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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2022 17:28:16 GMT -5
According to Chris Cotillo...
To me and my untrained eye, this is a mistake. Both are better assets out of the bullpen. Both have great stuff but have shown to lack durability and stamina. I don't mean just injuries, but their stuff plays well for 2-3 innings, but the second (and third time) through line ups they are just not as effective. Location isn't a good, velocity is down, etc. making them more hittable in innings 4-6 of an appearance than innings 1-3, and making it likely they won't get 6 innings out of them on start days which means more wear and tear out of the bullpen. I'd rather get a great 1-2 innings out of them 4 days a week than 5-6 mediocre innings out of them every 5 days.
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 9, 2022 17:41:04 GMT -5
According to Chris Cotillo... To me and my untrained eye, this is a mistake. Both are better assets out of the bullpen. Both have great stuff but have shown to lack durability and stamina. I don't mean just injuries, but their stuff plays well for 2-3 innings, but the second (and third time) through line ups they are just not as effective. Location isn't a good, velocity is down, etc. making them more hittable in innings 4-6 of an appearance than innings 1-3, and making it likely they won't get 6 innings out of them on start days which means more wear and tear out of the bullpen. I'd rather get a great 1-2 innings out of them 4 days a week than 5-6 mediocre innings out of them every 5 days. -M Typical that this Red Sox regime cannot read the writing on the wall. Everyone but them must have noticed the strength of that Houston pen in the post-season. Their response? Turn their two most reliable relievers into starters. Brilliant, but entirely in keeping with their bass-ackwards instincts. Wait... no instincts needed. Just read the analytics reports.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Nov 9, 2022 21:17:28 GMT -5
James Paxton will be back with the Red Sox. The team declined its 2 year $26 million team option on Paxton, but he exercised his 1 year $4 million player option to stay with the team. $13 million was a bit much to take a flyer to see if he was healthy, but $4 mill is not bad. If he can give the Sox 8-10 starts for $4 million he'll be a bargain compared to Chris Sale, and if he's right, he can be a top of the rotation guy. A lot of ifs, and in real world terms $4 mill is a lot of money, but in the Monopoly money world of baseball salaries, it's a bargain. -M I agree! For $4m, that's money well spent if there's any chance he can be productive. Likely, he's taking it because he can't be, but even a 5% chance is worth it.. John Henry can afford it. I actually don't love Refsnyder getting signed.. he should be a non roster camp invitee if they need him. The worries me that the whole 'I'm going to spend lots' thing was (as most people think) bull. Whitlock is FAR more valuable as a long reliever...an 'A' team of Whitlock in the 6th-7th, Houck in the 8th and a real closer in the ninth, then Barnes and a good lefty when needed would be excellent.. then you still have Schreiber even.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2022 21:25:53 GMT -5
James Paxton will be back with the Red Sox. The team declined its 2 year $26 million team option on Paxton, but he exercised his 1 year $4 million player option to stay with the team. $13 million was a bit much to take a flyer to see if he was healthy, but $4 mill is not bad. If he can give the Sox 8-10 starts for $4 million he'll be a bargain compared to Chris Sale, and if he's right, he can be a top of the rotation guy. A lot of ifs, and in real world terms $4 mill is a lot of money, but in the Monopoly money world of baseball salaries, it's a bargain. -M I agree! For $4m, that's money well spent if there's any chance he can be productive. Likely, he's taking it because he can't be, but even a 5% chance is worth it.. John Henry can afford it. I actually don't love Refsnyder getting signed.. he should be a non roster camp invitee if they need him. The worries me that the whole 'I'm going to spend lots' thing was (as most people think) bull. Whitlock is FAR more valuable as a long reliever...an 'A' team of Whitlock in the 6th-7th, Houck in the 8th and a real closer in the ninth, then Barnes and a good lefty when needed would be excellent.. then you still have Schreiber even. Scott Boras (Paxton's agent) said in his news conference that Paxton taking the contract was more about his comfort with the Sox organization through his rehab than about the money. He felt the organization gave him the best chance to get back on the field. Boras, when talking about Xander (also his client) said "this is the first time the rest of the league has had a chance to go after the X-Man and that is a MARVELOUS opportunity for them. The pun/pop culture reference was intentional. -M
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2022 9:44:54 GMT -5
I like this:
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2022 7:45:22 GMT -5
Boxing magazine The Ring, which was first published 100 years ago, is going all-digital: Full story: www.ringtv.com/646145-press-release-the-ring-magazine-embraces-digital-future-launching-monthly-electronic-edition/#.Y2MON9qzeXI.twitterThis is a shame. I, personally, prefer to read paper. For all sorts of reasons. Reading digital magazines requires you to have a fully-charged (or partially-charged) device such as an iPad. iPads make terrible fly sweaters. Plus, glitches. I once ordered a copy of Pro Wrestling Illustrated and had it sent to my Kindle Fire - and certain pages wouldn’t reload. Plus, I like to spend time away from the screen. And digital devices are distracting: you’re reading a digital magazine and then you get an e-mail notification that you feel you should check. I’m sure The Ring has a good reason for going all-digital, but it’s a shame there won’t be a paper copy. There seem to be few boxing magazines left. KO is long gone. Boxing Monthly ceased publication during the pandemic. Boxing News is weekly, and I can’t afford a weekly publication. So a paper copy of The Ring was all I had left. I just have little appetite for digital comics/magazines. (Yes, I use DC Infinite and Marvel Unlimited, but that’s more practical, given the likes of Essential Marvel and Showcase are no longer a thing, and some titles/trades are out of print)
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Post by commond on Nov 11, 2022 9:24:54 GMT -5
The Women's Rugby World Cup Final is tomorrow. England are favored to win, having won 30 matches in a row, however the last team to beat them was New Zealand in 2019, the final is at Eden Park, and winning streaks are made to be broken. The Black Ferns have never lost in a Rugby World Cup Final and have only ever lost twice at the World Cup. Much like the All Blacks, the Black Ferns had a bit of a disastrous year last year, but they've turned things around in style and the country will be behind them tomorrow. Eden Park being sold out for the final is a phenomenal achievement for women's rugby. Hopefully, the New Zealand rugby public continue to support the Black Ferns after the Cup is over and we see more women's test matches at Eden Park.
