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QUOTE (ptatc @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 03:22 PM) I know I am. I think that is sone of the issue. On a serious note, you won't be saying that when reliivers are failing and these stats come out again. I won't because I'll actually clarify. No one says relievers don't matter. They DO say that reliever performance is volatile and therefore money can be invested more safely in other areas. That's a huge difference. What's old is people making blanket criticisms based on incorrect information. Don't accuse me of flip-flopping. I'm always open to changing my opinion based on new information and will always admit when I'm wrong, but I don't have any sort of agenda beyond trying to be correct.

QUOTE (Baron @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 01:14 PM) This guys strike zone sucks The whole league's strike zone sucks. It's hard to get mad at guys for poor plate discipline when pitchers are getting 4 inches off BOTH sides of the plate.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 11:30 AM) Because most of the analytics out there will tell you that a closer can be found anywhere and aren't really all that important. They have the least effect on winning because they don't pitch very much. He shouldn't be pitch the 9th inning anyway because that is not the most leveraged situation in the game. He is really being used improperly this season. (I don't really need to add the green do I?) So old.

Awesome play.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 14, 2015 -> 09:25 PM) 7.5 HR's ? Should be in green. You can't be serious . Most pitchers would be pulled by the 3rd or 4th one. Yes, you're correct, it was just a joke.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 09:21 AM) I shamelessly want to see Rodon in the rotation asap b/c I believe he gives the Sox a better chance to win and be a potential playoff team. I dont know that it has ever been done before, but why not have Danks and Noesi split the 5th start every week? It still seems as though the team doesnt want to use Danks in long relief, but Noesi might be a slightly better option in the 5th spot, so why not just have them combine to go 4-5 innings each 5th day? Might be able to save the bullpen a little and still get max value out of them. Because the pitchers will b**** about it, and the managers won't make them do something they don't want to do. It make sense on paper though, as long as both those guys would be available for long relief as well.

Six man rotation just doesn't make any sense. Why intentionally give starts to your 6th best pitcher? The reality is, unfortunately, if Danks isn't among the best options in either rotation OR the bullpen, he just needs to go.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 16, 2015 -> 03:57 PM) He's still the same Buehrle. He can throw a fastball by a guy or catch a guy looking when he needs to. I just find it odd you'd single out him in such an analogy when he's still in the top 1/4 of pitchers in the league. If you were trying to compliment Nolan Ryan, wouldn't you compare him to a pitcher you thought was good?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 15, 2015 -> 04:05 PM) He ran out of gas against KC, and didn't get much help today. He hasn't been very good, but better than the numbers indicate. He's struck out 3.48 batters per 9 (!) and has managed a homerun rate substantially below his career norms. I don't see any it getting much/any better, unfortunately. Obviously these numbers aren't predictive after just two starts, but they're worrisome because they paint a picture that the results could/should be even worse at this point. I know you think I love to hate on Danks (I don't, honestly, I wear his shirsey proudly all the time), but I thought he looked just awful yesterday. Everything was up, and he was topping out at 88mph. Nearly every pitch was making me cringe expecting a bomb. I actually couldn't believe he wasn't getting totally destroyed. I'm definitely open to the possibility that he was doing something intentionally that was keeping the hitters off balance, but I certainly couldn't see it. It seemed like he was just getting lucky.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 14, 2015 -> 01:53 AM) 6 bad games indicates he is pretty much screwed this year. Hopefully at some point in the last 156 he can figure something out which can give him some hope for next season. Maybe he can establish some value and we can dump his salary at the deadline.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 14, 2015 -> 09:59 AM) This weekend I'd bet the farm oon the under since he won't pitch vs them. I'm not cut out to be a casino mogul :'(

O/U on homers vs. Noesi against Detroit: 7.5

QUOTE (lilnicky @ Apr 11, 2015 -> 01:39 PM) just trying to get some life in this team I knew this post would shake it up!! Anybody qualified out there for manager please respond.... I don't know (or care much) who the manager SHOULD be, but I do know that I don't want anyone that has had ANYTHING to do with the unmitigated disaster that has been the Diamondbacks over the past several years.

Nah

QUOTE (Dunt @ Apr 13, 2015 -> 04:38 PM) Longoria might be their superstar, but no one was showing up when that team was competitive. I see no reason for them to not listen to offers and nab a couple nice prospects. Regardless, we can't win that bidding.

It feels like this team will never win a game.

I hate the Royals

QUOTE (shysocks @ Apr 9, 2015 -> 10:30 AM) Lineups: SOX 8 Eaton 7 Cabrera 3 Abreu D LaRoche 9 Garcia 6 Ramirez 5 Gillaspie 2 Soto 4 Johnson 1 Danks KC Annoying BABIP Magician #1 Annoying BABIP Magician #2 Annoying BABIP Magician #3 ... 1 Volquez

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 9, 2015 -> 10:32 AM) Ground ball pitcher + move to bigger park + good IF defense = low BABIP = another fluke year. Yeah his thing is walks and homers, it certainly does seem like if he's going to repeat, KC would be a good place to do it.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Apr 9, 2015 -> 10:28 AM) Sox win today. It's hard to sweep a major league team. Not nearly as hard after you've already won the first two

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 9, 2015 -> 10:02 AM) Volquez is a much different pitcher now than he was back then. He's a sinker-baller ground ball pitcher now. He pitches to contact instead of trying to miss bats like before. With how good the Royals infield defense is, I'm expecting him to have a nice year. On paper, he's one of the most glaringly obvious negative regression candidates in all of baseball. I'm going to be very disappointed in the gods of baseball if he has a good year.

Typo in the title -- "OVAH!" is misspelled

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 8, 2015 -> 03:57 PM) Let us strive mightily to win. Smite those heathens

The thing Bonifacio does better than anything else is hit lefties -- he should be in there SOMEWHERE against lefties.