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  1. mvp 78
    Xander was awful swinging at the first pitch this year, but has a career 962 OPS when doing so. Why not swing more? He has a career swing rate of 7%, while Pedroia is at 5%. Something was definitely wrong with Bogey this year.
  2. mvp 78
    I'm not a huge Bogey fan either. I think most people on here have a perspective that Bogey needs to fix his approach, which I agree with. People on here tend to be less critical of gritty Pedroia tho.
  3. mvp 78
    If he was suited to 2b, they'd have him practicing over there. Unfortunately, they see Chavis as a 1b since that's where he is playing in the AFL.
  4. mvp 78
    The fact that people are using DD's comment about surgeries as some litmus test for his capabilities is astounding to me. Of all the things that don't matter, that comment is at the top of the list.
  5. mvp 78
    The problem is that when you only swing at 5% of the first pitches, the other team will no longer nibble on 0-0 and will just get an easy strike. You are better off swinging at a middle middle first pitch than just automatically going down 0-1.
  6. mvp 78
    Devers swings at 14% of the first pitches (938 OPS). That's the approach I favor.
  7. mvp 78
    Sure. Anyone who takes a middle middle pitch to go down 0-1 is an idiot. Betts only swings at 6.8% of first pitches. It's not good enough. Hanley at least swings 10% of the time. Hanley's issues are of another variety. I poke at Pedroia because he seems to be the worst offender on the team. He's less likely to swing on the first pitch than anyone else in the clubhouse.
  8. mvp 78
    His OPS when going down 0-1 was 668 in 2017. I believe your stats are misleading as it only references if he makes contact on an 0-1 pitch. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=pedrodu01&year=2017&t=b You need to look at the "after 0-1" stats.
  9. mvp 78
    Dojji, He only swung at 22 first pitches all year for a rate of 4.75%. Jose Altuve swung at 143 first pitches for a rate of 21.6%. I think Altuve has a better approach. Sox fans still incorrectly think Pedroia is their own Altuve, but Pedroia isn't a shell of what he was in 2011. That's history pal. Unless he fixes his approach, his career is toast.
  10. mvp 78
    I agree. I think that's the biggest complaint I have with Pedroia's approach. I understand wanting to take the first pitch no matter what when you are seeing a guy for the first time. However, the second time through the order, they need to look for a pitch to swing at. If something is in the hit me zone, just let it rip.
  11. mvp 78
    Sale Pom Porcello Wright Beeks But I think Price has a 50/50 chance of being healthy enough to have a spot in the rotation all year.
  12. mvp 78
    There's only one real deal: The Ryan Lavarnway. All others are cheap imitations.
  13. mvp 78
    That's not the exact quote tho.
  14. mvp 78
    He was the 6th best 2b per WAR in 2016. That was his highest WAR since 2011. Seems like an outlier to me.
  15. mvp 78
    In a juiced ball year, the Sox were 27th in HR. Yuck!
  16. mvp 78
    This team walks a lot (10th), k's very little (4th lowest), has a high obp (11th), but can't SLG for s*** (26th).
  17. mvp 78
    Yup, if Henry didn't like the direction the team headed, no more prospects would have been traded after the Kimbrel deal.
  18. mvp 78
    He was 19th in WAR in 2017. Top 10 isn't really one of the league's best imo.
  19. mvp 78
    Cozart is a good glove/noodle bat SS. Those guys are dime a dozen. He's going to be overpaid next year. Hard pass. Prior to last year, he was a 246AV, 289OBP, 385SLG guy who strikes out 3 times as much as he walks. Yuck!
  20. mvp 78
    Those negative WAR stats would continue no doubt!
  21. mvp 78
    I think they want a team that won't shrink the last few weeks of the season.
  22. mvp 78
    I'm a "no" on Ausmus.
  23. mvp 78
    For how many games tho?
  24. mvp 78
    Right, if it was just Beni for Stanton, everyone would do it. The trade would be Beni plus ERod plus two more guys at least (Groome and Chavis?). Stanton is great, but JD is available for just cash.
  25. mvp 78
    What's the trade? Why dump MLB talent for one guy when you can get a FA that would approximate his value?
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