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Post by ray88h66 on Oct 31, 2015 20:52:36 GMT -5
I just noticed only 31 folks are on the site right now. It's Saturday, and Halloween, but wow. Hope the rest of the country is watching. It's been a pretty entertaining post season.
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Post by ray88h66 on Oct 31, 2015 21:23:02 GMT -5
Watching the pitching In the playoffs makes me think the Sox are farther away from contention than I thought.
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Post by soxfanatic on Oct 31, 2015 21:44:33 GMT -5
Watching the pitching In the playoffs makes me think the Sox are farther away from contention than I thought. The Red Sox severely lack power pitching. All throughout.
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Post by heisenberg on Oct 31, 2015 22:11:54 GMT -5
Watching the pitching In the playoffs makes me think the Sox are farther away from contention than I thought. The Mets really are blessed with starting pitching right now. Syndergaard, DeGrom, Harvey and Matz all have fastballs that sit at 95 or higher. But, their secondary pitches are just as dazzling. The first time I saw DeGrom, it was actually his changeup that caught my attention. Here's a nice little analysis of his pitches. www.fangraphs.com/blogs/why-jacob-degrom-is-better-than-we-thought-hed-be/And, yeah, we really do need to make some changes in our drafting and development of pitching if we want to win on a consistent basis. It's that or pay for it through the nose in free agency.
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Post by grandsalami on Oct 31, 2015 22:44:22 GMT -5
How much $$$ is he costing himself this WS?
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Post by fenwaythehardway on Oct 31, 2015 22:58:20 GMT -5
Watching the pitching In the playoffs makes me think the Sox are farther away from contention than I thought. The Red Sox severely lack power pitching. All throughout. They should sign more flamethrowers like Chris Young.
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Post by James Dunne on Oct 31, 2015 23:00:06 GMT -5
Who'll be the better hitter in five years? Michael Conforto or Andrew Benintendi? Better hitter? Conforto. Better player overall? Good question.
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Post by pedroelgrande on Oct 31, 2015 23:21:00 GMT -5
Who'll be the better hitter in five years? Michael Conforto or Andrew Benintendi? Better hitter? Conforto. Better player overall? Good question. I agree on Conforto projecting as a better hitter, though I think it's close. Overall I say Benintendi because one of the mayor questions about Conforto out of college was if he could hack it in LF. It seems like he has gotten better in pro ball but he'll be a corner guy. Benintendi projects well in CF and also adds the element of speed. I think one would have to project Conforto as a comfortable better hitter to project him as as a better player. Obviously one just hit 2 HR in the WS while the other has not played above Low-A but hey so did Conforto just last year.
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Post by thursty on Nov 1, 2015 11:32:45 GMT -5
What a terrible game that was, from both sides. Ben Zobrist is like one of those extras in baseball movies, where the director decides to integrate a real professional baseball player amongst the non-athlete actors in order to offer some patina of credibility to the baseball *action*, yet the obvious contrast yields the opposite effect.
If these are the best two teams in baseball, the Red Sox' glory days surely are ahead
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Post by ray88h66 on Nov 1, 2015 15:08:30 GMT -5
What a terrible game that was, from both sides. Ben Zobrist is like one of those extras in baseball movies, where the director decides to integrate a real professional baseball player amongst the non-athlete actors in order to offer some patina of credibility to the baseball *action*, yet the obvious contrast yields the opposite effect. If these are the best two teams in baseball, the Red Sox' glory days surely are ahead I think this over states the bad play last night, and vastly understates how bad the fielding and base running was for the Sox this year. KC hasn't been giving much respect here or around baseball 2 years in a row.
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Post by jimed14 on Nov 1, 2015 16:05:43 GMT -5
What a terrible game that was, from both sides. Ben Zobrist is like one of those extras in baseball movies, where the director decides to integrate a real professional baseball player amongst the non-athlete actors in order to offer some patina of credibility to the baseball *action*, yet the obvious contrast yields the opposite effect. If these are the best two teams in baseball, the Red Sox' glory days surely are ahead I think this over states the bad play last night, and vastly understates how bad the fielding and base running was for the Sox this year. KC hasn't been giving much respect here or around baseball 2 years in a row. Probably because it's going to suck if the Red Sox try to duplicate that. I don't think it's a good blueprint even though it has worked for them.
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Post by ray88h66 on Nov 1, 2015 18:50:53 GMT -5
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Post by pedroelgrande on Nov 2, 2015 0:19:29 GMT -5
The Mets infield defense is horrendous.
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Post by mattpicard on Nov 2, 2015 0:34:41 GMT -5
Interesting to think about how much money Murphy has gained and lost himself this postseason. The contact skills being supplemented with that crazy power display netted him a ton, but he's also highlighted his failures as a fielder on the biggest stage possible. He has mediocre range and has shown that his hands aren't reliable at all. If he can't hack it as a mediocre second baseman, he suddenly looks a lot less appealing as a corner infielder/DH.
