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  1. notin
    I’m not on board with buying yet. Baby steps…
  2. notin
    If they trade from the set of Bleis, Bannon, Garcia, Hickey, Paez or Romero, I won’t mind. Assuming it’s for someone decent…
  3. notin
    1. Red Sox first 9-0 road trip since 1977. 2. Sox have swept 4 of the last 5 series. That’s crazy.
  4. notin
    Cincinnati can build a lineup without Steer, who has no regular position. But some of that will be traded this year or depart as a free agent (Suarez, Lowe). Of course at some point, Romy Gonzalez becomes a RHH platoon option for DH. If the Sox want to add a bat, it seems like LF is the best spot at least until Roman returns. Other options include SS, at least until Story returns, and catcher, which is very unlikely since most teams don’t bring in new catchers mid-season. (Although Sean Murphy is likely available and can be a RHH DH.)
  5. notin
    Yes but apparently he is more easily hit early in his appearances. So he does better when he starts off with lesser hitters. Especially ones less familiar with him. I find it odd this is questionable, but you throw out the phrase “mental issues” and it’s universally accepted. If someone can explain their mental theories, I’m all for it. But at some point, Bello has his own first inning, and there is no avoiding that. I also think it’s not a coincidence that the teams that lit him up in the first are Baltimore, Toronto and Baltimore again…
  6. notin
    You took it too literally. I actually said “7-8-9” or 8-9-1 hitters.” The bottom line is the opener strategy coupled with inefficient openers often got him out of tougher parts of the lineup. Couple that with the fact that his first inning troubles were often limited to AL East opponents, and it gets easier to notice his problems were not mental nor mechanical but rather situational…
  7. notin
    Coulombe had a $75,000 appearance bonus he earned at games 30, 45, 60. His last appearance was number 29. He wasn’t solely cut to save $75,000; he was cut because he’s not worth the appearance bonuses. I base this on the fact that he was kept beyond his roster bonuses of $250,000 for 30 days on the roster, with others kicking in at 60, 90, 120 and 150 days. Coulombe won’t be on waivers long. Sox are down one spot on the 40 man…
  8. notin
    I do think at some point innings limits for Tolle and especially Bennett do become a factor. Bringing Bello back and having Sandoval might mitigate these concerns…
  9. notin
    Spencer Steer?
  10. notin
    Barring another extremely significant losing streak, absolutely no way Breslow is selling now. This leads to new questions about what (you think) his direction should be, or at least that you’d like to see.
  11. notin
    They’re clearly not sellers yet, as expressed by their interest in Garrett Whitlock…
  12. notin
    Duran likely stays due to lack of interest. At some point, the question is “do you dump him?”
  13. notin
    So now Breslow has DFAd all the relievers he brought in tjis offseason
  14. notin
    But bad for everyone that reports to Cohen…
  15. notin
    So he faced 9,5,7, and 1 hitters. It w wasn’t just “against god hitters”; it was “getting going against good hitters.” And clearly it wasn’t equal since that first inning is always the 1-2-3 hitters. Also the teams that lit him up in the first inning were mostly ALEast teams very familiar with him. I think he can come back. This team needs an arm and overworking their bullpen stands to be more detrimental than a handful of Bello starts even if they all do go south..
  16. notin
    This myth has been debunked. But while I agree, MLB players are among the most superstitious grown ups on Earth, it doesn’t fit Bello, who is struggling in his famine outings and doing well out of his comfort zone…
  17. notin
    Are you sure? Perhaps he was just sharp enough for the 7-8-9 hitters he was facing. Also look at the teams that beat him up in the first inning. Baltimore, Toronto and… Baltimore again. Is it ever a mystery when the same team beats up the same pitcher twice?
  18. notin
    Is it? It looked to me like he simply needed an inning to get going and bring himself up to speed, as it were. In games he started, he spent those early pitches on the better hitters on the opponents, who took full advantage. In games he relieved, he bypassed the better parts of the opponents batting order. And since the openers in front of him were all completely ineffective and usually gave up multiple runs in the first inning themselves, Bello was able to get his s*** together against the 7-8-9 hitters for that first inning. Or the 8-9-1 hitters, you get the idea. Maybe he needs to prepare better before the game…
  19. notin
    Actually Brunson is fairly normal sized for the NBA. He’s just always really far away…
  20. notin
    Just call up Bello already…
  21. notin
    I was watching the White Sox series with my daughter, and she made the interesting observation that the Red Sox might be the shortest team in MLB and probably the shortest team MLB has seen in a while. I don’t care about those fictional height listings, there is no way the following Red Sox players are 5’10” (which in itself s small by MLB standards): Ceddane Rafaela Caleb Durbin Sonny Gray Tsu-Che Cheng Masataka Yoshida Anthony Seigler Isaih Kiner-Falefa And I’m on the fence with Danny Coulombe and Connor Wong. They might actually both be towering figures looming over the masses at all of 5’10” tall. Thats a lot of bloody short kings on one team. Is this a coincidence? Or done on purpose for a reason, like the Sox clubhouse has low ceilings or the showers are only six feet up? A shortage of uniform pants so they encourage sharing?
  22. notin
    Platooning Abreu was always stupid. Refsnyder could hit LHP, but he was a terrible OF. That one hit per game he brought vs LHP was best matched with Yoshida in a platoon, not Abreu…
  23. notin
    Can’t it be both?
  24. notin
    I have no problem with a DH platoon. In fact, it’s the only position where platooning makes sense…
  25. notin
    Doctors do…
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