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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 20, 2015 16:37:45 GMT -5
Max Scherzer has retired the first 18 Buccos today. Nats up 3-0 and batting in bot 6th. \\
Make it 21 up. And, 21 down.
Make it 24
scherzer hit the batter with 2 OUTS in 9th. Still got the no hitter though.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 20, 2015 14:41:16 GMT -5
Edes just tweeted the line-up. Xander with the night off. Pedey back and hitting 3rd.
6/20 at KC: Betts CF, Holt SS, Pedroia 2B, Ortiz DH, Ramirez LF, Sandoval 3B, Napoli 1B, De Aza RF, Swihart C, Porcello RHP.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 20, 2015 11:11:48 GMT -5
I just want everyone to know that every time anyone calls him "E-Rod," Satan strangles a kitten. Didn't he say that he preferred E-Rod when asked?
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 20, 2015 11:01:17 GMT -5
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 20, 2015 8:44:41 GMT -5
We're back to our familiar 7th spot. Passed the Phillies, Milwaukee, Oakland, Miami, ChiSox and Colorado.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 20, 2015 8:37:49 GMT -5
Aro with a Rollie Fingers-esque save. Enters a 7-3 game in the 7th with the bases loaded and nobody out. Gives up a hit off a glove and pitches 3 innings striking out 5. Light is getting a lot of pub. Do we have anything in Aro? Light, Aro and Barnes would certainly add some power arms to the bullpen.
Good to see Ball pitch 6 innings when statistically it looks like he wasn't mowing em down.
Ockimey with a great start to the season. His high school is in South Philly. If he turns into anything, the Phillies can't be happy they didn't draft him.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 19, 2015 21:41:07 GMT -5
If he held at 3rd he would not have gotten out, but chance for a double play. Tough to say it was the wrong play by Mookie, but the DP would have been tough. so it would have been 1st and 3rd instead of 1st and 2nd. In a best case, with no DP. with 2 outs. big freakin' deal. Going home on that play is the right decision! Correct. Stay out of the double play.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 19, 2015 16:01:26 GMT -5
I think their password is Enos46
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 19, 2015 9:45:45 GMT -5
It won't fix us. But, I think we should call JBJ up. Play him every day. I feel the last line in this write-up is important. Maybe not as much as his new hitting approach. But, putting someone in a position to succeed. Chris wrote; "The time is now for Bradley to get another chance at the big league level while he is in a rhythm and going good." news.soxprospects.com/2015/06/the-write-up-travis-shaw-jackie-bradley.html We have Rusney for 5 1/2 more years. He's not going anywhere. There's no sense of urgency to figure out what he's got. JBJ on the other hand is at an importan crossroads in a potential Red Sox career. To clarify, as written in the post, that content is by Chaz Fiorino, not me. The column "The Write-Up" is always written by Chaz. To help with future confusion, we'll be getting him ramped up on our News Page content manager in short order. No prob. I saw your twitter note and thought it was you. I did look for an author on the article
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 19, 2015 7:32:23 GMT -5
Trey "Mr. Zero" Ball going tonight. Everyone needs a nickname. Apologies to Frank Brimsek.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 19, 2015 7:07:29 GMT -5
It won't fix us. But, I think we should call JBJ up. Play him every day. I feel the last line in this write-up is important. Maybe not as much as his new hitting approach. But, putting someone in a position to succeed. Chris wrote; "The time is now for Bradley to get another chance at the big league level while he is in a rhythm and going good." news.soxprospects.com/2015/06/the-write-up-travis-shaw-jackie-bradley.html We have Rusney for 5 1/2 more years. He's not going anywhere. There's no sense of urgency to figure out what he's got. JBJ on the other hand is at an importan crossroads in a potential Red Sox career. But the Sox are going nowhere either. I would let Bradley sit for a bit...at least until the All-Star break...There is plenty of time to see if his changes will transfer to MLB. You're totally missing the point. Play him when he is rhythm and going good.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 19, 2015 6:25:10 GMT -5