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Post by commond on Nov 12, 2022 7:58:23 GMT -5
Rugby spoiler: {Spoiler: Click to show} They did it! The Black Ferns beat England 34-31 with some desperate goal line defense in the final minutes. One of the greatest World Cup finals in any sport, and one of the great rugby games. So proud to be a Kiwi!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2022 9:49:18 GMT -5
I believe this looks great:
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Post by berkley on Nov 13, 2022 23:37:15 GMT -5
The Women's Rugby World Cup final between NZ and England was great. Tough luck on the losers, but they should be proud of their performance, especially being one player down most of the match. The women's game looks to be in good shape, both semi-finals and the final were highly competitive - though it sounds like Canada got blown out by France in the bronze medal game, unfortunately.
Haven't seen this weekend's Autmumn Tours games yet but hope to get caught up in the next few days.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2022 19:07:27 GMT -5
Prince Hal Did you see the Sox lost bench coach Will Venable who leaves the organization to become the Associate Manager of the Texas Rangers under Bruce Bochy? (think bench coach with a spiffier title so it's not a "lateral" move to bypass some MLB restrictions). Any speculation who you think might get the bench coach position? It's a huge time commitment as they have to be the one cordinating all the scouting analysis and number crunching as well as keep up with anything else asked of them. I've seen Varitek's name thrown out, but I think he prefers the consultant role rather thanthe day to day grind and commitment a bench coach position requires. -M
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 16, 2022 19:32:31 GMT -5
Prince Hal Did you see the Sox lost bench coach Will Venable who leaves the organization to become the Associate Manager of the Texas Rangers under Bruce Bochy? (think bench coach with a spiffier title so it's not a "lateral" move to bypass some MLB restrictions). Any speculation who you think might get the bench coach position? It's a huge time commitment as they have to be the one cordinating all the scouting analysis and number crunching as well as keep up with anything else asked of them. I've seen Varitek's name thrown out, but I think he prefers the consultant role rather thanthe day to day grind and commitment a bench coach position requires. -M No, had not seen this, and I wonder if it becomes a struggle between Cora and Bloom. You’d think Cora would get the right to pick his bench coach, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Bloom wants a guy loyal to him in that spot. A quick first guess: Carlos Febles. (A Cora guy.) I did see that the Jays traded Red Sox killer Teoscar Hernandez to Seattle. Could be the move that most benefits the Sox this off-season.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2022 21:12:48 GMT -5
Prince Hal Did you see the Sox lost bench coach Will Venable who leaves the organization to become the Associate Manager of the Texas Rangers under Bruce Bochy? (think bench coach with a spiffier title so it's not a "lateral" move to bypass some MLB restrictions). Any speculation who you think might get the bench coach position? It's a huge time commitment as they have to be the one cordinating all the scouting analysis and number crunching as well as keep up with anything else asked of them. I've seen Varitek's name thrown out, but I think he prefers the consultant role rather thanthe day to day grind and commitment a bench coach position requires. -M No, had not seen this, and I wonder if it becomes a struggle between Cora and Bloom. You’d think Cora would get the right to pick his bench coach, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Bloom wants a guy loyal to him in that spot. A quick first guess: Carlos Febles. (A Cora guy.) I did see that the Jays traded Red Sox killer Teoscar Hernandez to Seattle. Could be the move that most benefits the Sox this off-season. I saw one of the beat writers speculate that if the Sox look outside the organization that Alex Citron, the Astros hitting coach would be a Cora favorite as the two are close and Citron might want to be free of the Astros dysfunction. Who knows at this point? Maybe offer Bogaerts to be a player/coach? -M
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Post by berkley on Nov 17, 2022 23:53:04 GMT -5
Just watched the NZ vs Scotland game from this past weekend: the All Blacks continue to be very up and down, not looking good at all for much of this game - basically the interval from around 10-minutes to 60-minutes and then pulling out the victory in the last 20. Good to see them trying some new players, though, or bringing back some who should have been there all along, like Perenara.
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Post by commond on Nov 18, 2022 6:58:09 GMT -5
We don't have a lot of depth right now beyond the first choice side, hence the scrappy performances against Japan and Scotland. You can't play your first choice team four weeks in a row on these end of year tours, so I wasn't surprised by the Scotland performance. Scotland ran us close at Murrayfield in 2014 and 2017, so we probably should pay them more respect, but the coaches obviously targeted the Welsh test and the English test as the key matches on tour. At least the bench came on and won the game. It's been a long time since we've been able to rely on the bench. To be fair, there were a few regular starters involved, but it was still a positive given how poorly the All Blacks have played in tight games under Foster.
The game against England tomorrow will go a long way towards deciding whether this season has been a total bust. Seven wins in a row and a victory at Twickenham ought to take some of the heat off the team. Fans with long memories won't forget the Ireland series (I'm still stewing over the British and Irish Lions series from 2017), but the average fan will sleep soundly knowing we didn't lose anymore tests this year.
Australia and South Africa are also having rough seasons. It seems to me that the North Hemisphere sides have an advantage in the COVID era in that their competitions haven't been compromised to the extent that Super Rugby and The Rugby Championship has. That said, France are clearly the number one side in the world and that began with their under-21 development several years ago.
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