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Post by threeifbaerga on Jun 1, 2013 11:53:37 GMT -5
And Ricky Romero dropped off the 40 man roster. After an outstanding 2011 season I thought he was going to be that dude for a while.
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 31, 2013 19:05:15 GMT -5
Isn't this really the same 'old' Lester we have seen for years? Lots of pitches goes 5 innings. This series scares me. You mean the guy that has gone 200 innings in four out of the last five years?
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 31, 2013 14:13:59 GMT -5
I didn't understand adding him to the 40-man then and I still don't. And I also don't get excited about a 27 year old pitching well in AA because of his gimmicky pitch, and surprise surprise his results in AAA thus far are just about on line with the rest of his miserable minor league track record. If an ERA north of 4.5 and 6+ walks per nine are indicative of "holding your own" they should give Pete Ruiz a call, at least he strikes people out.
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 31, 2013 12:43:17 GMT -5
What about Stephen Wright's year (or career for that matter) keeps putting him in these discussions for promotion?
In all my time following prospects I've never come across a player I understood less than Wright.
I wouldn't assume they've kept Webster back to line him up, I feel like they might have just kept him out to try to find the comfort zone that gave him the control he apparently lost against the Twins. But that's just my speculation.
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 31, 2013 10:20:16 GMT -5
Wells has certainly fallen back to earth.
.911 OPS in April, .610 in May.
I hate to wish struggles upon a guy, but thank-fucking-god. If I had to watch one more washed up has-been find Michael's Secret Stuff in the Yankees clubhouse I was going to give up altogether.
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 30, 2013 9:21:50 GMT -5
Old friend Michael Bowden outrighted off the 40 man by the Cubbies after some statistically odd success with the big league club. Had a respectable ERA, wasn't walking too much, wasn't getting hit around. . . but struck out 7 in 16.2 innings and threw 4 wild pitches.
Crazy to see he's still only 26. I remember being beside myself after his success in the Cal League and in AA.
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 30, 2013 9:00:23 GMT -5
Then why wasn't Gomes run for? Farrell does it all the time with Ortiz (including once when the Red Sox were already up), but he didn't run for Gomes when he was the potential tying run in the 9th? It's not like they would have missed his bat if the game went to extras. Gomes is one of the best base runners on the team. If he had gotten thrown out at home you'd have called for Butterfield's job and called Farrell an idiot for hiring him. Just stop.
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 29, 2013 22:36:52 GMT -5
So, can someone explain to me how Gomes didn't score on that last play? Or why Nava was up there hacking at the first pitch? Morons. Good lord.
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 29, 2013 17:42:22 GMT -5
. . . aaaaand #4.
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 28, 2013 10:45:22 GMT -5
After Jeremy Hazelbaker his 5 home runs in his first 19 games he has 3 doubles in his last 26. Still hitting .270 with a .80 isoB, but what the heck happened?
I like him as a backup outfielder with versatility and speed, but whither thou pop?
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 28, 2013 10:32:43 GMT -5
As a huge Cliff Lee fanboy, I don't even want Cliff Lee's contract. He's basically due $35M over the next two seasons or $28M over the next three seasons. That's insane. Where are you getting that math from? Rotoworld lists two more guaranteed years at $25 a year (not including this one) with a club option for either $27.5 for 2016 or a $12.5 buyout. So either $31 a year for two or ~$26 a year for three (at which point he'd be 37. Not young by any means, but not exactly ancient). Isn't this exactly the kind of free agent signing you'd want them to make? A certified ace on a short term deal? If the Sox can pick up the whole contract and give up next to nothing I'd say it's a home run.
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 28, 2013 10:03:02 GMT -5
This from Speier's "Down on the Farm" daily - linkInteresting parallels, would be nice to see that switch get flipped.
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 22, 2013 20:26:25 GMT -5
Wow Adam Dunn's White Sox career is saaaaad.
Always liked him as a ball player, Kenny Williams has to be kicking himself.
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 21, 2013 9:55:43 GMT -5
On top of the Rubby scratch, Iglesias is starting at third today, which I really like. If he wants to be in the majors his best shot is as a utility player right now, and Ciriaco has been pretty dreadful.
