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I repeat. The closer situation coming into 2014 was a dice throw/keep your fingers crossed situation
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Fregosi wasn't bad; he just got saddled with **** teams with absolutely no talent whatsoever.
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And as i said, with this team it didnt matter. |
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On the bright side, at the current rebuilding pace the Sox will be playing competitive ball in September around the same time Ventura's extension is up. Win-win!
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The Sox aren't the type of team that should be throwing $10 million at Joe Nathan or trying to acquire Jonathan Papelbon in a trade. The organization is going through a transitional period here. I know the losing sucks. We just have to take our medicine now and hope for a brighter tomorrow. Hahn inherited a complete mess, and he can't clean it all up in one offseason. |
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I'm not following your logic. Isnt the point of MLB to try to win as many games as possible and put a product on the field that fans will pay to see?
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Maybe ERA is useless stat because Sale had no business giving up only two earned runs. Maybe quality starts are meaningless. A win for Sale would have been the most meaningful stat of the lot. He pitched out of two bases-loaded jams. He gave up fewer runs over six innings than Belisario gave up in one-third of an inning tonight. He pitched scoreless innings when he faced tougher jams than Belisario faced in the ninth. If you're going to take stats out of context, you render all stats meaningless. Wins and losses really are really all that matter. The Sox now have a five-game losing streak. What is most frustrating about the losing streak is that the Sox could have, perhaps should have won all five of the games. Belisario isn't the only player, even reliever who failed to execute when execution was needed to win. The games have given the Sox opportunities to win every game in this losing streak. The first loss involved two eighth-inning runs breaking the tie. Tonight marked the second time this season that the Orioles have won when trailing after seven. They scored four runs in the eighth and ninth. Belisario has only looked strong as a closer for the Sox in Dodger stadium. Every time I'm surprised Belisario is still closing, Webb comes in and reminds me why he isn't closing. More than a few teams this year, and the Sox have been the most prominent among them since early April, really should be closing by committee. Sometimes teams that do that, go with the hot hand, find closers. Closers who emerge in a competitive situation, who achieve closer status, tend to be better closers than those that have the role thrust upon them. |
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Nope and it didn't matter. Because no one expected to truly contend. The irony is that was a good closer, we probably would be contending in our division to this point.
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I think the initial plan for the bullpen was solid but due to injuries and failure to improve it hasn't worked out that way.
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You hit the nail on the head. Excellent post. |
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At what cost? I have never seen a decent closer hanging off a tree to pick. What did you propose to get this closer? You Want to lock up and pay an old man like Nathan for a crap ass team? Makes no sense. I thought that Lindstrom was the perfect closer, last year of contract and may have brought in a mid level prospect if he did well by mid year. Rebuilding is not always about winning today. |
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This has the makings of an extensive losing streak. When's Rodon getting here?
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