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Post by klostrophobic on Apr 12, 2015 19:45:37 GMT -5
Teams that win more games have higher winning percentage at the end of the season, on average.
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Post by art on Apr 12, 2015 20:17:57 GMT -5
This is actually kind of the issue with not having any JAGs on a roster - nobody to throw out there until his arm falls off. Judge Advocate General? Jacksonville Jaguar?
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Post by jmei on Apr 12, 2015 20:28:03 GMT -5
Just a Guy.
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Post by sittingstill on Apr 12, 2015 20:45:54 GMT -5
Oh, and if these games don't count, why do they have playoffs? They have playoffs because independent folks often own the affiliated teams, and they want fun and bragging rights and extra gate money and more ways to market themselves. But the roster changes in the playoffs, right after the major league rosters expand, are actually some of the clearest evidence that the games are less meaningful than you think. Every year players who never played for a team in the regular season play for them in the postseason (e.g. Madison Younginer, who pitched for Portland in the postseason last year after playing in Salem). Major leaguers rehab in MiLB postseason games. Sure, at some level the game matters to the PawSox, and they'd rather win. But fundamentally the purpose of the minors is to feed the majors, and it's not in the best interest of the major league team to overuse a reliever. (Note too that the PawSox don't have a day off until May 4.)
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Post by Oregon Norm on Apr 12, 2015 23:34:35 GMT -5
Ditto for Pawtucket last year. One of the benefits in the playoffs was having those AA guys - Johnson and Rodgriguez - available. Neither had made it to Pawtucket by the end of the regular season, but they were called up for the post-season. That's not something that happens every year, having top-notch prospects ready to contribute.
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Post by mredsox89 on Apr 12, 2015 23:52:20 GMT -5
MILB playoffs are almost always extra $ makers for clubs, and especially at the lower levels, can be the difference between a net loss year, a marginal profit year, or a great profit year.
On a completely unrelated note, who makes a 2015 start with the Red Sox first? Wright, Johnson, or Rodriguez?
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Post by nomar on Apr 13, 2015 1:32:10 GMT -5
MILB playoffs are almost always extra $ makers for clubs, and especially at the lower levels, can be the difference between a net loss year, a marginal profit year, or a great profit year. On a completely unrelated note, who makes a 2015 start with the Red Sox first? Wright, Johnson, or Rodriguez? Wright or Johnson if Wright has been used in relief recently before he's needed. If it's a long term injury then Rodriguez may start to get more consideration, but I'm sure they want to give him a good amount more AAA work under his belt before calling him up.
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Post by sbones13 on Apr 13, 2015 8:10:16 GMT -5
I think they should have dropped down Porcello to try to finish off that game. You know, to show winning attitude and killer instict and all that stuff...
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Post by DesignatedForAssignment on Apr 13, 2015 10:03:08 GMT -5
I don't understand why Berry went in. They had three RPs who had pitched the day before. Certainly one would think that one of them could have gone one inning. danr, the Berry pitching experiment appears to be over, unless he does some serious side work. On the other hand, why not give Berry time in RF ... so he can be a defensive replacement at Fenway in the "playoffs"? 1. Is he not an upgrade over Victorino/Nava in RF? Maybe not, if Victorino is healthy. 2. Maybe his arm is so bad that they wouldn't want him in RF in 9th inning of playoffs/September. otherwise, I don't know whom he is a defensive replacement for. EDIT: Luke Montz threw a scoreless inning with no walks a few years back. The proper move would have been to send DH Montz to 1B, removing Cecchini ... replacing Cecchini in lineup with Marrero and then move Bianchi from SS to P. Montz is then available for the save. (Or just move Cecchini to 3B and Weeks to SS.)
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 13, 2015 10:27:42 GMT -5
DFA, sorry if I'm missing some sort of sarcasm or nuance in what seems to be the serious part of your post, but in three starts, Berry has played all three outfield positions. I'd assume that'll continue going forward.
Also, not sure why you're worried about him getting time in RF. He's certainly behind at least JBJ and Rusney in terms of getting time there for the Red Sox.
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Post by jrffam05 on Apr 13, 2015 10:49:03 GMT -5
Did I miss something? Is Berry thought of as anything other than a pinch runner at the MLB level?
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Post by DesignatedForAssignment on Apr 13, 2015 11:15:33 GMT -5
Did I miss something? Is Berry thought of as anything other than a pinch runner at the MLB level? A. Berry has had minimal playing time in RF throughout his minor league career. www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=Quintin-BerryB. on his player page at Soxprospects: "Will serve as a pinch runner and late-inning defensive replacement for the Red Sox in September." I suppose with JMJ and Castillo and Betts, Berry is very unlikely to make a postseason roster for pinch-running duties. Therefore, his defensive replacement abilities aren't germane. C. If he were going to be on a postseason roster, it'd be beneficial if he could play RF regularly during the season. I recall him sitting on the bench in '13 World Series as Nava, in RF at Fenway, was running down line drives in the 9th inning. (Of course, that had something to do with health of Victorino, too.) (And maybe Hanley in LF will be seen as the weakest OFer, depending on the ballpark.)
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 13, 2015 11:30:00 GMT -5
On B, that's probably left over from last time he was with the club, admittedly.
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