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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 16, 2019 23:18:40 GMT -5
Yeah, wonderful. Against the Orioles, and got away with a lot of mistakes. He's pitched like crap all year. I'll take it, but Geeze. 1st game in 15 that the Orioles scored 1 or less. They just scored 21 in a 4 game series against the Yankees. If the definition of a good pitcher is one that never makes mistakes, then you're looking for a fictional pitcher. I'm looking for a pitcher with a ERA under 5.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 16, 2019 22:13:56 GMT -5
That leaves little versatility on the Sox bench though. Marco is really a second baseman only type. Sam Travis is a first baseman/emergency outfielder. Chavis is a 2nd/1B only now. I believe Hernandez has some 3b experience in the majors and has played SS in the minors earlier. He probably has the speed to play in the OF if need be. But yes, 2b is definitely his best position. He can't play 3B or SS all that well. There's a reason why the Sox have correctfully stuck him at second base only all year. He's a butcher anywhere else.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 16, 2019 22:12:37 GMT -5
Getting really really tired of Porcello pitching like a AA pitcher all year. I'll take 1 run in 6 innings every game. Yeah, wonderful. Against the Orioles, and got away with a lot of mistakes. He's pitched like crap all year. I'll take it, but Geeze.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 16, 2019 22:11:58 GMT -5
So when is Gronk unretiring......I'm kidding. Wishful thinking. I think it's coming before week 10.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 16, 2019 21:01:17 GMT -5
Don't look now, but the Sox are 6 and a half back of the second wild card.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 16, 2019 20:49:22 GMT -5
I'll take credit Owings good mojo after mentioning him as a bench option for 2020. Lol.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 16, 2019 19:17:42 GMT -5
that was terrible...come on. Vazquez comes through with terrible strikeouts all the time.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 16, 2019 18:49:12 GMT -5
Getting really really tired of Porcello pitching like a AA pitcher all year.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 16, 2019 18:21:49 GMT -5
Josh Gordon reinstated... changes a lot!!! Lol, how?!!! He admitted to sneaking out to go do drugs last year.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 16, 2019 18:20:23 GMT -5
Porcello was lucky to get out of that inning. Devers keeps hitting.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 16, 2019 16:55:30 GMT -5
They could platoon Hernandez and Travis next year, shifting Chavis between 1B and 2B. (Idea from Ian on the podcast we've recorded part of and need to finish tomorrow morning.) That leaves little versatility on the Sox bench though. Marco is really a second baseman only type. Sam Travis is a first baseman/emergency outfielder. Chavis is a 2nd/1B only now.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 16, 2019 15:16:29 GMT -5
Royals DFA Billy Hamilton. Playoff teams will snatch him up in a minute as a backup outfielder/pinch run option for the rest of the year.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 16, 2019 14:21:22 GMT -5
The Sox need to sweep if they want to get back in this thing.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 16, 2019 6:18:26 GMT -5
They'll probably start Chatham in AAA next year, switching him around defensively. I think Chris Owings gets the first crack at a platoon job in the bench in the MLB bench. I have no idea what they do with Chavis. He seems destined to be trade bait. He shouldn't be a platoon 2nd and 1B. That would be a waste of a asset. Owings won’t be on the roster if they’re serious about competing next year He’s a miserable player at the big league level It would be just a crack. He would be platooning at best and the 25th man on the bench. We saw Eduardo Nunez for 2 years, I think they could live with Owings as a platoon guy for 2 months. If he is as miserable as a offensive player as you describe to that point, then Catham comes up and Owings is gone.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 15, 2019 23:03:13 GMT -5
They'll probably start Chatham in AAA next year, switching him around defensively. I think Chris Owings gets the first crack at a platoon job in the bench in the MLB bench.
I have no idea what they do with Chavis. He seems destined to be trade bait. He shouldn't be a platoon 2nd and 1B. That would be a waste of a asset.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 15, 2019 22:56:34 GMT -5
Lol are we really arguing about Ebner and Bolden?
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 15, 2019 5:43:53 GMT -5
I know Cashner looked good in two relief outings, but I have no desire to see the Red Sox bring him back, as a reliever or otherwise. Two outings is way too small a sample size to get excited about. I mean, keep an eye on the rest of the season as a reliever, sure, but he was a solid starter this year - until he got to Boston. His sample size of good starts this year was bigger than his relief pitching sample size and then he went south - as he is more in line with his track record. I'd rather they simply let him go and look at other bullpen options and if they're going to spend some money like $5 million/year I'd rather it not be on Cashner. I wouldn't be opposed to signing Cashner. His stuff plays up more in one inning stints. He's actually showing signs of missing bats all of a sudden now. Like he would have been the perfect kind of signing if he was a free agent reliever this past off-season. They should get two guys though. Not just sign Cashner and then say "yep we're good," like they did with Thornburg this past year.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 15, 2019 5:38:47 GMT -5
Eovaldi is starting to look in mid season form after his spring training basically in July. Cashner looks good in the bullpen. Sale is turning things around.
