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Yankees usually set the standards. In this case Chapman contract will showcase what NOT to do with a closer.
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Hell you can't have a better 9th batter.
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Obviously money needed elsewhere? Asking price too high?
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Yankees owe Chapman 4 more years at $17M per. Is that what's to going to take to re-sign Kimbrel after 2018? May need a cheaper replacement.
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I suggested on Game Thread that we take automatic out every time he is due up. That will speed up the game. Today that's automatic 5 outs. Shave off 15 minutes.
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August 20th vs. The New York Yankees
Nick replied to Youk Of The Nation's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Can we just speed up the f***ing game by taking an out every time Holt is due up? Hell that ought to save 5 minutes. -
Brock Holt is a joke but John Farrell is a bigger one. The day before Devers big home run vs Chapman, he benched Devers vs a left hander, BUT started Holt instead. (it may have been the same game). Is he a f***ing idiot? He actually thinks Holt hits better than Devers vs lefties? Manageres 'out think' themselves too often It's okay to have thoughts inside the box if outside the box thinking is worse.
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I agree. Baseball season is a marathon. You can't put the same line up day in day out. Maybe a week is not a long sample size but a month is. Devers has hit well throughout his first 20 games. He should be given opportunity to drive in runs. These are professional hitters. They are getting paid to hit. I'll be more than happy to tell a .200 guy "GET f***ING BETTER". It's about WINNING.
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Yep, he needed at least a month in AAA.
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Now that Devers has filled in nicely at 3B, Thornburg deal does not sting as much. We are 5 games up and we have a 3B with much higher ceiling than Shaw. Injury sucks but I doubt he was damaged goods at the time of trade.
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Other than the closer, this pretty has to be the make up of bullpen to reduce cost. Spend the money elsewhere. Workman Year 1 Scott Year 1 Barnes Year 2 Hembree Year 2 C Smith Year 3 Thornburg A2 Kelly A2 Abad A3
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Debunking the 3 year window myth -- the Red Sox in 2020
Nick replied to Fan_since_Boggs's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Is it a norm to have constant injuries among our pitchers? Is that the future of mlb pitchers? Just seems like we can't catch a break. (nobody got hurt, I'm talking in general) -
Debunking the 3 year window myth -- the Red Sox in 2020
Nick replied to Fan_since_Boggs's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Bottom line is we were getting pitiful production from 3B, 1B and DH spot relative to the league. 3B looks to be fixed. Moreland is playing as well as expected and what we paid for. Plus he was to share the bag with Hanley with Yound taking over the DH spot on those days. That did not happen. Hurt or otherwise, Hanley has been disappointing. There's always a nagging injury with the guy. Hell he can hurt himself just swinging the bat. Travis would be serviceable and cost effective at 1B if Devers and Hanley gives us 30 home runs apiece. Maybe we sign Nunez and see what we need at 2018 trade deadline. Our pen should be improved next year (although that can change quickly from year to year). -
Our pitching has carried us. DD saw an opportunity to acquire Sale and he saw this year's result as a possibility. He also continued to add pieces to our bullpen even thought it has not worked for Thornburg. It's incredulous how well we're doing despite our anemic offensive production at 3B, 1B amd DH spots. Pablo experiment failed. We now have it covered with Devers. DD went for defensive help from 1B. We are getting exactly what we paid for in Moreland. Hurt or otherwise, Hanley has not produced. A singles hitter that we're paying $19M. But we're stuck with him for two more years. Pitching and defense still rule the game. Not sure why we didn't pursue Gray either. We'll have to address contracts of both Kimbrel and Pom after 2018 season.
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I'd do that in a heart beat if Stanton can play 1B.
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I was going for 'worst case' scenario boys and girls. Don't get your panties in a bunch.
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With 40 games remaining and 7 1/2 game lead in wildcard race, I figure all we need is to split to capture a playoff spot. Non first place team would have to go 28-12 (.700) to move past us.
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Then you and your friends can retreat from the cliff?
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If we win it all this year, DD's approach maybe different. It maybe that he will have an opportunity to reshape the ball club. What if there's another opportunity to acquire a front line ace? How about a big bat? Not winning will put pressure to continue to add to get over the hump. Winning it all will allow us to reshape the team with one eye towards getting off the road to impending cliff.
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Looks like he would have fitted under the cap for this year....You can't ever have enough pitching.
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But waiting until September would have been DUMB.
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WHY ARE WE REWRITING HISTORY? Devers was brought up close to when he should have been brought up. Could he have gone from AA directly to majors? Yep. You guys are really dumb enough to think few games in AAA made all the difference? Get real. There were reports out of baseball people that he was ready WHEN HE WAS IN AA. It was not so much rushing him as much as finishing off Pablo first. Lets freaking move past it. As I said previously, it wasn't so much would he succeed as much as WHY THE HELL NOT TAKE A LOOK AT HIM? WHAT THE f*** DID WE HAVE TO LOSE? WATCH HOLT PLAY 3B INSTEAD?
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Yep, we have several issues on this team but CF is not one of them. Leave it alone. Our catching tandem is just fine. They are both good defenders. We seemed to have cured the 3B fiasco. We can almost live with Pablo's dead contract since Devers is producing like a $19M player. We just need marginal improvements from Moreland, Betts and Xander. Beni has heated up. I would like to see Workman in more high leveraged situation. He has the experience in big games. It won't be a cakewalk and everyone needs to contribute. Holt needs to go on DL. He's been diagnosed with lackoftalentism disorder.
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Holt sucks....his value? Let see what we can get for him. Probably not much.
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I'm going to take Moon's approach to 2018. Just as he projected full year of Beni for 2017, I'm going to project full year impact of Devers. That alone should improve our offense for 2018. He can't do any worse than what we did early this year at 3B. Plus I can see few players having a bounce back year. Betts, Xander and JBJ can have better year in 2018 (assuming they don't go nuts over last 40 games this year). By signing Moreland, we were able to leave enough cap space to add Nunez. We don't have to take same approach for 2018. We can blow past the tax limit. Getting everyone healthy would go long ways in improving our outlook.
