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  1. maxotaur

    Grade the Red Sox trade deadline

    No, but I wish they had.
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    Grade the Red Sox trade deadline

    How exactly is the roster "better today than yesterday"? Right now it is exactly the same as it was a week ago but we have one extra player on the IL. Might be a different story in a week or two but the season may not matter very much by then. I gave it a "D". While I'm not assigning blame our...
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    The Politics of being J.D.

    Good God.
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    Next man up, err I mean Down: Craig

    If the Sox season hinges on Vic "alone" being the difference between success and failure in any single game that's very troubling. The same could be said of any player for that matter, but certainly Vic at this point. The fact that the game might have been won if he were playing is true, yet...
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    The 2015 Rotation: Where do you stand? (1/20/15)

    Agreed. But I'm sure it often comes into play in signings also. If Shields were 9-2 at Fenway instead of 2-9, I'm imagining that is not completely ignored in the minds of the FO. It's human nature. Besides, you know that a sss by no means implies data is false, or improbable for that matter...
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    The 2015 Rotation: Where do you stand? (1/20/15)

    Don't be ridiculous. Decisions in baseball are made everyday in baseball based upon information that doesn't include an entire career, or anywhere close to it. It would be impossible without it. It really is kinda that simple.
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    The 2015 Rotation: Where do you stand? (1/20/15)

    Look, we all get the idea of sss. But to completely dismiss his career performance at Fenway, his post-season starts, and his 30 or so life time starts against the Sox as a total non-factor in the decision making process is preposterous. To think this has no part in the FO's impression of...
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    The 2015 Rotation: Where do you stand? (1/20/15)

    Ok. W-L can be misleading, but a 5 and 1/2 era? If your argument is SSS of playoffs rendering them irrelevant, then we probably shouldn't talk about "big game" pitchers ever again. Certainly a waste of time to speak of, say, Lester's or Schilling's post-season stats.
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    The 2015 Rotation: Where do you stand? (1/20/15)

    I'm not near a computer but if you or someone else can come up with his record vs the Sox outside of Fenway that might shine some further light on the subject. Thanks.
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    The 2015 Rotation: Where do you stand? (1/20/15)

    And by that logic his 3-6 record (5.46 era) in the playoffs has zero relevance too, because he was playing good teams so that should be disregarded. Right.
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    The 2015 Rotation: Where do you stand? (1/20/15)

    Shields owns a lifetime 2-9 record, with an absurd 5.42 era in 13 starts at Fenway. Hamels is 8-13 (.381) with a 4.54 era against the AL. Even for "just cash" can't say I'd believe this is the front line pitcher we're looking for. Zimmerman and Strasburg - let's talk.
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    Beyond Lester: Building a Rotation

    That certainly may be the case but I'm not sure why it would be necessary to have a deal in place. Zimmerman is as easy to move as any player on the planet. He isn't stuck with a huge contract, isn't coming off an injury, and has a ton of proven talent. Doubtful the Nats have any concern of...
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    The unprojectable Clay Buchholz

    I don't think this post got nearly enough adoration. While I've loved baseball stats as long as I've loved baseball, I too often find the insistence upon them by some can sap the joie de vivre right out of any subject. I think we sometimes forget we are discussing a game here. While to many...
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    Lester to Cubs: Rent Garments Thread

    Agree with your first point. But being that the Sox final offer was essentially double the original one speaks of low balling. There is a middle ground there. A $65 million one.
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    Lester to Cubs: Rent Garments Thread

    Yes, Owens is our top pitching prospect. That doesn't change the fact most scouts have his ceiling as mid-rotation. Unfortunately #1 prospect doesn't equate to #1 anything else in this case. Would trade him for Hamels in a heartbeat.
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    Your 2015 Boston Red Sox

    If the scouting reports are accurate (Owens' ceiling being a #3) I would be very happy to trade him and Cespedes to get a 25/26 year old ace.
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    Your 2015 Boston Red Sox

    I'm not talking about if Ortiz hits 27 or 32 HRs next year. I'm speaking of items like Pedy and Victorino having one PA each. And yes - Hassan garnering a .712 OPS (have you seen him try to hit?). These are some pretty glaring issues that, yes, make wary of the rest of the projections.
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    Your 2015 Boston Red Sox

    So Hassan has a .712 OPS? Right. And how is that possible with 1 PA anyway? Looks like way too many flaws on that projection for me to take the gestalt seriously.
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    Betts to 2nd

    I think he had in mind Xander's slump, which at 4 months could be considered "epic" as opposed to just "prolonged". If that was his point I'm in agreement. Many players suffer a "prolonged slump at some point throughout the season but I doubt Betts will approach 4 months. That being said his...
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    ALDS Gamethread

    MLB is discussing ways to shorten that duration.
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