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  1. jacksonianmarch
    Boone let him go 7. Bravo. This kid is the s***. Really solid, dominant performance against an offense that’s rolling. Much needed. Gerrit Cole who?
  2. jacksonianmarch
    Garcia super impressive again. And Boone has Holder in the pen in the 5th. WTF? BTW, if this kid can stay healthy, he is gonna be really, really good. Poise beyond his years. A change up that moves a ton and he can locate. A plus, plus curve that is dynamite. But the most impressive thing for me is the fastball. He can run it as a sinker. He can 4 seam it. But the most impressive two things about it are the ability to locate to all 4 quadrants and that he varies the velocity like a crafty veteran. Really impressed with this kid.
  3. jacksonianmarch
    To be entirely honest, after last years performance, nobody can fault Cashman for the addition of Cole and the roster coming into this season. But the underperformance offensively and the absolute collapse of a high priced pen has to be handled. The manager takes the blame here. Now maybe Blake and Thames get sent packing and Boone gets a final chance for 2021, but I’m not so sure. I’m wondering if this debacle of a season turns into Boone’s swan song
  4. jacksonianmarch
    Boone is managing for his job
  5. jacksonianmarch
    Ottavino is a sinker, spider guy. The problem is, his sinker is not sinking. Hasn’t since midway through last year. Sinkerballers shouldn’t be homer magnets. It’s alarming
  6. jacksonianmarch
    Dead in the water. Green and Ottavino cannot hold a 4 run lead. Wow. Bad, bad baseball. This is not a playoff team
  7. jacksonianmarch
    Urshela has crushed the ball this year. He just happens to be hurt. Hicks had been a plus offensive contributor. 8.4 WAR from 17-18 is no joke. He was hurt last year and this year he looks lost. Voit has been our best player by far. The guys who aren’t hitting are Gardner, Sanchez, Hicks, Torres, Andujar, Tauchman and Ford. Of those players, only Tauchman and Ford were 2019 flash in the pan replacement guys. The rest have had major offensive success in the bigs. This isn’t personnel. This isn’t some magical loss of power and contact. This is an entire team either getting hurt or underperforming
  8. jacksonianmarch
    No, the Red Sox don’t have the personnel. Their issues aren’t performance related, they’re personnel related. For the Yanks, it’s injury and performance. Their team is clearly good enough to win, they just aren’t right now
  9. jacksonianmarch
    A huge correction plus underperformances from key contributors.
  10. jacksonianmarch
    Who knows. Bats just looks slow. Not sure what the deal is. The Yanks of last year hit fastballs and this year, they all seem a tick slow. Not sure why. My bet is Thames will be a casualty here, but I honestly don’t know. This isn’t a talent issue. This is a performance issue
  11. jacksonianmarch
    What prospects? Garcia has been awesome. Schmidt literally allowed 3 bleeders in 2 innings and hasn’t seen the mound since. The biggest issue for the Yanks has been veteran underperformance. Sanchez, Torres and Gardner have absolutely sucked this year. Ford, Tauchman and Estrada are not hitting like they did a year ago either. For some reason, the offense has gone to s*** and they cannot fix it rapidly enough. In a normal season, right now is mid May and the team has time to get it right. The sprint plus the injuries plus the poor performance has made this especially difficult for the Yanks. My assumption going forward is that Stanton and Judge will be handled with kid gloves. Built in days off, limited turf exposure, maintenance days, etc. This lineup needs them to move the line and not having them has really killed us
  12. jacksonianmarch
    The team, as currently constituted, sucks
  13. jacksonianmarch
    I have to anticipate that the Yanks bats will get going. It’s very strange that our pen and offense have been the issues of late when they’re the strength of the team. Torres isn’t going to hit like s*** forever. Sanchez will hit again. Ford might be a Cinderella after midnight. Maybe Tauchman too, although I think he’s a better player than the 60 game sprint has shown. That’s the crazy thing about this “season”. What can you take from it for next year assuming next year is 162? Tauchman, after 60 games last year was well into his first demotion. Ford wasn’t even a twinkle in Cashman’s eye. Estrada was coming off a gunshot wound. All these guys who played big roles last year are all starting the year presses into duty again with far different results
