jacksonianmarch

Exactly, it gets far more concerning when you’re facing Verlander, Morton, Cole and Keuchel and they can effectively pitch around JD for the whole series

The Reds don’t want a guy going into his second arb season for Gennett. They’re looking at a long rebuild. They’re going to want guys close to MLB ready with full control left

Notice I didn’t include Holt, who is expect to be replaced by Betts once he’s healthy. You can only go so far on Betts, Bogey, JDM, Moreland and Beni. You’ll need someone else at the bottom to hit. The Sox are giving a free inning per turn of the order to every team they play

I’ve said 100 times and I’ll say it again. When JBJ can return a solid player, you won’t want to deal him. You don’t deal him with a .200 BA and 3HR. You deal him when he posts a .800+ OPS on the season

Young pitchers build confidence from good outings. As much as the experience of pitching to JD can help them, coming out of a start with good numbers and positive vibes is just as important. Rodon was coming off a big injury and isn’t established yet, so getting a bit deeper with limited ER could help his confidence

The Sox would likely have to part with a player in the minor league system that they’d rather no jettison, but if Devers doesn’t come back to his 2017 production, the bottom of your order is especially barren. Nunez, Devers, Bradley, Vasquez/Leon is abhorrent currently. Once crunch time comes, teams will pitch around JDM and the bottom of the order will squander opportunity after opportunity

Moustakas is cheaper than Freese. He is on a 1 yr $4 mil deal. The prorated portion would be around $1.7 mil if dealt at the deadline

We miss Scherzer this time around when we face the Nats starting Tuesday. Strasburg just hit the DL as well. We miss Thor tonight who was scratched.

Devers is going to get a longer leash, but I wonder if his struggles continue if the Sox would send him down next month and deal for a guy like Moustakas, who would provide a steadier presence to a lineup that has become increasingly top heavy

JD is a great baseball player. I have no earthly idea why pitchers throw to him. No idea. Nunez was protecting him today. How do you let him beat you? I’d Bonds him in every at bat unless I was way up or way down. There’s no reason to pitch to him.

German gives up 3 runs in the first and the kid shuts them down from there. KRob, Betances, and Chap close it out. The kids tie the game and Judge wins it. Epitome of this great season

Tanaka out multiple weeks. Should be back before ASB. This opens up an audition. I hopes it Sheff, but with our 40 man crunch, I wouldn’t be surprised if Loiasiga jumps the pack and gets a shot

Meh, I’ll tell you right now that some of these guys will ascend quickly. Cash and Opp hit homeruns in the 4-10 section of the draft almost yearly with pitchers. Last year, Stephan at 3, Otto at 5 and Lehnen at 6 is looking like a trio of steals. I think German and Hutchinson end up ascending the top 15 by end of 2019 and possibly by the end of this year as Stephan and Otto did last year. They’re both high spin rate guys with better arsenals than pure velocity. These are the guys we tweak and they’re all of a sudden sitting mid 90s with command. Also, Breaulx makes the top 15. He’s a light tower power, hit first kind of guy. He’ll move fast if moved off catcher.

Then run a shrimping boat

Wang’s career was ruined because of it

Tanaka strained a hammy yesterday running the bases. Not expect to be long, but I bet he misses a start or two. Interesting that Sheffield is already lined up with Tanaka and he dominated last night in AAA sending his ERA below 3. Shelf is a dominating pitcher who still needs to work on command, but a quick 2 start cameo would certainly be interesting

Thor scratched vs us

Yankees 18th round HS catcher Alex Guerrero intends to sign with NY. Good defensive catcher with a solid left handed swing. Limited power currently, but can project to hit for some. Good get later in the draft

