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He has good stuff. I hope he's given a good look. Another multiple inning guy.
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My Bullpen Ranking after Detroit series 1 Whitlock 2 Barnes 3 Robles 4 Diekman 5 Strahm 6 Sawamura 7 Valdez 8 Brasier 9 Kutter 10 Davis
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I was a big fan of E Rod. I just think it was time to part ways. I didn't want to watch him pitch for five more years.
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Eovaldi is getting better. Not sure about E Rod.
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Except E Rod has a five year deal. Paxton and Hill may only last 1 year. Bloomisque.
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04/13 SOX @ Tigers 1:10PM ET
Nick replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
8 yr, $248M deal. In his 6 years, the team has only finished above .500 once, in 2016 when they finished 2nd. Since then, 3 5th place finishes and 2 3rd place finishes. I wonder how much revenue he generated for the team? -
04/13 SOX @ Tigers 1:10PM ET
Nick replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
$32M to watch him hit his milestones is high price. Another $32M next year to watch him do what? -
Another one of those frustrating guys to watch....always with high pitch count. I'm glad he's with the Tigers. A waste of $15M in my mind and Bloom's obviously.
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I can't see Sox keeping Davis when Taylor comes back. 4 lefties in the pen? At the very least, I see Davis gone when the roster is trimmed to 26 players. I'm encouraged by our pitching thus far. Kutter has good stuff. He's better than both Brazier and Sawamura. Eventually we'll score some runs. I just worry about JBJ in right. He's incapable of squaring up his bat to the ball. Countless weak ground balls. He's right up there with Marwin and Santana. It's scary to think they both hit better than JBJ. Ugh.
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I see now that Cora plans to use Whitlock with Hill. He obviously did not want Whitlock to sit idle waiting for #5 starter to start the season. Apparently Cora also wanted to piggyback Houck with Chris Sale. I like the plan. It allows the bullpen to reset every fifth day. I'm okay with us having 7 or 8 starters on the staff. As starter innings shorten (4-5 innings), you can't just have one inning guys. Maybe by August we'll have Eovaldi, Pivetta, Houck, Wacha, Hill, Sale, Paxton and Whitlock to start/long relieve. Only one pitcher out of five has to go long (7 innings). You can then finish out the game with the likes of Barnes, Diekman, Strahm, Taylor, Crawford and Robles. That's 13 solid pitchers.
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Red Sox trade Hunter Renfroe in trade involving Jackie Bradley Jr
Nick replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Suzuki could have lengthened our lineup. Big miss by Bloom in my opinion. -
Whitlock pitched 4 innings today. He came in scored tied. It should be his game to lose. He could have won vs Yankees. I love watching him pitch. Great command. Gets the ball and pitches. Thought I may see AC outsmart himself and bring in a 'closer' in the 9th.
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I was surprised Sox didn't go after Suzuki for RF. It's only money. We'll see how he does for the Cubs. Our farm has more infielders than outfielders.
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You are correct Moon. With opt outs and players wanting to get as much as they can (opt outs) and yet have the protection against subpar/injuries years, it's refreshing to see Whitlock's deal. He's with us for seven years counting this year. Much of that has to do with Sox able to get a full year of service in his rookie year. This is why I'm rooting for Houck and Dalbec. I want to see Casas join the team as soon as he's unable to get a full year of service this year.
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There's another poster that feels the same way. Given choice between Houck and Whitlock, Houck should be closing and Whitlock starting.
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Wrong. It's 2 years beyond arb control. Basically its a four year deal starting next year (yrs 3, 4, 5 and 6 for Whitlock) PLUS 2 years of club options. Having a player for 8 years (counting last year) is a long term deal in today's world.
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It's a great deal for Sox. We now control Whitlock for 7 more years beginning 2022. Quit worrying about extending Xander at $30M. It's about signing Story at $23M for 6 years to hedge vs Xander leaving or asking for the moon. Same goes for Devers. If Dalbec can hit the way he did the last two months of 2021, then we have 3B, SS and 1B covered. It's unrealistic to have 2 $30M infielders on left side along with a $23M 2B. No way that happens.
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“We are a little bit short in that end not having Barnesy, not having Whit,” Cora said. “Obviously, the matchups with them is a little bit different with the three lefties that we have. But it is what it is. I don’t think it has anything to do with the bullpen. It’s just a matter of trusting our guy going 6 where we were bullpen-wise today. Because of the Barnesy situation, we were a little bit short.” Geez how many pitchers do we need? I don't hear Yankees complain. Both their starters went shorter than ours. I love Cora's honesty. Perhaps they should not have kept 3 lefties, especially knowing that Taylor will be coming back soon. More the reason Whitlock should have went longer in game 1. It's not like we got behind with his homer. But we squandered opportunities to score. We should had bigger lead when Whitlock was on the mound.
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Pussifying of America continues.....my man Eovaldi threw 76 pitches. I thought Cora was thinking about Hill and Whitlock completing a 9 inning game.
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Cora should have left Whitlock in......why come out after just giving up one run, to make it a tie ball game. He's better than anyone else. There is no way Brasier was going to get out without giving up a run with inheriting a runner on second. He's hittable.
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I don't think Diekman and Robles are similar type pitchers. Maybe they share similar stats. One is a power pitcher, the other a finesse.
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In 2014, Dodgers signed a 25 year, $8.35B TV deal. It's estimated that Dodgers earn annual, local TV revenue of $204M per fangraphs. Red Sox comes in fourth at $80M, behind Angels' $118M and Yankees' $98M. Poor Rays at $20M. Yep, life is not fair.
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Dodgers' luxury tax payroll now up to $297M after Kimbrel trade. That's AFTER deduction for $16M relief from Red Sox for Price. They don't have any issues spending money.
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I bet two run sacrifice fly is rarer than a no hitter.
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Ok, I take back every bad comment about JBJ. A homer. I was dead set against Kike leading off too.
