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  1. Eddy Ballgame
    You don't have to be a scout to notice that Bentinendi's pitch recognition & plate discipline were much more advanced than Moncada's. Moncada's power might be more developed, but when two different coaches from other teams, one of which was Jays manager John Gibbons, said that "the ball sounded louder coming off of Benintendi's bat than any other player that they saw in the American League last year," and the fact that Benintendi has bulked up quite a bit, then his power probably isn't really far behind, either.
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    You make some good points and obviously time will tell if they made the right move. Dombrowski supposedly loves the guy and his "makeup." His reputation is that he is the ultimate gamer, which plays well in Boston. DD also mentioned how Tigers scout Dick Egan kept telling him to trade for Moreland when he was in Detroit.
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    I'm guessing that you never saw Benintendi and Moncada play prior to their respective callups. Moncada'a salary and physique got the press (not unusual at all), but Benintendi is so much more "advanced" that's it's not even debatable at this point.
  4. Eddy Ballgame
    The last hit that scored a run was a grounder up the middle off of Sanchez. Moustakas knocked out Price with a line drive double. Price gave up 5 hard hits that inning. He should've been pulled after the 4th hitter.
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    He did strike out the side in the 6th, but 4 of the first 5 hitters in the 7th all got line-drive hits (Zobrist had a little air under his). These weren't seeing eye ground balls. Moustakas knocked him out of the game with a line drive double. Sanchez came in and gave up a hit and another run that was on Price obviously. Regardless of pitch count, I remember wondering why Gibbons didn't pull him after the 3rd hit. He looked like he was done. Tulo made a nice play to get the first out as well.
  6. Eddy Ballgame
    My point was that he didn't pitch to what his e.r.a. indicated. Pitch counts in the playoffs are not as important. Every situation is different. 88 pitches in a playoff game can feel like "188," depending on the mental & physical stress of those pitches. I wasn't saying Gibbons shouldn't have put him out there for the 7th, there's no question he should've, but I remember thinking he should be pulled after 3 straight hits. He looked gassed at that point. That's for debate I guess. Price hasn't pitched nearly as bad as some people like to believe, and I would trot him out there again this October if they make the playoffs without blinking. I''m not a Price fan, either. I didn't like the signing, but I understood "why" they did it. I pray that he opts out, but my guess is that the chances are less than 5%, unless the city becomes unbearable for him.
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    I'll agree that he "declined" from previous years, which had to be expected for several factors, but I don't know how you can say that "he fell well below expectations."
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    Sometimes you need to get past the stats when assessing value. Ryan Dempster is an ideal example of that. When it comes to stats, I like to look at game logs to see how often a pitcher kept his team in the game. David Price took a 3-0 shutout into the 7th against KC in game 2 of the ALCS a few years ago. He was pretty gassed, but his manager left him in and he gave up 5 runs in the 7th. The "E.R.A." says he was terrible, but it wasn't quite the case.
  9. Eddy Ballgame
    Which is why the next time "WAR" is the sole determining factor in a player's total value will be the first.
  10. Eddy Ballgame
    Agreed. I'm sure his trainers are stressing flexibility. I still say he has the best pure left handed swing I've seen in a young Sox player since Fred Lynn.
  11. Eddy Ballgame
    I'm not sure what you were expecting out of Dempster, who was signed as a 5th starter, but he made 29 starts totaling 170 innings and the Sox went 17-12 in his starts on the way to a World Series Championship. When you factor in that multiple people in the organization have said publicly that he was signed for his off the field intangibles as much as anything else, and I'm not sure you'd find anyone who was affiliated with that organization at the time who would call Dempster anything less than a "great" signing.
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    He very likely was looking for the best opportunity to close games and I'm sure his agent let teams know that. He's still young enough to re-establish himself. Boston definitely wasn't a great place to do that, so I don't think it was any kind of "missed opportunity." He also has incentives tied to finishing games in Cincinnati.
