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Thread: Red Sox 2020 Bullpen Thread

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    Red Sox 2020 Bullpen Thread

    I think this bullpen could be sneaky good this year.

    He's a good refresher on some of the names:

    https://www.overthemonster.com/2020/...rnandez-walden

    DHern and Taylor are both on the COVID IL, but are healthy. Roenicke stated that their stamina just isn't there yet and that it may take a few weeks to get there.

    If Workman and Barnes can both keep it together, they should be lights out in the 8th and 9th.
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    My opinion all along is that the bullpen will be good, and because of that, this shortened season will play well for us.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kimmi View Post
    My opinion all along is that the bullpen will be good, and because of that, this shortened season will play well for us.
    Do you like the arms in the pen? The front line pen guys are awful. Even assuming Workman is lights out (big assumption), Brasier is a disaster and Barnes has been deteriorating badly for 2 years. We really need the second line guys to step up in a big way.
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    "Relief pitchers are a crapshoot." No, the truth is "Crapshoot pitchers are relievers."

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    Cody Allen has been released by the Rangers. Is he worth a flier? I think that he got beat out of a job by Daniel Bard. LOL!!!
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    Chaim, you are in the big leagues now. Drawing 10,000 fans a game is not going to cut it, and people don’t buy tickets to Fenway to talk about the Farm

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    Quote Originally Posted by a700hitter View Post
    Cody Allen has been released by the Rangers. Is he worth a flier? I think that he got beat out of a job by Daniel Bard. LOL!!!
    Wasn’t Bard with the Rockies?
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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    Wasn’t Bard with the Rockies?
    My mistake.
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    "Relief pitchers are a crapshoot." No, the truth is "Crapshoot pitchers are relievers."

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    Quote Originally Posted by a700hitter View Post
    Cody Allen has been released by the Rangers. Is he worth a flier? I think that he got beat out of a job by Daniel Bard. LOL!!!
    Cody Allen hasn’t been worth a flier since 2017. The Sox would be better off taking their chances dragging Fernando Rodney out of retirement...

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    Former Sox relievers Andrew Cashner and Addison Reed are still unemployed, right?

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    Cashner would be fine in a relief role.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    Cashner would be fine in a relief role.
    I’m calling his agent and pretending to be Bloom...

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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    I’m calling his agent and pretending to be Bloom...
    I have zero idea what he sounds like.
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    Quote Originally Posted by a700hitter View Post
    Do you like the arms in the pen? The front line pen guys are awful. Even assuming Workman is lights out (big assumption), Brasier is a disaster and Barnes has been deteriorating badly for 2 years. We really need the second line guys to step up in a big way.
    I do like our pen. I think it should be pretty good.

    Workman will not be as good as last year, but hopefully he won't regress too much and will still be a solid closer. I'm not sure what to think about Brasier. I'm not pinning a lot of hopes on him. IMO, Barnes is a very good reliever, much better than most people give him credit for. I like him for late innings, whether it be the 8th or 9th.

    When Taylor and Hernandez return from their COVID recovery, that will deepen and strengthen the pen a good deal, particularly Hernandez. His peripherals play a lot better than 4.45 ERA, just like with Barnes.

    Then there's a slew of 2nd line guys, as you put it. Someone (or two) in that crowd will step it up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    Cody Allen hasn’t been worth a flier since 2017. The Sox would be better off taking their chances dragging Fernando Rodney out of retirement...
    Clay Buchholz anyone? He could seriously be very good out of the pen.

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