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Holt ready to return.....WOW..I'm excited....does he have a picture of JF or what? Another little non athletic dude that can hit singles.
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apparently Sox hitting coach didn't get the memo about it's all about hitting fly balls now. Let's hope our clean up DH making $20M per year continues to hit hard into dirt/grass.
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Only the spoiled Sox fans would think nothing of giving out a $6M contract for washed up reliever who can go MASH on moment's notice.
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I don't care how light the bullpen is right now. Why did JF send back out Wright after he's thrown 98 pitches and had the lead? Wasn't it time to give Wright some positive mojo after couple of rough starts? The manager who wouldn't send out our elite pitcher to finish the game leading 1-0 but keeps struggling starter to pitch his 99th pitch. I'm sorry, JF sucks. I've had enough of his act. It's time for him to go. I NEED CHANGE.
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Young, Not me/it's them and Xander have slugging % close to their BA.....our propensity to hit into double play negates what little offense we are producing. We're playing tee ball and everyone is playing man's game. I really hate watching this offense. It's not Red Sox offense I'm accustomed to.
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can you win Cy Young with 10 wins?
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Matt Barnes suspended for four games and fined
Nick replied to FredLynn's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
He uttered the words, "it's not me, it's them." He referred to his teammates as 'them'. He will have to live with it. -
Xander is going to want a bank vault when he comes up for free agency. Is he really worth it? Speaking of hitting singles at Fenway.....it may take 4 hits to score a run because of short left field. Ugh. I grew up thinking we need power from corner positions, 1B, 3B, LF, RF and obviously DH in AL. You fall in love with Sale. Everyone else is trade bait. That's as far as my loyalty goes.
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I love accountants who say what do you want one plus one to be equal?
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if JF hates Ross so much, trade the mother. I am so sick and tired of JF. What's his love affair with Holt? Get rid of him. We have too many 5-8 guys with no athleticism. He's a waste of roster spot. Can we get someone who is a manager and not a politician? Parsing of words, skating the issues. A former pitching coach who gets every pitcher hurt.
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Just wait until his skills are diminished..........his teammates will be snickering
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Will we ever score runs for Sale?
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id do it in a heart beat
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Well, JF can always put Wright in.....he's probably a better first baseman than a pinch runner.
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Not criticizing him for sitting out. I'm just pointing out the irony. A grown man wants love from an opponent that's going to put him on bench but throws his teammate under the bus. I will never forget it. "it's not me, it's them" cries our 2nd baseman....them are the Sox.
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Dustin not playing today. He's still mad at Barnes. But he loves Machado........enjoy the f***ing game sitting on the bench.
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Matt Barnes suspended for four games and fined
Nick replied to FredLynn's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Pedroia could been seen saying, "That's not me, that's them," implying he was angry that Barnes' pitch had gone behind Machado's head in the eighth inning. He's not my captain. -
My thought was use the other $20M on a pitcher. Can we not get a decent pitcher at that price anymore?
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I believe for many, the problem was that we got into some bad contracts with the signing of Crawford. That came from nowhere. Then when the Dodgers gave us a gift by taking away burdensome contracts, I'm sure everyone was relieved. Throw that with ownership group not wanting to give long term contracts to thirty something pitchers, I thought we were going to be fiscally responsible. Then Ben Cherington does this.......one would have been enough but two? It was almost as thought we were willing to gamble $40M in order to get production out of either Hanley or Pablo. Two years ago it was neither. Last year, it was Hanley. Think about it, we've received one productive year for $80M. What other job can you f*** up so badly? And I thought getting one good year out of 3 year $39M for Shane Victorino was a rip off. Good news, Yankee game is postponed.
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Healthy Carson Smith, Thornburg, Workman and now Taylor........we have some arms in the pen if we can hold it together for another month. And Kimmi is right. This is an area you shouldn't have to spend inordinate amount of money. How often do you hear about a pitching prospect analysis ending with a sentence "probably a future reliever"?
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People slammed me for questioning how much more of a ceiling Beni had....my point was he is a true professional when it comes to hitting even at a young age. When a kid is already good, how much can he get better? Will he hit .400? Unlikely. But I can see him hitting .340. And he's not that far away. Sure he'll have his struggles and period of adjustments. But he is ALREADY good at hitting. Pedroia won rookie of the year and MVP early in his career. I see the same thing from Beni as we saw from Dustin. He will have success at early age.
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Question about hitting into double plays.....any stats out there that penalizes batter for hitting into double play? You not only cost yourself an out but you negated On Base Percentage of another player (in theory).
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JF wants to hide Pablo's failure vs LHP with success he may have vs RHP and batting left handed. BUT WE ARE ON TO THAT-I DON'T CARE HOW GOOD HE IS FROM LEFT SIDE, HE CAN'T HIDE HIS WEAK BAT FROM RIGHT SIDE VS LHP. Does JF manage with his fingers crossed every time Pablo comes to bat vs LHP?
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But last year Toronto tied Red Sox for 2nd in ERA+.....again pitching rules? Despite +OPS of 100, league average.
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Thanks for the link, very interesting reading. For the 2013 Sox, OPS+ 113 (1st) ERA+ 109 (T4th) For the 2007 Sox, OPS+ 107 (3rd) ERA+ 123 (1st) 2nd place was not even close at 112, Yankees finished 1st OPS+ with staggering 116, but pitching wins. For the 2004 Sox, OPS+ 110 (3rd) ERA+ 116 (2nd) For the 2016 Sox, OPS+ 109 (T1st) ERA+ 114 (T2nd) BUT CLEVELAND ERA+ blew away Sox at 121. Looks to be the best indicator of success.
