2016 Boston Red Sox

[backwardsk]

2011 Draft for the Red Sox

Overall Pick Player WAR to date

19 Matt Barnes -.2

26 Blake Swihart .4

36 Henry Owens .6

40 Jackie Bradley 4.0

172 Mookie Betts 9.7

292 Travis Shaw 3.4

This is the kind of draft the O's could have had in 2016 if

Let Chris Davis Walk

Matt Wieters didn't accept that dang QO

Didn't sign worthless Gallardo

Gave a QO to Darren O'day

The Red Sox can really draft AND DEVLOP talent

6 players all from the same draft and on the ML roster within 5 years

You'd think they would outperform a Dan Duquette assembled team.

[tntoriole]

Joe Kelly back on the mound today looks very, very sharp against Indians.

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[weams]

Joe Kelly back on the mound today looks very, very sharp against Indians.

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Cy Young.

[weams]

http://www.scout.com/mlb/rumors/story/1672504-red-sox-carson-smith-to-miss-rest-of-season

[weams]

Stotle was so terribly right about Jackie Bradley Jr.

[Can_of_corn]

Stotle was so terribly right about Jackie Bradley Jr.

He's got a pretty good track record.

I admit I get a bit nervous when I see he's quoted me.

[OFFNY]

o

(MAY 31st)

Red Sox Bomb Kevin Gausman, Outdo Orioles at Own Game

(By Eddie Matz)

http://espn.go.com/blog/baltimore-orioles/post/_/id/849/mookie-betts-red-sox-bomb-kevin-gausman-orioles

[backwardsk]

Joe Kelly demoted to Pawtucket. Buckholtz to the pen.

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[OFFNY]

o

(JUNE 1st)

A) Mookie Betts became the first player ever in MLB history to hit home runs in both the 1st and 2nd innings of a game for 2 consecutive games (vs. the Orioles, 5/31 and 6/01.)

B) Mookie Betts became the first player ever in MLB history to hit 5 home runs in 2 games from the lead-off position in the batting order (vs. the Orioles, 5/31 and 6/01.)

However ...... the Red Sox only went 1-1 in those 2 games against the Orioles.

[weams]

They are the same as the Orioles according to the four game microcosm.

[OFFNY]

They are the same as the Orioles, according to the four game microcosm.

I would argue that the Orioles are better.

They lead the season series, 4 games to 3.

[weams]

I would argue that the Orioles are better.

They lead the season series, 4 games to 3.

Small sample size.

[OFFNY]

They are the same as the Orioles according to the four game microcosm.

I would argue that the Orioles are better.

They lead the season series, 4 games to 3.

Small sample size.

It is.

But it's larger than the 4-game microcosm that you used in the OP.

[Mendoza Line]

Their offense is unreal, but their pitching is certainly suspect. I think they are the best in the AL still, but they are not without some glaring flaws.

[allquixotic]

This series was very clear-cut, all-or-nothing each game for the bats. A little different than the Houston series, where we lost a couple real close games that we could have won if we just made one fewer error, hit one more home run, or made one more good pitch.

When you're giving up 7 or 9 runs in a game and still winning, it's clear you don't need much in the way of pitching to win... but then your bats are just as likely to come out and put up 1 or 2 runs in a game, and you're only going to win those if you have amazing pitchers. Which we don't over the past 30 days or so, except Tillman usually and Gausman sometimes.