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  1. Larry Cook
    We made it to 81 wins! Amazing!
  2. Larry Cook
    As far as our 2020 outlook for position players: Pearce and Moreland are moving out. Holt, Leon and maybe Martinez are free agents. Let’s assume holt and Leon leave. Martinez would be stupid to leave, so I have him staying, All but 5 million of Sandoval comes off the books. What does that leave us: LF - benintendi (homegrown) CF - Bradley (homegrown) RF - Betts (homegrown) 3rd - devers (homegrown) SS - bogey (homegrown) 2nd - tbd 1st - tbd C - Vazquez (homegrown) DH - Martinez (back up OF) Back up C - tbd Bench 1 - chavis (homegrown) Bench 2 - Marco Hernandez I would like to see Chatham get a shot at 2nd. I don’t think dalbec, ockimey or Travis is ready to be the answer at 1st, so we must go outside the organization. We must go outside the organization for a backup catcher. This lineup should be able to put monster numbers up in 2020. Even though Vazquez, devers and bogey will probably regress some. I expect Betts to be lead off and have a monster contract year, which means Martinez will have a monster year, and I expect benintendi to bounce back strong.
  3. Larry Cook
    How many games has the bullpen lost us this year? 31?
  4. Larry Cook
    Is this the 30th game the bullpen has blown this year?
  5. Larry Cook
    I see a couple of things we could emulate: 1.) in developing pitchers, they do not pigeon hole their pitchers to throwing just the fastball, curveball and change up. 2.) they work opposite of us. They work overtime to develop pitchers and squire bats outside the organization.
  6. Larry Cook
    I have no problem with us resigning Porcello, but we can not kid ourselves about who we are signing. He is a .500 pitcher with a high era, who needs a lot of run support. We have an offense that can give him that.
  7. Larry Cook
    Has his team given up on him this year? They sure are playing like it,
  8. Larry Cook
    This cracin guy is horrible! I understand signing him now out of total desperation, but why would we want him anywhere within a 100 mile radius of Fenway next year!
  9. Larry Cook
    So let me see if I have this straight, desperate Dave has the team finishing in first place three years in a row. He brings home a coveted ring! Duck boats and celebrating every where! Yet Henry fires him because the front office is not huddled around in a circle singing Kume-bye-ya together???? Also Where was Henry when the brightest and best minds in our baseball operations department were packing up their desks and heading out of town on a rail a few years ago????
  10. Larry Cook
    If management brings in desperate Dave and gives him the keys to the Bugatti and says win at all cost, shouldn’t the draining of the farm system be considered as a logical step in the win at all cost marching orders?
  11. Larry Cook
    The goal is to build an organization capable of sustained success, including championships, year after year.
  12. Larry Cook
    Clearly the definition of the term “farm system” is too big for you. But by all means, keeping playing the short game, it’s had so much success for you guys over the last 15 years or so.
  13. Larry Cook
    I agree 100 percent with this. Except, I think desperate Dave was driving the bus on the spring training country club atmosphere, which is why Henry showed him the trap door!
  14. Larry Cook
    Amen brother! 5 years max on Betts or let someone else choke on the end years of a longer contract after Betts breaks down aka pedrioa.
  15. Larry Cook
    There’s no excuse for why the hitters were not prepared for the regular season. As they say, no championship was ever won in April, but you can sure lose one in April. Terrible decisions in spring training, injured starters and struggles at Fenway aside, we are still 9 games over .500. I mean we are not Baltimore! Maybe that’s why Cora should keep his job!
  16. Larry Cook
    I do not think our farm system is dead. We graduated two or three guys this year. Hernandez looks like a fixture in the bullpen for the next five seasons. Chavis is a key role player at worst. In the pipeline we have houck, our future closer once he learns how to get lefties out. Duran should replace Bradley. Hopefully feltman snaps out of his year long funk, The jewel of the system could be lugo. I think he could be a star down the road.
  17. Larry Cook
    In my opinion Henry knows exactly who torpedoed us and took corrective action. Hence desperate Dave is now enjoying an early vacation.
  18. Larry Cook
    Desperate Dave was brought in to win a championship regardless of the cost. Check! Mission accomplished. Loved it! But to accomplish the goal, desperate Dave has left us the following: 1.) the worst farm system in baseball. 2.) bad contracts we are choking on. 3.) broke down arms. 4.) a huge luxury tax problem. Wow! Where does the new gm start?
  19. Larry Cook
    I go to a ton of college and minor league games. Love the atmosphere and generally have a great time. I consider it better value than the pro game.
  20. Larry Cook
    I agree 100 percent. By the end of April, the bullpen was taxed and the starters still struggling. Everything snowballed from there and we did not recover at all this year. In spring training 2020, Cora will be dealing with several rehabbing starters. Not sure what we are going to learn except whether or not we have the depth at starter to overcome that situation.
  21. Larry Cook
    Did our starters inability to pitch, end up over working the bullpen? Brazier seems to me to be completely burned out and pitching with a dead arm.
  22. Larry Cook
    This is 100 percent accurate. Desperate dave’s Additions to this year’s roster have a combined war of about 3.5 games. We got some regression from Betts and Martinez, but most of that is offset by devers and bogey. But when you look at the war for sale, price, Porcello, eovaldi, and Rodriguez, you see the devastation to our roster, and that takes into account the great year by Rodriguez. Starters era this year is up about a full run from last year. I think most of the problem can be tied to 2 decisions. 1.) taking Betts out of the leadoff spot at the beginning of the year. Without men on base, Martinez can easily be pitched around. 2.) not giving our starters the necessary work in spring training. Trying to go from zero to 100 in 1 day is ridiculous. And consequently, the only started who got adequate spring training work is having a career year while the others broke down. My question is were these decisions made by Cora or desperate Dave? Maybe Henry has already answered that question for us.
  23. Larry Cook
    Rule number 1 - never trade away homegrown players. Betts is going to have a monster year next year as he enters a contract year. Plus after a down year, he usually has a good year. Signing Betts to a 10 year deal is Pedroia part 2. The little guy breaks down in year five or six and we choke on the rest of the contract. Let someone visit the rabbit hole besides us.
  24. Larry Cook
    Ockimey with 2 taters, now up to 8. Dalbec with 2 taters, now up to 5. Granberg with his 3rd tater on the season.
  25. Larry Cook
    Brentz with his 5th tater of the season and ockimey with his 6th.
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