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I have no idea about Houck. Could be fine. Could be career-ending. As for Barnes, it would have to be a bad contract swap. Case by case IMO. (If forced to predict, I’d say he’s in Boston in 2023.)
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Bob Stanley!!!!!!!!!
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Maybe we’re at that point where he’s just hit his limit? Maybe he is just a one inning pitcher? Maybe the bullpen next year has Houck closing, Whitlock setting up, and Schreiber as the relief ace? And Barnes heading elsewhere?
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Because of 2 bad outings? Seriously? No one said he’s the next Sale or the next Mariano. Just that he’s been a helluva Rule 5 Draft steal…
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Also short ST. I’m pretty sure the reduced IP/start was league wide and teams even were allowed expanded rosters for 2 months to accommodate it. But the thing is, expanding the bullpen by 2 pitchers means you use 2 pitchers who normally wouldn’t be on your roster…
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Absolutely true. Relievers are not all hit or miss pitchers. But all hit or miss pitchers are relievers. Just avoid that second set. I think that myth I’d like to dispel can be rooted in their smaller sample sizes being thrown for a loop with one or two bad outings…
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f*** no. People are on this forum talking baseball in December when normal people are watching the NBA, taking weekend to go skiing, and making Christmas plans…
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Actually there easily as many arm problems. Careers just ended, especially prior to Tommy John surgery…
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“Closers” used to go 2 to 3 innings all the time. They really didn’t become 9th inning specialists until Eckerskey in 1989…
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As of now, Schreiber is the relief ace. He’s the guy who closed out a shaky Barnes save and the guy who came in the day before with the bases loaded and no one out. That Whitlock gave up 3 runs had nothing to do with “relief ace” as he came in with a 5 run lead. Whitlock is another arm approaching a career high in IP. He’ll have bad outings now and then. And it’s possible these outings are cementing just future in the bullpen…
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Yeah those Six fans are funny, to be kind. They are so quick to decry the “nerds” running the team and quickly point out each and every mistake as proof, and then right off the successes as just luck or whatever. The reality before Bloom and many others like him took over, this team went 86 years without a title. And now going three is intolerable. And even you tried to defend it with “well they ran into Bob Gibson and Pesky held the ball” and never realized you were exuding 3 or 4 games in over seven decades worth. The reality of the 2022 team is they had a lot of downward-trending contracts that would have derailed any GM. And in times like that, having the team run by a guy who can identify a talent like Whitlock in the Rule 5 draft and building the back end of a rotation with $12mill plus pawning off a couple scrap heap relievers. And the weird part is - PEOLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THOSE PITCHERS! Maybe the disgruntled Sox fans need to be more realistic…
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I’m just asking questions…
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How long ago did we sink to the level that people call for the GM to be fired before he finishes three seasons without a World Series ring?
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Nobody asked if you liked it or even if you care. The question was “would it be easier”? One could easily argue the Sox, by virtue of being in last place in the AL East this year, have the most difficult schedule in MLB…
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I’ve mentioned Montero as one of three RPs to target this off-season, along with Michael Fulmer and Blake Treinen (assuming he’s healthy). A LHRP might be necessary, too, with Davis and Diekman gone, Strahm leaving, Taylor questionable, and Darwinzon just incapable of throwing strikes. But then the 3-batter-minimum rule has really cut into the importance of the LHRP and you need pitchers whose only skill isn’t being left-handed.. or
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When was the last time the Sox blew a ninth inning lead? They did it too close to regularly in April and May. They’ve given up ninth inning runs in tie games recently (Schreiber vs NY, Houck vs Cle, Whitlock vs KC for example). But the whole closer thing - ever since the Sox have put Houck in as closer and Schreiber as the relief ace, have they blown a ninth inning lead?
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Straight up conjecture…
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The Red Sox are 48-32 in non-division games? That translates to a huge improvement in next year’s balanced schedule…
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No but I think he was saying the Sox were a better team on August 3rd turn they were on August 1st…
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9/03 Rangers @ SOX 4:10PM ET
notin replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
I think Cora is trying to get Barnes back on track, which he’s actually been doing most of the season. It’s absolutely not without risk. I’m not in favor of this strategy, but I’m pretty sure that’s all it is… -
9/03 Rangers @ SOX 4:10PM ET
notin replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Whitlock’s last outing before tonight was a 1-2-3 ninth inning (1K) vs Tampa…p -
I think they’ll spend on free agents. Hopefully they extend Devers and bring back Bogaerts, Wacha and Hernandez. (I’m doubtful on Bogaerts.) Beyond that, I like to see this team get back to using OBP. Nimmo (also unlikely) and Josh Bell make for good targets…
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As much as I’d love Nimmo, the Mets maintain interest, can afford him, and will definitely be offering him a QO. I doubt the Sox get Nimmo. I like Fulmer a lot, too. But so will half the league. Of the three relievers I’ve highlighted (Fulmer, Rafael Montero , Blake Treinen), Fulmer is my favorite but possibly the most expensive/least likely. Kolten Wong (or Adam Frazier) would be nice. Good defensive skills and good (albeit not great OBP). Interestingly if Jon Berti is too old, he’s only 9 months older than Wong. (Of course Wong is far more accomplished and simply better). Screw Navraez. I’m ok with McGuire and Connor Wong. I do love the idea of bringing back Kike and, if they move either Casas or Hosmer, signing Josh Bell. Also, Devers over Swanson all day. (And why would the Sox want both Swanson and K Wong? Story being dealt?)
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Of course if the Sox go crazy with infield spending, it would get a little unrealistic. Hopefully they extend Devers…
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Berti isn’t a building block for the future, he’s just a useful player with a diverse skill set to serve as a throw-in to this deal because at some point, possibly this year, possibly next, his salary will be more than the Marlins care to pay him…
