5GoldGlovesOF,75
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Agreed, but we've watched long enough to know that if starters falter, the bullpen will wear down without enough able bodies out there. Hopefully, by then the hitters will be back, and we can fret about bench players blowing games playing out of position. And if a regular needs a rest, Bloom better have a glove-first substitute like Yolmer Sanchez on the roster. What's the worst thing that can happen by carrying a guy like that: he'll hit below .200 -- like half our current club? Folks can gripe about losing Bogie's bat yesterday, but the only run of the game scored because his replacement made an error trying to backhand a grounder he should've got in front of...
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Because nobody will want to trade for our bench-warmers?
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I predicted today would be the day they'd drop Abbott... but not for Costello.
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I'm sticking up for Moon, because both May and June are "before winter." But take it from me, April suuuuuuuuuuxxxx in New England right now.
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4/28 SOX @ Jays 3:07PM ET
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
To me, he looked like a guy who finally harnessed his potential, entering his prime (like every Oriole pitcher that leaves Baltimore, except Cashner). I also wanted the Red Sox to sign him to keep another ace away from Houston's rotation. Ironically, for how much some folks thought he was overpaid at $17 AAV, we can all agree that won't even sniff market value next winter. -
How about Ceddanne Rafaela? Can he be the sparkplug the big league team sorely needs off the nugatory bench?
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You misspelled summer solstice...
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4/28 SOX @ Jays 3:07PM ET
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Eovaldi was the most valuable pitcher of that entire postseason. His stats for his playoff innings in '18 show he was the best since Johnson and Schilling in '01. However, Nate's overall contributions were immediately overlooked when Dombrowski signed him to a four-year contract that complainers viewed as a reward because he took one for the team in that extra-inning marathon in LA. Then he got injured in '19. In retrospect, Eovaldi is now underrated in how important he was on that all-time team. -
The Sox have potentially five rotation spots open next year. There is not one sure starter guaranteed -- because of health, contract or performance -- to take a regular turn in the 2023 rotation. The only guarantee is that one of them will be paid $30 million either way.
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4/28 SOX @ Jays 3:07PM ET
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Fans of any age deserve to be grumpy when their team disappoints them. And forums are made for griping (there are very few posts anywhere lauding heroes and not pointing fingers) -- it's a form of therapy -- but it can be constructive when accompanied by suggestions for improvements. Where it gets really grumpy is when posters automatically dismiss others' opinions, or dive into stats to dispute opinions. -
Whitlock is too valuable as a multi-inning weapon to be classified as a traditional Eck-Pap-Kimbrel closer, only used with a lead in the 9th. He's a throwback to all those relievers who threw 100+ innings in the 70s, entering a game in key spots, whenever -- in the 6th, 7th, 8th -- shutting the door to preserve leads or keep games close, and staying in to a hopefully glorified ending.
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Someone must have already said this: but if they're honestly only going to let Whitlock pitch three or four innings because they're still babying their new longterm investment, then let him do it at the end of games, when we can lock down a couple wins a week -- instead of starting and leaving one game per week he has no control of for the last five or six frames. Unless, of course, they're slowly stretching him out to become a "quality" starter -- for a full time job in the rotation next year -- while our deficient bullpen quickly plummets us towards the basement this year. Just don't admit that's the plan.
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4/28 SOX @ Jays 3:07PM ET
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Cora knows exactly what he is doing with today's line-up; he's playing his "key" bench guys to show Bloom how bad it is so there'll be roster changes before it's too late. There is no excuse for Arroyo to wait back on a grounder and try to backhand it, when he could've just moved one more step and fielded it in front of his body (basic fundamentals, at any level). And this may be Shaw's last game. It should surprise no one if he doesn't accompany the club to Baltimore. -
Do people really think the Sox can get a decent deadline prospect for an expensive broken-down DH who should never play the field again? Well... the Twins traded Nelson Cruz last year, and all they really got from Tampa was Joe Ryan, who leads the majors in WHIP.
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Who can disagree with your chart? Most who regularly refute are data-driven dissenters. So the Sox win 60% of Quality, but only 25% of Faulty. It all flows from the starters; is it mere coincidence that relievers preserve more Ws when they have time to complete their early seed-spitting contests in the bullpen?
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And he dove right into the beer cooler on TV. It was his personal choice.
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I'm just following Tomase's orders and trying to fix things for Bloom.
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Or a plane ticket to Colorado... BTV accepted this: Houck to the Rockies for starting pitchers Gomber and Senzatela, relievers Lawrence and Kinley, outfielder/first baseman Connor Joe, and catching prospect Drew Romo. Anyone who can pitch at Mile High is worth giving a look, and Joe can hit, but the gem is the future hotshot backstop. Now why wouldn't the Rox do this? ps. of course it's a ridiculous proposal, but don't think for a second that Bloom doesn't know Houck's trade value in returns, as well as current and future effects on team unity (at least on screen).
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A concern for some of us who care about fan favorites isn't that Story was signed "at the expense of," but instead of...
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I was surprised he signed Story but never said it was chump change. Instead, I consistently said I'd rather Bloom use that approximate AAV to sign a legitimate starting pitcher like Rodon, Thor or even longer term guys like Stroman, Ray or Gausman. Some have started hot, some cold, but the Sox need starters, because that's where it all begins. The only arms I didn't want were vets with a lot of mileage.
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I'm thinking Bogie and Boras demand and expect at least $200: $180 for another 6 years, plus a $10M bump on his last two $20M years of the current contract... that way, a $30 AAV will make him feel respected.
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... do you mean, less time than it takes to get needles full of non-medicinal ink jabbed up and down your arms, neck, shoulders, chest and back?
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4/27 SOX @ Jays 7:07PM ET
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Took my son to a Double A "night" game that promised a fireworks show upon completion. After the game, fans had to wait in their seats for 20 minutes before it got dark. -
Those who like to point to the Story contract as proof that the Red Sox are still big spenders on star players conveniently ignore that $140 million is probably at most half of what it will take to keep Bogaerts or Devers. If the Sox just retain one of those two, or even pay their ace, Eovaldi, market rate, it will show fans of the players wearing the laundry, as well the clubhouse and future free agents, that Boston is serious. Now someone who works in the front office using an alias on this forum will post numbers to show how spending the same amounts instead on revolving rosters of many new mediocre players each year still equals a big market budget.
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... or someone actually available. The Red Sox better settle on someone else before their next trip to Canada, because the road to the postseason may go through Toronto. The Blue Jays lead the majors in home runs, with Teoscar Hernandez on the IL.
