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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 21, 2013 16:25:10 GMT -5
It's totally the internet's fault that newspapers are dying. If you don't ask the question you definitely won't get the answer. If he hadn't asked that question how else could it have been framed? "Can you talk a little about Escobar's home run in the first?" "What pitch did you throw to Escobar on that home run?" The point is as a reporter questions need to be asked and sometimes there's no good way to ask it. It just so happens that Dempster didn't feel like talking about it. Sometimes you ask that question and the pitcher will tell you "Well the scouting report said he struggled with (insert pitch description here) so I tried to sneak one past him and he just made a good adjustment. I already told Webster the deal though, if he gets beat there too he's buying me dinner." And there you've got your quote. Don't mean to go off on you, but I studied journalism for a planned career in sports journalism and know how tough these guys have it.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 21, 2013 14:27:26 GMT -5
Jeff Francoeur should just sign 1 year deals with a new team every year.
First year in Atlanta: .844 OPS. Left Atlanta sporting a .634 OPS. Traded to the Mets: .836 OPS. Left NY with a blistering .662 OPS. From New York to Texas for only 15 games: .848 OPS. Signed with KC, .805 OPS first year. Since then he hasn't cracked .700, and after an 0-3 3k day today it's only looking worse.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 21, 2013 13:27:23 GMT -5
Whole lotta browsin' going on in Pawtucket. 14 total walks in 6 innings.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 20, 2013 15:22:03 GMT -5
Daniel Nava, grown ass man.
What an impressive start for this guy.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 20, 2013 12:13:05 GMT -5
MILB.com has Charlie Haeger going for Pawtucket.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 16, 2013 21:59:24 GMT -5
Yeah, it's been a terrible 4 years for them. 1 World Championship, 3 Div. Titles and a wild card. Meanwhile, we have one wild-card with no playoff wins and completely missed the playoffs the other 3. CC, Teixeira and Burnett contracts haven't hurt them. On top of what others have said you completely missed the point. Regardless of how they will work out, in today's free agent market the Red Sox really just didn't spend that much money. They got five regulars for less than what the Angels paid for one and for a fraction of what the Yankees paid for three. (No need to lecture me on the decreasing returns of investment in free agency, I already understand. My point was that the Sox didn't spend a lot of money, which they didn't.)
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 16, 2013 21:24:37 GMT -5
This teams defense really is impressive.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 16, 2013 19:55:38 GMT -5
So in reality, they didn't spend a lot of money. They got five players, four of which will be off the books in two years. In reality in today's free agent market, the Yankees spent a lot of money in 2009. They committed half a billion dollars to three players. The Red Sox didn't even spend as much as the Angels this year, who really only signed one guy.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 16, 2013 19:33:13 GMT -5
I've followed Doubront since the very beginning of his career in this system, and the knock had always been that he didn't have the stuff to strike out MLB hitters. Yet this year and last that's been just about the one thing he has done reliably.
I suppose the easy answer is that his stuff has improved, but it doesn't seem like his velocity has been the thing to improve, can anyone who saw him in the minors point me to a pitch in particular that has improved?
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 16, 2013 19:14:21 GMT -5
Jonny Gomez isn't built like a baseball player.
He's built like Patrick Willis.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 16, 2013 19:10:34 GMT -5
Nice to see Britton isn't the unmitigated disaster he had been. He seems to have recovered some of what made him such an exciting prospect after his Greenville season.
There really is a staggering amount of exciting pitching in this system.
Also, Xander with a pair of singles. Baby steps.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 16, 2013 17:43:15 GMT -5
Fewer people on base?...But I know what you are saying and I think that it is true. I was thinking the same thing. He's had 21 base runners in 22 innings, so that may be the case. I recall him throwing to first three times in before throwing a pitch once and worried he was falling back in to that, but that's when I really started trying to pay attention to it and it didn't seem bad.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 16, 2013 16:52:47 GMT -5
I was never upset at the idea of trading Aviles for Farrell but I also never believed he'd magically fix out pitching staff either. Except for Bard he's turning me into a believer. Let's give Juan Nieves some credit here too. Personally I'm also loving the quicker tempo Lester and Buchholz seem to have adopted. And it seemed like Buchholz was throwing to first less as well.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 15, 2013 19:39:28 GMT -5
I'm not sure what the Eastern League is tryring to do to Travis Shaw, but it ain't workin'.
