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effectivelywild replied to the thread Chris Sale to IL with elbow inflammation.On the flip side, pretty amazing than Xander has been able to tough it out this season given the injury he must surely have had which...
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effectivelywild replied to the thread Dave Dombrowski knows more than you do.Only if he reinvents himself as a submariner with a screwball.
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effectivelywild replied to the thread Building a Bullpen, 2019 edition.I dunno, I'd still prefer to use my best guy and just end the game if possible. I think once you hit extra innings, "saving" your best...
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effectivelywild replied to the thread Building a Bullpen, 2019 edition.I think you're ignoring the possibility that, after using your elite reliever in the 7th, its also possible then for the Sox to score...
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effectivelywild replied to the thread MLB/Atlantic league to experiment with the idea of stealing first base.Easy: You put a little marker on the first base line that if the batter goes beyond that, they are considered a runner. Obviously you...
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effectivelywild replied to the thread Where the Red Sox have gone wrong.Yes. That is because clutch is a descriptive stat---it describes what already happened. You just described how the clutch stat works...
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effectivelywild replied to the thread Where the Red Sox have gone wrong.Did the fact that you typed that last sentence make you hesitate at all before hitting the "post" button? It should.
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effectivelywild replied to the thread Building a Bullpen, 2019 edition.What makes the analysis really difficult is that is not a straight 1-for-1 swap. In many cases, a sort-of tired reliever of middling...
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effectivelywild replied to the thread Report: Red Sox and X close on contract extension.I think Xander also suffers a little bit in terms of narrative. He kind of burst on the scene as this clutch young guy who hit well...
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effectivelywild replied to the thread Building a Bullpen, 2019 edition.Hopefully he realizes that he currently has no real value in the majors and needs to go down tot he minors to see if he can fix whatever...