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 20, 2013 8:44:06 GMT -5
I don't see how Ranaudo hasn't made any mentions on the hot sheet. To be fair the very first sentence in this thread is "Cecchini and Ranaudo made it this week."
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 14, 2013 14:53:11 GMT -5
I think people have soured on Doubront too quickly though. He still has a 2.83 FIP and 3.45 xFIP. I know it's a small sample size, but so is his high ERA this year. The drop in velocity is discouraging, but his ground ball rates have gone up. Most of all, it's tough to get a read of any value on a guy when they jerk him in and out of the rotation like this. If the drop in velocity is due to an injury, put him on the DL. If not, give him his reps and see where he stands. I don't get this. They've "jerked him in and out of the rotation"? He stunk, so they pulled him out of it. And is it really a small sample size if it goes all the way at least August of last year? Maybe further if you consider that his WHIP has been awful. . . his whole career? He's extremely hittable. He walks a lot of guys. As for the ultimatum that if he's not injured just let him stink it up in the rotation until he's "fixed," that seems incredibly short sighted. Are there only two ways to fix a pitcher? I don't think it's at all unreasonable to keep a guy out and have him work on his conditioning. It doesn't require a DL trip (not to mention it's against the rules to DL a player if he's not injured), they can still use him for long relief, and they can still have him work with Nieves and Farrell while hopefully getting better results from guys who have a chance out there right now, because Felix doesn't.
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 12, 2013 18:12:06 GMT -5
Mookie Bonds doing it again. Hell of a stretch he's put together. Crazy what happens when you actually swing the bat, eh?
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 11, 2013 15:37:28 GMT -5
Because that's worked out so well for the Phillies? Letting Papelbon walk was unquestionably the right move. Papelbon has a 2.28 era and 100k's in 83 innings soooo. . . yeah that's worked out pretty well. Not going to argue with it from the Red Sox perspective, the Phillies swooped in an snatched him up, they really wanted him. Would not have been a great idea to get into a bidding war over him. I am a little disappointed in what they did with the picks they got for him though. A back end starter who has been decent in A ball at age 22 and another 22 year old who projects as a reliever and is struggling in A ball. I suppose that's just the nature of the new CBA though?
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 11, 2013 10:55:39 GMT -5
Well he did give up Reddick, Lowrie, Head, Weiland, Alcantara, and Pimentel for ~74 innings worth of bad relief pitching. That Dodgers trade was great, but you can't ignore how rough those three trades have been.
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 10, 2013 20:02:02 GMT -5
Agreed. Can someone text Farrell and let him know everyone but Nava and Victorino are being waaaaaaay too anxious. Anxious? They have 5 walks in six innings.
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 10, 2013 18:58:54 GMT -5
Mookie Betts starting to swing the bat with some authority. .452 slugging coming in to the night, 2-2 with a pair of doubles tonight.
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 10, 2013 16:11:15 GMT -5
I do not see why the umpires union would be opposed to more replay, if there is also an additional replay umpire who is a full salary member of the union, and the use of replays does not decrease the number of umpires on the field during the regular season or postseason. No, but it may be the first step towards the elimination of their profession. In theory, baseball could be officiated by one guy in a room with a computer screen.
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 10, 2013 14:47:18 GMT -5
So the type of player they used the 44th pick on is less indicative of the type of player they'd use the 20-30th pick on than the players selected 20-30 are of the player they might take at 7?
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 10, 2013 13:28:59 GMT -5
That really is not true about prep arms. They took Casey Kelly as their first pick in 2008. They have also drafted multiple high school pitchers in the supplemental first round. Unless he has information from the Red Sox front office (who has not even had a pre-draft meeting yet, IRRC), then its a little disingenuous to say that based on past drafting that the Red Sox will not draft a prep arm this early. Afterall, the Red Sox have not draft this high in 20 years, so they have no top ten draft history. It's like saying "They don't draft high school shorts stops with their first pick." Is it fair to say that because they haven't that they won't? They haven't exactly shied away from these types of players, does the pick in which they take them really matter? It's fair to say they haven't, but not that they won't. Besides, this is only Cherrington and Sawdaye's second draft in their current position and last year they were lucky enough to have Matt Barnes fall into their lap.
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 10, 2013 12:09:24 GMT -5
Fire up those pun guns boys!
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