His stuff played up quite well in a bullpen role in 2021. It seems like if the goal was to stretch Houck out, starter would be the best way, as opposed to compromising the bullpen to develop one pitcher…
Mostly because he hadn’t been an effective MLB relief pitcher for about 6 months at that time. He wasn’t left off the postseason roster because he was just too good…
You’re sucking away the credibility of the CDT. Even Bloom’s staunchest supporters have called him out on a few things. So now Cora’s questionable use of Barnes in extra innings is the fault of the team for not winning sooner?
Managing IP is one thing. But Hill had two back-to-back starts where he threw 9IP, 0ER, 2H, 1BB, 10K and only totaled 134 pitches. And he was not happy to be pulled in either game.
His IP were ovvermanaged. And to designate Houck - clearly one of the best arms in the pen - as his sole piggyback was a waste of Houck.
And the goal isn’t to keep Hill’s stats better. Was over-limiting Hill and tying up Houck as his dedicated RP a good strategy or not?
1. They only played 6 extra inning games during that stretch. Barnes took 3 10th innings and was ineffective in all of them.
2. In two of the three, he did not finish and was relieved, which means he wasn’t the last reliever available. (Strahm, who was the Sox best RP in the early part of last season, relieved him in one of those two.)
No. This is like 20-30 people. At least active. (And the actual point was about simply making up a number in the mob that shares your opinion.)
But now you’re saying EVERYONE not in TalkSox agrees with you?
You do realize that’s essentially how we got him, right?
They didn’t have to use the first overall pick. Washington could have grabbed, say, Ryan Noda. And then taken Ort at #2
And millions more who think you’re just flat out silly.
What’s your point? That you’re the majority and you will be staking that claim until someone proves you wrong?
I suppose we can all make up the size of the mob that backs our opinions.
Except the one about you making up the phrase “Red Sox Nation.” Pretty sure you’re alone there…
I repeatedly- and yes I mean repeatedly- ripped Bloom for keeping Ort over Ward
But then there’s this
Ort - 6.26ERA 5.90FIP 2.67 K/BB
Ward - 7.12ERA 6.95FIP 1.08K/BB
Granted, Ort is 5 years older. But Ward is already 26. Not like he’s some 22yo kid whose still growing…
Out of curiosity, why wasn’t Mayer a no-brainer for Pittsburgh, Texas and especially Detroit?
Also, for other Bloom draft picks, he did select Yorke, Anthony, Drohan and Romero. Ranked 4,5,6 and 8 on soxprospects.com…