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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 13, 2019 12:36:54 GMT -5
What's interesting about Ohtani right now is that he hasn't thrown anything close to a starter's workload for three years now. Even if they want to keep doing the two-way thing, they can't be banking him for much more than 100 innings next year, and maybe it's a lot less than that. So how do you manage him? Reliever? Super-opener? And does this whole thing work better if you just abandon the idea of using him as a traditional starter? Super interesting situation, and they may be developing the blueprint for future two-way guys. That's a interesting idea, but you're really shooting darts when you want him to pitch versus play the field versus needing him to pitch that day and needing him to hit that day. Game to game you wouldn't be knowing where to put him in because you don't know how each game will play out. It could be a blueprint, or it could be a disaster that no other team tries again because they don't know how to go about it because no one has ever done it before.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 13, 2019 12:27:36 GMT -5
Ohtani pitched and hit and ate ice cream and he got hurt. Ergo, he got hurt from pitching and hitting and eating ice cream, and he really can only do one of those things. Makes sense to me. Just play Ohtani everyday then. Should be a fine idea. That'll be great for his body.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 13, 2019 12:20:35 GMT -5
So he should just keep hitting is your opinion?! Great!! Pitching causes elbow tears, not hitting. Do you think NL pitchers hurt their elbows more often while hitting? Or is it just a function of pitching, and only pitching? I think Ohtani, if he keeps doing both will keep getting hurt. Players who have a tendency to get hurt, usually have a better chance of getting hurt again. They're asking more out of him, when his body has shown that he might need a lesser workload. If he ONLY had TJS, then maybe not a big deal. Yet, now the knee. Next year it will be the knee or something else.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 13, 2019 12:14:03 GMT -5
Yes, I just noticed the long list of DH's that need TJS. So he should just keep hitting is your opinion?! Great!!
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 13, 2019 12:10:39 GMT -5
Yeah, if you can't see that the Sox are going to actively listen to trading Mookie Betts, you haven't been simply been paying attention. Sure they'll listen and then come to the conclusion that he's worth more to them than they're being offered. Lol or they will find a good enough trade package that they like. You know one way or the other. Not just that way.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 13, 2019 12:09:13 GMT -5
I really am not sure how DH'ing increases the odds of needing TJS or not pitching increases the odds of hurting his knee, but ok, have at it. I'll let you believe whatever ridiculousness you want without further argument. Playing more = Increases your chances of getting hurt. It just isn't DHing and hitting. Baserunning too. Dhing. Pitching. I mean, I though this is a common sense thing, but apparently not.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 13, 2019 12:06:41 GMT -5
While I certainly get not wanting to even talk trade with Betts we are now past it being just an ten percent maybe. The Red Sox have started the PR machine about needing to reduce payroll and for a second time trading Betts. Yeah, if you can't see that the Sox are going to actively listen to trading Mookie Betts, you haven't been simply been paying attention.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 13, 2019 11:57:36 GMT -5
He tried to do both last year and still got hurt. Pushing this guy who's already injury prone could prove to be a big mistake and they might get even less out of him by doing so. So if he only tried to pitch last year instead of also hit, he may not have needed TJS? That makes about as much sense as not trying to pitch made him hurt his knee this year. I don't think you get that it's a major concern of the Angels and Ohtani to pitch every 5 days and then hit in 3 days in between. Every other starter in MLB has to only pitch and maybe hit once every 5 days. Yet, Ohtani is doing a lot more than that and has had an elbow and knee operation now. I don't know what you're even arguing for. It's a good idea for Ohtani to keep doing both when now we know he's a an injury prone player?
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 12, 2019 18:34:58 GMT -5
So there really is a huge question of how durable can a player be, when trying to be a full-time pitcher and hitter. Ohtani is trying to do both, but has a hard time staying healthy to do either. He hasn't pitched all year so he hasn't been trying to do both other than recently starting to throw. He tried to do both last year and still got hurt. Pushing this guy who's already injury prone could prove to be a big mistake and they might get even less out of him by doing so.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 12, 2019 16:20:28 GMT -5
So there really is a huge question of how durable can a player be, when trying to be a full-time pitcher and hitter. Ohtani is trying to do both, but has a hard time staying healthy to do either.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 12, 2019 6:45:17 GMT -5
The Boston Red Sox GM job is one of the most sought after jobs on the planet. This is going to be fun to follow this development-
"Hazen’s emotional ties to the Red Sox are suddenly of utmost concern. The Red Sox have fired Dombrowski. Hazen is among the best GMs in baseball, a wizard who can’t rebuild the Diamondbacks because he keeps making them better, no matter how hard he tries to tear them down, who he trades or who he fails to re-sign.
Currently, he has the Diamondbacks in contention for a playoff spot after losing Paul Goldschmidt, Zack Greinke, A.J. Pollock and Patrick Corbin. He consistently makes great trades at great value. He beat the market and sleepy peers to J.D. Martinez. He identified and signed Ketel Marte and Eduardo Escobar, the only switch-hitting teammates to hit over 30 home runs in the same season.
