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  1. notin
    If the Sox sign Kolten and then Connor makes the team as a BUC, we’ll have two Wongs!! That’s gotta make a wight!!
  2. notin
    Cora’s piggybacking was ill-conceived, poorly done and backwards What if Sale came in and through 2 IP twice a week as an opener, and then, say, Crawford and Winckowski took over one game each as if starting? Get 5 or 6 IP from each and it’s the 8th inning, baby!! Whitlock and Houck Time…
  3. notin
    In fact, why does it need to be a last ditch option? He could close games in 2023 and return to starting in 2024. There is no point of no return…
  4. notin
    As 6 year old Notin used ask his mom every 15 minutes on a drive from Worcester to Albany to see grandma - “Are we there yet?”
  5. notin
    Make him an open and use him 2-3 times per week in that role. That way he’s always facing the better and best hitters on the other team and (hopefully) neutralizing them for at least one turn…
  6. notin
    For that to continue, 2b has to just be a starting point, like an entry level position…
  7. notin
    Yep. Too bad it will never happen. And that’s because even 50% of Sale is a valuable commodity as a starter. If anything, he might become an opener…
  8. notin
    Bear in mind, it’s not the Sox saying “he makes too much money to close.” That’s probably coming from fans and stupid journalists. The White Sox briefly put him in that role, and the Red Sox did earlier this year. https://nesn.com/2022/05/could-chris-sale-return-from-injury-as-relief-pitcher-red-sox-undecided/ Anyone saying he makes “too much money to close” isn’t paying attention this year. By that logic, one should also assume Jackie Bradley made too much money to DFA..
  9. notin
    I wouldn’t mind if they bumped Sale to closer, but I’d be surprised. If there is a positive spin to Sale’s 2022, it’s that none of his injuries were to his left shoulder or left elbow. Even the broken wrist was his right one. He did break his left pinky finger, so I don’t know if that will impact anything pitching-wise, but it’s certainly not as important as his left index and middle fingers…
  10. notin
    That’s ridiculous. If Devers or Bogaerts decided to no longer try because they didn’t like the trade deadline activity, why would anyone want either of them extended. The roster activity and direction of their team is neither of their concern. The job of both - and everyone else on the roster is simply to play ball to their best of their ability…
  11. notin
    The Orioles are not bad. They have the best record in the AL East since June 1 and are 42-28 in that time frame…
  12. notin
    Hopefully no one’s is trying to blame the trade deadline for this slump.
  13. notin
    Five of those six hitters are back, but three of them are doing worse than last season (using OPS+ as a metric). Bogaerts is pretty much the same, and Devers, complete with slump, is doing better…
  14. notin
    I also think they have up on Shaw way too early. 19 PAs? Granted he was 0 for 19. But he at least players a serviceable 1b. Plan C in Cordero was a big flop there…
  15. notin
    One of the biggest issues is the anticipated 5 man rotation has only started 66 out of 122 games, which has got to be among the lowest totals in MLB. Bloom needed to do more to backfill the loss of Sale once Sale was able to disclose his rib injury…
  16. notin
    The trade wasn’t the problem. The contract extension was..
  17. notin
    Devers is 12 for his last 84 for a .539 OPS. Martinez is 16 for his last 99 for a .480 OPS Bogaerts is 14 for his last 67 for a .583 OPS.
  18. notin
    That might be on Cora for not playing the D to guard the lines…
  19. notin
    Hard to say. This is a guy who complained that Franchy’s walk off grand slam was just stat-padding…
  20. notin
    Eddie Haskell?? You need younger friends!!
  21. notin
    “Get me outta Boston!” - Mookie Betts, 2019…
  22. notin
    Motivate them to do what? Drop out of the post season early?
  23. notin
    The funny thing is, people still think they’re a dooormat. They play 76 games in a division where the worst team is one game under .500. They have no recognizable stars. And one of, if not the best farms in MLB with 3 marquee names ready to step in. The Orioles are not a doormat today, and may not be one again for quite a while…
  24. notin
    I think it was. Sort of invalidates my point. I could try to defend it if you like…
  25. notin
    From a “commitment” stand point, Story does have 5 more years at that rate. But I’m not sure why, in a post about offensive ineptitude in which Bogaerts and Martinez were called out, contracts matter…
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