No, I'd rather him put the ball in play. There is a higher likelihood of success if the ball is put in play than if it just lands in the catcher's mitt. How many times did he put the ball in play and avoid a DP rather than just k?
Signing a FA would cost a QO comp pick at most. Trading for Bogey would cost prospects plus the worry of Bogey leaving at year end. Better to go with the stability of the FA class IMO. It's the opt out that hurts Bogey's value the most.
To me, Verdugo is on the bench vs LHP.
JD would play LF, Kiké CF and Renfroe RF.
Then you'd just go with the guy at 1b that would provide the best OPS vs LHP, right?
@PeteAbe
A few #RedSox notes:
* 19 of Dalbec's last 27 hits have been for extra bases. His OPS was .651 on July 30. It's .786 now.
* Sox have allowed 18 unearned runs in the last 8 games.
* Sox are 9-9 since their Covid outbreak.
* Shaw has a .960OPS in 19 games with the Sox.
Ted: 156 WRC+, 1045 OPS, 131 Runs, 145 RBI, 185 Hits
Dalbec: 115 WRC+, 817 OPS, 58 Runs, 72 RBI, 111 Hits, 3x lower bb rate and 5x higher k rate
Having 1 extra HR while being 5 years older doesn't really get me that excited...
Not sure how stating an obvious fact of "if the Sox had better defense, they'd have more wins" becomes wrong? They'd have a few extra wins this month if the defense wasn't a joke.
Disagree.
Berry: https://cdn.fangraphs.com/players/quintin-berry/9414/game-log?position=OF&gds=&gde=&type=0&season=2013
Roberts: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=roberda07&t=b&year=2004
Both were used quite often as defensive replacements. Kotsay might actually be the least applicable since he mainly became a starter once he came to BOS.