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Actually, YOU created the 2nd thread this year. This is the third.

@redsoxstats Devers is insanely hot again, two weeks ago he peaked at a .487 expected wOBA and right now he's at .496 in 50 plate appearance rolling averages. Context: Betts topped this in April and May last year, Bogaerts has topped these hot streaks once, and Benintendi never has.

Right now, JBJ has the lowest fWAR and oWAR in MLB. This is more than just "JBJ is struggling again." Per metrics, he's arguably the worst starting player in the league. Will he be there at year end, I don't believe it.

I'd say catcher unless you have another catcher that is decent (not great) behind the plate but kills it with the bat.

https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/1776019 Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora had some choice words for Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Marcus Stroman following Tuesday's game between the two clubs. Cora wasn't thrilled after Stroman - known for his demonstrative nature on the mound - tossed an apparent quick pitch against Red Sox rookie second baseman Michael Chavis in the fourth inning. "I was telling (home plate umpire) Alan (Porter), if he's going to get on our guys, get on him," Cora said, according to Keegan Matheson of Baseball Toronto. "It's the same thing with him every day. He competes a certain way and people don't like it. "It seems like whenever a team comes in, somebody screams at him. I don't know, that's the way he acts." Chavis and Boston ace Chris Sale also appeared to direct some words at Stroman during the contest, but the Jays pitcher didn't seem bothered by the exchange following the game. "Don't know (what Sale said), could care less," Stroman told Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet. "That was between me and (Chavis). That's it. I could care less what anybody else says." Stroman threw six innings of one-run ball and now owns a 2.81 ERA in 2019. "That just tells me my stuff is exactly where I thought it would be," the 28-year-old said. "My stuff's nasty right now and there's times when I lose it because almost it's too nasty and I can't find the zone with my sinker. "I'm not scared to face anybody at any time and I'm able to bear down and make big pitches in big moments." Stroman on Twitter: @MStrooo6 I compete. That’s it. Didn’t know I had to cater to opposing teams to like me. Everyone messes with timing, deliveries and pitching mechanics these days. Everyone. Get over it. I’m going to keep that dawg mentality always. Pops raised me right and approves of it all!

My fever was in remission for a loooong time. It's going to come back though.

I can't keep up with who rants about what anymore, especially in regards to JBJ. All posters that don't have avatars are grouped as one single hive mind to me. It took me years to know the difference between sk7326 and cp176.

Would be nice, but I haven't seen much evidence of him turning it around. Maybe they'll make him retool his swing for the 20th time.

I'm sorry, but my eye test doesn't show JBJ to be doing anything superhuman this year. He had one nice game saving catch that Mookie would have made as well. He's fine defensively, but he's not the best CF even in his division.

The arb process sucks. I don't think the Sox are intentionally screwing with it though.

It's going to be a long climb back since they dug quite a hole for themselves in April. There was no way they'd be in 1st place by June. Sox are playing much better so fans need to be a little more patient at this point.

Marco Hernandez went 4 for 5 for PAW with one tater (first since 2016). Dalbec, Gorkys and Ockimey also had taters. Brian Johnson gave up 3 runs in 1 2/3's. Daniel Gonzalez went 8 innings and gave up just one run, 9 k's, 0 bb's.

According to statcast, he was 27.8 ft/sec last year. He's down to 26.8 this year. Big shift for him AND Beni.

There's room for both Leon and JBJ on this roster. I'm not sure why the conversation the past few days has been "pick one."

Some of us had faith this would happen, but you were very skeptical.

@PeteAbe JD Martinez did not play yesterday, so something must be up physically with him to be out today. There's no roster move coming at this point.

Koji pitched better in 2013 than Eck did in his MVP season of 1992. Eck's 1990 season may be the greatest relief season of all time.

Leon is OPSing 775 in May. He's fine.

I think they hold their nose with JBJ's offense and keep him around through 2020. If they keep Mookie, they probably look for a cheaper CF options (in-house or otherwise). If Mookie goes, maybe they try to bring in a bat for RF and keep JBJ?

That's a no for me dawg. Matt Kemp is the epitome of damaged goods.

Play-in game, not a playoff.

@redsoxstats Eduardo Rodriguez has a 68 FIP- his season, meaning his Fielding Independent Pitching is 32% better than league average. The pitchers >5% better than him this year: Ryu, Cole, Castillo, Snell, Scherzer, Glasnow Yet his ERA- 106, 6% worse than league average. A major divergence. Why the difference between FIP and ERA? “Luck” His .364 BABIP is next to last among starters, the 65% Left on Base % is 12th lowest, and the .032 difference between his wOBA and expected-wOBA is the 3rd highest. Basically anything that can go wrong is going wrong.

Jhon Nunez tater and triple. Durran extended his hitting streak to 12 games. In what is quickly becoming a season to remember, Thaddeus Ward turned in his third straight strong outing for Greenville. The Central Florida product has now struck out 29 batters in his last 25 innings, raising his K/9 to an impressive 10.4 on the season. Having now lowered his ERA to a sharp 2.50, the second-year starter has been impressive in the early going and will look to continue making a name for himself. https://www.milb.com/gameday/power-vs-drive/2019/05/20/573737#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=573737

Yes, the Red Sox are basically treating their players the same way the Oakland Raiders do. Good point.

CJ Chatham will be the opening day 2b IMO (unless Pedroia drags this out even further).