tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post2227317279515921988..comments2024-03-28T19:45:50.194-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: G133: Red Sox 8, Rays 6allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-9875891416239777572016-09-01T05:47:36.005-07:002016-09-01T05:47:36.005-07:00Moncada called upMoncada called uphrstrat57https://www.blogger.com/profile/02872963136012546386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-49261289439750164952016-08-31T17:19:47.733-07:002016-08-31T17:19:47.733-07:00Do they ever put stuff like this in their contract...Do they ever put stuff like this in their contract? Prohibitions on 4-out saves the day after pitching an inning?Dr. Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17771229779025430726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-49234760622240632972016-08-31T16:34:07.979-07:002016-08-31T16:34:07.979-07:00The rant I had all typed up for the game thread we...The rant I had all typed up for the game thread went along these lines:<br /><br />I know Lou Merloni isn't liked by some, but one thing he does very well is, when he criticizes John Farrell for his bullpen management, he's very specific and actually makes a lot of logical, concise points.<br /><br />One thing Merloni likes to point out is that many times when Farrell's hands are seemingly tied regarding which bullpen arm to go to (i.e. I can't bring out Kimbrel for an extra out, because Kimbrel threw a lot of pitches yesterday), it's because Farrell himself caused his options to be limited in the first place.<br /><br />So knowing you have a day off on Sept 1, why would you throw Kimbrel out yesterday? Worst case scenario, you don't need Kimbrel yesterday or today, so you use him TODAY to get him some work regardless of the score. Because of the off day tomorrow, using him frivolously today's not going to bite you. Whereas using him frivolously yesterday could (and did) bite you.<br /><br />But Farrell apparently has no ability to plan outside of the context of the game he's currently managing. So he pitches Kimbrel yesterday. Just enough pitches, I guess, so that he's unavailable today for 4 outs (but 3 is okay). <br /><br />Now you have O'Brien and Remy in the booth, already making excuses (before Tazawa has officially blown the lead), acting like, "Hey! What can John Farrell do? His hands are tied! Kimbrel did, after all, pitch a lot yesterday!" For them, too, each game exists in a total vacuum. They acted like Kimbrel pitching yesterday was this foregone thing, some natural occurrence like Halley's comet.Maxwell Horsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11954012317296896642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-54142502437964870852016-08-31T15:56:17.211-07:002016-08-31T15:56:17.211-07:00Farrell was asked (!) when he did not use Kimbrel ...<a href="http://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2016/08/31/john-farrell-explains-thinking-behind-not-using-craig-kimbrel-for-four-outs/" rel="nofollow">Farrell was asked</a> (!) when he did not use Kimbrel for four outs:<br />"After we got him an inning of work last night because he had not pitched in six days, was not going to go with a quick turnaround and look to get four outs from him. Being his sixth day without getting on the mound, that was part of the plan to get him to the mound [Tuesday] night. Knowing it was a day game following a night game, that was still taken into account. But with the off-day following, he was not going to throw more than two days consecutively. You take every day individually. The fact is that Craig needed to get to the mound [Tuesday] night. I can't say that he would've been as sharp today having pitched on his seventh day rather than an inning [Tuesday] night."<br /><br />That's not really a good answer at all. <br />So Farrell did a quick turnaround and looked to get three outs. Is one more out that much more of a workload? Maybe if it was getting only 1 out and not asking him for 3, that would be somewhat of a difference, but between 3 and 4, I'm not so sure.<br /><br />And if he was being radical, have Kimbrel get the last out of the 8th and the first 2 outs in the 9th. There's his 3 outs. Then use Taz for the final out (with luck, the bases are empty).allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.com