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Obviously the first 3 will get expensive. I think E Rod's 2nd and 3rd year will not exceed that of Pom unless he has an outstanding year this year. I think performances will dictate who to keep and who not to keep. It may also be a function of how others perform.
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Pretty good start by 25 year old rookie Bobby Poyner, 2015 14th round pick our of Florida. Workman and Scott gives us depth, stashed away in Pawtucket. 6 years of team control. Kimmi approves.
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Now you're making sense. Too often we throw out a trade without thinking through logically. The upcoming theme for Sox is that WE CAN'T KEEP THE BAND TOGETHER. We need to explore every avenue. Yeah, I want to keep JBJ even as a fourth outfielder but at what price? Let's think for minute what you suggested. Pom is already at $8.5M. That's a significant savings. I guess he'll command north of $15M if he repeats last year's effort. Maybe it'll reach $20M. JBJ is already at $6.1M with two more arbitration years. He can probably get to $10M this winter. The best scenario maybe to trade JBJ for younger player. Suppose someone like Swihart becomes the fourth outfielder with JD starting in left. Johnson takes over the fifth rotation spot. So instead of spending $30M for JBJ and Pom, we may be able to get by with Swihart and Johnson, expanding their current role, along with making JD more of an OF than a DH. THIS MAY NOT BE THE DEAL. BUT WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC. WE NEED TO SHED SOME PLAYER(S)/SALARY. I'd like to keep Kimbrel, Sale and Betts.
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Why worry about line-up when every player is asked to take a maternity leave during the season? We won't see a starting line-up again until the game one of the playoffs. I hear it's going to be cold today. Give Betts another day off. He's awful skinny to be out in this brutal cold weather. Funny to hear someone say resting players worked for Houston. I guess when you're up 23 games you can rest some players. After Kansas City won, it was all about lengthening the bullpen. I wonder what trend will be set for 2019? But the Sox will be imitating the Houston Astros this year. They are the new gold standard.
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It's a great point......baseball season is a marathon. It's a true test for Division Championship.
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Yep, if I recall we struggled mightily against the A's.
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Gee, I thought there was a time you thought Swihart was a rock star.
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I like it that 1 Seemingly not doing much in spring training, Kimbrel looks pretty solid, ready to pick up last year's results. 2 We already have a luxury of +4 in won/loss differential after just one week. 3 Despite consternation about lack of starting pitching depth, our two temps look to be 'serviceable'. 4 This is still MLB, outcomes are never given regardless of the quality of the teams you play. 5-1 is 5-1. 5 Good time to have a 10 game home stand. We'll be well rested for the Yankees/Orioles series due to weird scheduling. 6. You never know but very encouraging with Price. He started only 11 games last year. Him starting 30+ games will be huge. 7. JD makes hard contacts. His defense is as advertised. I hope he sees that when he watches Beni, JBJ and Betts play. He needs to be the DH on this team. 8. Devers is pretty much picking up where he left off last year. Just leave him alone. We got bigger problems than him. 9. Good to see Vazquez as the starting catcher. He's just more dynamic than Leon. 10. Swihart looks like a major leaguer. We just need to quick screwing with him.
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I think the tactic of resting players are fine if you have wealth of talent, and I think for most part we do. But let's not pretend it's ok to rest Beni, JBJ and Betts equally. I would want more playing time for Betts. As I posted, I wanted JD, Beni and Betts in the line up. Big part was day off today, play, day off Friday, play, play and another day off. To give Betts three days off out of 4 after only 4 games into the season just did not make sense to me. That's all. I've been very wrong before.
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I need to bitch about something other than Brock Holt. I think we're in good place. We need for our farm hands get another year older and get closer to contributing at major league level as all these FA come due. I consider closing almost as a separate 'grouping' anymore. I agree that 'bullpen' can be constructed cheaply but the 'closer' is a must and we may have to pay for it.
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Great start. We're 4 games above .500. The goal is 30 above .500. Need to play 5 above .500 each month to get to 30. We have 10 game home stand coming up. I think we'll hit better at home. We have chance to get little more spacing. Looks like E Rod is ready to come back.
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LF JD CF Beni RF Betts JD needs to play. We're not paying him $25M to sit. Give the day off to JBJ.
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We have f***ing off day tomorrow, Friday and Tuesday. Why in the f*** does a 25 year old need a day off after 5 games? We play 13 straight games beginning week from Wed. That's when Betts will need a break.
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Cora did the right thing by bringing in Kimbrel with the game in 'winnable' situation. And I guess I was dead wrong about Kelly and Barnes. I still hate Holt.
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Why does Betts need a day off today? We have an off day on Wednesday, Friday and then again on Monday. We then embark on 13 straight games. Maybe he needs an off day during that stretch, not today. It's beginning of the year, he's an old man of what? 25
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I just remember his second half last year. Lack of control. He did not make the playoff roster. Someone agreed with me. I WANT HIM TO BE GOOD. AS WITH KELLY. Just haven't seen the consistency to warrant 8th inning spot. Hell I want them all to be closer caliber.
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http://www.weei.com/blogs/rob-bradford/why-jd-martinez-red-sox-and-giancarlo-stanton-isnt Why J.D. Martinez is with Red Sox and Giancarlo Stanton isn't......................by Rob Bradford (WEEI) Here's a good read on DD's pursuit/non pursuit of Stanton. I think Kimmi would like the fact that Sox did not want to empty out the farm any further.
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Starting pitching.....check Closer.......check Relievers......little concerning with couple of them but this is where we have 'depth' in the minors (see Moon's post above). Would like to see 8th inning guy not named Kelly or Barnes emerge. Hitting.......Vaz came up with big hit. But there's no denying what a homer does to team morale. We play in AL East. Must have power bats. And I think we have enough if everyone hits to their potential. Martinez (40) Hanley (30) Betts (30) Xander (25) Beni (25) Devers (25) JBJ (25) Moreland (15) Nunez (10) Pedey (10) Vaz (10)
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I would keep him in the pen.
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Moon and I approve today's line up. No "I can play all ;)7 positions equally badly" in the lineup.
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We're going to lose this if we don't quit f***ing around with this pitcher. He was hit hard the last outing. He walks the lead off batter up 7-2 in the 9th.
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Our 5 starters have pitched 30 innings and given up 3 runs. And that's with 2 regulars out. Off to good start.
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The Alex Cora Managerial Decision Thread
Nick replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I'm not a very smart man but Closer by definition comes in to 'save' a close game. If close game is won randomly, we can probably get away with anyone decent in the pen. Just like last night when Kelly came in to save the game. No? -
The Alex Cora Managerial Decision Thread
Nick replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
So do we need a closer? -
What the hell was DD thinking?
