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First time I ever saw a pitcher get drilled, then relieved, and then insist on re-taking the mound the next inning to give more runs to his ex-buds. Whatta guy.
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By then, guys on this forum had stats that he was ineffective on back-to-back days, not hours. But Boston has been pushing him hard since at least '19.
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I always thought it was overwork for Barnes (though the closeups of him failing to spit are always a shaky visual). It seemed like it started when the Red Sox tried to use him like Andrew Miller in the teens -- in high leverage situations, no matter the inning. Those are really more work than the closer, who throws to guys anywhere in the lineup in the 9th, usually with the bases empty.
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The thing is, Barnes just sucks every August: '18 ERA 9.64, '19 ERA 5.23, '20 ERA 6.30, '21 ERA 13.50... If it's obvious to fans, the Sox and Matt know, too... and so far have no answers.
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As long as astute fans like us realize this and don't count on him as an ace, we won't be disappointed. At this point, it's best to accept that whatever the Sox get from Sale is a bonus. Maybe he'll ease back in middle relief, then become the lefty closer in the postseason. People can say no way, he's paid too much -- which is true if he does "nothing" (like he admits). But being a part-time reliever is better than nothing. p.s. the bullpen as a final destination is basically what happened with David over-Price in LA
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Vegas is giving NY the usual odds... which literally guarantees contradictions.
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Come on, everyone knows it was Nixon. Students of the Seventies still bemoan the Sox' lack of a back-up catcher with a negative dWAR like Russ Nixon from the previous decade.
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Mine too, but '74 was worse. In first place all summer, by as much as 7 games in late August. Then we went back to school all excited and September was like, What the Hell?
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Ok, but I can't see Bowden grading them on simply becoming more Jay... though I do think the Canadian law that forbids unvaxxed opponents has to favor the home team.
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Who am I forgetting for the Jays? Lost Ray, added Gausman; lost Semien, added Chapman... that's maybe like a wash, though Semien led the AL in WAR. Was Kikuchi enough extra credit to get Toronto an A? ps. I do think the Jays are the favorite, but mostly because they're young stars will have one more year to mature...
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With each name I read, I puffed out my cheeks like I was filling up a balloon. By the second Bonds I was levitating above the computer table... -
I know, I was being a sargasso. But with modern all-or-nothing swingers, this is probably within reach of some dudes...
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2022 Spring Training Games
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to mvp 78's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
This is the order I predicted, except I had JBJ last behind Vaz. Just had a feeling Cora would try to ease his new star into the lineup, without putting undue pressure on him right away. Now contrast this with guys that the front office forces on Cora, like Owings or Taylor Motter. Can just hear Cora... "Really, Chris Owings? Ok, he's batting leadoff tonight!" Boom: oh-for-five. -
Or starters?
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obp .200 + slg .700 = ops .900
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Right? I wasn't even a bitter fan yet... I looked him up: voted starting All-Star shortstop by the fans in '71 and '72 (ok, name recognition maybe)... but Aparicio also got MVP votes from the writers in '72, behind only Fisk and Tiant among Red Sox.
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That must have been cool watching a Hall of Fame DP combo on a team that literally won the pennant on pitching and D. As a disappointed 13-year old Red Sox fan, I only remember Aparicio for starting his Boston days in an 0-for-45 slump and then wiping out rounding third on what should've been an RBI-triple by Yaz in a big '72 showdown vs. Detroit.
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You're right, the two-year contract was strange -- unless the front office saw something that this guy has figured out. Unfortunately, no one has seen it in FLA... not once. But like I said, we'll have to wait and see when the bell rings.
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At least our overpaid ace knows better to go on the IL and stay unvaxxed so he doesn't have to face Toronto on the road next month.
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I loved Burleson, mainly because he hated the Yankees (the things some fans care about when they're teens...).
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Our gaseous rotation and lights on bullpen took us to the brink of the World Series last year. NY had reportedly the greatest group of relievers in history the past decade and never made it out of the AL. Why invest in a Stroman or Gausman when for the price of one of those guys you can have a Wacha, a 42-year old curveballer and half-a-Paxton? The last time the Sox spent big on starters was for Price and Lackey, and where did that get them? They both turned out to have cranky arms and attitudes. If only the Sox could find a pitcher they could pay $300 million dollars to yank him in the third inning of a do-or-die Wild Card game.
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I've been watching his outings on the telly, and they've all been ugly. And yet, I know it's only ST, when many pitchers are trying out a new delivery or new grip or new shoes... ... in preseason FLA, stepping on the mound and hitting the first batter and then giving up a longball isn't the same as Matt Clement or Ramiro Mendoza doing it in the playoffs, or Hansel in his first big moment in a Sox pennant race. For similar reasons, of course, this is why fans shouldn't get too excited about prospects or suspects slamming HRs over palm trees. But we get to get a little excited, because a bomb is still a bomb...
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Bummer the Sox didn't make today's MLB.com's top 15 starting staffs... but then there was another article wondering if Boston's rotation might be underrated... The only thing we know for sure is that every team every year uses the same two words every single preseason when talking pitching: "if" and "healthy."
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It really doesn't matter if it was Cash or Cash's bosses that forced him to yank Snell, the fact is that Bloom defended the move that ultimately led to the Rays' losing the World Series. But even in a discussion on a decision that most of the baseball world agree was wrong, you still cling to the other opinion just so you can argue on the forum. What was your personal opinion of the move at the time?
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The Rays had to trade Snell, because anyone that works for that franchise still can't look him in the eyes; he had already struck out the next three scheduled batters in all six of their at bats. As a Sox fan, the scariest thing about Bloom for me is that he still defends that move, as if he were still a part of that office...
