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Post by jimed14 on Jun 25, 2014 17:52:11 GMT -5
It's official. Boston Red Sox ? redsoxFollow #RedSox Activate RHP Clay Buchholz From Disabled List and Designate LHP Chris Capuano For Assignment. Buchholz will start tonight. Good (although you can guarantee that Capuano will have another stretch of success pitching out of the pen at some point this year). Now the question is -- what's the idea of Workman taking Rubby's start Friday night in NYC? Do they really think that Workman is better, and if so, when was the entire F.O. transported to the planet Bizarro? I'm expecting a Peavy DL stint soon. Farrell said something about a groin issue for him.
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Post by moonstone2 on Jun 25, 2014 17:57:33 GMT -5
Right they are currently carrying an extra.pitcher. When they activate. Victorino, Peavy goes.
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Post by costpet on Jun 25, 2014 18:01:16 GMT -5
This whole year is making me sick. It's like it was supposed to be last year, the "bridge year", except everything fell into place. We had 21 wins last year in our last at bat. Timely hitting plus a closer out of nowhere. I call it a magic year. This year we're back to reality. We have the worst outfield in baseball, and the infield is always in flux. In other words, we are a .500 club at best this year. We do have some players that are worth something on the open market and might get us some top minor league prospects. Why not take a chance? So, who could go?
1. Nava (average player) 2. Victorino (on last legs) 3. Drew (please) 4. Ross (platoon catcher) 5. Peronosky (no big deal) 6. Gomes (platoon OF) 7. Buckholtz (has potential, but when?) 8. Doubront (another average lefty) 9. Peavey (good for another club's stretch run) 10.Lackey (do you really think he'll play for pocket change next year? Japan, here he comes.) 11.Lester (we could get a ton for him right now.) 12.Tazawa (Maybe good for a AA player) 13. Carp (useless)
2015?
1b Napoli 2b Petie 3b Ceccini ss Borgaets C Vasquez LF Holt CF Betts RF JBJ with that great arm.
SP Workman SP Owens SP Webster SP Raunaldo SP Del La Rosa
Middlebrooks goes to AAA until he learns to hit again, if ever.
Please forgive my spelling. I sort of spell like old people fornicate...slow and sloppy.
So, in case you're asking, I'm all for a fire sale some time within a month. There are lots of studs on the farm and I would like to add to it.
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Post by ianrs on Jun 25, 2014 18:25:03 GMT -5
I wonder what the Red Sox would do with the Pierzynski, Capuano, Drew, and Sizemore money (8.25 M + 2.25 M + 10 M + 1.25 M) if they had a do-over of last offseason. Of course, hindsight is 20/20, but that could've been put to better use. Why did they think that an already declining, polarizing, awful-defensively catcher going into his 37 year old season who just posted a sub .300 OBP hitting in Texas half the time would be a good fit? I had the exact same gut reaction when the Sox signed Bobby Valentine as I did when they signed A.J., which, summed up, goes something like "this guy is more hype than substance and I have a really bad feeling about this."
Going for the sweep tonight. Here we come top 10!
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Post by jmei on Jun 25, 2014 18:37:05 GMT -5
As John Farrell alluded to in his WEEI interview today, Pierzynski was available on a one-year deal, was left-handed, and (despite the poor OBP) had been a league averagish hitter over the past few years, which is pretty good for a catcher. Those were the qualities that led them to sign him. I thought at the time (and still think) that they overemphasized the need for a one-year guy and should have signed Saltalamacchia or McCann instead.
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Post by grandsalami on Jun 25, 2014 18:55:00 GMT -5
Pete Abraham ?@peteabe 6m Sign of the troubled times: saw two #RedSox players in the clubhouse looking at @mlbtraderumors on their iPads.
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Post by bsout2 on Jun 25, 2014 19:03:46 GMT -5
So they are not going to win it all this year. I would still like to see them inject some good vibe into this club. Everyone talks about trading pitchers, I would like to see them lock up Lester and then sign Lackey to a one year extension.
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Post by redsox4242 on Jun 25, 2014 19:28:12 GMT -5
Victorino shut down, Back stiffness.
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Post by Oregon Norm on Jun 25, 2014 19:38:08 GMT -5
A few more thoughts on last night's game: - Pierzynski is tough to watch. He hardly sees any pitches and ends up getting himself out in a matter-of-fact manner with the early swings. As good as he is at putting the bat on a ball anywhere near the plate, pitchers know he'll swing even if they don't put it there. As for his defense, he's from the Bob Uecker school when it comes to blocking pitches in the dirt: wait for it to stop rolling and pick it up.
