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Post by p23w on Aug 18, 2016 15:32:30 GMT -5
Weak, Xander.
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Post by p23w on Aug 15, 2016 20:10:15 GMT -5
Both games are big. Yankees leading the BJ's in the 6th is big. Sox sweep the Birds and win the division, does BS loose his job?
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Post by p23w on Aug 15, 2016 15:18:59 GMT -5
Kimbrel is a heart attack. His command comes and goes, his velocity is down and he gets behind in counts far too often. I hope he gets it together for the playoffs. Anyway, nice start by Pomeranz. Hoping for more of the same.
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Post by p23w on Aug 15, 2016 15:10:30 GMT -5
Man these 30 pitch innings are killing me!
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Post by p23w on Aug 13, 2016 14:35:11 GMT -5
No to Papelbon, he's just not the same guy. Walks are way up, he's allowing more hits per 9 than ever before. Fastball is now below 91 mph, a far cry from his 95 mph heater we remember. If I had to look at both Paoelbon AND Kimbrel's game face before each pitch.... I'd turn on the radio.
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Post by p23w on Aug 10, 2016 21:16:31 GMT -5
I've "bout had it with Tazawa.
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Post by p23w on Aug 8, 2016 18:23:59 GMT -5
David Price was clearly the best pitcher available last year and there wasn't a person who was going to predict this season's struggles (which btw could be fluky). On a staff, where Clay Buchholz would have been your #1 pitcher entering the season, if you couldn't spend the money on him in this last offseason, you may as well never enter the free agent market. Also, to think that you could get as good or better performance in any other combination of other free agents, completely ignores that there are 29 other teams possibly vying for that same resource(s). This was a needed signing....short term planning will always carry more weight to organizational decision making Not so "clear". I thought Grienke was the best pitcher available, with Cueto and Price in a tie for second best available. And yes, I had (and still have) concerns about Price's performance to date, and into the future. Since leaving Tampa Bay, Price has had incredible run support which has bolstered his perceived value, IMO. Finding fault with the coaching staff for Price's shortcomings in a Red Sox uniform, is to overlook the fact that Price is an established veteran. Pitchers with his track record are supposed to work at and find/correct their own faults. I've yet to see the mental fortitude of a Clemens, Martinez or Schilling in Price's make up. I hope this changes, but as of now, David Price would be my third starter in a post season series. If your team is going to commit extensive resources for top talent, it would behoove them to study his mental make up. I would have preferred Greinke or Cueto to Price from what I have seen from each over the years.
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Post by p23w on Jul 27, 2016 5:31:54 GMT -5
So if they hadn't added Price and Kimbrel, they'd have allowed fewer runs? That seems like a leap. Also, considering the jump in run scoring around the league this year, allowing only 10 more runs than the same point last year is probably a modest improvement. This was sarcasm, right?
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Post by p23w on Jul 20, 2016 5:51:45 GMT -5
I do not know if we can blame Farrell for wanting to make sure we got a win today. But I do know... when a guy is being paid more than a million bucks a year, you have every right to expect that he will think not only about today, but also about tomorrow. Ooookay. So money paid is the yardstick. Well it's not my money, the team is 1/2 game out of first place in late July. The million bucks a game guy has underperformed. John Farrell is the scapegoat. I get it.
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Post by p23w on Jun 29, 2016 16:32:52 GMT -5
Another tough loss. I would love to know if the ownership directive to Dombrowski has changed any during this stretch. My guess was he was brought in to "win now." But I wonder if, given how they've become a decidedly sub-.500 team for the short term (June) - has it changed to - "WIN NOW G*#DAMMIT!" or "Ok, hang on a sec." Of course there is the school of thought that the entire slide correlates almost perfectly with Holt going on the DL. Holt being the "gritty" "energy guy" glue that holds this whole fragile unit together. You know, like a blonde, beardless Gomes. Dombrowski was brought to Detroit, to win a championship for an aging pizza magnet. He had carte blanche resources. He failed. DD never did get it right with his bullpen. I don't believe his track record with pitchers is not very good. Don't know why, just know he has made poor choices in the past. Not sure I trust this guy to win one for the Bosox. We all like Holt, but let's be realistic. The 2016 Red Sox are all about pitching, or the lack thereof. If not for Wright this team would be neck and neck with the NYYankees.
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Post by p23w on May 29, 2016 11:16:39 GMT -5
We had a 98.1%% Win Probability, had it reduced to 42.7%, and got it large-fathered back to 95.4%. At which point our closer attempted to get the 5th out of a save for the first time in his life, and failed. So, let's see ... Farrell asked Kimbrel to do something. He has long been regarded by everyone else as being incapable of doing that thing. Everyone else was proven correct. Farrell got himself into that position by twice going to relievers other than Robbie Ross when Ross was clearly the better option. He's a much better pitcher than Layne, and he can go 2 IP effortlessly. The odds of him giving up 4 runs in those 2 innings were tiny. Instead, his plan was to go to Layne for 2 batters and then, it appears, go to Tazawa if Layne didn't get both guys out, and then, I'm guessing, let Ross pitch the 9th if we were still up 4. WTF? Ross hadn't pitched for more than a week, and routinely goes 2 innings. Ross had actually pitched nearly as well as Tazawa this year (now, his numbers are better), and a rested Ross was a much better option than Tazawa on 0 days rest (and for the 3rd time in 4 days) in this ballpark. (If his plan was to use Kimbrel in the 9th with a 4-run lead, that's even stupider.) I've been watching the Sox since 1962. Admittedly, bullpen management was not even a thing for much of that time. But this is the worst stretch of it I've ever seen. "You either need some medication or you're an ***hole."
