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Anything they can give us offensively is simply a bonus. They are both outstanding defensive catchers.
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Both Matt Barnes and Heath Hembree are under team control for 5 years, Carson Smith for 4 years and Tyler Thornburg for 3 years. I would hope one of them can take over as a closer. I also believe DD is vested in Pom. It's way too early I know but if he pitches well this year, I can see Pom being extended this winter. This would lessen the impact of not being able to sign both Porcello and Sale. We should work to extend Sale AFTER the 2018 season when his second option year comes due for 2019. To me, Groome reminds me little bit of Pomeranz.
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PHILADELPHIA -- In his second start as a Phillie, Clay Buchholz left with a right forearm strain with one out in the top of the third inning in Tuesday night's 14-4 loss against the Mets at Citizens Bank Park. He left with the Phillies facing a 5-1 deficit with a runner on second, having allowed a three-run home run to Yoenis Cespedes in the first and two more runs in the second. That inherited runner scored, and six earned runs were charged to Buchholz in 2 1/3 innings on eight hits, a walk and two strikeouts. A drop in velocity in his first start in Cincinnati was a concern, but his velocity picked back up Tuesday. Even so, he left the game with a trainer by his side en route to the clubhouse. I have tremendous respect for Clay B but we did the right thing by getting rid of his contract.
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PHILADELPHIA -- In his second start as a Phillie, Clay Buchholz left with a right forearm strain with one out in the top of the third inning in Tuesday night's 14-4 loss against the Mets at Citizens Bank Park. He left with the Phillies facing a 5-1 deficit with a runner on second, having allowed a three-run home run to Yoenis Cespedes in the first and two more runs in the second. That inherited runner scored, and six earned runs were charged to Buchholz in 2 1/3 innings on eight hits, a walk and two strikeouts. A drop in velocity in his first start in Cincinnati was a concern, but his velocity picked back up Tuesday. Even so, he left the game with a trainer by his side en route to the clubhouse. I have tremendous respect for Clay B but we did the right thing by getting rid of his contract.
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One thing everyone is missing is that current CBA will expire on Nobember 30, 2021. I don't expect next CBA to be as friendly to the owners as this one. I'm expecting much higher competitive balance tax threshhold for 2022 and beyond.
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And they've thrown out three or four.....
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Sam Travis will give us 6 years of team control. Hopefully Devers will do the same. I think you can always find a Moreland type to be the DH, paying no more than $10M. We have 6 years of Beni. Swihart will fit in somewhere. Our catching position is pretty solid. I don't think it's very difficult to come up with a defensive minded short stop if Xander leaves us. Same goes for a 2B when Pedy retires. It would be nice for someone to step up and be the closer next year, getting rid of $12M obligation for Kimbrel. Keep our OF in tact. Quality starting pitching is a must. It's doable guys. We have smart people working for the Sox.
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Kimmi's time estimate for epic organizational melt down is 2021 when Betts and Bradley become FA. We will have draft picks in 2017, 2018, 2019 to rebuild our farm system based on that timeline. That's in addition to the 2016 draft picks. Let's just wait and see how things develop. It's also not as though we're going to be 'poor' all the sudden. We'll still have $200M budget. What we may have to do is to pick up Moreland's of world to fill in the gaps. I seriously doubt we're going to be non competitive....oh wait, we did finish dead last in our division 3 out of 4 years prior to last year's resurgence.
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I think Sale will work out.
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I must admit this stat line is Owenisque....just saying, ugh Jay Groome: 1.1 IP, 7 H, 9 R, 3 BB, 1 K
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No way he deserves a D....
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We just need to stay relevant while everyone gets healthy, including Carson Smith. I would love to see a salary dump pick up at mid season. We can't trade any more of our blue chip minor leaguers.
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DD did everything he could to salvage Ortiz' last season. He got us a Division title after last place finishes back to back. I just don't get the 'hatred' for this guy.
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There's always a risk trying to identify pitchers/players on the uptick. I'm sure his first half performance along with team control for additional two years had something to do with it. We made that deal due to epic failure at the time from Clay B, Kelly, E Rod and Wright injury.....we were NOT trading from position of strength. Are you going to put all THAT on DD?
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Thelma and Louise, Part II, directed by Kimmi, now in production.
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It was really hard to pick Beni with a 7th pick....And who drafted Ball with a 7th pick? How about DD picking up Groome with the 12th pick and signing him? It's way too early to evaluate DD's first draft pick.
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Is it time to convert one of infielders to outfield? What happens if Bradley Jr is out for an extended time? Do we have another "Betts" in the system? I'm looking for defense. I'm thinking Hernandez....
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Of all the problems I can think of right now for the Sox, catching ain't it.
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We do know that when Cherington pulled the 'trigger', he failed. Pablo and Hanley's contracts will hamstring us for another 3 years. And the biggest fail was NOT signing Lester. THAT led to Price signing by DD. I'm not crazy about Kimbrel signing but have you watched the games? It's critical to have a closer. He should have came in and pitched with two runners on in the 8th inning game the other day. Walking 4 batters and losing the lead forcing a tie game is the exact time when you bring in your closer to strike out a batter and keep the game tied. Kimbrel faced 6 batters yesterday. What the f*** is difference had he come in with 2 outs in the 8th? Go ahead and put a 6 batter limit if you must. If he faces more than 6 batters to get 4 outs, well he must not have it anyway and needs to come out or we've already lost the game. Obviously JF is not a poker player and has no idea about odds. Just ask Baltimore fans how they feel about 'saving' their closer.
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http://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf/2017/04/chris_sales_secret_weapon_on_t.html#incart_2box Good write up about Sale on him changing up speeds on fastballs, calls it Batting Practice fastball.
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after watching 3 sub par starting pitching performances, I'm ready for Sale. What if tomorrow was Clay's turn? Ugh....
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No worries....he just walked two....teased Martinez...... He falls in love with his curve at times. Just learn to throw strikes bud!
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Here we go...obligatory walk by Kimbrel
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I have to disagree there....it took every bit of Price and Kimbrel
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Oh by the way, now that Clay is gone he's become quite a legend around here among some of you.....he pitched 5 innings, gave up 8 hits, 2 walks and 4 runs. Yeah, I miss him too.