Fun prospect to follow.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 14, 2013 13:53:01 GMT -5
You'd rather he try to run through the catcher?
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 14, 2013 13:36:54 GMT -5
Not a great outing for Barnes. Third inning has gone single-single-sac-hbp-walk-single-walk-walk-yanked.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 11, 2013 21:04:54 GMT -5
You're not getting a "mega stud" with the 7th pack. Those go at the top of the draft. You'll get a college pitcher who may or may not make it. Or, a high schooler who will probably wash out before he makes it. Ahh, the excitement of the MLB First Year Player Draft!
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 8, 2013 17:21:50 GMT -5
I've always been a fan of having a two-headed closer for playoff teams. If this team is legitimately in the hunt on July 31, then I don't trade either of those guys unless it's some kind of slamdunk move that helps the team now and in the future. I absolutely loved when the Sox could trot out Oki and Papelbon one day, then Bard and Wagner the next. Games really were over in the 7th.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 6, 2013 19:25:57 GMT -5
Now there's a damned good idea! An early season 'barnstorming' type tour with proceeds/concessions etc. divvied up. Otherwise and unless the first several weeks are perennially on the road, I am concerned that some of the northern teams, like the Portland Sea Dogs and NH Rock Cats will be abandoned and move south. Year after year Portland has 5 or so games cancelled due to cold April weather. Being Maine born and bred and a life-long Sox fan, losing the Portland location would be a blow to me and a zillion other fanatic Mainiacs. Pray for global warming on an accelerated scale. Something tells me that after 20 years the folks in Portland kinda understand what they're getting from April in Maine.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 6, 2013 13:18:58 GMT -5
Sean Coyle with a leadoff homer. Always liked him. Good tools, little dude.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 6, 2013 13:16:32 GMT -5
Happ is throwing 90-94 and hitting the outside corner on every fastball. Unreal command today. Mixing in a change-up which is keeping our righties totally off balance. That outside edge to right handers has been generous for Happ, haven't noticed if Lackey has gotten it as well. Good on Happ for seeing that he's getting it and attacking it.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 5, 2013 21:49:17 GMT -5
Wow. Absolute laser beam there by Middlebrooks. 6-4. He had really stung a few balls the past few nights, just had bad luck with nothing dropping. Tonight he dumped that one against the wall on a hop to center and rifled one over the fence. Excited to see him take on a full season. Also, what I really took away from this game is that Uehara's glove is massive. Like, way too big. What gives?
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 5, 2013 9:26:53 GMT -5
I remember when I said in this board that both Banuelos and Betances were vastly overrated and people started trying to prove me wrong. I'd like to say that I was very much right and it feels glorious. You can't really say a guy is overrated and then pat yourself on the back when he blows his elbow out.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Apr 4, 2013 22:44:23 GMT -5
Bradley was correct, as that was ball. Nevertheless, there is no way a 22 rookie is getting that call against Rivera. I definitely agree with what Norm said but. . . With two out, bottom nine, 0-2 count, make the guy throw an actual strike. I don't care if Mo has leeway with umps, that's no excuse. Make the dude actually get that last out, don't give it to him.
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Post by threeifbaerga on Mar 30, 2013 11:49:44 GMT -5
I agree that Clint Frazier would be the best fit to Boston. He is said to play better on the big stage. I don't like this reasoning. He's not going to see anything resembling a big stage for a while as he works his way through the minors. Is he just going to go through the motions until he is given a cup of coffee?
Not saying that Frazier is the kind of guy to do that, but "playing better on the big stage" is the same as Bard's "needing adrenaline to pitch well". Do we view that as a positive?
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