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Everything posted by notin
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No. It’s silly. The AL East was a combined 449-361. Now against other AL East teams, the divisions aggregate record was .500, because it always is in every sport ever played. Against non-AL East teams, the AL East teams were 88 games over .500. The combined record of the NL West was 404-406, which means again non-NL West teams, the division was under .500. The Diamondbacks pitching was actually comparable to the Red Sox, but good enough in that weak division. They only won 6 more games, while playing in a division of weaker teams. This isn’t that much of a stretch. We were all disappointed with the Sox staff this year, but it wasn’t the worst pitching staff in MLB. And it was helped out by what turned out to be a very good bullpen…
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Some context might be required here, too. Like did Kimbrel find himself pitching in non-save situations more often because he lost a closer role due to not pitching well? He had a couple seasons with the Cubs, for example, where this happened…
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Not exactly how you want them to, and also only applicable in road games. Papelbon’s numbers in tie games were actually probably his worst care spoilt, but also only encompass 557 PA over a 12 year career. And I’m guessing a handful of those PA were in his 3 career starts in his rookie year…
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That’s closing?
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He was fired. Bloom couldn’t “re-hire” him upon Henry’s recommendation (your theory) if he was still employed and only suspended…
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How does one close a tie game?
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That’s one theory
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You do realize Cora was fired shortly after Bloom was hired, right?
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I don’t think Eflin fits this scenario at all. The Sox made an offer. Elfin took it to Tampa. They matched. He signed immediately. This was not a case of Bloom sticking to his “value guns”. He never got the chance to counter. Eflin clearly wanted to play in Tampa, not Boston.
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What are you talking about? It’s part of the uniform!
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Yeah the “drafted too many shortstops” thing is just flat out wrong. In high school, on roughly 105% of the teams, the SS is simply the best player. Would people be happier if Bloom drafted worse players but did so because they had outfield experience?
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Always the worst excuse for poor closer performance…
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Bloom brought Cora back right after the suspension…
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So if a CBO -let’s say Andrew Friedman - made bringing in his manager a condition of accepting the offer, Henry and Kennedy say “No. Cora is our guy and you go look elsewhere.” I don’t think Cora has any immunity. So far all they are doing is letting him stay for the final year of his contract. Its not like they’ve extended him…
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I think it’s possible Cora’s job security has been overstated or misinterpreted. Just because he wasn’t let go with Bloom doesn’t mean he has immunity, and the new CBO is not allowed to change managers…
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Agreed. You cannot fire Bloom solely for PR reasons if the goal is to continue to operate the same way. In fact, doing that actually absolves Bloom from blame in the eyes of many. Keeping him around all lows his to retain the blame for another bad season…
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Eflin wasn’t really a miss. He clearly wanted to go to Tampa. Saying the Sox only missed out “by a few million” requires knowing how high Tampa was willing to go…
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It seemed like Bloom’s mission was to build a sustainable farm. We really won’t know if he has any success or not for a few years. But I’m hoping he was fired for his repeated indecisiveness or apathy or general malaise or whatever lead to his inactivity at the deadline the last two seasons…
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Epstein didn’t sign Stephen Drew, but he did sign JD. Cherington signed Stephen. Twice…
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Kimbrel had a clear pattern with Boston. Lights out until June/July. Slowly get less effective through August/September. Very hittable in October…
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Actually it turns out the Sox staff was more the victims by that kind of thing, as they had the better xFIP of the two. But as long as we’re making silly arguments that prefer 7 game sample sizes over 810 games, maybe the Red Sox had the toughest schedule in MLB because they had to play all those games against the AL East and they didn’t get to play even one game against the Red Sox…
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So… Ryan Lavernway over Epstein?
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No Song?
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Martin frequently joked publicly about that whole deal. If you watched “The Bronx is Burning”, it was probably (re: extremely likely) an overdramatized version of the story. In fact it was probably (re: extremely likely) overdramatized even if you didn’t watch it…
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It did in 1977…
