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Eric D.
Farrell has a terrible habit of allowing terrible pitchers to keep appearing in games. Years ago it was Aceves. Past few years it was Craig Breslow. Now it’s Clay Buchholz. I don’t think any other team in the entire league would have this much patience with him. Just DFA him already. Or trade him for anything. Get him OFF the team. There are plenty of guys who could do a better job than him, Brian Johnson, Henry Owens, even Matt Barnes. They wouldn’t be great, or even good, but they would at least not put their team in such a huge whole so early in the game.
Valkyrie
What choice does he have? The Red Sox have terrible pitchers. Farrell has to work with what he’s given. Garbage in, garbage out. If the FO would spend a little less effort on the big media splash FA signings (how have those worked out?) and a little more effort on drafting and developing real talent and depth in the pitching staff, they’d have more success and Farrell would not be the focus of so much misplaced rage.
gomerhodge71
The Farrell issue goes well beyond the starting rotation. It’s 2015 all over again. The team has hit the skids badly, morale is way down and evidently, there is (again) little-to-no respect for him. When they inserted Lovullo last year, they had the same crew, but you could see the team react differently and there was more hustle. More heart. Farrell is also a former pitching coach who has a cache of pitchers (Buchholz, Uehara, Rodriguez, etc.) who were once good and now are no longer. As a former pitching “wizard”, why hasn’t he done something with his pitchers (he CAN overstep the pitching coach).
MattyB
I totally agree with your point. He should be more involved with the pitchers and work together with Willis to fix at least some of the issues.
riexpress
Johnson is on crazy DL… On the rare occasions Owens throws a strike, it gets crushed… Would have to stretch out Barnes over a couple of weeks… I’m not defending Farrell, but who the hell is there as an option?
staypuft
Red Sox are really, really desperate for Buchholz to regain something close to his old form. And rightfully so, b/c there’s literally no fixes for that rotation within the org. Henry Owens is a train wreck, don’t even get me started on that guy.
ReppinThe401
Farrell was in toronto when the Red Sox had Asceves. That was all Bobby V
start_wearing_purple
I suspect if the Red Sox miss the playoffs then the entire Red Sox coaching staff will suffer the blame. Louvello will likely be named manager next season.
staypuft
It’s not the coaching staff’s fault that they were given a terrible starting rotation. Firing the coaching staff will do nothing to fix that.
Ken M.
It’s is the pitching coach’s job to spot mechanical problems in his pitcher’s delivery and correct them. That doesn’t seem to be happening when the 2nd basemen is spotting problems in Price’s delivery.
stl_cards16 2
Which hasn’t helped. So maybe that wasn’t the problem.
southi
Not sure it is entirely Farrell ‘s decision on who is on his major league roster. Boston doesn’t have the deepest pitching staff. Perhaps getting lit up a few games will speed Boston’s decision on whether to deal for pitching. I’m not sure it is beneficial that they prolong the process much longer. There are several potential trade candidates who would be likely improvements over most of their current pitchers.
differentbears
SF might want to look for relievers, too.
kent814
So raisel is never gonna be a starter or are they just bringing him along slowly?
dstuart
If the Giants are truly looking at a rotation piece and the Rays are truly shopping their starting arms, why not take a look at Smyly? Left handed addition in a right handed dominant rotation, solid stuff, may fit in well in a back 2-3 roll. Just my opinion.
baumer16
I’m sure they have but the Giants don’t really have a great farm system so maybe they don’t have enough or there are better options out there for the Rays
Philliesfan4life
Cubs are a perfect fit for one of the rays starters
GrandBigB
Giants need a new rotation arm and shouldn’t be relying on Cain. Cain USED to be a great work horse arm, but it seems like it’s been cut short since last year. Right now if the Giants can get a inning eater with a decent track record and can trade some minor leaguers for him, I think they will be in good shape.
JoeyPankake
Giants need an entire new bullpen. Every day someone new has a melt down.
chevyheston
It’s amazing that the Red Sox are (as of this post) only 4 games out of first. Their starting pitching has gone into meltdown mode. Their bullpen is worse. Every GM in baseball knows that the Sox are DESPERATE for pitching and are gonna make Dombrowski pay through the nose in top-tier prospects. Though reports and rumors guarantee nothing, all signs point to Moncada, Benintendi and Espinoza being on the path to major league studs. Would hate to see DD make a Jeff-Bagwell-for-Larry-Andersen type of trade.