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Post by jbuttah on Jun 6, 2017 21:29:30 GMT -5
Hey, John Farrell - that "nothing" run Pomeranz gave up because he was done but you left him out there to try to get him a W? Yeah, it just made a whole lot kore difference. So did the one yielded by your reliable LOOGY when you let him pitch to not one but 3 righties. One run game in the 8, now with 2 on, big guy. Thanks. I'm ok with trying to Pom the win. I think W/L record does have some affect on a pitcher's confidance. Scott vs 3 right handers, especially with 2 LH coming up after them is hard to understand.
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Post by jbuttah on Jun 4, 2017 13:19:19 GMT -5
That was on Marrero and not Pablo I don't think so. Sandoval had to know Davis was off on the pitch. Like someone said: add to the list that Sandoval CANT"T do(tag). Should've been out of the inning 10 minutes ago with no runs.Plus, how many additional pitches to Sale have to throw because of it? (I know it was too many) This. Thats about as an easy throw to first for a 3rd baseman to make.
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Post by jbuttah on Jun 4, 2017 13:16:42 GMT -5
For as good as Sale has been, he's had an annoying tendency to give up runs right after the sox score.
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Post by jbuttah on May 11, 2017 21:57:24 GMT -5
Beeks and Buttrey dominated. Buttrey hit 100 mph on last two k s and slider and change are plus pitches. So 3 plus pitches. Do the Sox try stretching him out to be a starter? Or push him up to the majors as a reliever, and if he still shows 3 plus pitches, stretch him next year as a starter?
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Post by jbuttah on May 5, 2017 22:39:36 GMT -5
Wasn't it just a year or two ago when the Red Sox looked like a potential dynasty and the Yankees were facing years of being a second tier team?
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Post by jbuttah on May 5, 2017 20:35:21 GMT -5
That's twice in the past week a runner was safe at first because Moreland didn't stretch for the ball. Is he injured?
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Post by jbuttah on Apr 26, 2017 9:54:17 GMT -5
You know what's bad leadership? Not consulting the victim before retaliating on his behalf. Are you talking about Farrell? Because Barnes is not suppose to be a leader on this team. If he is assuming leadership of this team, then Pedroia should've talked to his team about not wanting to retaliate before anything could happen. Once it did happen, he needs to be on the same page as his team.
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Post by jbuttah on Apr 9, 2017 11:21:50 GMT -5
Lineup- 1. Dustin Pedroia (R) 2B 2. Andrew Benintendi (L) LF 3. Mookie Betts (R) RF 4. Chris Young (R) DH 5. Mitch Moreland (L) 1B 6. Steve Selsky (R) CF 7. Sandy Leon (S) C 8. Pablo Sandoval (S) 3B 9. Marco Hernandez (L) SS Selsky in CF and Young Dhing. This lineup - 1 more reason you go for the win with a 4 out save, game 3 or game 153. So up or behind, does Kimbrel pitch today "to get some work in?"
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Post by jbuttah on Apr 7, 2017 21:44:29 GMT -5
People can't complain about Farrell overusing Tazawa while also complaining about him not using Kimbrel in the third game in a row in the first 3 games of the season. Like, it's one or the other. To be fair, people were complaining that he was burning Tazawa by constantly using him in low leverage situations.
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Post by jbuttah on Apr 7, 2017 20:57:43 GMT -5
Manuel Margot hits two Homeruns today and Farrell cant pitch Kimbrel who hasnt pitched in a couple of days smh That deal is just going to look worse and worse as time goes on and it looked pretty bad from the start This deal will be in the argument of which was worse, this one or the A. Espinoza trade.
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Post by jbuttah on Apr 7, 2017 20:56:45 GMT -5
I understand not wanting to burn your closer out, but a loss is a loss is a loss.
1 - Who's to say the Sox will have a lead in any of the upcoming games vs Detroit? 2 - The bullpen is shorthanded. 3 - The bullpen should be getting pretty good reinforcements this season. 4 - Sandoval was set up to have the game winning HR.
Kimbrel should of gone for the 4 out save.
