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  1. Vermonter At Large

    Producing Relief Pitchers

    There are already bullpen threads floating around that discuss usage and/or in-game management, but the Sox organization hasn't produced a single quality relief pitcher from their farm system since Matt Barnes, nearly a decade ago. Seriously, that is incomprehensible - heck, they've probably...
  2. Vermonter At Large

    Third Time Through the Order Penalty

    Have the Sox adopted (officially or unofficially) the "third time through the batting order" penalty as a primary constraint for handling the pitching staff? It sure seems that way to me - except perhaps for Eovaldi. I'm not even sure that's an actual thing - I think that the science is far...
  3. Vermonter At Large

    Defensive Positioning

    Although the infield defensive positioning mainly appears to be really solid, there have been some strange positioning decisions in the outfield recently. While the shallow positioning of Cordero during Pivetta's start last week drew some fire, I thought the positioning of Martinez during...
  4. Vermonter At Large

    10 Most Influential Players of the 20th Century

    While doing some archival research, I found an old thread from 2005 that I thought would be worth a re-visit here during the slack winter period. I'll start off with my post in that thread, which I don't remember writing and may have a difficult time defending since I haven't really done much...