A Realistic View at 2018: Part II

[Emp9]

Me too, but I didn't have the courage to go there on this board.

 

Having Iggy at SS would create a serious hole in our offense, but given the way XBo has been hitting, who wouldn't?

 

We could do worse.

 

Don’t worry S5, you’ll get blamed anyway for bringing up Iglesias even though you didn’t. Hahaha

[moonslav59]

Ya. I know. It's friggin noontime now and still no word. The suspense is killing me. Really. Well, not literally killing me, but ... you know.

 

I'm on life support as we speak!

 

[Spudboy]

Maybe we can cut a deal with Arizona to bring back marrero for cash?

 

If bogey’s archilles is torn, we can put him on the 60 day dl.

 

Even better Stephen Drew just retired. I think he would jump at a chance to return again!

[Slasher9]

Iggy? Really? :D

if he ends up back with us i will be most happy for you.

[mvp 78]

Iggy coming back is the only way to have SCM33 back on here full time.

 

Do we want to get into some good Saltalamacchia talk as well?

[S5Dewey]

if he ends up back with us i will be most happy for you.

 

Thank you. I don't expect it to happen but as I posted earlier, we could do worse!!

[S5Dewey]

Really hoping it was a cramp or muscle spasm. I couldn’t tell if it was his ankle or his shin at first. Later I couldn’t shake the vision of Dan Marino simply (nonchalantly even) walking off the field (wasn’t hit during the play. Usually had a great offensive line protecting him those days) and tore his Achilles. We’ll just have to wait and see. Sucks.

 

From NESN - a cracked bone in his ankle. 10 day DL. Lin has been called up.

 

https://nesn.com/2018/04/xander-bogaerts-injury-red-sox-shortstop-placed-on-10-day-disable-list/

 

It's not as good as it could have been. I was hoping for a bruise or maybe he scraped the skin off the ankle bone. OTOH, it's not as bad as it could have been either. Some were talking about his Achilles.

 

Alas, probably this means Iggy won't be coming home.

(That was for you, MVP. )

[Nick]

Having 3 1/2 game lead going into Yankee series is a big plus.

 

We can simply focus on winning each series. Going 1-2 vs the Yankees won't be so bad. But it's a big test. We have our 1-2 going in Sale and Price vs damn Yankees.

[oldtimer]

Having 3 1/2 game lead going into Yankee series is a big plus.

 

We can simply focus on winning each series. Going 1-2 vs the Yankees won't be so bad. But it's a big test. We have our 1-2 going in Sale and Price vs damn Yankees.

 

We could use our own "Shoeless Joe".

[moonslav59]

From NESN - a cracked bone in his ankle. 10 day DL. Lin has been called up.

 

https://nesn.com/2018/04/xander-bogaerts-injury-red-sox-shortstop-placed-on-10-day-disable-list/

 

It's not as good as it could have been. I was hoping for a bruise or maybe he scraped the skin off the ankle bone. OTOH, it's not as bad as it could have been either. Some were talking about his Achilles.

 

Alas, probably this means Iggy won't be coming home.

(That was for you, MVP. )

 

10 days doesn't sound like a lot for a cracked bone. I hope it heals quickly. He was one of our hottest players.

[Kimmi]

DRS

5 NYY (4th)

-8 BOS (28th)

(I might add, the Sox have yet to commit an "error" this season. The Yanks have 10!)

 

Good stuff.

[Kimmi]

If you recall, we were one of the worst teams at swinging at pitches that were middle-middle.

 

Here are some early numbers on that stat so far this year, courtesy of Red Sox Stats

‏ @redsoxstats

32m32 minutes ago

 

Percent of middle-middle pitched swung at

 

 

[moonslav59]

If you recall, we were one of the worst teams at swinging at pitches that were middle-middle.

 

Here are some early numbers on that stat so far this year, courtesy of Red Sox Stats

‏ @redsoxstats

32m32 minutes ago

 

Percent of middle-middle pitched swung at

 

 

 

Great stuff.

 

It's interesting to note that the two guys who have not increased their numbers here are both stuggling to start the season.

[notin]

Not this s*** again...

 

Maybe the Sox can dust off JJ Hardy...

[cp176]

From NESN - a cracked bone in his ankle. 10 day DL. Lin has been called up.

 

https://nesn.com/2018/04/xander-bogaerts-injury-red-sox-shortstop-placed-on-10-day-disable-list/

 

It's not as good as it could have been. I was hoping for a bruise or maybe he scraped the skin off the ankle bone. OTOH, it's not as bad as it could have been either. Some were talking about his Achilles.

 

Alas, probably this means Iggy won't be coming home.

(That was for you, MVP. )

 

An achilles tear would likely have been season ending but a cracked bone in the ankle possibly just 10 days? This is a guy who yes I would hate to see rushed back at all. it really looks as those he is poised for a super year. Here's hoping that Lin can get it done in the field. I think that he can.

[mvp 78]

Maybe the Sox can dust off JJ Hardy...

 

What is Alex Gonzalez up to?

[Slasher9]

What's mr. Mia Hamm up to these days?

[Spudboy]

What's mr. Mia Hamm up to these days?

 

Sleeping with a dyke.

[moonslav59]

What is Alex Gonzalez up to?