  14. jacksonianmarch
    I thought that in 18 and then he rebounded in 19. Sanchez is our version of Jackie Bradley offensively with a bit more power upside. When he gets hot, he’ll carry the offense and hit 10 homers in a month and bat .350. When he goes cold, he cannot hit anything. Sanchez’ major issue this year as it was in 18 is that his hips are opening too soon. It’s leaving him extremely vulnerable to the outside pitch and also dropping his bat speed. He’s got a slider speed bat and cannot cover the outside part of the plate
  15. jacksonianmarch
    Cole was dynamite until the 6th. One error and the wheels fell off. The vaunted Orioles pitching held our offensive juggernaut at bay. It happens..... clearly sarcasm When the offense loses the personnel and then craters, the pitching has to be super fine. Cole was amazing through 5. One error and the game was out of reach. This team is dead in the water. They need to get healthy, but it seems every time we get one guy back, two go on the IL
  16. jacksonianmarch
    Schmidt got dinked and dunked there to paint Deivi
  17. jacksonianmarch
    One two run bomb and Deivi still looks legit. This is the Scranton Yanks right now. If we can get healthy and make the playoffs, we can do some damage, but the remnants of this squad are concerning for sure
  18. jacksonianmarch
    Yes, the Sox are this bad. If there wasn’t a pandemic, the Sox would be holding open tryouts for pitchers. The pitching is otherworldly atrocious. They’re one of the worst pitching staffs of all time. That’s not just a bit of underperformance. That’s like calling the titanic a minor nautical misadventure. The Sox are a steaming pile of dumpster trash. But you’ve got a genius in the FO who will rebuild it. My only hope and prayer is Henry gets impatient...
  19. jacksonianmarch
    Dalbec is being underutilized. Devers is not a long term 3b and Dalbec is said to have a slick glove.
  20. jacksonianmarch
    If Henry was your biggest asset, he wouldn’t have let DD burn your franchise to scorched earth to win a title
  21. jacksonianmarch
    Bloom is your biggest asset. But you underestimate the degree of f***ed your team is. DD left you with an offense that’s good, not great, that’s gonna get very expensive very soon and a rotation that’s overpaid, injured and poorly producing. He also left you with a farm where the harvest occurred, the ground scorched and then covered and mixed with salt to prevent any further growth.
  22. jacksonianmarch
    It’s the price you pay for hiring Dombrowski. You got 2018. But the fallout is what DD always leaves
  23. jacksonianmarch
    And I think that’s by design. Bloom is likely looking at his Ray’s predecessor as a guidance for what he wants to do. Andrew Friedman has shown the world how the Rays style can translate to a big market club. He certainly spends to keep his stars, but his farm system is phenomenal for a team picking late in every draft and yet he doesn’t burn it down to win now. That’s what he wants to build. Listen, I think Bloom is your most valuable asset. I sure as s*** don’t want to see a Dodger level sustained period of elite performance while having a near unlimited farm full of elite prospects.
  24. jacksonianmarch
    Eovaldi’s chance was this year. The fade and IL stint killed that chance. He’s stuck with you unless you eat another bad contract
  25. jacksonianmarch
    It’s very difficult for an offense to find its mojo when they’re always playing from behind and if no lead is safe. I’m also puzzled by your comment about contention. If you’re a Bloom fan and the Sox end up in contention next year, then that means the Sox did the anti-Bloom thing and spent a ton of money. Also, if your goal is to build into contention and the Sox “contend” next year, then they won’t fully rebuild. I’ve said it many times, it’s really hard to be average and build something in baseball
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