Recent content by Why Not Grebeck?

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    2020 Rotation

    Here's the problem with the opener thing: 1) You still need some number of pitchers to pitch the other 8 innings that day, which just turns into a bullpen cascade if you don't have a few arms that can consistently give you 4-6 innings. 2) We're going to have to do that anyhow when Eovaldi and...
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    Red Sox Hire Chaim Bloom As Chief Baseball Officer

    This article seems potentially relevant to the Mookie Betts situation. Also, it's stunning that he wrote it as a junior in college. Dude is smart. https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/2475/evaluating-a-rod-is-he-worth-the-money-in-todays-market/
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    Red Sox Offseason News and Notes

    I don't know how good Curt is at just sticking to baseball - maybe he's all business on the field - but if I were a non-white Red Sox pitcher I'd have a hard time developing a strong bond with him after some of the things he's said.
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    Report: Red Sox and X close on contract extension

    I feel like there are three potential outcomes here: 1) Mookie has an MVP 2019 and the Sox pay him like an MVP. 2) Mookie has a mediocre 2019 and agrees to take a lesser contract than he would have after 2018. 3) Mookie has a mediocre 2019 and refuses to take any sort of discount. Demands that...
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    Report: Red Sox and X close on contract extension

    Mookie Betts is the face of the franchise. Ownership knows this. The Red Sox have the top payroll in the game and have shown a willingness to not be cheap. Mookie also clearly knows his value, and he knows that he's in the running for Best Player in Baseball. No matter what FA nonsense is...
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    Do we now have two "win the last game or bust" teams?

    If they lose, it will depend on how they lose. A bunch of injuries? It happens. That's just luck. Ditto if the Yankees go crazy, win 120 games, and the Sox have a bad performance in the wild card game or whatever - again, that's just part of it. But if the Sox lose, say, because their bullpen...
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    What to do with Drew?

    What about a phantom DL stint combined with a Beeks call-up? They're pitching on the same day and Beeks might be lightning in a bottle.
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    The offseason heading into 2018

    This might be a stupid question, but I don't really get why the Sox always seem to end up a good utility player and a good bullpen arm short at the trade deadline and then have to give up a decent prospect in order to acquire a Nunez or a Reed. Why not just grab somebody like that now, when the...
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    2017 Jimmy G: The Dilemma

    Here's where I'm at: Let's assign the Pats a grade from 1 to 100, where 1 means you're probably going to lose every game, 50 means you're average, 100 means you're going to be a heavy favorite to win the Super Bowl. With a healthy Brady, I'll give the 2017 Pats a 90. Your number can be a bit...
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    Race and the Red Sox

    One of the reasons why Boston gets singled out (beyond a shameful history of racism, both in general and specific to the Sox) is that it's one of the few places where fans actually seem to CARE during a regular season game. Go watch a summer afternoon game at, say, Dodger Stadium and people will...
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    Pats trade for Kony Ealy

    Bennett --> Allen Ryan --> Gillmore Long --> Ealy Kept: Harmon, Branch, Develin Major players that either need to be re-signed or replaced: Hightower, Blount, Sheard. As long as they can get Hightower done, make a few small tweak and the team is in real good shape heading into the draft.
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    Red Sox acquire Drew Pomeranz for Anderson Espinoza

    I mean, the rest of the deal isn't known yet, but if DD was going to give up an elite prospect for a SP, I'm glad he kept the three hitters and I'm glad he didn't go after an ancient pitcher like Rich Hill. I just worry about a guy whose value before the season was equal to Yonder Alonzo.
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    Red Sox acquire Drew Pomeranz for Anderson Espinoza

    Any time you can give up the closest thing to a can't-miss pitching prospect the team has had in a decade for a guy who has an injury history, a crazy high walk rate, a really low BABIP, and will be gassed by October...I guess you have to do it? Sigh...
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    The Game Goat Thread: Wk 13 vs Eagles

    The Eagles defense isn't the best, but they played well. Pats still put up almost 30 points without their three top weapons. The Patriots defense played well, too - except for some big early runs, Bradford got very little going in the passing game. But a blocked punt returned all the way, a...
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    2016 Starting Rotation/Bullpen Spillover

    If the Red Sox go into 2016 counting on Joe Kelly to be anything in the rotation I will not understand. Miley would have to be moved for a very, very good piece.