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Post by jbuttah on Apr 7, 2017 20:57:43 GMT -5
Manuel Margot hits two Homeruns today and Farrell cant pitch Kimbrel who hasnt pitched in a couple of days smh That deal is just going to look worse and worse as time goes on and it looked pretty bad from the start This deal will be in the argument of which was worse, this one or the A. Espinoza trade.
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Post by jbuttah on Apr 7, 2017 20:56:45 GMT -5
I understand not wanting to burn your closer out, but a loss is a loss is a loss.
1 - Who's to say the Sox will have a lead in any of the upcoming games vs Detroit? 2 - The bullpen is shorthanded. 3 - The bullpen should be getting pretty good reinforcements this season. 4 - Sandoval was set up to have the game winning HR.
Kimbrel should of gone for the 4 out save.
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Post by jbuttah on Mar 22, 2017 18:45:42 GMT -5
Back from my annual week watching the the Sox minor leaguers. I became a Trey Ball fan. He is heavier, was throwing at 92-93 with a downward tilt and low in the zone. Ended his outing with a couple of swings and misses on off speed stuff. Moved like a cat fielding a bunt. C. J. Chatham showed good contact skills, stole a base and ran the bases very well with speed that surprised me. Dalbec had trouble with high tight hard stuff when I saw him. Struck out twice chasing curve balls in the dirt. Showed a good arm, seems to be à take charge guy. Wow, if Ball starts performing up to his draft status, that would go a long way to putting the awful Kimbrel trade to rest. If he's throwing 92-93 now, it's not too much to hope that would bump up another notch once he's fully into the season.
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Post by jbuttah on Dec 8, 2016 11:01:04 GMT -5
For me it's not an issue of trading prospects for mlb players. I think for alot of posters it's more an issue of which mlb players we're getting back and how much we're giving up to get them, especially in light of recent trends in mlb. When we did have proven mlb players to trade, prospects were hoarded like gold (Lester, frownie face), but then when we trade for mlb players, prospects value seems to be more like silver.
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Post by jbuttah on Sept 8, 2016 21:43:14 GMT -5
I'm commenting here on a discussion that began in the thread on the Padres series. I've thought for some time that Xander needed time off and now his performance has fallen way off. I'd give him the first game of the Toronto series off. The difference in the RS chances of winning that game with Holt at SS as opposed to X in his current form is tiny and I think he needs it that badly. This is one that I think you CAN put on JF. I was hoping JF would rest Bogaerts for 1 game against OAK and 1 against SD, in preparation for the sprint to the finish entirely against division rivals. Bogaert's had 1 swing in particular in the last game against SD that he looked totally exhausted. It might even be too later him. The positional equivalent of being Tazawa'd.
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 31, 2016 15:43:17 GMT -5
Now Kimbrell is fresh for the 9th! Farrell is a genius! He's playing 3d chess, everyone else is playing go fish.
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 31, 2016 15:36:12 GMT -5
Can Porcello pitch today?
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 31, 2016 15:35:25 GMT -5
Anyone think 1 run is enough to win?
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 31, 2016 15:32:52 GMT -5
Farrell wants to be his players' friend. He wants the players to work things right, and he thinks he can fix them by trusting them. meaning he may make a good shrink, but he is getting paid to manage players to produce wins. This is why he is a career .500 manager. And far worse if not for 2013 - a team with so much leadership and motivation that it could practically manage itself. If a person has a fear of drowning, repeatedly throwing them into a pool does not a good shrink make... Farrell is not a good shrink.
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 31, 2016 15:28:37 GMT -5
OMG. Now he's warming up?
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 31, 2016 15:27:53 GMT -5
4 consecutive fastballs, last one dead center. Then throws an awesome split finger to the next batter.
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 1, 2016 11:45:08 GMT -5
Bradley, Rodriguez, Kopech for Fernandez?
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 1, 2016 11:41:25 GMT -5
I wouldnt do Mookie straight up for Sale. I would do that before I'd give up 5 prospects including our 3 best. I wouldn't do that either, and neither would Dombrowski. There's just no scenario that I see he'd trade away Moncada AND Benintendi AND Devers for Sale.
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 1, 2016 11:03:07 GMT -5
In yesterday's game against the Angels, Buchholz looked good enough to hold out hope that he can step in for Pomeranz once he reaches an innings limit, assuming he has one. I saw a couple of 95mph fastballs, and a breaking ball that had great depth, think it was the curve. Also good command within the strike zone. It was the command and control of the breaking pitches that really stood out for me.
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Post by jbuttah on Aug 1, 2016 9:35:55 GMT -5
If they're in serious talks, I wouldn't be surprised if the package is E.Rodriguez, Benintendi, Swihart, Basabe.
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Post by jbuttah on Jul 29, 2016 21:55:40 GMT -5
Jiminy. The industry has lost it's damn mind with regard to reliever valuation. Direct result of KC winning the WS on the back of their bullpen. Some GM, think it was Theo, who said in the off-season that the mistake teams make is trying to replicate the same formula that the previous WS series used to win it all.
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Post by jbuttah on Jul 29, 2016 21:50:20 GMT -5
The way this team is going, they probably lose this game by 1 run. Still paying karmic debt for 2013.
