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  1. Hugh2
    Rivera may be the gold standard for closers, he may hold the title of greatest closer of all time for a while, but nobody ever had a season like Koji in 2013. He was absolutely dominant, it was absurd how unhittable and consistent he was.
  2. Hugh2
    Bello just got promoted to Portland
  3. Hugh2
    Whitlock is a very rare case. They're in a situation where they have to keep him on the big league team because he's a rule 5 guy but they also have to be careful with him because he just recently had Tommy John. Right now, I think they care more about him being on a starter's schedule as best as possible. They're not exactly stretching him out but they're usually getting at least an inning plus from him, the one-out appearance was rare yesterday. I'm not sure if they plan on ramping him up later in the year, or if they want to save him for a playoff run where they feel confident in using him out of the pen more. It's a good problem to have because of his talent level, but the downside is it either leaves us a pitcher short in the pen or a bat short on the bench and we've seen that seesaw all year. I really hope Whitlock pans out, develops, and exceeds ALL expecations. I hope he's pitching 200 innings and winning Cy-Youngs and we can go shove that in all the Yankees fans faces. But, we'll probably have to wait a year for that to happen.
  4. Hugh2
    I don't think the plan changed with Whitlock. It's not as if starters sit around for 4 days doing nothing, they do throw. Physiologically there's not harm in throwing a guy out there to steal an out. I have mixed feelings on the issue because you see how good Whitlock could be in the pen and how valuable that could be this year. But, if you think he's a starter, you stick to the plan. At least, that's my opinion.
  5. Hugh2
    Oh it's not a fact, we can never know, that is a permutation that we will never see played out nut I would believe someone if they came from a parallel universe and told me we lose to LA without David Price
  6. Hugh2
    I remember some people making the argument for price getting the world series MVP. He was good in the ALCS and the World series that year. I think it's a fair statement to say David Price was a large part of that world series win and we might not have won it without him.
  7. Hugh2
    So there's a chance for Whitlock.
  8. Hugh2
    Baseball can be a weird game. Sawamura would be mine too. Lets hope the Sox don't screw this up and give the W to someone on the other side of the ball.
  9. Hugh2
    This. We needed this thread.
  10. Hugh2
    I'm aware that Pivetta can't get the win but the official scorer can decide who is more deserving of the win, which is usually not the guy who gets the 15th out and only the 15th out.
  11. Hugh2
    It's starting to look like we will get some Valdez/Workman/Taylor action tonight. Get very excited folks.
  12. Hugh2
    So I guess I kind of am fully endorsing it, I was trying to have my cake and eat it too.
  13. Hugh2
    That's what I'm thinking, Sox have Whitlock on a plan, and pitching him for an inning or more would break that plan and likely make him unavailable for the Houston series. They got a cheap quick out, and he will be good to go in a day or two in Houston.
  14. Hugh2
    Not fully endorsing the Whitlock pull but I'm guessing Coras line of thinking is he gets 1 out and saves him for the Houston series.
  15. Hugh2
    I'd imagine the official scorer is not going to give Whitlock the win.
  16. Hugh2
    This is how baseball is played nowadays, teams utilize relief pitching more. The days of the 200 IP are over. That comes with saying that having a guy who can go 8-9 every once in a while and save the pen would be valued on this team.
  17. Hugh2
    I don’t think those are bad trades at all. I might be a little reluctant to trade Downs for an outfielder. We don’t have a 2nd baseman in our future anytime soon if it isn’t Downs. I can see Duran inserting himself into left with Verdugo/renfroe in center/right. Not that Duran/Mullins/Verdugo wouldn’t be a nice outfield either I just want to upgrade 2nd first. More than one way to skin a cat I suppose.
  18. Hugh2
    I can live with a guy or two like that in my lineup if the defense is good and the rest of the lineup is good. Problem is, the Sox have 3 #9 hitters right now. The first 1/2 of the lineup is as good as anything else out there though.
  19. Hugh2
    I can live with a guy or two like that in my lineup if the defense is good and the rest of the lineup is good. Problem is, the Sox have 3 #9 hitters right now. The first 1/2 of the lineup is as good as anything else out there though.
  20. Hugh2
    Must be a bust. Maybe we can trade him for two bags of baseballs.
  21. Hugh2
    Sometimes sitting makes you a little rusty. I can see a team coming off a five-game series getting into a bullpen game one and doing some damage against some rust.
  22. Hugh2
    Oh I agree, I think Bobby Dalbec is a better player than he is right now. I'd be willing to bet money he's going to be better than his current stat line, what I'm not convinced in is that he's going to be much better than he is now. I think he will be a regular somewhere I'm just not sure Boston can stomach his long stretches of nothing and K's.
  23. Hugh2
    I think it would be fair when comparing the two to point out how much younger Casas is than Bobby Dalbec. If Casas went to college like Dalbec he’d be looking to go into this years draft. At this point in Dalbecs development he wasn’t even in our system yet and Casas is dominating AA ball.
  24. Hugh2
    BA came out with their mid season top 100 today. #27 Casas #29 Duran #68 Downs
  25. Hugh2
    The way the minor league schedule worked out Greenville only played 3 teams the first 3 weeks of the season. I think the pitching on those teams was pretty bad, helps seeing the same guy over and over again.
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