Some team will still probably still severely overpay him to be their second baseman, but he'll probably be unplayable there in 3 years.
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Post by mattpicard on Nov 2, 2015 0:36:05 GMT -5
Congrats, KC. Just a ridiculously pesky team that exposed all their opponents mistakes and refused to be put away by middling relievers.
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Post by mredsox89 on Nov 2, 2015 0:45:37 GMT -5
My biggest takeaway from the WS in particular, the Sox bullpen is a major liability right now. I'm not entirely sure the best way to fix it. There aren't any obvious guys ready in the minors, overpaying guys coming off good seasons isn't ideal, and I don't think the club is ready to try to convert some of their young starters to the pen
If they can get one of Light/Barnes to be a solid 7th/8th guy, that would be a major boost.
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Post by fenwaythehardway on Nov 2, 2015 1:02:51 GMT -5
Congratulations to the 2015 World Series Champion Kansas City Royals.
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Post by Don Caballero on Nov 2, 2015 1:07:06 GMT -5
You know, I have an irrational liking for Ned Yost. He's my favorite bad manager ever. When he made his way to the WS last year, Bruce Bochy throughly outclassed him and I thought well maybe Yost will be like Joe Maddon and never win it all. It happens. But for every bad decision he made, either defensible or flat out blatant, you could see that the guys wouldn't lose focus. They didn't give up on him, never lost respect for him and still go through a wall gladly. What a relentless, insane, oldschool, IDGAF full on, just great to watch even without much of a rotation. Aaaah and I love the sort of friendship Hosmer and Moustakas show on every play they are involved. Great team, great heart, mad respect here. This mentality starts and ends with this man. GG Yost. GFG.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Nov 2, 2015 1:21:53 GMT -5
Congratulations to the 2015 World Series Champion Kansas City Royals. They came oh so close in 2014, and being a small market team who had been mostly awful for the previous 20 years, you never know how big their window is.
They came out even more determined in 2015 and good for them. It was great to see George Brett (a great Yankee killer) celebrating. Have to admit. Always had a bit of a soft spot for them because I knew they way back when were bitter rivals of the Yankees, too, and had to endure their problems with NY before finally beating them in 1980. And I remember when they won in 1985 (with help from Don Denkinger the umpire.)
The funny thing is that the Mets could have wrapped up the Series in 5 games. Familia blew Game 1. The Mets middle relief and defense killed them in Game 4 as Murphy's error was a killer. And in Game 5, Duda should have nailed Hosmer at the plate to end the ballgame. All of those opportunities were missed and the Royals took full advantage of those miscues and limited the mistakes on their side.
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Post by jimed14 on Nov 2, 2015 7:24:05 GMT -5
Pitching Familia in Game 3 when they were up 6 probably cost them Game 5. They could have brought him out to start the 9th instead of wondering if it's a good idea to pitch him 3 days in a row.
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Post by steveofbradenton on Nov 2, 2015 7:59:07 GMT -5
It is hilarious how the New York papers are jumping on Collins. The way Familla was pitching down the stretch could not have given him much confidence. Sure Harvey "willed" his way back out for the 9th, but I could see Collins blasted if Familla blew it and they 2nd guessed him for not leaving the "Dark Knight" in. Sometimes you can't win. Harvey looked great. I understand his decision. Congrats Royals!
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Post by daltonjones on Nov 2, 2015 8:26:05 GMT -5
I must confess that I was pleased to see a Mets first baseman make a critical error.
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Post by James Dunne on Nov 2, 2015 9:03:48 GMT -5
My view is that Collins' decision last night was 100% about Harvey. His usage of Familia in game three was probably wrong, but I don't think it entered into his thinking at all last night - he was willing to use him for six outs, after all. He was clearly ready to go to Familia and Harvey talked him out of it. As a fan who didn't have a serious rooting interest, I wanted to see Harvey finish it. I don't think the Royals' chances of hitting him or Familia was markedly different. It didn't work out, and that stinks for the Mets, but that's baseball.
I think the Mets are in a great place heading into the offseason, because their core is very strong but they also have positions that can be upgraded.
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Post by Guidas on Nov 2, 2015 9:18:37 GMT -5
Finally. Now let's get on with what really matters - The Boston Red Sox off-season.
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Post by p23w on Nov 2, 2015 13:20:39 GMT -5
My biggest takeaway from the WS in particular, the Sox bullpen is a major liability right now. I'm not entirely sure the best way to fix it. There aren't any obvious guys ready in the minors, overpaying guys coming off good seasons isn't ideal, and I don't think the club is ready to try to convert some of their young starters to the pen If they can get one of Light/Barnes to be a solid 7th/8th guy, that would be a major boost. What concerns me is that Dombrowski has never built a bullpen of any note. Hope that changes. The arms are on the roster. One solid experienced bullpen arm with the right stuff would work wonders, IMO.
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