"For a while last year the guy looked nearly unhittable...." Answers your own question. Guys a great middle reliever for a few months and he's being projected at a Number 2 or 3 starter.
Yeah, I know he was a prospect. Lots of those out there that don't pan out. That's why they're called prospects Let's see where he goes. Hope it works out. On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Steve Gendron <[email protected]> wrote: > How can you not understand the high hopes for the guy? For a while last > year the guy looked nearly unhittable. On August 1 he had an ERA of 1.76 > and a WHIP of 0.911? Until he collapsed in September, I think everyone > fully expected him to take over the closer role.**** > > ** ** > > Interesting that the success of the Red Sox closely tracked the success of > Bard last year. **** > > ** ** > > Also interesting that his downward spiral started shortly after I traded > for him in Fantasy…sigh.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Tom Salemi > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 11, 2012 9:45 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Bard Wasn't Poetry in Motion.....**** > > ** ** > > Guy gave up five runs, right? In six innings? **** > > ** ** > > Not a disaster but I think decent is generous. I don't quite understand > the overly high hopes for him (though I admit a few of the strike outs were > pretty.)**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Ray Daniel Salemi < > [email protected]> wrote:**** > > Not a bad start, but I was hoping for better. Bard's game score was 44. > Anything below 50 is usually a loss.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 7:11 AM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote:* > *** > > ...but was decent, about what I think we could have expected from a guy > who hasn't started a real game since 2007.... I liked**** > > that we threw almost 100 pitches, although he certainly needs to be more > efficient and spread them over 7 innings, not 5. But**** > > he only walked one, had 6 K's and threw 2/3 of his pitches for strikes. > Between him and Doubrant, I can see having decent**** > > starters for the time being, assuming both will improve but also have some > bumps in the road. **** > > ** ** > > I do think that Bobby V has over-thunk himself a bit at times. Leaving > Thomas in there to face a rightly with Albers ready was**** > > dumb, as he admitted afterwards. I guess he has some rust to know off his > game as well.**** > > ** ** > > I'd sure like to see some consistency from the offense, too. Glad Youk is > off the schneid, and Ryan Sweeney has been a **** > > pleasant surprise so far, although it's amazing to see a guy that big > hitting singles. And it seems like Papi is going to**** > > continue to do damage. I did see that Pedroia jammed his shoulder, hope > that doesn't turn into a season-ling thing....**** > > ** ** > > Dan D**** > > Central NJ USA**** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.**** > > ** ** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.**** > > ** ** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.**** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