I agree there. That being said, it sets us up for what the sox are heading towards. I'd rather not blow the wad on a single guy and lose the pipeline we have created to the bigs. This team is loaded for bear right now. If Gray is right, which he seems to be, it lessens the need significantly. A top 4 of Sevy, Tanaka, Gray, CC is pretty tough. We have the guys in the minors with the kind of stuff that can rival anybody, they just need to stay healthy and get their location honed. I wonder if the prudent approach is to fill the 5 spot with a guy like Happ, who should come at a modest price, assuming German doesn't start to tighten up his hold on it. Then either sign a shorter term FA like Morton at the end of the season and have an open competition for the 5th spot with the hopes that Sheffield wins it. After 2019, Gray walks and after 2020, Tanaka walks. Rather than package our prospects into one great white hope, I'd almost rather see if we can develop a starter per year and rebuild our rotation. I doubt we re-sign Gray. I doubt we would re-sign Tanaka. I doubt we re-sign CC after this year. If we package Sheff, Adams and Frazier, we can probably get DeGrom, but that leaves us opening holes that we could have filled with them. If I could predict the future, which I clearly cannot, here is how I would develop/groom our roster For 2018, hope German's stuff translates into production and he at least holds down the fort as 5th starter. Consider dealing for JA Happ if German cannot do this. Drury stays in system as the jack of all trades guy should anyone get hurt. For 2019, let CC walk, sign Charlie Morton for 3 seasons (he is 35) for good money and let him run at the top with Gray, Tanaka, and Sevy. German, Adams and Sheff will battle for the 5th starter role with the hope, IMO, that Sheff wins it as he is the most ballyhooed prospect. On the position player side, let Gardner walk and promote Frazier to play LF/backup CF. Let Walker walk and promote Drury to be a backup option all over the diamond. For 2020, whomever won the 5th spot last yr moves up to 4th. Let Gray walk and promote the next hot shot to the 5th spot. Keep backfilling the rotation with high end talent. Let Hicks walk here and hopefully Florial is ready to assume CF duties. It isn't like we are some middling team trying to get a leg up. We have the best win % in baseball (by a nose) but the Yanks and Sox are way above the closest competitor. We are also 6th in the AL in starters ERA with really a negligible difference between us and the 4th place team, Boston (3.94 vs 3.87). And that is with Sonny Gray being lost in the weeds until his last 2 starts and Tanaka being effective, albeit a high ERA guy, which typically would come down as the season comes along (Tanaka already had his annual rough patch) We lead the lead in runs scored per game and it isn't close (0.3 per game over Boston) and lead by a nose in OPS even with Sanchez struggling, Stanton not up to his MVP caliber and Bird missing 2 months. We were one game from the WS last yr and this year have bludgeoned the team that knocked us out 5-2 in our 7 head to head matchups. I think continuing with the pipeline rather than blowing our load on a single player to create a window isn't a prudent idea, although I doubt it wont be considered

I think he’s shown enough in the minors to at least be a back end starter for someone, but I bet it isn’t in Boston. He’s behind the current 5 man for this year and next and I guarantee the Sox will try to fill a hole either this deadline or in the offseason via trade. Beeks is your best trade chip at present, so I’d assume he is the headliner

Which Pomeranz are you talking about? The one from last year who was 91-93 with a deadly curve or the 89-90 guy with a homer curve? Beeks may touch 94, but he sits around 90-91. That’s enough to be effective with impeccable command and movement. He didn’t have it last night. Doesn’t mean he won’t, just his margin for error is tighter

I read that Mookie is expected to get a short rehab assignment before coming back to boston Btw, anyone else’s autocorrect changing Mookie to Millie or Snooki’s?

There are plenty of good pitchers who weren’t towering monsters. Short guys without big stuff are another story, though. Beeks doesn’t have big stuff and he doesn’t have the stature to make his stuff play up (like a Jordan Montgomery can with his length, makes 92 look faster). Therefore, Beeks needs to get by on deception and impeccable command. He’s clearly got some of both. Guys with guile and command dominate the minors, but once they hit the majors, their meddle is tested. The degree of difficulty rises and their margin for error becomes razor thin. This is why the road to being a full time big leaguer is littered with guys who were labeled as “crafty”. Beeks has far more chances coming his way, so nobody can say he is a bust after one start. Just that he isn’t going to be able to rely on stuff and he will need to be at his best every start. That’s tough to survive

So I assume SoxHop and a700 are trolls for daring to say that Beeks’ 6ER in 4IP performance was subpar?im just trying to figure out when I can post something that’s blatantly obvious without being labeled a troll by the sensitive masses on the site

Who made you sheriff? Answer a few questions for me if you will Was Beeks good? Could he be showcased for a trade?