mvp 78

588 OBP, 11 BB, 6 K, 8 H They may be forced to move him up to POR sooner than later if he's just not being aggressive enough at the plate. He's not going to learn much by taking BB's off bad pitching. He's reached base all 7 games. Yesterday was the first day he only reached base one time.

Duran: 353 OBP, 19.6% BB rate, 214 BABIP Maybe if he doesn't go to team Mexico and sit on the bench, he doesn't start in AAA? This pushes Kiké back to IF. They must really not like the Arroyo/Chang duo.

Dalbec just doesn't fit the need right now. They need up the middle guys. Duran can maybe play CF? They'll at least try it one more time. Dalbec can't play SS. It was foolish to even use it as a fallback. Duran at least has the profile of a CFer and coaches have been working with him.

Some fielders are able to gobble them up quickly.

This was his 2nd start. 4/6: 0.2 Innings, 4 H, 1 BB, 2 K, 4 ER 4/15: 2.1 Innings, 8 H, 5 BB, 5 K, 7 ER

Meatballs are smaller and should be theoretically harder to hit depending on how dense they are.

I'd push that back much further. Ownership messes loses Fisk and Lynn for no good reason Game 6 Margot Adams leads to Boggs celebrating on a horse in the Bronx Greatest modern pitcher gets disgruntled and fat, leaves, does steroids and wreaks havoc for the second half of his career Robotic GM signs modern day Sandy Koufax who tells the next GM to sign the most clutch player in MLB history 2003 ALCS Trade grumpy franchise greatest SS, win WS after being down 0-3 in ALCS to Yankees Lose half of the 2004 team before winning the WS again in 2007 Mediocre years aside from WS wins lead GM to "feed the monster"

That's what happens when you start with an ugly loss on Opening Day, get swept by the Pirates, then sweep the Tigers, then get swept by the Rays, then win 3 straight against the Angels...

OPS vs LHP Career: 682 OPS vs RHP Career: 720 Cora is definitely going heavy with the platooning early on. It makes sense for Refsnyder (career OPS vs LHP is 100 points higher, 550 in 2023) and McGuire (career OPS vs RHP is 250 points higher). However, sometimes you just have to go with the guys that are playing well.

Early on in the year, starters don’t go as deep into the games. Plus, the starters have been terrible at times. I would bet on improvement.

Or the Angels catcher.

Merloni good. Youk bad.

DFArroyo

Don Henley? He did save Walton Pond, right?

Sox win! Rays Lose! Yanks lose!

It’s the Apple+ game. I choose to believe this one isn’t happening.

I didn't say there was culpability for trading for an oft injured player who ended the previous year with an injury and was currently rehabbing. There is just even more culpability when they realize that he's not close to returning and they don't find a better solution than Dalbec --> SS.

Yeah, he's a middle reliever.

Player of the Day: With acknowledgment of the strong outing by Brian Van Belle, probably the day's best effort by objective measure, the nod goes to Salem's winning pitcher Brock Bell. It has been a long road back for Bell, the son of former major league All-Star Jay Bell. A two-way player in Junior College, he suffered a torn UCL during his sophomore season, necessitating Tommy John Surgery. He returned focused on pitching and impressed enough in the role that Boston took him in the seventh round and gave him a well-over-slot $465,000 bonus. He had a solid pro debut in 2019, posting a 2.45 ERA in 14 2/3 innings across nine starts. The momentum came to a halt with the lost 2020 season, and he then suffered a second UCL tear in May 2021, resulting in the need for Tommy John revision. Entering the year without having thrown a pitch in a live game since 2019 and with only 30 innings total in the previous five years combined, it is an accomplishment that Bell has returned to the mound at all. Bell's first professional win makes him an easy Player of the Day selection.

Devers' career is weighed down more by his age 20 and 21 seasons. Xander has had more years to negate the growing pains of the early years.

The second he got to ST, they should have known how far away he was and acquired someone else.

No, it's not.

Ryan Brasier: Average Exit Velo 34th Percentile Hard Hit 14th Percentile K% 28th Percentile BB% 29th Percentile Whiff% 7th Percentile Brasier was only retained this year because he limited his walks. That is no longer the case. While his numbers are better if you ignore Opening Day, I think the writing is on the wall. Kaleb Ort: Average Exit Velo 33rd Percentile Hard Hit 32nd Percentile K% 57th Percentile BB% 89th Percentile Whiff% 5th Percentile Ort is actually doing what the Sox kept Brasier around for: limiting walks. The results have been up and down, but it makes more sense to keep him around longer than Brasier. Richard Bleier: Average Exit Velo 44th Percentile Hard Hit 81st Percentile K% 26th Percentile BB% 77th Percentile Whiff% 9th Percentile Bleier induces bad contact and the bad defense around him and bad luck contributes to a 12.46 ERA. His xERA sits at 3.40. Even when Joely gets back, he probably still has a role somewhere in the pen ahead of Ort or Brasier. Aside from the 3 mentioned above, Jansen has been better than advertised, Martin has been fine, Winckowski has been fantastic and Schreiber has taken a slight step back from last year (expected). Kelly got injured, but I thought he was pitching like s*** and should have been on the next bus to AAA IMO. Guys on the 40 man in AAA: Mata is still struggling with control. No chance he can help in the near term. Chris Murphy was dreadful in his first start. Shouldn't be on the 40 man roster. Brandon Walter is pitching ok, but probably won't be called up just to fill a relief role. Guys in AAA that could potentially be added to the 40 man: AJ Politi is currently the closer. Has a fastball/slider mix and could be passed through waivers again most likely. Oddanier Mosqueda was a popular LH name thrown around before the roster was finalized. Average arm and nothing stands out. Ryan Sherriff is an older left handed specialist that would only have value if Joely or Bleier were hurt for an extended period. High BB rate. Taylor Broadway has a power arm and limits walks. Other guys on the horizon: Luis Guerrero (featured in today's Globe), Theo Denlinger (former teammate of Taylor Broadway and blacksmith), Ryan Fernandez (injured) and Ryan Zeferjahn (also injured).

180/6

That's just wrong. This team isn't unlikeable. This team will most likely even be better than 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020 and 2022. The results just are bad right now. What players on here are unlikeable?