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Everything posted by notin
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I wonder if it’s harder for fans sometimes. I’m not as sure players get as emotionally invested as fans do. I mean, after a while one might think they numb to the sheer repitition. As fans, we get excited when the game is ending and our team is winning. It’s what we paid for. Announcers certainly try to build on the excitement; it’s what they’re paid for? But do players get excited for the ninth inning at this level? I’m sure some do, but I have to think that after a while there is the mindset “It’s the ninth inning. We played one yesterday. We’ll play another one tomorrow. We see more of them per year than Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays combined.”
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He was named Reese McGuire…
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Why demote Winckowski and keep Austin Davis? I know why they’d do it - depth. It allows them to keep both. But is Davis really that tough to replace?
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Demote Duran…
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You can do a lot of jokes with that name
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Diaz certainly contributes, but he’s useless if the 9 guys on the field can’t get him a late lead…
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Last winter, Bloom tried to acquire Jacob Stallings, the MLB season leader in Defensive Rubs Saved. I wondered if this was part of his evaluation of catchers. It turns out McGuire is also very good at DRS, especially relative to his innings played. So I was far from surprised he was targeted as a catcher. Will he start next season? Best I can say is “Maybe?”
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The analytics actually do dictate spending on the bullpen, or at least having good relievers ready to handle more impactful situations in game, typically denoted by the WPa. They do not emphasize spending big on a closer, as very often the most critical moments are not in the 9th inning. It makes sense, as the bigger and more important moments are dictated by the hitter and runners on base, not by the inning…
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I was just talking about not blaming the medical staff. They don’t injure people. Blaming them is like blaming the oil companies when your car runs out of gas…
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That would be a direct violation of Murphy’s Law…
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Who said anything about the FO? I was talking about the medical staff…
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Still alive…
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The Sox had 4 SP on the IL at once, and that’s without counting Paxton. And it’s the medical staff’s fault? Can you really blame them for injuries to oft-injured Eovaldi? Or 42yo Rich Hill? Or even Wacha?
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He was amazing in that role well over half of a season. And since then he’s been awful and almost never pitched the 9th…
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OBP is why I’m high on Nimmo as an off-season target. But reportedly the Mets want to keep him and he’s expected to receive a QO, so he’s not much more likely to be the Sox leadoff hitter than I am…
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Agreed. The Sox have lost their focus on OBP. But having people on base does help them score. Bogaerts is one of the best in MLB at getting on base…
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So. Restgate II? I kid. I kid. Not blaming Alex. But I do think so wine needs to make. “Restgate 2: Electric Boogaloo” joke…
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I wouldn’t mind him as depth…
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Mu primary criticism is he should have gotten outside replacements for Sale instead of depleting the bullpen. Obviously he would not have found another Sale, but I bet he could have gotten a pitcher to handle Sale’s innings…
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He has an option…
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Yes. That’s why I called him a “former Sox reliever” and “winning pitcher…” He also was not an NFL punter or a breed of cactus or a tropical disease or a well, lots of things I didn’t mention…
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I can’t and won’t try to quantify what losing Vazquez meant to the clubhouse, but at what point do we accept than any leadership void created might be filled by Hosmer? Hosmer is rather “meh” as a player, but he was the public face of the 2015 Royals…
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Also a former Sox reliever, and notably the winning pitcher in game 5 of the 1986 ALCS aka the Dave Henderson game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Crawford_(baseball)
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8/14 NYY vs Red Sox at Fenway 7:10 EDT/4:10PDT
notin replied to vegasbob's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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He would have had to trade Dewey if you saw the 12 digit contracts that Dombrowski gave to Armas and Shag Crawford…