It won't fix us. But, I think we should call JBJ up. Play him every day. I feel the last line in this write-up is important. Maybe not as much as his new hitting approach. But, putting someone in a position to succeed. Chris wrote; "The time is now for Bradley to get another chance at the big league level while he is in a rhythm and going good." news.soxprospects.com/2015/06/the-write-up-travis-shaw-jackie-bradley.html We have Rusney for 5 1/2 more years. He's not going anywhere. There's no sense of urgency to figure out what he's got. JBJ on the other hand is at an importan crossroads in a potential Red Sox career.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 18, 2015 21:28:44 GMT -5
Do we put Holt at 1b? Seems crazy to keep Castillo up and not play him. We're done. Napoli is gone at the end of the year. Play Nap against lefties.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 18, 2015 21:14:07 GMT -5
No doubt Ben was convinced to give him the contract based on his Kung Fu Panda nickname. If only he had looked at some stats. You guys are getting a little bit ridiculous. Agree or not with the signing, but putting it on his nickname gives you no credibility. I take it you didn't read Francona's book. And, the need for sexier players.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 18, 2015 21:03:10 GMT -5
Aardsma's still alive?
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 18, 2015 21:00:56 GMT -5
We need to deal Buchholz before he screws our pick up. Unless, teams just start hitting the ball back to him.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 18, 2015 20:43:28 GMT -5
He was actually signed to balance out a very RHH-centric lineup, which was the main worry all offseason. Look, I get it, you don't like him because he's fat. If you want to just fall back on lazy stereotypes, that's your prerogative. But that's really the only argument you've got, because a three-win player signed through his age 28-32 seasons gets about what Sandoval got when your organization has failed at a position and you feel (incorrectly) that the only way to fill the position is through free agency, the most inefficient method of talent procurement.
I finished the last sentence for you. I'm not trying to pick on jmei here, but I just hate this kind of thinking. A resourceful organization should not be in a position where it feels it has to pay $95 million for a declining fat guy. There are plenty of ways to get 2-3 win players. The 2013 World Champion Boston Red Sox had 12 players with bRef of 2.8 or more and nobody making $19.5 million. Danny Nava was making $505,000. The Cardinals, everybody's model organization, have one player making as much as Panda and that's Wainwright, a legitimate No. 1 starter. The Giants' have Matt Cain and he was a legitimate No. 1 guy when he signed his contract. Their highest-paid position player is Hunter Pence at $18.5 million. He was coming off his age 30 season in which he put up an OPS-plus of 133 when he signed his deal. Well put. If Pablo Sandoval isn't known as Kung Fu Panda, he's not getting 95m/5
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 18, 2015 19:24:34 GMT -5
If the Sox are facing Shelby Miller, why didn't they call up JBJ to go 0-3 against him? Are you crazy? Why would they give Bradley plate appearances against a righty who doesn't throw a knuckleball? I'm guessing BC is worried the Rebs fire on Fort Sumter if we recall JBJ(Played at S Carolina) to help defeat a southern team.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 18, 2015 19:06:17 GMT -5
Well, lets see: Carl Crawford was a much better player than Sandoval when we signed him. We gave him $20.2M per year. Up until that point he average 4.79 WAR per year (5.3 per if you remove his 2002 season when he first came up and played just 62 games). So when we signed him in his prime, it wasn't reasonable to think he would go from a 5 WAR player to a replacement level player immediately, which is what happened mainly due to injuries. It was a bad deal from the start, as you knew a player like him that relied on speed and athleticism only, would have a steep decline. It just wasn't reasonable to expect it in the first 2 years of his contract. We signed an extremely overweight player to a huge contract worth $19M per for a guy who averaged 2.87 WAR per year (we can bump that up to 3.2 WAR per year if you want to toss out his first year like Crawford). So let's see we gave out similar money (no inflation does not make Carl Crawford control double what we gave Sandoval, inflation would take Crawford's AAV to $22.3M still in the range of Sandoval money) to a worse player at the same age, who is signficiantly overweight and