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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 3, 2018 13:08:35 GMT -5
Papelbon started for most of his minor league career, so probably not that great of a comparison (at least from a minor league perspective). Not only that, but Papelbon went on to become the greatest closer in Sox history in his 6 years that he did close here. Setting a bar that high is kind of getting ahead of ourselves.
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Post by Addam603 on Jul 3, 2018 13:58:10 GMT -5
I did not know that about Papelbon. I knew he came up in boston but not as a starter. Like I said, before my time.
The better way of saying what I wanted to get across is that I think Feltman has a chance to be the best homegrown reliever the Sox have had since Papelbon. Though, you guys are right, Papelbon was a starter up through the minors. What’s a better comparison? More of a guy that was a reliever all the way up the line.
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Post by iakovos11 on Jul 3, 2018 14:03:12 GMT -5
The better way of saying what I wanted to get across is that I think Feltman has a chance to be the best homegrown reliever the Sox have had since Papelbon. Though, you guys are right, Papelbon was a starter up through the minors. What’s a better comparison? More of a guy that was a reliever all the way up the line. I'm not good at remembering details, but until recently, the Sox generally developed most of the better pitchers as a starters and then moved them to relief roles later on if it became obvious they weren't going to start. Starters, in general, have more value. So that's why. They are clearly moving away from that. Wondering of DD's struggles putting together a bullpen is creating this shift in drafting and developing guys as relievers? Must partially related, anyway.
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