  14. Eddy Ballgame
    When it comes to young pitchers, it's a good idea not to let recent "stats" determine a pitcher's "future" performance. Look at their "potential." Rodriguez has "ace like" stuff. I actually think he has better "stuff" than Price does at this point. He also suffered a pretty serious knee injury and was tipping his pitches due to a glitch in his delivery. My guess is that these are a couple of factors that contributed to his "stats." That and the fact that he's young with less experience. Ask yourself this. How many baseball executives would trade Rodriguez straight up for Pomeranz or Wright? My guess would be not one. If Rodriguez is not 100% or has an awful spring, by all means, send him to Pawtucket. If not, he's your #4 with the potential to be your future #1.
  15. Eddy Ballgame
    I think you missed the point there, but if Benintendi gets injured, they'll play Young in left and go get a left handed hitting outfielder outside of the organization before they put Swihart back out there at this point.
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    If the Sox were ever going to consider platooning Benintendi at this point (never happen), I would think that they would go with Chris Young, who's a better fielder than Bautista and hits lefties better than Bautista.
  17. Eddy Ballgame
    This kid has the best pure left handed swing I've seen in a Sox rookie since Fred Lynn, he has a terrific make-up and all the comments I've read about him indicate that the people in baseball who've seen him play think he's going to be a terrific player. John Gibbons said that the ball sounded louder coming off of his bat than any player he saw in the American League last year. That's pretty lofty praise, especially when you consider the bats Gibbons had in his own line-up. I think that the only thing that could stop this kid from being a great player in this league is injury, but I understand why people might be a little tepid with their expectations.
  18. Eddy Ballgame
    I agree. The luxury tax implications and the draft pick would be enough to pass on Bautista in my opinion, but when you consider that he's coming off of a bad year at 36, he's not really any kind of a "need," and his numbers weren't much better than Moreland's, I don't see why the Sox would go there. Moreland is also a 10x better fit defensively, he's 5 years younger and he's also left handed. I also want Benintendi in the line-up every day, as I think he is going to be a star in this league, sooner rather than later. I wouldn't ever want Bautista in the outfield, either. Moreland also might surprise some people, and if not, they should have the resources to get someone to replace him at the deadline.
  19. Eddy Ballgame
    Tell Rodriguez that. If he's healthy and pitching well, he'll be in the rotation, options or not.
  20. Eddy Ballgame
    I realize that, which is why I mentioned "If he looks good this spring." I am not implying that he should be handed a spot in the bullpen, but I like his stuff better than the current alternatives.
  21. Eddy Ballgame
    I have no idea why Sox Prospects puts Kelly in Pawtucket to start the year. He had some success in the pen last year and seems to be talked about as a big part of that pen by the brass, especially if he looks good this spring. Maybe they know something we don't. I get that guys are out of options, so maybe they expect the Sox to keep all of those who are. I think it's apples and oranges with Rodriguez, though. I can't think of one situation that was similar to that of E-Rod, and a team demoted the player. Part of that is definitely lack of trying to come up with one, but I doubt I would find anything anyway. As you mentioned, these things tend to work themselves out due to injury.
  22. Eddy Ballgame
    I completely disagree with you on Rodriguez, but we aren't the ones making these decisions. Sticking a guy in AAA who has nothing left to prove and already had success at the MLB level, is a little different than keeping a guy in the bullpen on the MLB roster. I can't see any situation where they would ever consider demoting Rodriguez if he looks good this spring. There's a huge difference between keeping a guy down to stall his clock and demoting a guy who's already had success at the MLB level.
  23. Eddy Ballgame
    Just my opinion, but there is no way the Sox are going to stick Rodriguez in AAA if he has a good spring. He has top of the rotation stuff & my guess is that they consider him a breakout year candidate. Why f... with his head? He's proven he can consistently get MLB hitters out when healthy. Steven Wright got injured last year and wasn't the same when he came back. I think he has more to prove than Rodriguez does at this point. If it was up to me and those two guys along with Pomeranz all pitch well this spring, then Pomeranz would be the guy who heads to the pen, but that doesn't seem to be the plan. The fact that Wright can be stretched out much quicker certainly doesn't help him.
  24. Eddy Ballgame
    Wright should and likely will get every opportunity to crack the rotation, but as things stand right now, he seems to be the odd man out based on Dombrowski's comments after the Sale trade. Again, a lot can obviously happen between now and opening day.
  25. Eddy Ballgame
    I think Notin was referring to the 7-10 spots for starting pitching. There's pretty limited depth right now after Wright.
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