- Mentioned to my wife, and to the buddy who bought last night's tickets, that Seager's at bat would be the crucial one and so it was. He's been heating up since the series the team played in NY and I was hoping they'd pull Peavy before he had a chance to face him. Wasn't to be.
- Holt and Bradley had the best at bats of the night, with Bradley getting around on pitches to lace them to right and center. Holt's HR was gone from the crack of the bat and his double could easily have been a triple without very good defense. He's got more pop than I expected, at least if last night was any indication.
- Mujica absolutely has to keep the ball down and when he does he's tough. As bad as he's been, there may still be a market for him.
- Doubront is an enigma. The Mariners could do nothing with him in his two innings. Maybe the pen is where he'll thrive for now.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2014 19:43:35 GMT -5
My favorite binky Jose Abreu hit his 23rd home run tonight. Everything went downhill from the point we failed to sign this guy.
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Post by FenwayFanatic on Jun 25, 2014 19:46:31 GMT -5
This team is starting to fall apart. Better now then after the trade deadline in my opinion. The appropriate moves are more likely to be made and we will see some of the exciting kids come up sooner rather than later.
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Post by jimed14 on Jun 25, 2014 21:02:07 GMT -5
My favorite binky Jose Abreu hit his 23rd home run tonight. Everything went downhill from the point we failed to sign this guy. Yeah, we won the World Series a week or so later. And even with 23 home runs, he's only 0.4 WAR better than Napoli.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 25, 2014 21:08:04 GMT -5
Jason Mastrodonato ?@jmastrodonato 19m
Doubront still starting vs. Cubs next week. Farrell: "Rubby's also factoring into this. We know we have to make a move, we're not there yet"
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Post by mgoetze on Jun 25, 2014 21:10:46 GMT -5
Great. JF found another excuse to put Gomes in the lineup vs. a RHP. I'd rather see Herrera at 1B and Holt in the OF ... and I'm not known as a Herrera fan.
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Post by Guidas on Jun 25, 2014 21:16:43 GMT -5
OK fellow stat lovers, we need a smile here. Szymborski Tweeted this today. A love song by a guy about...Statistics. I kid you not
EricMVan, does this guy share your DNA?
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Post by mredsox89 on Jun 25, 2014 21:23:29 GMT -5
So Ortiz continues to mash
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Post by larrycook on Jun 25, 2014 21:30:18 GMT -5
I would like to thank Mr. Farrell for taking Pedroia out of the #2 hole.
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Post by redsox4242 on Jun 25, 2014 21:38:48 GMT -5
Buchholz struggling again, is the knee still an issue?
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Post by mredsox89 on Jun 25, 2014 21:39:41 GMT -5
Well they got one good inning out of Clay
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Post by JackieWilsonsaid on Jun 25, 2014 21:44:35 GMT -5
Buchholz struggling again, is the knee still an issue? Yes he clearly has a knee issue, if the knee is located between the ears. Let's call it a strained Bard tendon.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2014 21:53:27 GMT -5
Night in and night out the A's trot out a lineup of guys with mediocre to downright crappy OBPs and they still manage to beat the poop out of the other team. Ben needs to stage a Watergate style break in of A's headquarters so that we can get our hands on their proprietary metrics.
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Post by Guidas on Jun 25, 2014 21:55:11 GMT -5
Man, I can't believe I'm suggesting this but with Pedroia up and Iwakuma so slow to the plate from the stretch, a double steal would not be a bad idea here (I think...)
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Post by Guidas on Jun 25, 2014 21:57:12 GMT -5
This team is nothing without Big Papi.
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Post by zil on Jun 25, 2014 21:57:25 GMT -5
My favorite binky Jose Abreu hit his 23rd home run tonight. Everything went downhill from the point we failed to sign this guy. Yeah, we won the World Series a week or so later. And even with 23 home runs, he's only 0.4 WAR better than Napoli. Strangely enough, OBP still trumps power.
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Post by Guidas on Jun 25, 2014 21:59:33 GMT -5
Night in and night out the A's trot out a lineup of guys with mediocre to downright crappy OBPs and they still manage to beat the poop out of the other team. Ben needs to stage a Watergate style break in of A's headquarters so that we can get our hands on their proprietary metrics. John Henry should just go back to Billy Beane and offer him $50M for 5 years and remind him about tge full stadium and functional plumbing, and how his check book opens much more often than Lew Wolf's. Oh, and Billy, the farm's loaded this time.
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