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Post by Captain Obvious on Apr 4, 2019 20:44:46 GMT -4
Well so far the RS look like a bottom 5 team, pitching looks horrible and they making dumb mistakes on the bases and in the field. I know it's only 8 games but time to wake the F%^& up!
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Post by bois on Apr 17, 2019 8:09:05 GMT -4
caught a little bit of my first Sox game of this year last night between periods of the hockey game
what the hell is going on with Chris Sale?
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Post by SteveUL on Apr 17, 2019 8:24:40 GMT -4
caught a little bit of my first Sox game of this year last night between periods of the hockey game what the hell is going on with Chris Sale? Its not just Sale ... its everybody. Moreland and Boegaerts are the only ones hitting. They aren't being aggressive on the bases because they aren't getting on base. They all just seem to be going through the motions. As great as Cora was last year, he seems to have mishandled spring training and given too much rest to his pitching staff. I'm sure they'll turn it around at some point but the longer it goes, the further they get from a playoff spot. Last night on the broadcast, Bob Costas gave out this stat. The Redsox went 17-2 in April last year ... the Yankees were something like 9-9. From May onward each team had 91 wins, so that hot start in April was the difference. Redsox are 6-12 now. The good thing is that the rest of the division is not a whole lot better, except Tampa who are running away. But everybody is better than Boston right now. Its always hard to find that emotion level needed to win after going on a long successful season run that ends in a Championship. They are very emotionless right now ... not much fun to watch. |
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Post by bois on Apr 17, 2019 8:30:22 GMT -4
wasn't implying it was just him but as i said was first bit of action i watched this year and he was awful
and apparently has been all year... as many losses in April as he had all last season and didn't we just sign him to a monster extension?
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Post by scotiahockey on Apr 17, 2019 9:21:01 GMT -4
wasn't implying it was just him but as i said was first bit of action i watched this year and he was awful and apparently has been all year... as many losses in April as he had all last season and didn't we just sign him to a monster extension? Velocity had been way down like 5-7 MPH in his first few starts, I haven’t followed since then to see if that trend has continued but my initial thought was that he was injured. You don’t generally lose that much off your pitches without something being wrong. |
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Post by SteveUL on Apr 17, 2019 9:40:47 GMT -4
wasn't implying it was just him but as i said was first bit of action i watched this year and he was awful and apparently has been all year... as many losses in April as he had all last season and didn't we just sign him to a monster extension? Velocity had been way down like 5-7 MPH in his first few starts, I haven’t followed since then to see if that trend has continued but my initial thought was that he was injured. You don’t generally lose that much off your pitches without something being wrong. He was topping out at 97 last night ... just wasn't hitting his spots. He looked better but still got beat up. |
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Post by Captain Obvious on Apr 17, 2019 9:50:10 GMT -4
Pretty pathetic so far. They have bee getting their brains beat in by non contenders. Last night they got torched by the Yankees AAA team.
They look like a team that partied too hard all winter.
Going to be a short season unless they turn it around quickly.
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Post by MikeC on Apr 17, 2019 16:55:56 GMT -4
caught a little bit of my first Sox game of this year last night between periods of the hockey game what the hell is going on with Chris Sale? He is one of my keepers in my Fantasy League and he's killing me. 0-4 with an ERA of 8.50. Doesn't help that my other Pitcher keeper is Zach Wheeler who isn;t much better - 1-2 6.37,, and that includes his 7IP, 3ER start today. |
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Post by bois on Jul 22, 2019 10:46:02 GMT -4
so uhhh yeah what a disappointing follow up too a dominant championship season
this bullpen is maybe the worst i've ever seen
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Post by SteveUL on Jul 22, 2019 15:44:20 GMT -4
so uhhh yeah what a disappointing follow up too a dominant championship season this bullpen is maybe the worst i've ever seen It is so much more than the bullpen though. The starting pitching is horrendous and very inconsistent ... only Erod and Price are reliable ... Sale and Porcello you never know what you'll get. Cashner is a number 5 starter and so you should have low expectations. I know they have blown several saves. But one of the biggest problems is some sort of dysfunction in the clubhouse. This is virtually the same team that was unstoppable last year ... and this year they are a mess. Too many nights giving up 10+ runs. Yet they are also the highest scoring team in baseball ... or one of them. How can you lose so often being the highest scoring team ? Mookie isn't happy and his numbers are down ... JD Martinez is way off his numbers from last year ... but Devers is way up and Boegarts is much better than last year. Even Vasquez is having a great year. Bradley is doing his same old thing ... sucking offensively but then getting hot for a few weeks, and then back to sucking. Benitendi is a major disappointment after a solid year last year. I don't think it is just one little thing. But it reminds me of 2014 (I think that's the year) ... just come off another WS championship and something was wrong in the clubhouse ... there was fighting in the dugout ... and ultimately they blew it up and dealt away Beckett and Gonzales ... maybe that was 2014 ... 2015 ... 2008 ? |
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jul 22, 2019 16:08:17 GMT -4
