Jasonbay44

Papi! He's starting to get some good swings.

Come on Lackey

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Obviously every player makes errors, but numerous of them have been Beltre just making stupid mistakes once he gets the ball. Anyway, my point is: Beltre is going to make more errors then most third basemen due the fact that he gets to more balls then most 3rd basemen. Lowell is not an upgrade defensively, if you want Beltre gone at least say for a good defensive 3rd basemen. (Note not directed at anyone particular with that comment but I have seen numerous people begging for Lowell to start over Beltre). Since you watch the games, you honestly cant see how much more range Beltre has then Lowell? Wether you believe UZR is a reliable stat or not, you can tell just by watching the games that Beltre's range is 10x better then Lowell. Beltre is the better defender and it will show as the season progresses. Lowell has no hope of getting better defensively because he is old and never really was very mobile, those hip surgeries have killed his mobility, therefore limiting his range. If UZR is not a reliable stat, then why is Fielding%? Fielding% can be even more misleading then UZR. According to fielding%, Mike Lowell is best fielding third basemen of all time. You know why? It doesn't factor in range. Just in the past few years Lowell has look absolutely terrible defensively, while Beltre has looked fantastic, but you cant tell that by fielding%. However, with UZR you can. UZR is a reliable stat, you just don't understand it.

Hermida is awesome. Oh, and Beltre still doesn't have enough power.

Could of been worse, a 4 run lead is good though, lets get the runs back!

Beltre has no power and sucks

Happy Birthday YOTN. Lester is looking pretty good so far.

Wow, Dallas Braden of all people throwing a perfect game, props to him. What a performance.

Lineups: RED SOX (15-16) Scutaro SS Pedroia 2B Martinez C Youkilis 1B Drew RF Ortiz DH Beltre 3B Hermida LF McDonald CF PitchIng: LHP Jon Lester (2-2, 3.93). YANKEES (21-8) Jeter SS Swisher RF Teixeira 1B Rodriguez 3B Cano 2B Posada DH Thames LF Cervelli C Gardner CF Pitching: RHP A.J. Burnett (4-0, 1.99).

A few things, First, the Manny crap is getting old. He isn't coming back, we've got to face the facts. Manny was my favorite player, but he isn't coming back. Even if he did stay, he wouldn't of helped us last year due to a suspension and he has been hurt for most of this season. Second, why would Marlins redo Hanley trade?

Its not really under the radar, I don't think McCarver and Buck could of shut up about this stat yesterday if they tried. I'm pissed that we keep losing, but we cant keep looking at the past, time to move on to the next game.

Here is the thing, you are assuming he will cool off and that his defense wont improve. Why cant his defense improve? Its May, he has time. Also, Lowell's defense isn't an improvement, even when Beltre is making errors he is better fielder then Lowell. Lowell has little to almost no range. Beltre gets to balls and makes errors that Lowell cant even get too. Once Beltre settles in and stops making stupid decisions one he gets to the ball, he'll be fine. Meanwhile, if we have Lowell out there, we'll need to upgrade at SS to cover up for how little range Lowell has. Its hilarious to me how last year everybody hated Lowell defensively and an upgrade at 3B was a must, now you want Lowell back because suddenly he's a great fielder. Lol. Edit: This is directed at themino007

Beltre has made errors on some balls that Lowell doesn't even get too. Most of his errors have been poor judgment. For example, today when the runner took off for 2nd, he fielded a ground ball and still tried throwing the runner out at 2nd. Beltre is a much better fielder then he has shown, Lowell looks like he is disabled sometimes when he is trying to field and is not an upgrade defensively. Also, UZR is not a meaningless stat., you just need to understand it.

Yankees are really getting hit by injuries.

Sabathia is out

According to extra bases (Red Sox blog), game will be starting back up at 6:20.

As a fan who wants to watch the game, I hate the rain delay, but this rain delay could definitely help the Sox. I'm not sure CC will come back out and Buchholz was basically done anyway.

Lol f*** CC

Nice job working out of trouble by Buchholz. Oh and I guess Cano is playing, he wasn't in original lineup.

This is ugly

Finally, Torii Hunter is gone

LOL

Everybody, please keep hating Beltre. Thanks