Rafael Devers

[a700hitter]

Lineup spark is a myth. Hitters don't make other hitters do better.

Giggles.

[Bellhorn04]

But Wouldn't you yell "Stop Sign!" when you realized that she was about to go through it. My Dad did that with me when I first got my license and I didn't get to use the car for 2 weeks. If I had gotten T-boned and hospitalized, the lesson would have been learned a whole different way and he would not have chastised me, but he would have tried to prevent it by yelling "stop sign." Coaches are supposed to be aware of everything going on on the field. They are not there to wear the spare uniforms and take up space.

 

Just for clarification, Dewey's example was of a driver proceeding through a green light.

[a700hitter]

Just for clarification, Dewey's example was of a driver proceeding through a green light.

Do you see what happens when you are texting while walking? Let this be a lesson to you.

 

Addressing the the green light scenario, my point still stands. An alert passenger should still shout "Look Out!" if he saw it coming.

[Kimmi]

Lineup spark is a myth. Hitters don't make other hitters do better.

 

It probably is a myth. LOL That said, I do believe that there are things that can spark a team. I may be completely wrong about that though.

 

What the addition of Devers and Nunez does provide is a lengthening of the line up.

[a700hitter]

It probably is a myth. LOL That said, I do believe that there are things that can spark a team. I may be completely wrong about that though.

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What the addition of Devers and Nunez does provide is a lengthening of the line up.

lLengthening a lineup is hooey statistically.

[Bellhorn04]

'Lengthening a lineup' is sportscaster mumbo jumbo for having more good hitters in the lineup, I would say.

[moonslav59]

'Lengthening a lineup' is sportscaster mumbo jumbo for having more good hitters in the lineup, I would say.

 

Yes, and stats show adding better hitters helps a line-up.

[Bellhorn04]

Yes, and stats show adding better hitters helps a line-up.

 

I would think so.

[Spudboy]

1.214 OPS through first 7 games. He has reached base each game. No big deal.

 

Hire a nutritionist and personal cook for the kid.

 

Send him to a dermatologist.

 

A star in the making.

[mvp 78]

Here's the thing. Are the other 29 1B coaches yelling at their players to run through first base? There are things that are not a 1B coach's job for good reason.

 

Why not?

[mvp 78]

And if your wife goes through a green light and gets T-Boned by someone going through the red light do you chastise her for not stopping and looking both ways at the intersection? We have a right to expect someone to obey the law (or make the right call).

 

I don't dispute that JBJ should have run through the bag, but blaming the 1B coach is...again... silly.

 

If players aren't doing the right thing, the coaches need to intervene. s*** rolls up hill.

[bosoxmal]

Wasn't this supposed to be Devers thread? Somebody better start a new one.

[mvp 78]

Time to give it up. In MVPs world, EVERY boneheaded play by a Red Sox player is a Red Sox coaching issue.

 

It's an issue that needs addressing by the coaching staff certainly. Otherwise, what's the point in even having a coaching staff at all? Aren't these guys fully formed after t-ball once they've learned all the rules? That seems to be what I'm told on here.

[S5Dewey]

Do you see what happens when you are texting while walking? Let this be a lesson to you.

 

Addressing the the green light scenario, my point still stands. An alert passenger should still shout "Look Out!" if he saw it coming.

 

So now it's the passenger's fault?

[mvp 78]

MVP and a700 must be lawyers. They sure discuss things like they are; pick a point of view and never deviate from it.

 

There is no profession in the world that purports to be more of an expert in everyone else's field than lawyers.

 

I deviate from points of view when new information is available. Not sure there has been any change in statistics on how often a player can reach 1b without actually touching it.

[mvp 78]

MVP CPA and 700 lawyer. And we know our baseball too. It isn't that hard.

 

I know enough baseball to get by and to increase my post count. It also helps to entertain me throughout the day.

[mvp 78]

No, the first base coach's job starts when the batter starts running. He can't wait for the hitter to get to first to wave him to second, for example. The first thing the coach does is let the batter/runner know if he is running through the base or turning...

 

This can't be true! These professionals should know what to do on their own!

[mvp 78]

It probably is a myth. LOL That said, I do believe that there are things that can spark a team. I may be completely wrong about that though.

 

What the addition of Devers and Nunez does provide is a lengthening of the line up.

 

You're talking about TS gamethread mojo, correct?

[mvp 78]

Hire a nutritionist and personal cook for the kid.

 

Send him to a dermatologist.

 

A star in the making.

 

Pablo had his own nutritionist/cook...

[mvp 78]

So now it's the passenger's fault?

 

No, it's the butterfly wings flapping in East Orange NJ that has caused this hurricane of a car wreck to happen on David Ortiz Drive.

[Bellhorn04]

Pablo had his own nutritionist/cook...

 

I think Pablo probably had cooks, plural. And may not have been honest with the nutritionist at all times.

[Bellhorn04]

Wasn't this supposed to be Devers thread? Somebody better start a new one.

 

No point in that mal, the same thing would just happen. It's like trying to herd cats.

[mvp 78]

What is more surprising: his OWAR of 4.8 or his DWAR of 0.8?

 

His defense isn't gold glove caliber, but it's better than advertised so far. He seems to have better range than others we have thrown over there.

[a700hitter]

I know enough baseball to get by and to increase my post count. It also helps to entertain me throughout the day.

You can hold your own except when it comes to evaluating Pedroia.

[Station 13]

Pablo had his own nutritionist/cook...

 

Himself?

[a700hitter]

I think Pablo probably had cooks, plural. And may not have been honest with the nutritionist at all times.

He was clearly cheating on his nutritionist.

[mvp 78]

You can hold your own except when it comes to evaluating Pedroia.

 

It's too emotional of a subject for me.

[a700hitter]

Yes, and stats show adding better hitters helps a line-up.

Unless it is David Ortiz. That wouldn't help the lineup.

[Kimmi]

I would think so.

 

The other thing that stats show is that adding a good hitter to an already good line up has more of an impact than adding a good hitter to a weak line up. No, it doesn't make the other hitters better, but it has a somewhat exponential effect.

 

There are theories that if a team is a strong hitting team with weak pitching, the team may get a larger upgrade by adding another good hitter than it would be adding a good pitcher.

[a700hitter]

So now it's the passenger's fault?

LOL! I don't trust anyone else behind the wheel, so I am a very alert passenger, and if you see something you warn the driver. My only point is that our coaches are not alert passengers. They are napping passengers, which is okay except for the fact that they are being paid to be alert.