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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 17, 2019 18:45:46 GMT -5
No I was confused by that because the Sox had just signed Hanley Ramirez, another third baseman. They signed on the same day, and Sandoval was reported to have reached an agreement with them first. I still don't get why that was the plan. You had 2 third baseman right there. It was completely redundant.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 17, 2019 18:11:41 GMT -5
It would actually make me feel better if John Henry and Dave Dombrowski were drunk too when they came up with this bullpen plan. LOL You could have said the same exact thing all year last year. The Sox had more talent last year in the bullpen.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 17, 2019 18:10:10 GMT -5
Workman gets traded early in the offseason for me. He's just not good. Fulmer and Lakins makes things exciting in the 2019 bullpen. Power right handed arms in a AL East filled with right handed power bats. Velazquez probably makes Sharwaryn a non factor in 2020 like James said, unless there's a ton of injuries. I think Kelly would take a reasonable offer, maybe even less to stay here. He loves it here. The closer role seems shaky heading into 2019, you won't have the best closer in the league most likely, and a slight step down from Kimbrel the past 2 years, but you can probably survive it. Maybe Fulmer or Lakins takes over the role by the end of the year. Brasier seems to be tiring out after being so good for a long while. I think he'll bounce back next year. Well, if the other post of yours isn't an accurate representation of your take on the bullpen there's always this one Lol, Kelly probably wouldn't have stayed either way because the Dodgers simply put the best offer on the table. I was wrong about Workman, but he started throwing as hard as he did before Tommy John surgery this year, which was completely unforseen out of no where 5 years later after Tommy John surgery. Feltman has been a huge disappointment, along with Lakins.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 17, 2019 17:12:37 GMT -5
I mean, I admitted to being absolutely hammered the next day when I wrote that. Don't text after midnight, is the moral of that story. Lol Adr- When do I ever sound like this when I post? Lmao It would actually make me feel better if John Henry and Dave Dombrowski were drunk too when they came up with this bullpen plan. LOL
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 17, 2019 16:38:41 GMT -5
At least they would have TRIED to fix the problem if they signed someone. I bet you defended the 2015 rotation too, because the Sox can do no wrong. Add- That was my biggest problem here. The Sox didn't even try to fix the problem. There was still plenty of cheap options available and they stopped spending altogether. Which basically puts a bow on top of my problems with John Henry this year. Did you defend the Pablo Sandoval signing in 2015 because at least they tried to address the 3B problem? No I was confused by that because the Sox had just signed Hanley Ramirez, another third baseman.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 17, 2019 16:17:21 GMT -5
When you're complaining about the bullpen on opening day can I link back to this post? I mean, I admitted to being absolutely hammered the next day when I wrote that. Don't text after midnight, is the moral of that story. Lol Adr- When do I ever sound like this when I post? Lmao
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 17, 2019 16:00:24 GMT -5
This is the best reason why the plan was so flawed with the bullpen. How do you expect to compete with all of those bullpens when you're fielding a bullpen with the lack of quality like the one the 2019 Sox tried to do with? And if the Red Sox signed Andrew Miller and David Robertson, you would have been thrilled and they'd be in the same damn place, except with another $25 million on the payroll. At least they would have TRIED to fix the problem if they signed someone. I bet you defended the 2015 rotation too, because the Sox can do no wrong. Add- That was my biggest problem here. The Sox didn't even try to fix the problem. There was still plenty of cheap options available and they stopped spending altogether. Which basically puts a bow on top of my problems with John Henry this year.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 17, 2019 15:13:15 GMT -5
A lot of teams are struggling with their bullpens. That's what happens when home runs go from 1.1487 per game in 2018 to 1.3790 per game in 2019. Runs are also up 0.38 per game. (per team) True, but the Yankees, Rays, Twins, Indians, Astros, and Athletics all have top 10 bullpens in MLB with respect to ERA and FIP. Tough competition... This is the best reason why the plan was so flawed with the bullpen. How do you expect to compete with all of those bullpens when you're fielding a bullpen with the lack of quality like the one the 2019 Sox tried to do with?
