jacksonianmarch

You don’t honestly believe that

They underperformed for 3 months. Eventually talent wins out. Lemahieu is killing it since the ASB. Rizzo and Gallo have added balance. Judge, Stanton have been healthy and steady. Voit came off the IL like a thunderbolt. Pitching depth has been really good both starting and relieving. Defense got better. They also started to run. Prior to the ASB, they were last in SB’s. Since the ASB, they’re first

10 in a row

I’ve got a feeling you’ll see a vastly different defense next year. Bloom is all about value and right now good defenders are still undervalued. Deal Bogey, move Devers to 1b. JD opts out. Durran to LF. Kike in Cf. He’ll bring in guys who play solid D and watch the pitching improve. Add offense as the farm starts to bear fruit

I have a sneaking suspicion that Bloom may move Bogaerts if he doesn’t re-sign this offseason

You’re likely nearing the point where you’re rooting for NY in Oakland next week

I think Medina ends up as a closer. He would be entirely dominant

Syndergaard, Stroman, and Gausman are the three who should be around for awhile, even though Noah is struggling to get back on the mound post TJS

It’s also not Bloom’s MO to spend big on aging players.

Even the sun shines on a dogs ass sometimes. The Rangers can’t hit.

August has been like a weight lifted off my shoulders my friend. The Sox are cooked and the Yanks are rising. I’ve been saying all year that the Sox were a bad team. Heck, I predicted 70-75 wins! I was wrong on that total, but not wrong on the fact that they’re a pumpkin

6-0!!

Volpe jumps Dominguez in latest rankings. The 20 yr old slick fielding SS has absolutely destroyed minor league pitching in his debut season. Overall line of .305/.438/.617 with 20HR and 28 steals between A and A+. With his solid showing in High A, very strong chance he starts 22 in AA and may be a big league option if he continues to mash. He's got a great glove, arm is average, so a lot of scouts seem to think 2b will be his long term home.

Maybe that's the new philosophy, who knows?

Sale’s command was spot on last night. While he touched 95, he was sitting 90-92. Without that premium velocity, he’s not the Sale you remember. He’s very much a good pitcher, but that velo was going before the elbow issues and it doesn’t appear it’s returned with the rehab

I’ve got a pretty strong feeling that his position will be unoccupied at the end of the season. Schwarber does make sense for the Sox, problem is his utter lack of durability

Not anymore Kimmi. Not anymore. 8 in a row with Cole on the bump today. Keep it rollin

Rangers are the worst post ASB offense of all time

I think it’s the other way around. Bloom realized that he built a pumpkin and decided not to mortgage the future for a pumpkin. He’s been proven right

Stanton is built, but wiry and flexible. The juicers had the benefit of quickness from the roids. They were jacked, but they also recovered better and were fast as hell. Big difference vs the humongous monsters who do it naturally

Correct. He can probably get a 3-13 or 3-15 from an offense starved team

Moving the mound back would help tremendously

I’m a former ball player man. Superstition plays a major role

It’s more than possible. I think JD is as good as gone so long as he doesn’t go .600OPS last 6 weeks. At 34-35, you max out guaranteed money over rate of pay. He will get more than $19 mil guaranteed if he opts out

Yes, big league hitters have to guess. I played in college. I played against a ton of guys who got drafted and even against a few future major leaguers. Here’s the deal about speeds. When I played 20 years back, if you threw 90 in HS, you were getting drafted. Hitting a 90mph pitch wasn’t that hard. You had an extra split second to see it, track it, and get your hands to it. 93-95 was an order of magnitude more difficult to hit. It’s only 3-5mph but your eyes see it as 50% faster. It’s strange. Hardest I ever faced was 98. I never saw the ball path. I heard it and I saw glimpses of the pitch as if I was watching the ball come in on an old movie reel. There was release, then halfway then glove. My eyes and brain couldn’t process it until it was in the glove. So you guess, adjust location and go. Made good contact, but if he threw an off speed pitch, I was meat. 95+ was rare 20 years ago. Now 95+ is the expectation. That’s insane Also, while raw strength isn’t sapped into your thirties, quickness is. Bat speed is not about raw strength. It’s about quick hands. That’s why you don’t see a ton of enormously jacked baseball players. They’re typically long, slender and flexible with strong as hell hands.