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Post by jimed14 on Aug 23, 2019 12:17:07 GMT -5
It's a very Curt Schilling type of season. I miss that dude. He had such a unique career and profile. What ever happened to him after he left baseball? I'm not sure, and I don't want to know.
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Post by jimmydugan on Aug 23, 2019 12:52:33 GMT -5
It's a very Curt Schilling type of season. I miss that dude. He had such a unique career and profile. What ever happened to him after he left baseball? Schilling has been spending his time reviving RI's economy as well as bringing his understated personality to social media where he's been advocating for equality and acting with his usual grace and poise. Trust me. Don't bother with any research.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 24, 2019 6:38:39 GMT -5
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Post by manfred on Aug 27, 2019 10:56:30 GMT -5
Jacob Degrom’s stats the last two seasons seem almost impossible: 58 starts, 2.07 ERA, and a total of 18 wins. I know, I know... wins are passé, but... how can you not have more than that? Does his team hate him?
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 28, 2019 4:03:43 GMT -5
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 29, 2019 21:12:27 GMT -5
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 30, 2019 7:35:21 GMT -5
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 30, 2019 17:29:40 GMT -5
Uggh, the Tyler Skaggs story just went from bad to worse. It's reported that fentanyl, oxycodone and alcohol was found according to his autopsy.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 30, 2019 17:49:56 GMT -5
Uggh, the Tyler Skaggs story just went from bad to worse. It's reported that fentanyl, oxycodone and alcohol was found according to his autopsy. There was reportedly a employee of the Angels who had access to these opioids and gave it to Skaggs. The Angels are in deep doo doo.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 31, 2019 8:31:56 GMT -5
A classic that's making the twitter rounds. 1984 Lenny Randall reacting to a Milt Wilcox pitch behind his back.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 5, 2019 4:54:55 GMT -5
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Sept 5, 2019 8:30:58 GMT -5
A classic that's making the twitter rounds. 1984 Lenny Randall reacting to a Milt Wilcox pitch behind his back. Lenny Randle was fascinating. I remember the time when he was playing 3b for Seattle I think it was that he got down on his hands and knees and tried to blow the baseball, a slow roller down the 3rd base line, foul. I think he got into a fistfight with his manager Frank Lucchesi when he was in Texas. I believe they had a special on him on the MLB network. I think he has tried to bring baseball to Italy. Interesting special.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Sept 5, 2019 8:32:00 GMT -5
Wonder how he'd do if he had more starts in the outfield. He's got an interesting bat. And he's already a useful reliever.
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Post by James Dunne on Sept 5, 2019 9:41:09 GMT -5
You know, with more position players pitching and second-tier starters no longer expected to go through the lineup more than twice, two-way players, even ones that are really mediocre in one direction, probably are going to make a lot of sense. Like Bryce Brentz is a major leaguer if he's also your mop-up man, right?
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Post by iakovos11 on Sept 5, 2019 10:03:00 GMT -5
You know, with more position players pitching and second-tier starters no longer expected to go through the lineup more than twice, two-way players, even ones that are really mediocre in one direction, probably are going to make a lot of sense. Like Bryce Brentz is a major leaguer if he's also your mop-up man, right? Let's be honest, Brentz should be a major leaguer now. He's an rbi machine. Or used to be, before the Red Sox ruined his development.
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Post by James Dunne on Sept 5, 2019 10:09:30 GMT -5
Brentz probably would've been a pretty useful major leaguer in 1988, and I mean that as a compliment. Back before teams carried a 13-man pitching staff and their backup outfielder was the DH who shouldn't be playing the outfield, Brentz would've been a useful guy. The ship has long since sailed, but he probably should've had a career as the RHB pinch-hitting for Bradley and starting 30 games a year. He also had a bad habit of getting injured at the exact wrong time during the 2013 to 2015 stretch when he might've gotten a chance to establish himself.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Sept 5, 2019 10:22:34 GMT -5
Yeah don't underestimate the injury thing. I recall a 2 or 3 year period where he cost himself 3 or 4 callups with rotten injury luck (and yes one was self-inflicted). Last year was the first time since 2012 he played more than 100 games. He only got 95 this year.