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 17, 2019 5:20:47 GMT -5
A underrated tweet that I didn't see until now. I totally agree with this.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 17, 2019 5:11:48 GMT -5
This is why you are inconsistent as a team. No one is pitching well besides David Price and Brandon Workman on this team.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 17, 2019 5:10:22 GMT -5
Correction Chris Mason, they are 3 games back of 2 teams in the *second* wild card.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 17, 2019 5:06:52 GMT -5
Hembree is about to be put back on the IL, Brasier will probably be recalled.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 17, 2019 4:15:09 GMT -5
Probably preaching to the converted here, but the issue is quite clear. With the starters just about incapable of going more than 5 or 6 innings, the pressure on the bullpen has been enormous. Hembree is just one card from the deck: three games in a row and he blew up. No one should be surprised. Brasier was on track for 76 games before they sent him off for a rest! This is a guy who had pitched a grand total of 43 major league innings prior to this year. We can speculate all we want - smoothness of the ball, hangover from last season's playoffs, injuries, whatever. With the average game ratio of relievers to starters so high this will be a continuing problem. Who are you going to trade? Porcello? Who would give anything of value for him with way he's pitching? Everyone else are viable parts of next years team. They are not going to wave the white flag on 2020 with such a small window ie aging Price, Sale, JDM etc. Contracts coming due with JBJ and Mr. Betts. I just don't know why 2020 is the end all be all team that everyone is focused on. You have Xander, Sale, Price, Eduardo, Benny, Devers, and Chavis controllable past 2020. That's a pretty good start to a franchise right there. You sell off Workman, Barnes, Hembree (probably can't do it now since he looks hurt), Porcello (for whatever you can take here), JBJ, JDM, and you listen to offers to see if someone blows you away on Mookie Betts. Prefer to keep him, but he's dead set on free agency. Go find future back end rotation options and future bullpen type pieces. Go find future production from a young outfielder type (preferably one who can play CF). You're not blowing it up, you're resetting essentially. That's how it would need to be done. I don't know if it will be done and if Dombrowski will even do it, but that's what you'd do. Yes I would trade Workman and Barnes, even though they have team control past this year. Workman is so up and down throughout the years, and this is probably the best time you have to sell a guy like Barnes. I'd expect good to great value on both, based on Barnes huge strikeout numbers and Workman's exceptional results this year. If you don't get it, you keep them.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 17, 2019 3:51:34 GMT -5
Personally, I would have no problem signing Nick Castellanos in the off-season for way cheaper dollars and let him take over as the everyday DH.
He's 4 years younger than JDM, he pulls a ton of balls (good for Fenway), he's durable.
Ya he's a little worse at the moment than JDM, but I question how long JDM is going to be exceptional with the bat. JDM will be 32 (33 by August 2020), a full-time DH moving forward, he's not durable, and he's more expensive.
It wouldn't also surprise me if Castellanos was better than JDM by 2021 for all of these reasons I mentioned. I'm not afraid at all of losing JDM. I'm not sure if the Sox go this direction, but it's a reasonable path to take if you have an eye towards future production and the cost of getting that production.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 17, 2019 3:34:52 GMT -5
Casas ceiling is supestar, but do people here think he has any chance to be mlb third baseman? At 6'6 280? He's projected to be a MLB first baseman by the time he's up in the majors.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 17, 2019 0:37:50 GMT -5
Well, you could buy him back in 2020. And if JDM is a rental then what are you getting back for him? Again, take a look at what Detroit got for him and he had been numbers and was younger then. The answer is that they got practically nobody for him. You're not going to get much for JDM at this point, especially at his salary. I guess the Sox can pay all of it to get a better prospect but even then you get a rental price for a DH. As far as buying him back, who knows? Well in fairness to JDM, he's a better hitter than what he was in Detroit, and he should be worth more in 2019. Pay for most of his salary and you could get something nice back for him. A team like Tampa Bay could REALLY use a guy like JDM this year. Heck, so could Houston. If there's competition for his services, that's what drives the price up.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 16, 2019 23:44:26 GMT -5
I would see what JDM would fetch. Try looking at what Detroit got from Arizona from him. Not much and with an opt-out JDM could fetch the same rental price expect he was having a better year in 2017 than he is now. Also, how does losing JDM help the Sox in 2020? Well, you could buy him back in 2020.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 16, 2019 23:08:16 GMT -5
My predictions of who will be gone within the next year or so (if the current meh trend continues and the playoffs are missed) Porcello Cashner (we hardly knew ye) Sale perhaps? (esp if an injury is finally made public) HembreeWaldenBrewerTaylorWeber (the AAAA pen crew) JBJ Mookie JDM Leon Pearce Moreland (too fragile now). So - we will need a few starters, some decent pen arms, 2/3 of an outfield, a DH, back up catcher, and first basemen. Unless something drastic happens and the team wakes up and finds some consistency, this well paid team is due for some big time changes. I do think the Sox will keep JDM if Mookie goes. That's just what I think the Sox will do here.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 16, 2019 22:30:27 GMT -5
I noticed it before the All-Star break. He's still injured. Probably bound for Tommy John surgery since he threw so hard and threw so many sliders.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 16, 2019 21:33:38 GMT -5
I love love love this bullpen.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 16, 2019 21:08:23 GMT -5
Vazquez is having a brutal game behind the plate.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 16, 2019 20:13:18 GMT -5
Vazquez blocking issues behind the plate are real.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 16, 2019 20:03:22 GMT -5
You left him in too long, Cora.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 16, 2019 19:59:51 GMT -5
Well, that tie lasted 2 seconds.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 16, 2019 19:56:50 GMT -5
God bless Xander this year.
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