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  1. jacksonianmarch
    I’ll chalk it up to a bad inning. No issue with his acquisition if he stays healthy
  2. jacksonianmarch
    Every game after opening day this year, I’ve asked myself, can this team play any worse. And every game that follows answers that question with a resounding yes
  3. jacksonianmarch
    Paxton wild as f***.
  4. jacksonianmarch
    You don’t need to release him. You just move one of our myriad of injured players to the 60 day DL
  5. jacksonianmarch
    Right now it’s irrelevant as he’s pulling a player a game with injuries. But you’re right. If he pulled Sevy in game 3 when we were down 3, things may have been different (although probably not as we were not hitting Eo that day).
  6. jacksonianmarch
    I thought Girardi was the right guy to try to deliver veterans to a title. He was initially billed as a good groomer of talent, but he became so veteran dependent that we needed a change of direction to foster our youth movement which started under his direction. Boone is the better fit for a younger team because he has much more patience than girardi did. The problem with Boone is that he doesn’t have much urgency at all and seems to play the game from two different avenues based on whether he is winning or losing, which I get to a degree. My issue with him is that he doesn’t seem to understand that, provided full health, this team should be managed as if we are winning when trailing by a run. Instead, he goes all 12th man in the pen when we face any deficit
  7. jacksonianmarch
    This is not surprising. Might as well call us the Railriders
  8. jacksonianmarch
    Andujar expected to avoid surgery, but may end up as a DH for the season. Might have happened anyway.
  9. jacksonianmarch
    Sale’s average velo last night was 89.1, the lowest of his career. He pitched last night and garnered soft contact, but this isn’t the guy your team paid for. Sale was smart to take that extension
  10. jacksonianmarch
    While the A’s are expected to be good, the Mariners are not. So say whatever you want to make you feel better, but neither team has been good at the outset
  11. jacksonianmarch
    Heck of a game from Tanaka. Limited hard contact. Seriously limited balls in the air. His issue last year was his inconsistent splitter. The way he throws it, he splits the dish rather than go to the corners. His goal is to have it diving down and out of the zone. When he doesn’t throw it right, it ends up middle, middle and goes a long way. When it’s on, he gets a ton of chases. When the hitter starts protecting against it, he can elevate his 4 seamer and go high low. Then he can throw the 2 seamer in to righties and the slider away and he’s practically unhittable. But he needs that splitter to be golden, and through 2 starts, it has been
  12. jacksonianmarch
    Two straight games where his splitter is down in the zone. When it’s down, he’s a ground ball machine. When it isn’t, he’s very fly ball prone, which is not good in this park
  13. jacksonianmarch
    It’s so cold there, my guess is they don’t want any more injuries. Sanchez and Bird are injury prone. I get the reasoning. It’ll be warmer tomorrow and the start time is earlier
  14. jacksonianmarch
    Betts may sign for $35 mil AAV, but cost the Sox $52 mil + per season
  15. jacksonianmarch
    How you start doesn’t tell you how you’ll finish. Heck, the team that won the most games in history (1998 Yanks), started out 1-4
  16. jacksonianmarch
    It depends. For a pitcher, yeah, fix it. For a hitter, maybe not as much. They said he had good strength in the arm, which is good. Bad labral tears really sap the strength, so thats encouraging. Also, pitchers take forever to return from these repairs, position players not so much. He’d lose the year, but if he waits into May and has the surgery, he’d be fine by opening day provides good recovery. So there’s really limited downside to a watchful waiting approach. The one things I’d want to avoid is a rest and rehab then a restart and a surgery later in the season. If he isn’t close to 100% after rest and rehab, then I’d send him to the OR. He can survive with a little less velocity on his throws. He has a cannon as is
  17. jacksonianmarch
    Forcing Swihart while shelving Leon may end up a mistake. None of the three catchers can hit, so it’s not like you’re gaining much with Swihart. Leon, at the very least, seems to be helpful to the pitching staff. That being said, DD knew that paying Leon over $2 mil would ensure he stays in the system, so it’s a moot point in the end. I think the Sox give Swi a good month and then cut bait with him and add Leon back to the roster
  18. jacksonianmarch
    Wendell Kim reincarnated
  19. jacksonianmarch
    Thank god we have Lemahieu.
  20. jacksonianmarch
    Andujar has a labrum year. Season ending surgery is a possibility, although rest and rehab is the initial course. f***
  21. jacksonianmarch
    No s***, right? Let’s take these musclebound behemoths and have them swing in anger in 45 degree weather. s***!
  22. jacksonianmarch
    Flags fly forever. I don’t care what the payroll was
  23. jacksonianmarch
    JD is in a class of his own. He’s such a good hitter that he will command a bigger salary. The next step down got cheaper this offseason with a guy like Cruz getting $12 mil (granted, he’s older). I also think EE would command something similar
  24. jacksonianmarch
    Taken differently, let’s say you get a guy like Lagares, who at least replaces the glove of Bradley. The bottom of your lineup will be 2B Pedroia? Lin? 1B Chavis/Dalbec CF Lagares C Vasquez If the kids don’t hit, that lineup gets awfully top heavy
  25. jacksonianmarch
    That’s absolutely true. That being said, you could nab a good CFer and a good RFer for the salary you’ll be paying the transcendent Betts
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