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Dombro says the best anti-tank strategy is to shove all combustible prospects into greased Army socks and stick them onto the treads. Pearce has been retired for three years, and I'm still glad they traded Espinal, who turned out alright.
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What a deke, man.
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Let your freak flag fly! The post that made me laugh: Now pitching, my aunt's Cocker Spaniel...
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One scribe compared it to the Tampa contract with Wander Franco. I'm not going to say it...
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McEnaney trivia: kicked off high school team for drinking, out partying when Reds called with news they drafted him. After mom informed him the next morning, said, "Hell, I thought she meant the Army..." -
4/10 @Yankees
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Are the pitchers on NY and Bos this good or their hitters this bad? The old adage pitchers are ahead of hitters early didn't seem to affect the Rangers, Astros, White Sox, Guards, Jays, Rays or Twins -- who all scored more or launched more this weekend... -
4/10 @Yankees
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
MSNBC called the Diekman inning "an inflection point on the history of humanity." -
But can he keep us out of it? I was never sold on ERod, but Detroit was -- moving fast to sign him. And losing a fairly reliable rotation starter under 30 and replacing him with 40-somethings for the next half decade doesn't sound like the mark of a team all-in. You yourself just posted you wished Bloom had invested in more pitching this winter; I assume you didn't mean more affordable guys with looming best-buy dates.
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These kinds of signings are the master plan. Promote a prospect, wait until he proves himself, then lock him up; those will be the longterm investments Bloom will make as he puts in place the core of his sustained contenders. None of them will require 12-year contracts for half a billion dollars.
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Or Chris Bassitt or Kyle Gibson, who both had shutout starts yesterday...
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The pen has excelled, but the options out there are definitely a main reason Cora tried to get another inning out of Pivetta, and it can be argued, Whitlock. And even if the latter guy was intended to "finish" the first game, even that plan was because of the other options in the pen. That said, the offense has been ineffective since the very first inning of the season, when it couldn't tack on a fourth run with a runner on second and no outs. Yes, I'm being greedy, but could just tell it would come back to haunt the Sox that they couldn't advance JD to third and home at least on productive outs.
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It's hard to say Cora got outmanaged when you compare the two bullpens. Isn't it easier to just say Bloom got out-GMed?
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2020's "staff" used 27 "pitchers" in a 24-win summer. Last year's staff -- excluding Ohtani wannabes (Aaruz, Arroyo, Marwin, Plawecki) -- used 33 pitchers... for a 92-win season. I'll take the over on 35 for this 162.
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Typo: you omitted "legitimate, established, actual big league" from your post. And yet, because of the half-mast staff they chose to carry into a Major League season, this year could rival 2020's franchise record for most guys appearing on the mound. What's the over-under: 47? My disappointment -- it's really just distaste -- is when they say they're trying to win but don't make let's say sincere moves that so many other clubs obviously do (I know, the style here is stealth, but still...). Example: the Cubs cleaned house, but then signed Stroman and Suzuki. Maybe Bloom is waiting to clear the books next winter... then again, the Sox are already over the tax threshold now. So what up?
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I try not to waffle. It's just hard to watch a team that's all-in, Sam Kennedy, throwing their #26 prospect in extra innings on Opening Day in Yankee Stadium, when a starter you could've traded him for is throwing a no-hitter on the other side of the country.
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I'm not talking results -- he takes the same approach every single at bat: extend his arms and aim for the short porch in rightfield. Every single one of his clutch HRs are to right, against any team, including Houston in the playoffs. Ask Yankee fans when they ever remember him pulling a homer. That's my book on the hitter from watching him in two or three dozen games, and what I said when he stood in the box vs. Whitlock...
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Looks like this will be the dominate thread this season. Whitlock looked great, until he threw a fastball for Lemahieu to do what he always tries to do every single time he bats against Boston (or anytime I've ever seen him): homer to right. If I expect it every DJ at bat, what do the pros in Red Sox' uniforms expect? Kudos to Diekman, btw, for pitching DJ inside, even if he had to drill him. Sox should use a lefty match-up the rest of LeMahieu's career, tying him up with pitches breaking in on his hands. Here's one old-school way to limit Cora's use of a litany of unreliable relievers: acquire or develop starters who can go more than five innings -- ideally to throw a seven-inning, no-hit shutout, like Manaea did yesterday. Of course, that may require trading a #12 and #26 prospect...
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What do scouts know? Jonah Hill shut them all up in the movie.
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... keeps JD safe in the batting cage, preparing for his next at bat as DH. But of course, this new "platoon" is subject to change... Wasn't it just a few weeks ago that Cora announced JD would be the righthanded hitting outfielder this year?
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What a relief; Sox finally added that righty bat outfielder we were missing all winter.
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I was hoping smilin' Raffy would be the kinda guy happily rich at a young stage -- like Acuna, Bregman, Wander etc -- and not aspire to be a Betts oligarch. Most who sign big extensions before free agency are protecting their futures against a career-altering injury. And then Devers had to go and mash all through the playoffs with one arm.
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And yet every single year, no matter who's bobbling the ball at catcher or shortstop, or who's swinging and missing in an all-or-nothing lineup, the Yankees are always predicted to win it all because they spent the most money in history on one starting pitcher.
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Trevor Story money? Would Raffy sign for $25M AAV through age 30? Then he could sign another contract for the new market rate? Probably not.
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You're just saying that because the Sox beat him when it counted in the postseason for the Astros and for the Yankees!
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On the Sixteenth, of coarse