My worries is with Porcello. He's been crap all year and he could be the turd in the punch bowl when trying to make a miracle comeback run here. He has shown nothing in terms of turning it around either.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 15, 2019 5:35:01 GMT -5
If the Sox put up a 6 or 7 game winning streak real soon, they could be right back in this race and they're schedule is about to soften up really nice until September.
The Sox play a team with a winning record 2 games out of 13 in the rest of August.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 15, 2019 0:40:59 GMT -5
I believe that at the end of Castillo's deal he becomes a free agent. I don’t think so...he signed a major league contract but FA is determined by service time. And he’s got less than one year. He’d be a terrific R5 pick...basically a second-division starting CF or first-division 4th OF. He should have 3-4 more reasonably productive years, making the $16-17M total cost actually a pretty good deal. Once he gets to arb2 they could non-tender. Someone might have to check out the language in his contract (paging Alex Speier). There's some major league international free agent contracts that grant free agency even if they have less than 6 years of service time. Can't remember the last one, but it has happened before.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 14, 2019 3:36:48 GMT -5
Ummm... 6-6 with 4 doubles? Yes please. Speaking of Nomar Garciaparra in another thread, first 6 hit game for the Sox since Nomar in 2003. Nomar was such a good hitter back in the day, you almost forget how good he was in his prime. I hope Devers has the same kind of hitting prime as Nomar back in the day, only hope that it lasts longer.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 14, 2019 3:26:15 GMT -5
Last post on this thread until the off-season, but this is turning into classic Red Sox spin here. "Mookie doesn't like Boston if he doesn't want to get paid here." Crap. Crap. Crap. Translation- I'm sure the Sox want to pay him, I'm sure they want to make him the face of the franchise. They want to probably do it at their price point, however. The Sox are probably nervous that this might not happen. Their idea of paid is probably different than Mookies. This is why they're scouting other team's farm systems. They have no idea if their best offer is enough to keep Mookie. They did the same thing to another former Red Sox franchise player; Nomar Garciaparra. They negotiated with Nomar a year before free agency. Negotiations soured. The Red Sox put out a story of them offering 4/60 to Nomar Garciaparra to the press. Complete fabrication and spin. The Sox never offered it. The burning question and statement of "Why didn't Nomar take the money? He must not like it here in Boston." popped up a ton, and the blame was placed directly on the player. It was kind of ingenious spin to get out of the blame. Nomar was soon "all Boston'd out" after terrible negotions and injuries in 2004 that ruined his season to that point. No wonder. I see the same thing happening here. Fans will buy it too. I've seen fans already posting about if Mookie even likes Boston throughout the past year, multiple times. Buying the same crap. Don't buy that crap people. This is solely on the Sox if they don't get a deal done and they don't reach Mookie's value on a contract. Mookie says he loves Boston. No reason not to believe him. Mookie has actually been very forthright about everything and telling it how it is so far when it comes to his free agent status so far. The most likely simple fact about Mookie is that while he loves Boston, he probably loves money more. That's perfectly okay. Would love to be proven wrong about all this and would gladly leave the board if I'm wrong and if some people hate my opinion that much. Whatever. Sox better put their money where their mouth is. Probably the most critical decision of the John Henry ERA is coming up.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 13, 2019 23:21:35 GMT -5
Agreed. Marco is a pure hitter. He gives some of the best at bats in the lineup. He deserves to play everyday for the rest of the year and see if he sticks. One of the few storylines you can look to and point to in regards to looking forward to the future in 2020.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 13, 2019 23:18:28 GMT -5
Ouch lol, against Bieber too. One of the best in the AL this year. Talk about a getaway game, for sure.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 13, 2019 23:12:46 GMT -5
Yet another example of it NOT being our year. We are a talented team playing very poorly...the story of 2019, with so many "microcosm" games. 22 blown saves ( but some here don't see that as an issue!) i'm not saying BP is not a problem but for what the Red SOx paid to start the season For the starters how do you think they performed vs what they've been paid?: These are the top 5 starters salaries: Price $31M, Porcello $21.12M, Eovaldi $17m, Sale $15m, and ERod $4.3M? For the bullpen: The highest salary is Matt Barnes at $1.6M. Based on the bullpen salary -- In your opinion who has performed worse in relation to salary being paid? The starters or the bullpen? It's a apples to oranges comparison. Every single member of the bullpen is either arbitration eligible this past year or pre arbitration eligible. If the Sox would have spent more than 1.75 million for Tyler Thornburg, then you could have a argument. They both have underperformed. Matt Barnes has been very underwhelming in a year where the Sox were banking on him keeping his elite status in the AL. There have been some bright spots here and there that you can point to and feel good about in the bullpen, but same could be said about at least one guy in the rotation in Eduardo Rodriguez. Eduardo has already been worth whatever the Sox gave him in arbitration this past year, yet you shouldn't point to it because he's just in his arbitration years.
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