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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 16, 2021 18:20:55 GMT -5
For as a “reputed good hitter” as Bogey is, he really turns into an absolute pumpkin way too much, sigh Great hitters fail 70% of the time.
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 16, 2021 18:19:19 GMT -5
There's no trauma when you know you're gonna suck every single year. I don't even hate the Jets. I just feel sorry for that entire fan base I don't in the least bit, they are an obnoxious fan base.
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 16, 2021 16:29:22 GMT -5
I like this team!!
I think they took offense to the Correa time thing!!
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 16, 2021 16:28:18 GMT -5
How many innings do we think we can get out of Evoladi plus Martin Perez? I might think about taking Eovaldi out now to pitch game 4. Thinking the same thing!!!
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 16, 2021 16:27:48 GMT -5
Maybe Nate doesn't need to come back out Nate hasn't thrown a pitch in an hour. Do we save him for game 4? Who comes in? Crazy thought but...
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 16, 2021 15:48:52 GMT -5
Hope the bats come alive today like game two of the DS. Great start but it's important to build It is just the beginning!! Eovaldi will do his thing and the bats will conquer!!
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 16, 2021 15:47:06 GMT -5
JD with a lesson in silencing a crowd!!
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 16, 2021 12:18:38 GMT -5
I suspect it is because: a) when well, he is a HOF-level pitcher. b) when unwell, he guts through with what he has. c) he seems to be a positive impact on the rest of the team. d) he was not the biggest problem last night. I cannot imagine Cora expected his just-back-from-TJ ace to go longer than 3-4 innings. So he may have been short by as little as a single out. And he gave up 1 run. To me, that is doing almost as much as we can ask. Was it ugly? Sure. But if you are glass half empty, you focus on that. Me, I prefer to say he gave them everything he had and kept it together. If, later in the series, Sale comes in and gives them 2 2/3 of 1 run ball from the pen, are you mad or happy? Or, put differently, if you ranked that game by “fault,” would Sale even be top 5? Houck? Robles? Schwarber (1-5 with a GIDP)? Sawamura? etc? If the issue is Sale didn’t go 8 with 15 Ks, well, yeah… he really sucks. I can’t believe he sat out with an injury and didn’t come back as one of the handful of best pitchers in baseball, like all the other starters who have performed like that this postseason. You watched it last night, so I know you saw the same game I did. Sale did the Erod “high wire” routine where he throws 25 pitches per inning and has 2+ baserunners in every inning. Sometimes he escapes and other times he doesn’t. He was brutal and it was hard to watch. I hardly blame him, though, as he had no business being out there in the first place. He’s been this guy for weeks now. He just doesn’t have it. I’m guessing he needs the off-season to get right and that’s why I wanted Eovaldi, Erod and Pivetta in the first 3 games. Eovaldi, in particular, was a slam dunk choice to start last night on regular rest. He probably would have gone 6 and shortened the bullpen a ton. They might have still lost, but Cora put the team at a disadvantage before it even started. Not sure why he made that call unless he was that desperate to show that he “believes in his guys”. I can’t really blame Sale for being the guy we all knew that he was. I really blame Cora. Was he good? NO Was he brutal? NO One run in 2 2/3 is not brutal. His velocity was up acrossed the board but his command was bad. He will still be a factor in this series.
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 16, 2021 9:24:37 GMT -5
I kind of wish that Belichick would relieve himself of GM duties, but that ship has probably sailed. Hasn't he had that control since day one? I love the guy but he has certainly made some bad choices thru the years. Many good ones also but some real reaches in the draft.
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 16, 2021 9:17:00 GMT -5
It's one game.... last night was a bump in the road.
The Sox bats will get back on track today and they will head back to Boston with home field advantage.
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 15, 2021 5:41:53 GMT -5
After a few days off my anticipation is getting to me. Sox bats are going to continue to rake and the staff is going to be outstanding!! With Sale, Nate and ERod leading the way!!
The Sox are going to the WS!!
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 15, 2021 5:27:09 GMT -5
Yeah, according to his wikipedia page (citing a 2019 Jen McCaffrey article from the Athletic), "Bloom's first entry into the baseball world was an article in Baseball Prospectus in 1997, and he continued writing for it until he joined the Rays in 2005." A lot of other guys have left FG and other nerdsheets for FO jobs but thus far, Chaim has reached the rarest air. Responding to myself here but I just realized that the first article that Chaim wrote for BP, in 1997, was penned by a 14-year-old. Chaim was born in Spring Training of 1983. Our GM is a savant.
