Old Red
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It wouldn’t be such a big deal if the offense wasn’t this bad, but it is, and all things are magnified, because of the record , and how the losses has occurred.
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Either way when Bloom did know he did nothing.
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And that has gotten you a 7-11 record. I don’t think Duran is a butcher in the OF, so much that he can’t play.
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Duran can’t crack an OF with 2 guys batting below 200, but could fetch a good reliever in a trade? You can go with that, but I doubt it could happen. I know he’s not as good as Kike, and JBJ on D,but what is that lineup getting you at the moment?
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Pat your self on the back for getting it right, and for BASHING Bloom.
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I agree that the Red Sox would be better off right now if Houck, and Whitlock had both been in the pen from day one, but Sale going down did change things. Once Sale did go down though Bloom still had time to get another starter, before the season started, and he didn’t do it. As for Duran I don’t think he is going to fetch any shut down reliever at least by himself. Nowhere to play Duran in Boston right now? Kike and JBJ certainly haven’t hit well enough to lock down any position, so Duran couldn’t be any worse.
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This all adds up to a 7-11 record.
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It also doesn’t change the fact that the Red Sox don’t have a closer that has cost the Red Sox games.
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And BLOOM is to blame for putting it together.
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Thanks to Bloom there aren’t many other options.
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I’ve said since before the season started that if Barnes can’t be the closer like he used to be than Whitlock should be the closer, and I think that Whitlock being the closer now is as obvious as it can get. Stop playing around, and put him there. Would the Sox be better than 7-11 right now if Whitlock had been the closer since day one? I keep saying it’s a waste not to pitch Whitlock 3-4 times a week than to just pitch him 1-2 times a week.
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Diekman said he didn’t give 2 blankity blanks about being the closer after he struck out the side against the Yankees earlier in the season. I guess he really meant it.
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This is why I say Whitlock has to be the closer.
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S T R E A K M A N! Giveth away.
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The game has changed, but I don’t believe changed for the better.
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That to me that would have been the least likely possibility. Like Tony Mas just said just another example of over managing, because of the metrics of baseball, and I don’t think it’s any more, or any less than that.
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4/25 Red Sox @ Blue Jays
Old Red replied to moonslav59's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Might as well call Arroyo a starter with all the days off the Sox have been giving the players 18 games into the season. Seems like Story gets a day off every series. -
I’ll repeat again I would have left him in. We saw the results of taking him out, but we’ll never know what would have happened by leaving him in.
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Nobody said the top of the order was coming up, but just that the Sox did not want Evol to face them again. I was watching the Celtics at the time, so I just took it for granted that the top of the order was coming up that next inning, so my bad.
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You’re right the top of the order was not coming up, but that was the reasoning they gave on NESN. What’s the worst thing that could have happened by leaving him in outside of loading the bases, and given up a slammy? I would have left him in.
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It was shocking to you when you are one of the big metrics guys? It’s always shocking to me, because I don’t give a damm about metrics, but the answer was the Sox didn’t want Evol to face the top of the order again, which everyone should have pretty much known the answer, because that how the game is played today. Maybe starting pitchers shouldn’t be paid as much anymore, since they can’t do things like this anymore.
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That’s the analytics for you. Sometimes the only paper it’s good on is in the bathroom.
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4/25 Red Sox @ Blue Jays
Old Red replied to moonslav59's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Kike leadoff, and Dugy batting 2nd. Story out of the lineup again. -
It may still be very early, but as we found out last year EVERY game counts, and they count in the standings just as much now as they do in September.
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You can’t expect the bullpen to go 5+ innings every game, and be effective for to long a time. The bullpen also will have to drop 2 pitchers after next week, which will make the wear, and tear even more.