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Post by jbuttah on Mar 22, 2017 18:45:42 GMT -5
Back from my annual week watching the the Sox minor leaguers. I became a Trey Ball fan. He is heavier, was throwing at 92-93 with a downward tilt and low in the zone. Ended his outing with a couple of swings and misses on off speed stuff. Moved like a cat fielding a bunt. C. J. Chatham showed good contact skills, stole a base and ran the bases very well with speed that surprised me. Dalbec had trouble with high tight hard stuff when I saw him. Struck out twice chasing curve balls in the dirt. Showed a good arm, seems to be à take charge guy. Wow, if Ball starts performing up to his draft status, that would go a long way to putting the awful Kimbrel trade to rest. If he's throwing 92-93 now, it's not too much to hope that would bump up another notch once he's fully into the season.
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Post by jbuttah on Dec 8, 2016 11:01:04 GMT -5
For me it's not an issue of trading prospects for mlb players. I think for alot of posters it's more an issue of which mlb players we're getting back and how much we're giving up to get them, especially in light of recent trends in mlb. When we did have proven mlb players to trade, prospects were hoarded like gold (Lester, frownie face), but then when we trade for mlb players, prospects value seems to be more like silver.
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Post by jbuttah on Sept 8, 2016 21:43:14 GMT -5
I'm commenting here on a discussion that began in the thread on the Padres series. I've thought for some time that Xander needed time off and now his performance has fallen way off. I'd give him the first game of the Toronto series off. The difference in the RS chances of winning that game with Holt at SS as opposed to X in his current form is tiny and I think he needs it that badly. This is one that I think you CAN put on JF. I was hoping JF would rest Bogaerts for 1 game against OAK and 1 against SD, in preparation for the sprint to the finish entirely against division rivals. Bogaert's had 1 swing in particular in the last game against SD that he looked totally exhausted. It might even be too later him. The positional equivalent of being Tazawa'd.
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 31, 2016 15:43:17 GMT -5
Now Kimbrell is fresh for the 9th! Farrell is a genius! He's playing 3d chess, everyone else is playing go fish.
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 31, 2016 15:36:12 GMT -5
Can Porcello pitch today?
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 31, 2016 15:35:25 GMT -5
Anyone think 1 run is enough to win?
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 31, 2016 15:32:52 GMT -5
Farrell wants to be his players' friend. He wants the players to work things right, and he thinks he can fix them by trusting them. meaning he may make a good shrink, but he is getting paid to manage players to produce wins. This is why he is a career .500 manager. And far worse if not for 2013 - a team with so much leadership and motivation that it could practically manage itself. If a person has a fear of drowning, repeatedly throwing them into a pool does not a good shrink make... Farrell is not a good shrink.
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 31, 2016 15:28:37 GMT -5
OMG. Now he's warming up?
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 31, 2016 15:27:53 GMT -5
4 consecutive fastballs, last one dead center. Then throws an awesome split finger to the next batter.
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 1, 2016 11:45:08 GMT -5
Bradley, Rodriguez, Kopech for Fernandez?
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 1, 2016 11:41:25 GMT -5
I wouldnt do Mookie straight up for Sale. I would do that before I'd give up 5 prospects including our 3 best. I wouldn't do that either, and neither would Dombrowski. There's just no scenario that I see he'd trade away Moncada AND Benintendi AND Devers for Sale.
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 1, 2016 11:03:07 GMT -5
In yesterday's game against the Angels, Buchholz looked good enough to hold out hope that he can step in for Pomeranz once he reaches an innings limit, assuming he has one. I saw a couple of 95mph fastballs, and a breaking ball that had great depth, think it was the curve. Also good command within the strike zone. It was the command and control of the breaking pitches that really stood out for me.
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 1, 2016 9:35:55 GMT -5
If they're in serious talks, I wouldn't be surprised if the package is E.Rodriguez, Benintendi, Swihart, Basabe.
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Post by jbuttah on Jul 29, 2016 21:55:40 GMT -5
Jiminy. The industry has lost it's damn mind with regard to reliever valuation. Direct result of KC winning the WS on the back of their bullpen. Some GM, think it was Theo, who said in the off-season that the mistake teams make is trying to replicate the same formula that the previous WS series used to win it all.
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