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    Will the Sox make the playoffs? And how far if so?

    This team finds ways to lose, something that the GM has contributed to in a plethora of ways. The current series in KC is a case in point. Every game the Sox lost could have been won. It is really exasperating to see Duran, part of whose game I love, get to balls and not catch them, lose them in...
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    Grade the Red Sox trade deadline

    Just to remind people, the Yankees have at least Six wins they wouldn’t have without their deadline pickups. We have two losses to sub 500 teams that are directly attributable to our pick ups.
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    Who is this Nathan Eovaldi and what did you do with the old Nathan Eovaldi?

    The numbers suggest that he will regress, but he certainly has been an ace this year. He routinely gives the Sox more innings than the other pitchers, and he has had very few "bad" outings. KC in the heat in June, Tampa Bay at the Trop, and maybe one other, but he has had a number of good...
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    Grade the Red Sox trade deadline

    I graded it a D too and got raked over the coals for it. Part of my reasoning is that in our division, the four teams that were behind us at the time all made impressive moves that radically transformed their teams while we got two relievers who are no better than our fifth or sixth option out...
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    How many players on this list w/ one career Red Sox home run do you remember? (since 1990)

    Yes, the catch is the "post 1990" stipulation. A little cheap in the case of Buckner. Matt Stairs' HR was a big one, I think. I recall people saying, "who is Matt Stairs?"I wish we had held onto him. Most of these players were not considered power hitters, so it is not surprising. Adam...
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    Marwin Gonzalez DFA'd, Kyle Schwarber called up

    I noticed the same thing. He runs the bases like crazy when he hits the ball or when others get base hits and he is on base. Stealing is reading the pitcher and knowing when to take off. Not sure he has those skills just yet.
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    Your top "forgot he was a Red Sox"

    I have met Larry Anderson a few times. At an electronics store in 1997, and at Phillies charity card shows. The first time I said to him , you're going to be known as a very good relief pitcher and baseball announcer but I'm a Red Sox fan and I'm always going to remember you as the guy who was...
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    Grade the Red Sox trade deadline

    Right now this team is dreadful. The acquisitions have contributed to that rather than helping. It is hard to believe we gave up prospects for what we got. However, in their defense, the regulars haven't been playing well either. And the people who have stunk all year, have continued to stink...
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    Grade the Red Sox trade deadline

    Good statistics, they pretty much put to rest the idea that he was only good because of the sticky stuff. I did not see the home run on Saturday except on replay. It looked like he tried to get ahead and caught too much of the plate against a good hitter. Yesterday, he blew a fastball by...
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    Grade the Red Sox trade deadline

    I agree. He would have. In hindsight, after using Barnes twice yesterday and Ottavino yesterday, pitching them as longs as he did was problematic. He expected more out of Taylor and more out of Sawamura. Their failure meant that the others had to come in earlier. My comment sounded like a...
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    Grade the Red Sox trade deadline

    Exactly. If these new acquisitions were useful, they would have pitched. Instead, we used the overtired closer and set up man. The real issue was walking the #9 hitter. Frankly, they should have used either Rios or the better of the two acquisitions (the righty) for the eighth inning...
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    Sale's Return - When and in What Capacity?

    I want him doing that too, but he has been going between three and five innings most days. And you are right about Whitlock. Thank God for him. Great to steal him from NYY and to give him the opportunity to succeed. They have protected him in exactly the way the ought to have been protecting Dalbec.
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    Sale's Return - When and in What Capacity?

    The only thing I am worried about with Sale is that he keeps taking a large number of pitches to get through a relatively small number of innings. (Too many Sox pitchers tend to do that, especially against teams in our division.) Would he be more valuable giving us two innings every three days...
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    Your top "forgot he was a Red Sox"

    Sorry, I was responding to someone who commented that Epstein used to like to get back-up 1st basemen as defensive replacements for the likes of Millar etc. and listed five while not mentioning Mientkiewicz, but maybe he left him out on purpose because of his notoriety. I have discovered that...
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    Your top "forgot he was a Red Sox"

    Stuart is memorable as a hitter (powerful) and a fielder (you wish you could forget). I never saw him, but I know his nickname, "Dr. Strangeglove."
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