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  1. notin
    The Sox are very likely to move at least one OF this off-season. Verdugo is probably most likely, especially since they haven’t extended him given his overt desire. Duran is probably second most likely, and a big part of it is the very reasons you cite…
  2. notin
    I don’t think either Houck or Crawford will be in the pen next year. Especially not Houck. The criticisms against Houck are outdated. His struggles against the lineup third time through are mitigated by todays roster construction that allows for 8 man bullpens. And his lack of a third pitch isn’t the issue it used to be, as there are a few successful two pitch starters out there today, notably Chicago Cubs’ LHSP Justin Steele, who throws fastballs or slider roughly 95% of the time…
  3. notin
    Urias big would be nice, but I think even that is pushing it…
  4. notin
    So Yoshida might challenge Matsui for the honor of being the third best Japanese hitter in MLB history…
  5. notin
    If he was even scheduled that day…
  6. notin
    Except that you very likely seek out folks with similar interests who therefore unsurprisingly share your viewpoints…
  7. notin
    … which is really odd because 50% of them propose it happen at the first sign that the team might lose 75 games…
  8. notin
    Nothing ruins a pitcher’s career more than pitching. I think James Andrews has that stitched on a throw pillow on his back deck, overlooking the 10,000 square foot swimming pool and 1,400 square foot changing house…
  9. notin
    He needs to learn how to do interviews, especially about plans. Don’t say it if it isn’t going to happen…
  10. notin
    They had to. He couldn’t have Tommy John surgery. Tommy John the pitcher hadn’t even been invented yet. Although I’m not sure why you want to see Bello returned to the pitching habits that destroyed young arms and pitching careers prematurely. The Sox have struggled to get a pitcher like Bello from the system without trading him away. Why would they want to jump start his tendinitis?
  11. notin
    And in 1891, 24yo Cy Young threw 423IP. But then the reason for Bello’s upper limit doesn’t rest solely on age…
  12. notin
    That’s the San Diego philosophy, not Boston…
  13. notin
    July 28th in SF…
  14. notin
    (rimshot)
  15. notin
    Should he waste a good reliever here? The Sox have less punch than the headless Rock Em Sock Em Robot…
  16. notin
    On the bright side, Chris Morel just doubled home the lead run in the 9th inning, giving the Cubs a 5-4 lead at Toronto…
  17. notin
    I like the rotation of Sale/Paxton/Bello/Crawford/Pivetta And the bullpen with Jansen/Martin/Winckowski/Whitlock/Schreiber/Houck/Bernardino/Murphy. And especially the pending DFA of Llovera/Barraclaugh. But some depth would be nice. Especially at SP…
  18. notin
    And would you make that deal, assuming St. Louis would?
  19. notin
    But they were both Pitcher of the Month in May!!
  20. notin
    Unless the Sox did offer that and were not chosen anyway. I was extremely disappointed with his deadline, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t do anything and just waited for the injured players to return. We have no idea if he talked to St. Louis and who was discussed, and just because you checked MLBTR 50,000 times on August 1 (like I did) doesn’t mean he didn’t make offers and doesn’t mean names were not bandied about with numerous GMs. We have no idea what players from Boston St. Louis would have accepted, if any. I get my consolation at this point from the fact that one Houck and Whitlock return, and Llovera and Barraclough depart, the Sox staff looks deep and formidable. But no depth in case of injury…
  21. notin
    Using fWAR, Jarren Duran is outperforming Julio Rodriguez this year…
  22. notin
    On BTV, the package the Cardinals received had a surplus value of $7.4mill, while a proposal of Brainer Bonaci and Chase Meidroth had a surplus value of $5mill. And also didn’t have a pitching prospect. Assuming the Cardinals wanted the same positions and sticking with BTV, the Sox could have offered a package of Shane Drohan ($5mill) and Chase Meidroth ($3.3mill) and maybe made the trade. So should the Sox have made that deal? With Sale, Houck and Whitlock coming back?
  23. notin
    He was superb. I hated to see the quick hook, but I do totally understand it. I think a big part of my disappointment was that the hook brought in Barraclaugh…
  24. notin
    BTV accepts Duran for Miller and Woo…
  25. notin
    Not prohibitive, but you needed to be willing to part with AA talent with a low ceiling…
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