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su:marte

su:shingo

politte

mike jackson

wunsch

grilli

adkins or sanders

:bringit

Something tells me Ozzie is going to go with 12 pitchers instead of 11. The Sox seem really high on Jason Grilli, and don't want to give him up.

 

I think our rotation will be

 

1.Loazia

2. Buehrle

3. Show

4. Garland

5. Wright

 

Pen:

Grilli

Wunsch

Jackson

Politte

Takatsu

Marte

Koch

 

That's a pretty good group of pitchers in that pen.

 

CWSOX45

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I think Shingo will out-duel Koch for the closer spot...Koch and Marte will be setup men...Wunsch, Glover, and Adkins should make the team as well...The rest is up for grabs, imho.

Glover is no longer in this organization, and I would kill myself if Adkins made it. ;)

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Heres my setup of the pen:

 

LH Specialist: Kelly Wunsch

RH Specialist: Mike Jackson

LH Setup: Damaso Marte

RH Setup: Shinjo Takatsu

RH: Cliff Politte

RH Long Reliever: Jason Grilli

Closer: Billy Koch

 

 

Depends on who Ozzie decides is the 5th starter, which at this point should definately be Danny Wright till he proves otherwise. I can certainly live with that bullpen at this point. Getting Marte/Takatsu/Koch at the end of a game could be a great thing for Sox fans.

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Geez, major mishap on my part!

 

I think I should step away from the Algebra I and Algebra II textbooks for a while...LOL!

:lol:

 

Your second mistake was assuming Shingo would battle for the closer spot. He has been absolutey dreadful this spring, and today might of been the first 1-2-3 inning he has pitched through 12 games (and this was achieved against a Giants "B" lineup.) f***ing Botch hasn't impressed me much either. Rotoworld seems to share my sentiment:

 

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpag...ort=MLB&id=6218

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:lol:

 

Your second mistake was assuming Shingo would battle for the closer spot.  He has been absolutey dreadful this spring, and today might of been the first 1-2-3 inning he has pitched through 12 games (and this was achieved against a Giants "B" lineup.) f***ing Botch hasn't impressed me much either. Rotoworld seems to share my sentiment:

 

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpag...ort=MLB&id=6218

I think Koch could throw 250 MPH and strike out 6 guys per inning, and some of you wouldn't be happy. WTF...so he isn't throwing 98 MPH now. Did you watch him pitch today? Koch is spotting his breaking pitch perfectly off the outside of the plate to righties, and not hanging any fastballs dead center of the plate. Deal with it, Billy is our man, and as long as he gets guys out without giving up runs, he should be.....whether he throws 90 MPH, or 290 MPH.

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I think the biggest problem with Billy Chaos is that he actually use to throw 100MPH. If he only threw 95 the whole time noone would even think twice about the velocity problem. I would rather him throw 93 - 95 with good movement, than his 98 and straight as an arrow fastball. I don't think Billy will be that bad this year. As for Shingo, he looks to have some really good stuff, but he needs to start out more throwing first pitch strikes and using his fastball more often. JMO.

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I wouldn't doubt it. During the telecast yesterday I believe it was Hawk that said Barry Bonds sent an email to KW saying that Takatsu had the most movement on his pitches he has ever seen. Now I think that saying something.

That is saying something especially from Bonds who has an unbelievable eye at the plate. I'm sure Shingo will be nasty this year.

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I dont have confidence in Danny Wright as our fifth starter.  I'd rather see Rauch get a chance to be our fifth starter, Wright's been given every opportunity to succeed in that damn fifth starter spot and hasn't shown anything.

I'd rather see Cotts get the 5th spot, but we can't get what we want.. I don't have much confidence in Danny [hit my home run pitches] Wrong eigher. (that and I never really liked him or Rauch ;)) But we'll see what he does in his first couple starts first then we can see if he's still the answer.

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I think the biggest problem with Billy Chaos is that he actually use to throw 100MPH. If he only threw 95 the whole time noone would even think twice about the velocity problem. I would rather him throw 93 - 95 with good movement, than his 98 and straight as an arrow fastball. I don't think Billy will be that bad this year. As for Shingo, he looks to have some really good stuff, but he needs to start out more throwing first pitch strikes and using his fastball more often. JMO.

We brought him on to bring the heat. KW said something to the extent of 'We brought Billy on board because he is more of a closer type', or something like that(IIRC) right after he made the deal. What has he exhibited to us thus far? A fastball that tops out of 95 when he's throwing well, and usually right around 92-93.

 

He has to have a very big season to be worth the $6 mill he's making.

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I dont have confidence in Danny Wright as our fifth starter.  I'd rather see Rauch get a chance to be our fifth starter, Wright's been given every opportunity to succeed in that damn fifth starter spot and hasn't shown anything.

He showed me 14 wins in 2002 when he was healthy. I have plenty of confidence in Danny Wright.

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He showed me 14 wins in 2002 when he was healthy.  I have plenty of confidence in Danny Wright.

Sure 14 wins but with a 5+ era. That could had been alot worse if he didn't pitch well during the end of the second half that season. He gives up too much homeruns in my liking. Very little confidence I have for him.

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