case for himself this year. Of course, the award would typically go hands down to Joe Maddon if he had not retired...
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When healthy this team certainly is much improved over last year, when we had no 2B, a Gold Glove centerfielder playing Rust Glove shortstop, and some serious question marks in LF, CF, 1B, and 3B...
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It still looks like Winckowski. He has yet to come in before the 6th inning. He's not quite doing what Schreiber did, but in two weeks there have not been an overabundance of opportunities. I think in time Slaten might settle into the high leverage role like how it was done with Schreiber...
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The Sox haven't even gotten around to retiring their greats. Dwight Evans belongs in Cooperstown and 24 belongs in the rafters. In fact, 24 belongs there twice. Manny, for all his flaws, and he absolutely had them, was a great player as well.
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Or starters...
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Too many people were. I don't get why that would even be on the radar given the clear lack of a starting catcher and questionable starter (and now) bullpen depth we all saw coming as well. If it came right down to it, Reyes could probably handle 1B as an emergency starer/fill-in better than Dalbec. You might not be impressed with his .310 OPS, but again, it is .310 higher than Dalbec. And his .716 OPS last year was higher than Dalbec's .570. No one is saying Reyes is the answer, unless the question is "what utility infielder on the Sox does everything better than Dalbec?"
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I'm saying there is no such thing as a "2nd 8th inning guy" and barely such thing as a first one. Cora clearly does not manage his bullpen that way. He even moves Martin up an inning to face the middle of the order. And in those cases, the 8th inning hitters are likely the 6-7-8-9 guys. Does any team need a specialist to handle the bottom of the order?
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Exactly. "Bullpen role by inning" does not appear to be a thing with Cora, with the exception of the closer. And he is far from alone is his use of the closer that way...
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Are we making up bullpen roles? What exactly is a "2nd 8th inning guy"? Martin has largely been the setup guy, coming in for the 8th inning in 4 of his 6 appearances, and in the 7th in the other two (more on these later). In Winckowski's 4 appearances, he has been brought in in the 7th (twice), sixth and 10th innings. I don't see that as a long reliever. But I don't think Cora is managing his relievers by innings as to when to bring them in, despite than many fans seem to like that method. I see strong tendencies to go after matchups instead of innings as for when he brings guys in. For example, the two times Martin came in in the 7th inning, he came in to face the 3-4-5 hitters in the opposing lineup. This is very likely not a coincidence. Cora appears to see the value of using his better arms against the 3-4-5 guys rather than using a lesser releiver agsinst 3-4-5 in the 7th and saving Martin to face 6-7-8 in the 8th. You can only get hitters out when they come up...
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Reyes may only have three hits, but Dalbec only has 3 fair balls so far this year...
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For most of the off-season, the Sox looked like the bullpen would have Jansen, Martin, Winckowski, Schreiber, Bernardino, and one of Houck or Whitlock. Why would anyone put Campbell third? The trade of Schreiber and the injury to Giolito dug into this depth, and the inexplicable demotion of Bernardino didn't help. But none of this still ever made any of the arm you mentioned as the third best option in the bullpen. And two weeks into the season, both Slaten and Weissert look better, as well...
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Ahead of Winckowski?
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It's still .310 points higher than Dalbec's...
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Strong disagree. Hall of Famer. 3,000 hits. Seven All Star appearances and five Silver Sluggers with Boston. Jim Rice only got two Silver Sluggers, for comparison...
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I think so. He seemed like a typical, boring MR guy that you bring in if the starter can't g0 five innings. Of course, for most of the off-season, I thought the Sox would have Winckowski and Schreiber in front of Martin and Jansen...
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So would opposing pitchers...
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Yes, it should. Not like they retired his wedding ring...
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OK, I thought it was entire career, not ending career. Possible misinterpretation on my part. But in my defense, for a long, long time, the only names up there were Doerr, Williams, Yaz and Cronin. So if I'm questioning Cronin, the list still fits.
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SoxProspects ranking of the Red Sox bullpen roles isn't worth anything. They're no more affiliated to the team than we are...
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"Almost missed" equals "hit", right? The team has enough issues right now without getting critical of the ones that don't exist...
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Valdez is just flat out useless. If you can't field, you need to at least be able to get your OPS+ up over 82. He's like an even more useless Dalbec...
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Didn't Higgins at least manage a couple African American players? I'm sure he was not exactly fair to them, but he managed in the early 1960s, so he had Wilson and Green, right? Not like some of the other racist MLB managers like Ben Chapman, whose racism forced him out of baseball...
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Is MLB different in Atlanta? Only 236 PAs, but that's 236 more than Roman Anthony, Marcelo Mayer and Kyle Teel combined...
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To be fair, Earl Wilson was in the Sox system in 1953 and Pumpsie Green in 1956.