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 14, 2021 15:34:03 GMT -5
It's likely he's in need of a 2nd Tommy John so "sweet" isn't the right word. Hopefully not, maybe they caught it quick enough to minimize the damage. It certainly looks like he will be out of this series, the Sox may have dodged a major bullet. The addition of a "found it in the pen" Sale combined with the McCuller injury is quite the turn. edit. Just read a report that his forearm is badly swollen, not good. We will find out if he is held off the roster soon enough.
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 14, 2021 15:18:30 GMT -5
Maybe they should let them use the sticky stuff and let the batters cork their bats. Or do steroids for that matter.
Guys cheated to be better, I have no qualms with how it was done to stop it. These guys should have seen it coming, they were warned.
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 14, 2021 15:06:15 GMT -5
Great to see!! It is important to me that he is a tough leader and demands it. The players wanted him and I hope he isn't going to be too much of a players coach, hold them accountable. It seems to me like the core will respond well to that and thus so will everyone else. As deep as they seem to be if they can maintain that defensive intensity more thru out the season that we know is hard to maintain it will be their identity. That and pace of play. We just watched the 2nd unit play Orlandos 1st team and they would have won if PP didn't get his nose broken. If everyone brings the D and they run it should be fun.
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 14, 2021 10:50:24 GMT -5
BTW from what I saw Fenway took a lot of HRs away from Renfroe. Their was 2 in one game not long ago.
From an interview I read he mentioned the team wanting him to work the whole field and not be so much of a pull hitter, like focus on going to center. That is where I think he improved and learned something this year.
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 14, 2021 10:46:57 GMT -5
Is it possible to bring everyone back including JD and Schwarber even for just 1 season? Their would a lot of depth and platoon options for Cora. I don't think it would be out of the question from a salary stand point.
I think another year together could be special but that doesn't address the defensive issues.
I would be happy with an upgraded pitching staff which with Sale for a whole season is already in the books. This is a good team especially when the bats come alive.
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 14, 2021 10:18:00 GMT -5
I will go on the record and say that this is the new Renfroe. I think he learned something this year and might even get better. Just a full season of him doing what he has for the last 4 months would be a very good season. Who are you going to replace him with that won't be a lot more than his arb number? Nobody
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 13, 2021 15:05:32 GMT -5
I think the new CBA will change the QO and compensation so it won't hurt the signing team. It negatively effected free agency more than I think anyone expected. Maybe it stays in the form of draft pick compensation, like the NFL, but it isn't going to cost a team draft picks and it never should have.
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 13, 2021 14:45:04 GMT -5
I was initially for more moves and adding a good arm but after the fact I didn't really mind what they did. And absolutely how could anyone know that Schwarber would be a great teammate that would impact the clubhouse like that.
I really hope the bats stay hot vs the Stros!!!
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 13, 2021 14:16:27 GMT -5
McCullers not being 100% is a pretty big deal for the Stros. Anything can happen in the post season and I am hoping to see the Sox bats continue to rake. According to ESPN, McCullers came out of the game in the 4th inning with the dreaded "forearm tightness" that so often leads to TJ surgery. I'd actually be a little surprised if he pitches again in these playoffs. He has already had 1 TJ surgery which would also lead them to sitting him.
