Comments on: Rebuilding the Red Sox: Contemplating Ryan Cook http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/11/02/rebuilding-the-red-sox-contemplating-ryan-cook/ Bringing BP-quality analysis to Boston Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Gerryt http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/11/02/rebuilding-the-red-sox-contemplating-ryan-cook/#comment-4046 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 18:00:27 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=2757#comment-4046 Good point, but isn’t that a hallmark of almost any bullpen every year? But agree that the Sox took more risk than usual with Ogando, Mujica, Varvaro, Ross and later with Cook and Machi. They would certainly have been smarter holding onto lefty Miller than an already fatigued Breslow, but who knew.

It is too bad that, as with the rookie position players (XB, Mookie, JBJ, Castillo, Shaw, Brentz) who were not quite abe to step up in 2014, that young relievers appeared not quite ready in 2015, but could be very effective at some point in 2016 (Barnes, Workman, N. Ramirez, Hembree, Escobar, Light, Diaz, Aro).

Meanwhile, Koji, Tazawa, Ross, Wrigbt and lefty killer Layne is a very strong core to build around, as DD certainly will. But even stars like Chapman, Kimbrel, Paps, O’Day, given the inconsistency of BP arms, despite past success (see Cook, Ogando, Machi) and big $$, could fail in 2015, which makes those talented Sox prospects even more valuable

]]> By: Binyamin http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/11/02/rebuilding-the-red-sox-contemplating-ryan-cook/#comment-4038 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 07:16:28 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=2757#comment-4038 Sure, maybe he’ll regain his earlier arm strength and fastball velocity, and maybe his sinker will move again, but isn’t this the kind of wishful thinking that made the 2015 bullpen what it was?

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