He buys low and sells high. He sheds failed dogma, like the tunneling theory on hitting and the three-headed catcher system no longer necessary with Carson Kelly.
Hazen is the best GM we’ve ever seen in Arizona. But Boston is home. His relationship with his father is chained to the generational link of Red Sox baseball, one of the most powerful forces in sports, stronger than the ocean currents. How do we compete with that?"
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 12, 2019 6:43:00 GMT -5
Former Sox player. Current assistant of Brian Cashman of the Yankees.
Cashman has been quoted in saying Tim Naehring is one of the best talent evaluators he's ever been around.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 12, 2019 6:23:41 GMT -5
I FULLY expect Clay to pitch a no hitter against us tomorrow. I am being serious. Lol, I'll be honest. I'd have fun enjoying seeing it. I would be laughing the whole night. God forbid if he walks somebody and he throws it to first base. That would be something. I might lose it. All this being said, Buchholz in a bullpen role maybe even here sounds intriguing next year, yet a mind numbingly stupid of a idea from me at the same exact time.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 12, 2019 6:17:53 GMT -5
I FULLY expect Clay to pitch a no hitter against us tomorrow. I am being serious. Lol, I'll be honest. I'd have fun enjoying seeing it. I would be laughing the whole night. God forbid if he walks somebody and he throws it to first base. That would be something. I might lose it.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 12, 2019 6:12:35 GMT -5
The fact that your response to this is being upset at ownership is an example of everything that's wrong about the internet. Because they did a horrible job promoting this and giving him the proper attention? Redsoxfan2, it had nothing to do with anything but Ortiz. This shouldn't be a promotion. It shouldn't be anything but a celebration of life. The only regret I had is that they didn't bring him out for a first appearance on opening day in 2020. It would have been a bigger crowd, versus the half filled Fenway on a bad year for Red Sox baseball. It's all about that awesome man and how he almost died and came back 3 months later, running around on a baseball field. It was pure and it even included him picking up a microphone again, which is one of his most iconic moments. This was a moment for baseball. I love crapping on John Henry and I have been doing it all year on here (his decisions running this team were bad from my perspective). I didn't even think about John Henry for even one second during Ortiz's appearance. I just teared up and was glad to see him okay.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 12, 2019 5:40:31 GMT -5
You don't sign Chris Sale, he goes to the Yankees without question. That's their biggest need.
Even if he needs Tommy John next year, he'd be helping the Yankees win in 2021 (when they still have most of their core together).
I'd rather burn that money into the ground with Sale here, than to see him help the Yankees win. The Yankees might win it all this year anyways, I don't want to see the Sox help them by letting key players walk.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 11, 2019 20:53:27 GMT -5
RIP 2019 Red Sox.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 11, 2019 20:14:29 GMT -5
The Jays offense does look like it's going to be really good really soon though.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 11, 2019 20:09:17 GMT -5
The Sox are frankly depressing. They're a dying dog that needs to be put to sleep.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 11, 2019 19:53:55 GMT -5
Miami police said they haven't heard anything from the accuser of Brown, it smells like a cash grab. I kind of feel bad for the illiterate now.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 11, 2019 6:13:49 GMT -5
It will probably get dismissed after reading that, but it still doesn't mean he's not a POS. This will be a one and done year for Brown with the Patriots, if he even makes it that far.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 11, 2019 4:32:55 GMT -5
We currently have the 18th pick and can easily pick as high as 14.... 13 is possible with the right plan Didn’t I read recently that we went over the final cap level? If so the new GM will he banished to round two, right?!? The Sox stayed under the third threshold. They didn't spend on the trade deadline.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 10, 2019 23:34:48 GMT -5
LOL, this dude will never play in one game as a Patriot. What a piece of crap this dude is. Kyrie Irving is a saint now compared to this guy.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 10, 2019 23:24:13 GMT -5
But, with the money these owners have been bringing in, "let's rebuild, we gotta cut payroll" should be completely unacceptable. The Boston Red Sox should never be doing it. They're crying poor for no reason. Like there's no reason JDM should be allowed to walk if he opts out. He should get the qualifying offer, if they did care about value. If JDM did walk despite all of this, they should replace him with a different player who's worth money like Nick Castellanos. Like that's 50 million of payroll they want to cut and not replace. They are about to also shed Pablo, Porcello, JBJ (most likely via trade), Moreland, Pearce, and probably Leon. That's another 55 million right there. I expected a retooling phase, and not a full rebuild. You let both Mookie and JDM walk, that's rebuild right there. John Henry has been a disgrace for months now ever since they won the world series. Sell the team Henry.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 10, 2019 4:01:06 GMT -5
Jen supposedly had a good rundown here. I would pay the athletic if I had the choice, but don't have enough time to read most of their great content.
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