A Realistic View at 2018: Part II

[dannycater]

Kelly disappoints me in that he has good stuff, but he just can't harness it enough.

[Kimmi]

From my favorite tweeter:

 

Red Sox Stats

‏ @redsoxstats

25m25 minutes ago

 

Self-inflicted wounds the past 25 days

 

IP HR BB HBP

7 2 4 1 Kimbrel

9 2 4 1 Thornburg

7 2 5 0 Hembree

9 2 4 1 Barnes

9 0 3 0 Brasier

10 0 3 0 Kelly

[Maxbialystock]

From my favorite tweeter:

 

Red Sox Stats

‏ @redsoxstats

25m25 minutes ago

 

Self-inflicted wounds the past 25 days

 

IP HR BB HBP

7 2 4 1 Kimbrel

9 2 4 1 Thornburg

7 2 5 0 Hembree

9 2 4 1 Barnes

9 0 3 0 Brasier

10 0 3 0 Kelly

 

Pretty damning, I have to admit.

[dannycater]

I wonder how many singles were hit in that 25-day period off those same relievers?

[moonslav59]

Pretty damning, I have to admit.

 

Kelly & Brasier look okay.

[oldtimer]

Kelly & Brasier look okay.

 

Especially Brasier. He has been a find.

[moonslav59]

Especially Brasier. He has been a find.

 

17 Games (18 IP) in the 32 games he's been with us

 

Scoreless innings 15 out 17 games.

 

2 hits just twice.

 

2 Bbs just once.

 

Inherited runners scored: 20% (team is at 29%).

 

IS%

 

0% Johnson, Thornburg & Walden

 

7% Barnes

 

17% Hembree

 

20% Braiser

 

31% Kimbrel

 

33% Kelly

 

44% Velazquez

50% Workman

60% Smith

75% Poyner

[oldtimer]

17 Games (18 IP) in the 32 games he's been with us

 

Scoreless innings 15 out 17 games.

 

2 hits just twice.

 

2 Bbs just once.

 

Inherited runners scored: 20% (team is at 29%).

 

IS%

 

0% Johnson, Thornburg & Walden

 

7% Barnes

 

17% Hembree

 

20% Braiser

 

31% Kimbrel

 

33% Kelly

 

44% Velazquez

50% Workman

60% Smith

75% Poyner

 

Right now I am most comfortable with Brasier, Barnes, Thornburg, Kelly, Velazquez and Workman in that order. Kimbrel is a special case as the closer. He has been off but he is what we have. I don't trust Hembree since he has often had terrible outings. Once in a while he actually does some good.

[moonslav59]

Right now I am most comfortable with Brasier, Barnes, Thornburg, Kelly, Velazquez and Workman in that order. Kimbrel is a special case as the closer. He has been off but he is what we have. I don't trust Hembree since he has often had terrible outings. Once in a while he actually does some good.

 

Here's a closer look at Hembree.

 

Games with less than or equal W+H to IP (If the one hit is an HR, I don't count it.)

 

Games with

(More of the first number is good)

8/12 April

5/11 May

11/12 June

7/11 July

4/7 August

35/53 Total (66% of the time he does okay or well. That's not very good, but it's not really all that bad either.

 

Let's compare him to your #4 guy, Kelly...

9/11 April

12/14 May

6/11 June

7/12 July

4/8

38/56(68%)

 

Look at June to August only:

22/30 Hembree (73%)

17/31 Joe Kelly (55%)

[moonslav59]

JD has almost caught Betts in OPS.

 

SOX OPS Leaders after tonight's game:

 

1.068 Betts

1.060 JD

1.051 Pearce

 

.887 Bogey

.875 Beni

.797 Moreland

 

.719 Devers

.704 Holt

.703 Kinsler

.693 JBJ

.654 Nunez

 

.577 Leon

.558 Swihart

.548 Vazquez

 

[sk7326]

Red Sox have four of the major's Top 20 position players in fWAR and its #1 pitcher (despite pitching 20 fewer innings than any of his compatriots)

[Yaz Fan Since 67]

I love Bogaerts. He is hot and cold a bit but man when he's having a good night it's a really good night. Last night could have been even bigger had the CF not made a great play on his last shot.

