S5Dewey
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I'd like to talk about Brian Johnson for a second
S5Dewey replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Yes. Back in April he'd awarded the WSC trophy to the Y's and was in the process of getting it bubble wrapped and sent to Yankee Stadium. -
Serious question, and one I've often pondered... Yankees vs. LH pitchers - .800 Yankees vs. RH pitchers - .773 That's an increase in BA of .027 or 27 hits over 1000 AB's. vs LH pitchers. If one considers 500 AB's to be a normal season that's only 13.5 hits or one hit every 12.5 games (based on a 162 game season). Is that really worth making decisions over? Or am I missing something?
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Did you ever think THAT would be said in Fenway Park????
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Now THAT would hurt!
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That would depend on the size of the brick.
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Remember, s***ing on Price was started by a huge Yankees troll. It's unfortunate that one of our own allowed himself to get sucked up into it.
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As my uncle Tom used to say, "If some people were shittin' gold bricks they'd bitch 'cuz it hurt."
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If we really have problems at second next year, remember this:
S5Dewey replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Maybe it's just me but I think he's more liable to get hurt playing a position where people are sliding toward him multiple times a game than he is running around in the outfield catching fly balls and picking up base hits. -
I'd like to talk about Brian Johnson for a second
S5Dewey replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I once dated a woman whose first husband played AA ball in the Cubs organization. She was set to go out and be with him when he called and said he'd been released. She said he came home and just hung around being depressed. It almost ruined their marriage. Eventually he went back to school and got a job but his life mirrored Bruce Springsteen's Glory Days. -
I'd like to talk about Brian Johnson for a second
S5Dewey replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Two words: Dan Butler. Butler is 32 years old, has been up for a cup of coffee several times and has been unable to stick. In 2018 the Sox non-tendered him making him a free agent and nobody bit on him. Then he signed a Mil FA contract with the Pawsox. He's pretty much the Red Sox equivalent of Crash Davis. If he still thinks he has what it takes to play MLB he needs glasses because he can't see the writing on the wall. It's not my intent to run Butler down. I have a lot of respect for the guy. He's living the dream, playing baseball and getting paid for it. In fact, I'm a bit envious. -
If we really have problems at second next year, remember this:
S5Dewey replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I've always found this to be a bogus argument regardless of the situation. Yes, he could get hurt in any of the situations you say. He also could get hurt strolling down the center of I-495 against the traffic, taking a shot at professional football or playing Russian Roulette, but at some point you have to ask yourself where the probability of being hurt is the least and play him there. -
If we really have problems at second next year, remember this:
S5Dewey replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Because 1) they usually have limited defensive skills but they can hit the cover off the ball and 2) guys who have limited defensive skills but can hit the cover off the ball are more replaceable than 'up the middle' defensive players. -
If we really have problems at second next year, remember this:
S5Dewey replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
There's one thing you have to say for Spud. He has no trouble expressing himself. -
If we really have problems at second next year, remember this:
S5Dewey replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
True... to a point. But at the same time it makes good sense to keep Mookie away from a position where some cheap-shot artist (I'm looking at YOU, Manny Machado) can get a shot at his legs. -
If we really have problems at second next year, remember this:
S5Dewey replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
IMO this is the best idea going short of further strapping ourselves financially by signing a FA 2B - which really isn't a good idea at all. DD & I subscribe to the same age-old belief of being solid up the middle and getting power from the corners. Whatever offense a teams gets up the middle or the defense they get from the corners is a plus. That's why Devers was at 3B and Pearce was at 1B during most of the playoffs. It's also why Kinsler was picked up. IMO we'd all like to have a Robinson Cano (gaaag) type player at 2B but financial considerations make that impossible so I say go with Lin's good defense up the middle and let the offense take care of itself. This team is very good as it currently is - with the exception of a closer - so just tweak things and then let the good times begin.... again. -
If we really have problems at second next year, remember this:
S5Dewey replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
If we're going to go that route we can also move JDM to 1st & trade Moreland for a new DH who hits better than Moreland. -
I say sign both Wright and Buch to deals. One for one half of the year and the other for the other half. Problems solved!
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If we really have problems at second next year, remember this:
S5Dewey replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
No no no no NO! While I believe that Mookie can play 2B and do it well, JDM is nothing more than a barely adequate outfielder. Putting him into one of the most difficult OF's to play in baseball would be a monumental mistake! One thing we should have learned by now is that Fenway Park demands having two outfielders with the skills and ability to play CF. -
This gets the award as Post of the Week.
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I know.. I know.. I just can't get past that old axiom of "You can't have too much pitching".
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There's nothing to be ashamed of. I have two problems with the Machado incident. One is Machado's slide and the other is Pedey's reaction. However, Machado is a cheap-shot artist and he continues to prove it so it's much easier to dislike Machado than it is Pedey.
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If it doesn't work out all the Sox have tied up in him is ~2x the ML Minimum.
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Clay got $1.5M to pitch for the D'Bax last year and put up a 2.01 ERA with a 1.04 WHIP. The downside is that he only had 16 starts. Do you think he wouldn't jump at $1M guaranteed and a "bonus" for each ML start?? If we got a dozen starts and 8 wins out of him he'd get $9M (or $1.125M) per win. That's better than David Price ($1.875M/Win) and slightly better than Porcillo ($1.236M/Win) with essentially no danger of tying up a huge amount of money in him. If we're going to risk going over the LT limit I'd rather to it for pitching than a position player and while Clay is a bit of a gamble it's one worth taking.
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Ya. Don't we all! I know I've said this before, but how good would the 2018 team have been WITH Pedroia?? Scary good. Not that they weren't scary good anyway.
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I've always been excited about the prospect of getting Buch back at the right price. When he's healthy the guy can flat-out pitch. He's definitely a two-sided coin. When negotiations start he can point to his ERA & WHIP and make a case for his being highly paid. OTOH GM's can point to the fact that he can't stay on the field. IMO the time might be right now for DD to approach him about "coming home" and offer him a MiL contract with provisions for him to make a lot more on a per-start basis when he comes to Boston. Something like $1M guaranteed in the minors with an additional $500,000 for each ML start. If he can stay healthy and make 20 ML starts he gets $11M - and would probably be worth it. Unfortunately for the Sox he probably won't jump at that because he's going to want guaranteed money but if he hasn't signed someplace by Xmas a contract like that may start looking better to him.