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Post by p23w on May 28, 2016 15:46:26 GMT -5
Brutal
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Post by p23w on May 8, 2016 13:01:52 GMT -5
With huge contracts given out the past few years and "no bang for the buck", one can only be concerned about Price at the moment. Im sure Dombrowski is working the phones in search of starting pitching upgrades. Imagine Hamels as your #2 right now? Imagine not having Mookie in right? Blasphemy!
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Post by p23w on May 8, 2016 12:57:41 GMT -5
Um, this whole line of discussion started when you did not spare us your intuition. Well, well, well. I have met Ted Williams and Yaz and other notables over the years, and my intuition is that because we remain in first place finishing another tough road trip, still in the crappy weather phase of the season, it is still too early for gloom and doom prognostications about Price, Buchholz, Kelly, Owens or anyone else on the team, or the team itself. These are capable players working with competent coaches who will likely get through whatever issues are bothering them. Some members of this board were recently having visions of the sky falling on JBJ, Mookie, XB, Hanley, Brockstar and others. Is there a pattern here? Yeah. So much for your intuition. The Orioles are in first place. FTR, I never "predicted" doom and gloom with regards to Price. I do believe he is an overvalued commodity. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Post by p23w on May 8, 2016 12:48:37 GMT -5
I've been in the same room with both Zimmermann and Price. I was introduced to Price. I'll stick with my intuitive evaluation of human nature. Spare me the evangelical saber metric physco-babble. I'll spare you my intuition. Um, this whole line of discussion started when you did not spare us your intuition. I've had to put up with Price saber physco-babble ever since the signing. This "discussion" long preceded my intuitive observations. FWIW, I'm glad the Sox have Price, but IMHO Zimmermann was the better value.
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Post by p23w on May 7, 2016 20:27:33 GMT -5
Cite evidence please. Enlighten us. Links, or it never happened. See my reply to JimEd14. Links? I posted on this board to the effect that the Sox should resign Lester. On this board I also posted that trading Miller, at the time, for a high ceiling LHSP was a good deal, but not signing Miller, after he became a free agent, was unwise. You want links? Do your own homework.
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Post by p23w on May 7, 2016 20:17:54 GMT -5
Zimmermann is a straight shooter. Price is kind of a flake. Who would be AGAINST signing Price? I always thought the better value as a team player was Zimmermann. But then I wanted the Sox to sign Lester and match the NYY offer for Miller. Silly me. Price has been described as the best teammate a lot of players have ever had. We've heard many former teammates say that about him. And by the way, even after today's game, Zimmerman's xFIP is 4.40 and Price's is 2.94. I've been in the same room with both Zimmermann and Price. I was introduced to Price. I'll stick with my intuitive evaluation of human nature. Spare me the evangelical saber metric physco-babble. I'll spare you my intuition.
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Post by p23w on May 7, 2016 16:37:52 GMT -5
Two words. Jordan Zimmerman. Half the money (not that this matters), twice the heart of Price. Zero excuses. Seriously? Twice the heart? Where were all the people screaming to not sign Price before he was signed? Oh, there were none. Zimmermann is a straight shooter. Price is kind of a flake. Who would be AGAINST signing Price? I always thought the better value as a team player was Zimmermann. But then I wanted the Sox to sign Lester and match the NYY offer for Miller. Silly me.
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Post by p23w on May 7, 2016 16:16:04 GMT -5
Two words. Jordan Zimmerman. Half the money (not that this matters), twice the heart of Price. Zero excuses.
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Post by p23w on May 1, 2016 21:54:21 GMT -5
Delin who?
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Post by p23w on Apr 25, 2016 11:33:27 GMT -5
The best news for the Sox if Freeman's extended slump... which always scares me.
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Post by p23w on Apr 21, 2016 14:21:33 GMT -5
Zimmerman was a far better sign.
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Post by p23w on Apr 18, 2016 12:35:48 GMT -5
Almost time to post the Logan Allen watch.
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Post by p23w on Apr 5, 2016 17:46:08 GMT -5
Rich Hill done after just 2 2/3 for Oakland. Not too sharp, two HBP's, four runs allowed, two earned I thought statistically, based on his four starts last season, he was supposed to be the best pitcher in baseball or something? A costly error, a terrible read by the CFer that turned a deep fly ball into a triple (didn't reach the warning track), don't let the numbers fool you.
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Post by p23w on Jan 20, 2016 16:59:09 GMT -5
Baseball is a "sport". All sports are metaphors. Each sport has it's appeal, as such. Each follower "connects" as to his/her experiences, environment and self interests/likes. I think baseball is the best "sport" conception due to it's appeal over the complete spectrum of mediums, including analysis. As a metaphor baseball represents the sum of human experience (life) to me. It can be enjoyed watching 5 year olds playing T-ball or at a Senior Softball game. Baseball is age and gender inclusive. The lack of a "clock" and the objective of scoring by tallying which team touches "home" most often separates baseball from all other sports. As in life, there is no "right" outcome, there is only tomorrow.
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