so uhhh yeah what a disappointing follow up too a dominant championship season this bullpen is maybe the worst i've ever seen It is so much more than the bullpen though. The starting pitching is horrendous and very inconsistent ... only Erod and Price are reliable ... Sale and Porcello you never know what you'll get. Cashner is a number 5 starter and so you should have low expectations. I know they have blown several saves. But one of the biggest problems is some sort of dysfunction in the clubhouse. This is virtually the same team that was unstoppable last year ... and this year they are a mess. Too many nights giving up 10+ runs. Yet they are also the highest scoring team in baseball ... or one of them. How can you lose so often being the highest scoring team ? Mookie isn't happy and his numbers are down ... JD Martinez is way off his numbers from last year ... but Devers is way up and Boegarts is much better than last year. Even Vasquez is having a great year. Bradley is doing his same old thing ... sucking offensively but then getting hot for a few weeks, and then back to sucking. Benitendi is a major disappointment after a solid year last year. I don't think it is just one little thing. But it reminds me of 2014 (I think that's the year) ... just come off another WS championship and something was wrong in the clubhouse ... there was fighting in the dugout ... and ultimately they blew it up and dealt away Beckett and Gonzales ... maybe that was 2014 ... 2015 ... 2008 ? I think the big drop off from last year is pitching in general...The starters took a big step back, Porcello went from a #3 guy to a guy that's barely #5. The regular #5 was a issue all year with Eovaldi pitching hurt then being out. Price has generally been good, overall a #2 on a contender. Sale struggled early but has looked better since, the offense doesn’t seem to support him. Erod is the same guy, runs hot and cold. Good #4 guy. The best off season move by Dombrowski is not giving Porcello 15-20M last off season. The pen for the most part overachieved until the London trip, but it’s not up to the level of a contender, not even close. They let Kimbrel and Kelly walk and never had a plan to replace them. That resulted in Barnes Walden and Hembree getting burned out and losing velocity/effectiveness. What looks bad is spending big money on non starters like Nunez and Pierce and cheaping out on the pen. The only negative you can say about the offense is they score too few some nights and feast other nights, but that's common for all high scoring teams. |
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jul 22, 2019 16:10:32 GMT -4
so uhhh yeah what a disappointing follow up too a dominant championship season this bullpen is maybe the worst i've ever seen It is so much more than the bullpen though. The starting pitching is horrendous and very inconsistent ... only Erod and Price are reliable ... Sale and Porcello you never know what you'll get. Cashner is a number 5 starter and so you should have low expectations. I know they have blown several saves. But one of the biggest problems is some sort of dysfunction in the clubhouse. This is virtually the same team that was unstoppable last year ... and this year they are a mess. Too many nights giving up 10+ runs. Yet they are also the highest scoring team in baseball ... or one of them. How can you lose so often being the highest scoring team ? Mookie isn't happy and his numbers are down ... JD Martinez is way off his numbers from last year ... but Devers is way up and Boegarts is much better than last year. Even Vasquez is having a great year. Bradley is doing his same old thing ... sucking offensively but then getting hot for a few weeks, and then back to sucking. Benitendi is a major disappointment after a solid year last year. I don't think it is just one little thing. But it reminds me of 2014 (I think that's the year) ... just come off another WS championship and something was wrong in the clubhouse ... there was fighting in the dugout ... and ultimately they blew it up and dealt away Beckett and Gonzales ... maybe that was 2014 ... 2015 ... 2008 ? I haven't heard anything about Mookie not being happy. From what I see he is popping up way too many good pitches, maybe trying too hard for homers. Martinez they are pounding him up and he is struggling to adjust, similar to Devers. He will need to short stride a few high FB's into the monster seats and prove he can hit those pitches. At this point I would definitely not be buying, team isn't a top contender. maybe the next week will change my mind, but desperation TDL moves don't change things. |
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Post by bois on Jul 23, 2019 9:08:25 GMT -4
Still very possible they catch a wildcard berth... only 2 games back as of now i believe..... but they just don't have the same air of confidence /swagger as last year......
Martinez is still on a decent pace.. should be 30-35 HR's maybe 90 RBI.... batting close to .290..... that's an off year for him i'll take it
Betts is definitely having a subpar season this year.. also Benitendi...
Vazquez Bogearts and Devers carrying the load for sure
JBJ is what he is..... cant expect anything more at this point i dont think
Chavis hot start but not a legit fulltime regular
Holt great utility guy as usual
Pitching has been subpar from top to bottom.... i'd say only Price has been consistent.... but it's the bullpen that is the biggest disappointment.... a strong pen makes up for some mediocre outings.... i dunno the actual number but i'm pretty sure we must be far and away the worst team in the league for blown saves
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jul 25, 2019 8:44:49 GMT -4
Still very possible they catch a wildcard berth... only 2 games back as of now i believe..... but they just don't have the same air of confidence /swagger as last year...... Martinez is still on a decent pace.. should be 30-35 HR's maybe 90 RBI.... batting close to .290..... that's an off year for him i'll take it Betts is definitely having a subpar season this year.. also Benitendi... Vazquez Bogearts and Devers carrying the load for sure JBJ is what he is..... cant expect anything more at this point i dont think Chavis hot start but not a legit fulltime regular Holt great utility guy as usual Pitching has been subpar from top to bottom.... i'd say only Price has been consistent.... but it's the bullpen that is the biggest disappointment.... a strong pen makes up for some mediocre outings.... i dunno the actual number but i'm pretty sure we must be far and away the worst team in the league for blown saves With the wildcard being a 1 game winner take all affair, it’s hard to justify trading any top prospects for rental players. Being 11 games out in the East, I would not be a true buyer or seller, but I would try and help them team the next 2-3 years. Make a “baseball trade” not just young players for a 3 month rental. I would check on the market for guys that will be FA after the season. Holt is a guy they might be able to get a fair bit for to open a spot for Hernandez and Chavis. Pierce and Moreland are proven depth guys. Porcello, not sure if he has any value… |
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Post by Captain Obvious on Aug 1, 2019 6:53:34 GMT -4
i'm a bit surprised they didn't add a reliever, though anybody of substance would have cost big time prospects or guys like Chavis/Benny.
I'm much more surprised NYY did not add a starter. They could have desperately used Stroman or Bauer.
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