http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/10/18/in-need-of-a-rebound/ Bringing BP-quality analysis to Boston Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/10/18/in-need-of-a-rebound/#comment-14797 Thu, 19 Oct 2017 11:49:38 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=28434#comment-14797 Your impressions are just about right. I would add something to it (a number 6 if you will): Barnes and Hembree need to step it up and get consistent. The fact that Farrell left BOTH of them off the playoff roster–to say nothing of Abad and Scott–in favor of Eduardo Rodriguez and Doug Fister was a real shock to all of us. Hopefully it was a shock to Hembree and Barnes as well and it becomes the kindling to get a fire going under them. Both have the stuff to be great relievers–even closers–but they have to get into it and learn to be consistent.

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