[Bellhorn04]

Bogey worked on his strength in the offseason and it's really showing. Thank God that recent HBP turned out not to be an issue.

[jacksonianmarch]

Bogey sees the contract coming. It is gonna be huge. He is primed for an even better 2019

[Bellhorn04]

Bogey sees the contract coming. It is gonna be huge. He is primed for an even better 2019

 

Yep. DD sure has his work cut out with Betts, Sale & Bogey.

[MADSTORK]

Kelly disappoints me in that he has good stuff, but he just can't harness it enough.

 

Exactly why he should have been dealt at the deadline. In short order he is a bust. One of the worst deals in Sox History

 

Still time to dump the stooge

[sk7326]

I love Bogaerts. He is hot and cold a bit but man when he's having a good night it's a really good night. Last night could have been even bigger had the CF not made a great play on his last shot.

 

He has made a clear contact for power sort of tradeoff and it has worked - even if it is more XBH than homeruns purely. Also - it helps to be able to grip the bat properly.

[dannycater]

No 2 players has benefited more from Cora's approach than Bogie and Betts.

[Bellhorn04]

Exactly why he should have been dealt at the deadline. In short order he is a bust. One of the worst deals in Sox History

 

Not a great deal, but that of course is an absurd overstatement.

[sk7326]

Exactly why he should have been dealt at the deadline. In short order he is a bust. One of the worst deals in Sox History

 

Still time to dump the stooge

 

Really the "worst deal" (as hyperbolic as that is) is from Allen Craig's rotting corpse.

[OH FOY]

Bogey sees the contract coming. It is gonna be huge. He is primed for an even better 2019

 

Agree, and Boras sees nothing in the Minors, to let him walk too.

[Maxbialystock]

Exactly why he should have been dealt at the deadline. In short order he is a bust. One of the worst deals in Sox History

 

Still time to dump the stooge

 

Overpaid, but hardly a bust. Of the relievers who have not started, Kelly's 53 are second only to Barnes's 55 innings. He has, I think, pretty good stuff, very similar to what Kimbrel has--fastball and knuckle curve-- except that Kelly's fast ball is faster. But too often it sure doesn't seem to be keeping opposing hitters off balance. His motion seems to be different from most other pitchers and maybe that allows hitters to see the ball better.

[mvp 78]

Exactly why he should have been dealt at the deadline. In short order he is a bust. One of the worst deals in Sox History

 

Still time to dump the stooge

 

This f***ing guy...

[Bellhorn04]

This f***ing guy...

 

Storkshit.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Well, at least , Maddork has the guts to use his own photo as his avatar. The rare example of a person actually being as dumb as he looks.

[dgalehouse]

Not to pile on , but there is now a new word in the thesaurus for a preposterous statement. " Storkism."

[moonslav59]

You guys crack me up!

[Kimmi]

Pretty damning, I have to admit.

 

Too many BBs, for sure.

[Kimmi]

I love Bogaerts. He is hot and cold a bit but man when he's having a good night it's a really good night. Last night could have been even bigger had the CF not made a great play on his last shot.

 

Bogaerts is having a pretty darn good season.

 

He's being overshadowed by Betts and JD.

[moonslav59]

Bogaerts is having a pretty darn good season.

 

He's being overshadowed by Betts and JD.

 

Yes, and Beni, too.

 

Pro-rated to 700 PAs:

 

.340 38 90 Betts

.333 50 144 JD

.307 53 132 Pearce (BOS only)

.282 30 122 Bogey

.299 20 98 Beni

.257 28 123 Moreland

.242 26 90 Devers

.222 17 79 JBJ