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Post by jbuttah on Jul 24, 2016 10:59:38 GMT -5
Yikes. Well these are the kinds of games where I normally stay away from the GDTs and I won't read all of these comments, so sorry if this has already been said. It doesn't matter whether you think this loss was Farrell's fault or not, these past 2 games are the ones that get managers fired. Tough losses against a bad opponent when expectations are high with some questionable game management. If I'm Farrell I might not sleep tonight. Sorry If I missed this but JBJ did in fact throw out the runner at the plate. I watched in slow mo on a HDTV the baserunner made a great slide and initially avoided the tag he reached for home and had his hand ABOVE the plate (I could see shadow) he then reached slightly up and slapped down hard on the plate something he would not have done if he knows he already touched the plate. Before he slapped the plate you could see the glove of the catcher move from body contact to the left shoulder of the base runner. The call on the field is why they should not have f'd this up but I have conclusive evidence to the contrary of the overturned call. That lost the game because of that call. That's exactly what I thought when I saw the replays. At the very least, I didn't think there was conclusive evidence that he actually touched the plate to overturn the call.
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Post by jbuttah on Jul 23, 2016 22:56:38 GMT -5
Yes except JF ended up using Ross and Ziegler anyway.
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Post by jbuttah on Jun 17, 2016 23:55:49 GMT -5
So you buy the rumor that a $5M deal was agreed upon, even after agreeing to go overslot with Quantrill? That requires one of the following (or some combo of the following): - Extreme senior signs on their other 1st round pick, their 2nd round pick, and their other 2nd or 3rd round pick. Keep in mind that these bonuses would need to be so low that if the players did not sign, the Padres would not be compensated for these picks in the future. These strategy has never been done before. - Extreme senior sign on their other 1st round pick and all picks from 3-10 - Extreme senior sign on both 2nd round picks and rounds 3-10. Sure these possibilities are all technically feasible, but we've literally never seen a team sacrifice so much for one player. The only scenarios in which we've seen a player go 2-3M overslot is when that team's first pick in the draft comes in significantly underslot. I'm not buying that a 5M deal was agreed upon. Perhaps there was discussion. Perhaps the negotiations from the agent began at 5M. Perhaps by the time the Sox selected, negotiations were ongoing but not agreed upon, and the agent was holding onto a 5M demand. I find it highly, highly unlikely that the Padres agreed to that though. I mean Groome's agent has a soulpatch in 2016 for crying out loud....we should trust this guy? I buy the reports, actually makes a ton of sense. Padres had a huge draft pool and could rather easily give him 5 million and with his talent it would be well worth it. If the Red Sox were in the Padres shoes, I'd be pretty happy if they came out of the draft with 5 of the top 71 choices with one being Groome, which seems doable going with senior signs for rounds 3-10 and including the 5% overage.
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Post by jbuttah on Jun 3, 2016 16:57:36 GMT -5
Carson Smith is out for the year, Tazawa is dead man walking, the leftie specialist can't get lefties out, 2/5 of the projected starting rotation has totally sh*t the bed, Porcello's bugaboo (hr) is coming back... so yeah, the sky has started the downward part of the journey. And you really think Baltimore or Toronto with their pitching is going to be better? Well, Toronto's pitching is ranked 2nd in the AL, so there's that. The Sox have a run differential of +71 yet they only have a 1 game lead on the Orioles with a differential of +17. Besides, it's not a matter of will other AL East teams be better, but rather what is the likelihood that the Sox make the WS. With their resources, the signing of Price, the trade for Kimbrel/Smith, I did have expectations of going far in the playoffs.
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Post by jbuttah on Jun 2, 2016 21:30:56 GMT -5
With the lack of FA pitching in the near future, and the lack of almost ready pitching prospects on the farm, I'd be willing to trade 2 of Swihart/Moncada/Devers/Espinoza/Kopech for a #2 type starter with multiple years of control... Jose Quintana. CWS are LOOKING for starting pitching help so it's not gonna happen. Yeah, just throwing out a name, but I think DD is almost forced to trade for a SP. The question is will he empty the farm for a top of the rotation type starter or try another Kimbrel type trade, for example packaging Devers, Kopech, Lakins for a #4.
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Post by jbuttah on Jun 2, 2016 21:20:38 GMT -5
With the lack of FA pitching in the near future, and the lack of almost ready pitching prospects on the farm, I'd be willing to trade 2 of Swihart/Moncada/Devers/Espinoza/Kopech for a #2 type starter with multiple years of control... Jose Quintana.
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Post by jbuttah on Jun 2, 2016 21:09:43 GMT -5
With the market the way it is, I don't know that a trade is a realistic possibility. By the time teams are ready to trade away pitching without asking for the moon, the Sox might just be too far out of it. The sky is falling. Carson Smith is out for the year, Tazawa is dead man walking, the leftie specialist can't get lefties out, 2/5 of the projected starting rotation has totally sh*t the bed, Porcello's bugaboo (hr) is coming back... so yeah, the sky has started the downward part of the journey.
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Post by jbuttah on Jun 2, 2016 21:00:56 GMT -5
Yesterday's loss is almost entirely on Kelly. I'm a big Farrell critic but the pitching just has flat out sucked all week. The Jays still I dont think are as good of a team and dont have the farm system/resources to make a move like the Sox do. That being said its becoming pretty evident they need to acquire pitching at the deadline, ideally soon. With the market the way it is, I don't know that a trade is a realistic possibility. By the time teams are ready to trade away pitching without asking for the moon, the Sox might just be too far out of it.
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