can absolutely be expected to decline quickly because he refuses to lose weight. Combine that with the fact that the one good thing about Sandoval was supposed to be his above average defense, and instead he has been absolutely atrocious at 3rd this year. I don't even want to touch that 103 WRc+ number you are tossing out at me, like that is some sort of saving grace or something I'm supposed to celebrate. Oh our $20M a year 3rd baseman who doesn't miss a meal is hitting league average numbers. Yay! There are plenty of people jumping all over Hanley Ramirez, but for the most part, he has been exactly what was expected out of him, a guy who is a pretty good hitter who is awful in the field. We got what we bargained for, he's going to be a money sink, but not nearly are horrific as Sandoval will be. 20 million dollars in 2015 is MUCH different than 22 million dollars in 2011. Also 5 years for a 28 year old vs 7 years for a 30 something year old. The contracts are nowhere near similar. Also Hanley has underperformed FAR more than Sandoval has. People just bad it out for him from the start Since you're so into details, the AAV of Pablo's contract is 19m. The AAV of Crawford's was 20.3. A difference of 1.3m out of a 20.3m per year contract. Or roughly, the difference is 6.5 percent. We're talking 2011 compared to 2015. Not 1971 compared to 2015. Good grief. There's minimal difference in the AAV. The two extra years is big, but the Sox got out of that. Because, Carl wasn't a fat slob. Nobody is taking Sandoval's contract. The MLB luxury threshold was 178m in 2011, and now it's a robust 189m.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 18, 2015 17:41:34 GMT -5
AAV of the two contracts Crawford/Fatso is less than 2 mil per year. Inflation?
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 18, 2015 17:20:24 GMT -5
More infield practice and shagging fly balls.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 18, 2015 16:47:18 GMT -5
We've become a laughing stock in 18 months. Can you believe it?
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 18, 2015 12:57:02 GMT -5
There is enough cash next year to sign at least one big fish. Much work needs to be done to solidify the 25 man before hand.. Yeah, definitely room for one. I can't see us doing a 7-8 year deal for Cueto, Grienke or Price though. I don't think Zimmerman will be worth whatever he gets. If there was a 1b like Adrian Gonzalez or a young Texeira, I'd do it. I don't know what to make of Chris Davis. He's too up and down. Not sure Upton is a fit here either.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 18, 2015 9:15:05 GMT -5
If you go back to the end of the 2013 season, it's nearly impossible for a living, breathing human being to do a worse job than Cherington. Nearly every move he made has blown up in his face. There are a few guys on here I'd trust more than him at this point. I understand teams that have to sell off players and making bad deals because of it. We're not hamstrung by that scenario. In fact, we should benefit by having such a high payroll and owners willing to spend.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 18, 2015 8:56:59 GMT -5
I think we're screwed for this year (news flash, I know). We don't have great rentals to sell off like last year which means two things: 1. we won't be able to do much at the trade deadline and 2. we won't be bad enough in the second half to tank like we did in '14 and '12. Which is ironic because we're going to be out of the race much sooner this year than either of those seasons, in theory we should be able to really go for broke and get a top 3-5 pick in what is supposedly a much better draft. But I don't think it's possible. The team as it stands is too good and regression will prevent that. Regardless of yesterday's discussion. The real question for me is if they are willing to trade players who are not free agents at the end of the year. The main asset they have in this regard is probably Buccholz. Trading Buccholz could look really bad as he could easily go somewhere else and become the pitcher we'd always hoped he'd be. There will be some desperate teams out there, specifically Toronto and Houston. Who cares if Buchholz figures it out elsewhere? Even if he does, it will be for a year or two. It won't be long-term. He'll be 31 in August. He's not a prospect. Any time I hear my ace say he needed to turn things around. The first thing I'm gonna do is get a haircut. I'm dealing him that second. If we get the right prospect at a position of need, he gone.
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