Who's in the Bullpen?

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (auntiepatti) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:55:54 GMT

Closing this up so as not to have replies going 2 places. This one was an early ST thread.

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (rgmfick) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:05:56 GMT

The Red Sox have been too dependent on Delcarmen and Okajima and are quickly also developing a dependency on Hansen. Timlin is coming back today and Smith is going to PawSox. Last night Dice did a good job against the Rays, but soon when he game out of the game the Sox lost another. Sweep by Rays and Sox go into Yankee Stadium. I don't know if the Pen gets into a momemtum thing or lack of momemtum, but until the Sox get to Papelbon, have no confidence at all in this pen. What are the...

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (pat02155) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:38:44 GMT

The bullpen has been horrible lately with last night being the worst. Timlin will be activated for tonight's game and Smith goes back to Pawtucket.

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (yaztheman) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:47:14 GMT

Here's my speculation:

Hansen gets sent down, Buchholz called up, Masterson to the pen. Timlin also probably gets called up and Smith sent down.

Regarding Hansen, did the Sox change his pitching motion? He seems to be short-arming the ball, and I don't recall him doing that when he was called up. Plus now he's not breaking 92 on the gun, when he was 95-97 before.

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (sbukoski) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:20:46 GMT

When is management going to get off their butts and do something about this bullpen. We don't have a single reliable arm out their with the exception of Papelbon. With what I've seen from these folks anybody you bring in can't do worse. Hansen has GOT to go. He has been horrible ever since he got here. Delcarmen is so hot and cold he is completely unreliable. Aardsma has actually been OK and Okajima is working through some mechanics stuff. I need to see more from Smith, and at...

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (harleybuc) — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:16:18 GMT

The Sox could have used that scoreless inning last night.

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (wallysgurl) — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:23:57 GMT

From this morning's Boston Globe:

The Brewers made it official yesterday, signing Julian Tavarez. He pitched one scoreless inning last night against the Braves, with a strikeout . . .

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (auntiepatti) — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:22:29 GMT

OAKLAND - Julian Tavarez has asked for and received his release from the Pawtucket Red Sox. He is now a free agent.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2008/05/tavarez_is_free.html

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (wallysgurl) — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:51:30 GMT

Looks like Julian Tavarez is headed to Pawtucket. Bye-bye Hansenz? (please?)
From Redsox.com:

BOSTON -- Though it appeared that the Red Sox were parting ways with swingman Julian Tavarez when they designated him for assignment on May 12, there is now a chance the rubber-armed righty will resurface at Fenway Park at some point this season.

Tavarez accepted his outright assignment to Triple-A Pawtucket on Tuesday, and he's expected to report there soon.

Because...

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (youngd2) — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:49:56 GMT

redsox26101 wrote:

youngd2 wrote:
We dumped Julie for that piece of crap Hansen. He's beyond worthless IMO.
yea, this is the guy i said we should of traded 2-3 years ago but everybody said we had to keep him because he's young, how do you all like him now. he wasn't worth crap 2-3 years ago and he hasn't got any better....

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (redsox26101) — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:00:12 GMT

youngd2 wrote:
We dumped Julie for that piece of crap Hansen. He's beyond worthless IMO.

yea, this is the guy i said we should of traded 2-3 years ago but everybody said we had to keep him because he's young, how do you all like him now. he wasn't worth crap 2-3 years ago and he hasn't got any better.

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (youngd2) — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:33:54 GMT

We dumped Julie for that piece of crap Hansen. He's beyond worthless IMO.

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (itisnextyr) — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:33:33 GMT

Marc and I debated here last summer about Tavarez. I never liked him until he got here. Then I came to enjoy his antics and respect his more than adequate role filling. ..As far as replacing him, I expect Colon to arrive soon and someone will drop out of the rotation ( hopefully NOT Buccholz) and fill the long relief role. ...In earlier years we could have expected a Manny being Manny Moment when his buddy Tavarez was DFAed. Not this time. More proof that he wants to stay here.

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (tjrooster) — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:56:19 GMT

As far as long relief, I don't think they plan on having a particular long reliever right now. I think they believe they can just piece it together. You can get 2 innings from Aardsma, 2 from Delcarmen, 2 from Hansen - that sort of thing. What they don't have is the guy who can take over the game if your starter gets injured pitching to the first batter of the game. Tavarez could have done that, and Snyder could have done that. Not sure anyone in the bullpen is ready to give you 5...

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (itisnextyr) — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:44:00 GMT

HeyYaz...Eck is great. He tells it exactly as he sees it. Doesnt worry about being confronted by a buddy player on the flight home...He was critical of teK's pitch calling (again) last night. Especially the contiuous call for the change up when Buccholz's fastball was his out pitch. ..I have never seen a player so average gets as much praise from the announcers and media as teK. I find it refreshing to see Eck so forthcoming with his critical opinions.

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (yaztheman) — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:43:17 GMT

What did Eck say about Tek? I know I was shocked Tek called for a 2-strike splitter on Lamb a few days ago when he couldn't get around on Pap's fastball....and of course the rest was history. (Of course, Pap agreed to the pitch).

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (itisnextyr) — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:00:15 GMT

YaYa...Why wouldnt it work to have teK catch Wake? Guess you havent seen him try over the years. Remember his 3 straight passed balls in game 4 of the 2004 ALCS ? (not wild pitches per the official scorer).. But for Big Papi teK would have gone down in history with Pesky, Aparicio, and Buckner as big game goats...Also interesting to note Eck's ongoing post game critisim of teK's game calling. Must be about time for Gordo and the other mediots to start the trashing of Eck.

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (wallysgurl) — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:26:47 GMT

A fond farewell to the original "Z boy". I hope Hansenz can finally be good enough to stay.
Now, what's going to happen when Colon is ready?
I'm very worried about the bullpen AND starting pitching. The last two nights.... YIKES!!

Joan

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (MyYaYa) — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:05:34 GMT

Say it isn't so! Even though I felt it was likely to happen, I will really miss Julian. I appreciate his character.

As to who will do long relief, I could go along with Wake. It certainly would throw off the batters to have him show up part way through a game! And do not say there would be a problem with the catching. Problems are made to be solved and one possibility is to change catchers too, or to have Tek catch Wake. Why wouldn't that work?

Ann

Re: Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (yaztheman) — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:36:46 GMT

So Timlin lives for another day, and they really like Hansen. But who's the long man? (Colon? Wake?)

Who's in the Bullpen?

feeds@yuku.com (yaztheman) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:58:12 GMT

If my roster math is correcct, I think there's only room for 2 of the following 4 pitchers on the team once Beckett is back: Snyder, Timlin, Corey & Aardsma. I've liked Corey since his stint last season, and in a sample of 1 Aardsma looked good yesterday. Can Timlin still pitch effectively at his age? If the Sox don't think so they won't be sentimental, that's for sure (see Mirabelli). So at the end of the day, who stays and who goes?