Not sure how they screwed up his development. He's basically been the same player since 2014. He's got all kinds of pop and a great arm but isn't a great fielder and could stand to make more contact.
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Post by fenwaythehardway on Sept 5, 2019 10:26:29 GMT -5
You know, with more position players pitching and second-tier starters no longer expected to go through the lineup more than twice, two-way players, even ones that are really mediocre in one direction, probably are going to make a lot of sense. Like Bryce Brentz is a major leaguer if he's also your mop-up man, right? Let's be honest, Brentz should be a major leaguer now. He's an rbi machine. Or used to be, before the Red Sox ruined his development. Now this is the type of petty score-settling that I'm here for.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Sept 5, 2019 10:49:09 GMT -5
If Brooks Kieschnick tried to do what he did now, would it have worked?
That said, going to 26 players next year decreases the need for two-way guys.
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Post by James Dunne on Sept 5, 2019 11:01:48 GMT -5
If Brooks Kieschnick tried to do what he did now, would it have worked? I think so. He also was managed by Ned Yost at that point, who wasn't the most forward thinking guy - in 2003 and 2004, he got only three starts at a position (plus four more at DH in interleague games). Even without that creativity he was a 0.9 bWAR player in '04.
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Post by iakovos11 on Sept 5, 2019 11:31:48 GMT -5
Yeah don't underestimate the injury thing. I recall a 2 or 3 year period where he cost himself 3 or 4 callups with rotten injury luck (and yes one was self-inflicted). Last year was the first time since 2012 he played more than 100 games. He only got 95 this year. Not sure how they screwed up his development. He's basically been the same player since 2014. He's got all kinds of pop and a great arm but isn't a great fielder and could stand to make more contact. Didn't think I needed the italics
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Post by telson13 on Sept 5, 2019 21:47:05 GMT -5
You know, with more position players pitching and second-tier starters no longer expected to go through the lineup more than twice, two-way players, even ones that are really mediocre in one direction, probably are going to make a lot of sense. Like Bryce Brentz is a major leaguer if he's also your mop-up man, right? I really wish they’d get Dalbec and Casas especially some mound time. I know Dalbec doesn’t really like it, so maybe not, but he’s got a great reliever starter kit. Especially since he’s probably a 1b...they could pull some interesting moves with him and Devers. Like, maybe Devers gets a scheduled day off or sits vs a LH he struggles with, Dalbec starts at 3b with Chavis at 1b, then Dalbec comes in to pitch in the 7th, moves to 1b, Chavis to 2b, and Devers a defensive replacement at 3b. It’d give them a lot of flexibility. It’d also increase Dalbec’s value as s trade piece. Same for Casas, who apparently likes pitching. He T93-94 in HS...an above-average defensive 1b who can come in as a 7th inning guy? Sign me up. I just feel like the CW that “playing both ways is too hard” is kind of being debunked. I think if you selectively pick the players, it works. Casas has, if not terrific, a very good arm. It’s sort of wasted at 1b...so why not use it? Have him pitch in instructs. Maybe pitch in winter ball next year. Give him some off days during the season where he just pitches, or when he DHs and pitches. This is an area where teams can gain a competitive advantage. And especially when you have players like Dalbec or Casas who have plus-to-better arms they’re not using to the fullest extent. Hell, if I played pro baseball I’d wanna do both. That’s a serious advantage for a team...especially one like the Sox this year who had a long stretch of bullpen trouble and/or problematic starting pitching/bullpen games that tax the staff.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Sept 5, 2019 22:17:45 GMT -5
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Post by orion09 on Sept 5, 2019 22:28:27 GMT -5
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 6, 2019 5:55:21 GMT -5
I love the smile on Colin Moran after. I would have trashed talked my brother in the middle of the at bat. Maybe even called my own shot like Babe Ruth.
On the other side of it; as a little brother myself, there probably wouldn't have been a better feeling than striking out my older brother. I would have walked around like Marcus Stroman after that.
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