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  1. greenwell
    I don't think Swihart is coming back this year. http://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf/2016/07/boston_red_soxs_blake_swihart_5.html
  2. greenwell
    The fact that it's unnecessary is exactly why it doesn't seem like desperation to me. Maybe they just saw a good opportunity to give him a shot without hurting the team, maybe it's a PR thing, maybe they're trying to raise his trade value for an offseason move. But I don't think it's desperation.
  3. greenwell
    I guess it's good for him that only 22 of the last 58 games are at home.
  4. greenwell
    Over aggressive and reactionary are not the same. Like I said they have brought some players up earlier than expected. I'd say that worked out well with Bogaerts and Betts. It may have cost Bradley a bit, but I'm not sure about that. Owens couldn't hit the strike zone, you can't let him figure that out at the ML level. Catcher has been a bit of a mess i'll admit.
  5. greenwell
    I'm not sure I know what you're talking about here. Since 2011 there have been plenty of young players get to the team earlier than expected. I don't remember anything 'reactionary'. Anyone who went back down did so for good reason. The one exception might be the handling of Vasquez and Swihart at catcher, but that had a lot more to do with injuries than being reactionary.
  6. greenwell
    Baseball-reference does list splits for in wins and in losses. Betts is 1.029/0.695 ops in W/L, but that's seems pretty standard, Bogaerts is 1.021/0.648, Ortiz 1.205/0.831 and Bradley Jr. is 1.118/0.628.
  7. greenwell
    It was Canseco. Greenwell caused a bit of a stink when Canseco admitted to steroids saying he should get the MVP
  8. greenwell
    Is it really a black hole? Relative to our other outfielders, yes, but Holt hasn't been horrible this month and Young will be back soon. OTOH I wouldn't mind seeing Benitendi
  9. greenwell
    I would agree on the clutch hitter part, but I don't know if anyone can match ortiz there. I'm not so sure that Hanley can't give us the power. Although it's a relatively small sample size, Hanley has an OPS of over 1.000 with the redsox when he's the DH.
  10. greenwell
    For me it's not about the salary, but the players we'd be giving up.
  11. greenwell
    I absolutely would not. I've seen too many pitchers fizzle out or get injured. It's not worth the asking price
  12. greenwell
    There's way more than a quarter of the season remaining. Papi is on pace for 39, Betts for 33, JBJ for 27, Bogaerts for 22, HanRam 20, Shaw and Pedey 19
  13. greenwell
    I agree. I wouldn't say he's gotten a free pass, but I'm surprised he hasn't gotten more s***. I think people are scared to face the possibility that the signing will be a complete bust.
  14. greenwell
    For me it's some bullpen help. I think the rotation is going to be fine, plus adding something there would be both too expensive and not a guarantee as we've seen with Price.
  15. greenwell
    I agree that Price is a big part of the problem, but he is nowhere near demotion to the bullpen.
  16. greenwell
    It's essentially the stephen wright factor. Buccholz is high only because he's given up so many runs. For both Hembree and Porcello, 3 of those unearned runs came in one game, it's just statistical variation.
  17. greenwell
    Good point. It's also .865 with a runner on third only, so they should just tell Betts to stop at first unless he knows he can make it all the way to third.
  18. greenwell
    I like the idea of moving Pedroia down in the order. His numbers aren't all that good with runners in scoring position, 0.757 career ops, this is largely caused by a .649 ops with a runner on second only. The numbers are even worse this year.
  19. greenwell
    Just because it's most appearances by a red sox pitcher doesn't mean it's a lot. My opinion is that if he's not an elite pitcher and cannot handle two innings a week then he's not worth a roster spot. Some people clearly disagree.
  20. greenwell
    I hadn't quite realized how much turnover there's been since them. Is it just Papi, Holt, Bogaerts, Uehara, Tazawa and Buchholz left?
  21. greenwell
    How is it willy nilly? He consistently has been coming in at most 2 days in a row with a couple of days rest when he does throw two in a row. Usually in games the redsox win by 4 or less, or at least had a lead of 4 or less when he came in.
  22. greenwell
    I can understand saving your closer, especially if he's good. I don't think they intended for Koji to be the closer for the rest of the year, that's why they got Ziegler. He would not be an effective closer if you have to monitor his workload that much. It seems to me the perfect way to get the most out of him is find your spots to pitch him without using him more than 2 days in a row or resting him too many days in a row. He's not effective when he has too many days off.
  23. greenwell
    Koji was the right choice. He hadn't pitched in the previous 2 days. A 4 run lead with 3 days of rest is the perfect place for him. He's not that good, why waste one of your better relievers when Koji should have been well rested by then. When he was putting up a 2ish ERA, I was fine with babying him. With a 4.5 ERA it's not worth it.
  24. greenwell
    Is it really worth a roster spot for a guy with a 4.5 ERA who can't pitch 2 innings a week?
  25. greenwell
    How about Joe Kelly
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