 

Bring Marrero back!

 

LOL

[Bellhorn04]

moon, I posted this in the other thread but it got buried in the bowling posts:

 

If the Red Sox signed Moose instead of Moreland as you wished: You'd move Devers moves to first. Where does that leave HanRam and JMart?

[moonslav59]

moon, I posted this in the other thread but it got buried in the bowling posts:

 

If the Red Sox signed Moose instead of Moreland as you wished: You'd move Devers moves to first. Where does that leave HanRam and JMart?

 

1) You could use Moose like we do and will Moreland- hardly ever.

2) You keep HRam from vesting.

3) You can more easily trade JBJ, because now you've improved your defense at 3B to help offset the drop off in OF defense with JMart in LF. (Note: you can still "make it work" with JMart as DH in all AL parks with HRam and Moose basically splittting time.)

 

My main issue with Moreland was the money and extra year. Even Duda would have given us more budget space this summer.

[Bellhorn04]

1) You could use Moose like we do and will Moreland- hardly ever.

2) You keep HRam from vesting.

3) You can more easily trade JBJ, because now you've improved your defense at 3B to help offset the drop off in OF defense with JMart in LF. (Note: you can still "make it work" with JMart as DH in all AL parks with HRam and Moose basically splittting time.)

 

My main issue with Moreland was the money and extra year. Even Duda would have given us more budget space this summer.

 

I think it's pretty unlikely Moose would have signed with us to be a backup player.

[moonslav59]

I think it's pretty unlikely Moose would have signed with us to be a backup player.

 

We could have signed him before JMart.

 

We could have benched HRam and let Moose play FT (a better option than Moreland). Everytime Devers, JMart, Moose or an OF'er needed a rest, HRam could play. Under Cora's give everyone plenty of rest philosophy, HRam could play 4 out of 6 games- perfect for stopping the vest.

[Bellhorn04]

We could have signed him before JMart.

 

We could have benched HRam and let Moose play FT (a better option than Moreland). Everytime Devers, JMart, Moose or an OF'er needed a rest, HRam could play. Under Cora's give everyone plenty of rest philosophy, HRam could play 4 out of 6 games- perfect for stopping the vest.

 

Well, as we now know, their plan was to have HanRam play and hopefully rake and not 'stop the vest'. So obviously this idea and signing Moose was never even a remote possibility.

 

The realistic alternatives to Moreland were LoMo and Duda.

[moonslav59]

Well, as we now know, their plan was to have HanRam play and hopefully rake and not 'stop the vest'. So obviously this idea and signing Moose was never even a remote possibility.

 

The realistic alternatives to Moreland were LoMo and Duda.

 

never even tried to imply DD was interested in Moose.... just that i'd have preferred him to Moreland.

[moonslav59]

Sox wRCC+ Leaders

 

213 Bogey

190 Betts

163 Devers

132 HRam

109 Nunez

92 JMart

69 Vaz

65 Beni

63 Swi

23 Holt

12 JBJ

-23 Moreland

-53 Leon

 

ERA-

 

0 Price, Kimbrel, Hembree

20 Sale

44 Poyner

60 Barnes

69 Porcello

76 Velazquez

88 Walden

104 Johnson

240 C Smith

264 Kelly

[moonslav59]

10 games in, so a tiny sample size, but here are some split numbers:

 

OPS

 

vs RHPs

1.238 Bogey (improving in his .730 career vs RHPs)

1.227 Betts (.840 career- pretty close vs RHPs & LHPs)

.983 Devers (.778 - nice to see Rafael improving here)

.864 Beni (.839)

.837 HRam (.838)

.790 Nunez (.747)

.642 JMart (.833)

.623 Vaz (.656)

.414 JBJ (.729)

.182 Holt (.680)

.286 Leon (.633 but .737 vs LHPs career)

(Swihart is .724 career vs RHPs)

 

vs LHPs

1.400 Betts (.869 career)

1.056 HRam (.897)

.929 JMart (.921)

.625 Bogey (.830)

.533 JBJ (.702)

.452 Devers (1.007 career)

.443 Vaz (.686)

.393 Nunez (.707)

.273 Beni (.566 career- needs to improve here to stay FT)

.167 Moreland

(Leon .737 career , Holt career .707 & Swihart .659))

[kenmeister]

This thread is titled "A Realistic View at 2018". Well, here are the top seasons in team history:

 

1912: 105-47

1915: 101-50

1946: 104-50

1977: 97-64

1978: 99-64

2004: 98-64

2013: 97-65

 

I think this season will fit comfortably into the middle of that range Aw, who am I kidding, 106 wins! New record!

[moonslav59]

This thread is titled "A Realistic View at 2018". Well, here are the top seasons in team history:

 

1912: 105-47

1915: 101-50

1946: 104-50

1977: 97-64

1978: 99-64

2004: 98-64

2013: 97-65

 

I think this season will fit comfortably into the middle of that range Aw, who am I kidding, 106 wins! New record!

 

I'll be thrilled with 100 wins, but we're off to a great start.

 

To reach 100, we'd have to go 91-61... a 60% winning pct.

[mvp 78]

I'll be thrilled with 100 wins, but we're off to a great start.

 

To reach 100, we'd have to go 91-61... a 60% winning pct.

 

Easy peasy