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 13, 2021 14:12:23 GMT -5
Oh yeah, no questions it was the general tone at the time but my "beef" with this take in particular is that it was coming from a Providence Journal sports writer because I've always held these guys to higher standards than any other outlet. If it was a Pete Abraham or a Jason Mastrodonato tweet for example, I wouldn't gave it any attention lol If you think it was just fans and some writers who were questioning the deadline this interview with Nate Eovaldi would indicate otherwise: www.audacy.com/weei/sports/red-sox/nathan-eovaldi-explains-red-sox-trade-deadline-frustration " Yeah, I think we were a little frustrated that we didn’t make more moves, but picking up the guys that we did ... Schwarber was a huge pickup," Eovaldi said. "We got Robles who has been huge for us down the stretch, same with Davis. Schwarber, I think, has been the biggest one so far. The energy that he has been able to bring on a day in, day out basis. "Once it got to the playoffs, we all clicked again. We had that same feeling at the beginning of the season, kind of before the trade deadline. Then we had our struggles at the deadline. And we ran into the COVID issues as well. Everything kind of hit us at once. Once we got kind of separated from each other, dealing with the COVID, everybody came back and we got hot again. It was almost like the game was taken away from us and nobody liked that. We kind of had that same feeling going into Washington. It came down to those last three games and we were able to come out on top with the big sweep of Washington and we were able to take home-field advantage for the Yankees. I think once we got home, with the electricity from the fans and the energy in the stadium, that really sparked us and now we’ve been playing extremely good baseball." So you have their top starting pitcher admit that there was a sense of frustration in the locker room at the time of the deadline. So it's not just us dumb reactionary fans. Players play. GMs are the move makers and that's the way it should be as players shouldn't be making moves nor would they build the best teams. Ultimately Bloom did well. I think Robles unexpected (for a lot of us) September performance swung the deadline deals squarely in Boston's favor. I wasn't one that had to have Rizzo. I didn't like trying to fit Schwarber in at a position he had never played before or worse stick JDM into the outfield and ruin the outfield defense. Obviously Dalbec stepped it up and performed, with a lot of help from the incoming acquisition Kyle Schwarber as Dalbec acknowledges. If anybody knew that getting Schwarber would impact Dalbec's performance for the good they'd be lying. Robles was so awful in August I had no inkling that he'd have a perfect September, become high leverage, and be a no-brainer for a high leverage role in October. If anybody here knew that, especially after his implosions against Toronto and Detroit and Minnesota, I wouldn't believe them. The concern about Schwarber was the impact of the defense. I don't think there's anybody who said, "We got Kyle Schwarber? Man, that sucks." I think it was universal that we all loved his bat. I had no inkling that he'd impact Dalbec the way he did or even his teammates who started actually being more patient at the plate, making me think that he rubbed off on them, and while I worry every time a ball comes his way at 1b, his temperament, as he showed in Game 3, is very well suited for the Red Sox. So Schwarber did provide a lot more than just a really good bat. So Bloom did do a great job. Especially not mortgaging the future. I was wrong about the deadline, although I was right that I, like everybody else here, was glad to have Schwarber in the lineup - I just didn't know how much intangibles he brings. Robles still makes me nervous but I can't deny that they don't make the playoffs without him stepping up in September when Matt Barnes and Ottavino were not options. I didn't mention Davis much. He's serviceable against lefties but he'd be the 3rd option against lefties between Taylor, Perez, and Davis, but what did they give up for him? Chavis? No problem. My main point was that some of the baseball fans who actually play for their team and have their finger on the pulse of the clubhouse - had their doubts, too. I don't think I was crazy to feel the way I did at the deadline, but Bloom did real good. I heard the interview and had to laugh as I was one who argued the negative effect on the clubhouse. Lots of people took strong stances on here and now I am feeling a bit validated. Bottom line is yes the players anticipate moves to help the team and when they don't see much in the way of trades they are "frustrated" by it. And that word might be a bit understated as Nate was trying to be politically correct there.
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 13, 2021 14:06:26 GMT -5
Not to beat a dead horse, but I would caution against giving credit or blame for a single draft pick or even draft class to any GM/CBO/PBOps. That person is not really the one in the room with his finger on the button - it is a FAR more collaborative process than that. That applies even more so to a new CBO in 2020, a season in which he almost certainly never saw any of these players in person. Credit/blame to the guy in charge should be for the org's performance over an extended period, to the extent he's the person in charge of keeping an amateur scouting department together or not. Honestly, I think we put way too much at the feet of the person in charge. He's not scouting, developing, or coaching the players. Buck stops with him for sure, but I mean, he hasn't brought anyone in from the outside yet in a position above, say, an assistant director has he? Now, there's wisdom in that, so I'm not saying he should have. But it's not like Bloom brought about this revolution in the front office. There are certainly moves with his fingerprints on them, mostly in the area of trades and signings. But like, I wouldn't credit Bloom for Nick Yorke. Again, don't interpret this as a comment on what Bloom has done, positively or negatively. I'm just saying that pinning each individual success or failure on him, especially in the areas of scouting and player development, isn't really correct. Much of what you say is true but I still think Bloom had to ok the pick and that took stones. Yes he trusted the scouts but he also took a rather large gamble. IMO
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 13, 2021 7:12:44 GMT -5
McCullers not being 100% is a pretty big deal for the Stros.
Anything can happen in the post season and I am hoping to see the Sox bats continue to rake.
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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 13, 2021 7:07:25 GMT -5
Kyrie doing Kyrie type crap still. What an absolute buffoon.
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