5 hours ago5 hr 4 hours ago, Timmy U said:Gonzalez walked a guy and gave up a bomb. That’s a completely different level than Oppor who once again walked three guys in less than two innings and threw two wild pitches. Oppor is completely broken. Sox are currently 0-3 on their top lefties. Is it time to scrutinize Bannister?I think so. I pointed out in the gamethread, but we have literally whiffed on three trades for controllable LH relievers. So far, Booser, Gilbert, & Murphy have combined for -0.6 fWAR and have cost us Fajardo (now the Cardinals’ 11th overall prospect per BA), Combs (a semi interesting relief prospect in AA), and one of my old favorites Ronny Hernandez (who has a 191 wRC+ as a 21 year old catcher in High A). These all felt like Bannister targets and all have failed to various degrees. I wouldn’t expect a 100% success rate on these types of acquisitions, but at least one and ideally two should have worked out.And there are many other red flags, such as Iriarte’s stuff almost immediately regressing when we got him, Oppor completely falling apart, Hagen being an inconsistent mess, and the plethora of injuries we have faced over the past two seasons, but don’t have the time to go into all of those.
3 hours ago3 hr There are other weird things too, such as Taylor going straight to the pen, with nary a consideration of starting. And his production = good, not great.And, of course, i think the drafting warrants scrutiny, too. The list of over-slot pitching is ridiculous. Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by GreenSox
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