mvp 78
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Would have been much higher if they didn't have Tony Clark on the roster.
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What are the 25 guys not in the organization prior to Bloom they added to improve the 40 man? I think Bloom has been ok. I think you are overstating what he has done this year. The good moves: Pivetta/Seabold trade Sawamura signing Whitlock Rule 5 Arauz Rule 5 Arroyo semipermanent IL fixture Kiké Renfroe Schwarber for 1.5 months (but I'd rather have Aldo)?
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I'm jaded by the Sox not making ANY substantial moves at the deadline for pitching and then falling flat on their faces. This team could go first to fourth in less than 2 months.
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@SPChrisHatfield We've now heard from multiple sources, as we've speculated, that Jay Groome is indeed being promoted to Portland for his next start, which should be Thursday or Friday.
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Well, the Rays should request to play all of their games on the road going forward considering what COVID is like here.
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Nothing has been reported.
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They didn't have one this year either according to some people.
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https://www.fangraphs.com/boxscore.aspx?date=2002-08-23&team=Red%20Sox&dh=0 In a Pedro Martinez game against the eventual WS champs LA Angels, Grady Little rolled out with a lineup of: Rickey Henderson's Corpse LF Nomar SS Manny RF Cliff Floyd DH Hillenbrand 3B Daubach 1B Tek C Trot Nixon CF Rey Sanchez 2B I'm pretty sure I have that season blacked out from my memory. That was the Tony Clark year.
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For some god forsaken reason, Grady Little started Manny Ramirez in RF in Fenway 3 times in August of 2002.
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To get to the 04 team's record, they'd have to go 23-6 the rest of the way. If they do that, I'll be on board.
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I'd feel more better about their chances if they were the 4th best team rather than the 5th best team. However, when they won with a WC team, they had the second best record in the AL. This year, they are legitimately the 5th best team. It's not really comparable IMO. If this team was a game or two behind the Rays at season's end and then went to the playoffs, it'd be a different feeling around these parts. We aren't there.
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Especially when the #4 pick was the best player in the draft. Even if he flames out, he's not Trey Ball.
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I'm not sure how much LF in Fenway affects UZR/150 since Beni still only has a 1.6 fWAR in KC this year. I'm sure there's a marginal affect, but it's not over the top. Playing Manny or Millar in RF at Fenway is just tempting the gods.
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Roenicke was good with the Brewers. Not sure what happened here.
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Not sure I want Ottavino going against a lot of LHB either.
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Where we are right now, I don't see the harm in DFAing Robles, calling up Ort, DFAing Perez, calling up Feltman. Why they opted to bring up Espinal is beyond me. Valdez has been better than Davis/Robles and they stashed him in AAA for some reason.
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If they keep Kiké in CF, I agree with our needs assessment.
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Better Gettys than the HS QB he played with: Deshaun Watson.
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And Ottavino came in and got out of it, but looked pretty bad in the process. I think Cora was trying to win some games without having to use the same 2 guys every time. You need more than just 2-3 arms in the bullpen.
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What's the big improvement from 2020? Dalbec playing instead of Chavis? Moving on from Peraza at 2b? Trading Beni for MiLB guys? Allowing JD to look at monitors again? Adding Pivetta? Whitlock I guess? Pillar was a better 4th OFer than what they have this year. If the big improvement was ERod and Sale coming back from injury, well then he really didn't do anything. They lucked out in Whitlock (learned a new pitch in ST). Kiké was an upgrade, but not better than JBJ's 2020. Why does this team have a much better record? Simply because they had 5 adequate starters to start the season? Why didn't Bloom do that last year instead of going with Weber, Mazza and friends?
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If they go .500 the rest of the way, they'll still get to 89-90 wins. They are a good team. They are better than the 2019 version. It's still disappointing though.
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AKA the 1980's Red Sox
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Then Bloom needs to take them off the roster. It's not Cora's fault that the roster is filled with hot garbage right now.
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UZR/150 Verdugo 0.6 LF, -7.7 CF, -0.4 RF Kiké 11.7 CF Renfroe 1.6 RF Duran -25.6 CF Renfroe is given a lot of credit for his defense, but here's a list of guys with better fWAR in RF while being a Red Sox: Betts, Rusney Castillo, Victorino, Cody Ross, JD Drew, Trot Nixon, Gabe Kapler. The only RFer I could find for the Sox with worse UZR/150 is Wily Mo Pena. I bet Darren Bragg's numbers would have been higher. Troy O'Leary? Is Renfroe the worst fulltime RFer since Troy O'Leary? But to the real point: Duran sucks at defense. He's really bad. He's maybe a LF only type.
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It's the Dog Days and that dog is Old Yeller.
