Jump to content
Talk Sox
  • Create Account

mvp 78

Community Moderator
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    82,667

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    205

 Content Type 

Profiles

Boston Red Sox Videos

2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking

Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker

News

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by mvp 78

  1. mvp 78
    I like Casas and is personality. I just want him to stop having so many backwards k's.
  2. mvp 78
    Bregman is another SSS alert xBA 307, xSLG 578, xWOBACON 486, Launch Angle - Sweet Spot % 46.2, exit velo 95.9, hard hit 53.8% He's looked fine to me.
  3. mvp 78
    Trevor Story's bat speed is UP and his k rate is DOWN! He's swinging at pitches in the zone (87%) and not whiffing (20.6%). If anything, Story is the SSS alert.
  4. mvp 78
    The giveaway was the one sleeve and the gloves in the back pocket.
  5. mvp 78
    Starting with '21 in COL, Story's chase rate has been above 30%. Prior to that, it was about league average. Bad signing by Bloom. Still hoping he can turn it around. It took him a little while in '22 to get going. Not worried about Bregman. He doesn't have big power, but doesn't need to. Agree about Casas. He'd rather go down looking at strike 3 and pat himself on the back for being right about a call than protecting the plate.
  6. mvp 78
    That means we're getting lots of the mustachioed Romy Gonzalez!
  7. mvp 78
    Pumped and jacked. Finally back to AL East baseball. Wilyer getting the day off. I haven't heard anything else about the lineup. Good luck to Brockton's own Sean Newcomb! https://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2025/BAL202503310.shtml https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/preview?game_pk=778512&game_date=2025-3-31 https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?gamePk=778512
  8. mvp 78
    What mechanics are out of sync, aside from his stance being more extreme? I'm not a hitting coach, but typically when stuff like bat speed and pitching velo is down, there are underlying concerns that are usually health related.
  9. mvp 78
    They added Bregman this year and he's a lower k% guy. Narvaez k's a lot, but also bb's a lot if you go by his AAA numbers. Not enough of a track record on Campbell/Mayer/Anthony to really know, but they seem to at least be league average k guys. Masa needs some at bats...
  10. mvp 78
    For people that need to visualize it, the dark green is this season's bat swing.
  11. mvp 78
    His bat speed is down. Now it's 30th percentile, down from 60th percentile last season.
  12. mvp 78
  13. mvp 78
    K% '25 5th highest '24 3rd '23 19th '22 17th Is it organizational philosophy or team makeup? It wasn't that long ago when they were ok at not k'ing all game long. It's been brutal since the start of last season.
  14. mvp 78
    Reading comprehension. The SS platoon they used last year had a 108 wRC+. The expectations are that Story can't do that. If those are really the expectations, the Sox should have moved on from him already. That is clearly not my belief. I think he should be better than last year, but this article posits that he won't be.
  15. mvp 78
    Or we can just go with Paplebum's theory: Devers is fat. “Maybe he’s out of shape,” Papelbon said. “Maybe we gotta trim a little bit of fat, Jim. You know what happens when you trim fat?” “Well, we know they’re not in hitting shape, right? Because they’re not hitting. OK,” Rice replied. “We’re talking about trimming fat. What happens?” “Pigs squeal,” Papelbon answered. “I’m just saying, you trim fat, pigs squeal,” Papelbon repeated. “That’s what you’re looking for, your pigs to squeal. And hit home runs. But is it the shoulders? Is he in shape? We don’t know these things. But to me, it looks like the swing is just a little bit behind.”
  16. mvp 78
    If the Red Sox proposed a bat change, you know it would have been turned down.
  17. mvp 78
    Give me the quote then?
  18. mvp 78
    Some people believe DH is playing a part of it. IDK. Maybe? Take a call from Papi or whoever. I think the Sox looked fine enough. Aside from the top of the order starting slow, there was mostly good stuff to look forward to. Campbell and Wilyer both played well (even thought people wanted to crap all over Campbell after one game in typical fashion). Wong's arm looks healthy. Narvaez looks good behind the plate. Bregman is solid. The bullpen pitched well.
  19. mvp 78
    LOL, ok.
  20. mvp 78
    If Story is going to be worse offensively than a platoon of Romy/Hamilton, it's time to DFA. I think he should be better. Will he be? Right now, it's hard for me to just say "Devers will figure it out" when he's been dreadful since the shoulder issues started last August. He's a great hitter WHEN HEALTHY. I just don't know if he's able to play at his normal level. If he is healthy, then he should figure it out. However, I'm going to remain skeptical about anything concerning Devers' health until he's shown that he's feeling great and is really swinging it.
  21. mvp 78
    Always looking for a fight, aren't you... 🫣
  22. mvp 78
    Sox being 1-3 isn't the end of the world. I'm not worried about it. I'm worried about the health of Devers' shoulder considering they let him play through it last season and let Crawford play through a knee issue last season that now has Crawford on the IL. Raffy has had rough stretches before, but he's never looked this bad. Something is up.
  23. mvp 78
    The certifiable way to show that you don't have an argument is to just run with a dumb nickname.
  24. mvp 78
    What's the quote, bubs?
  25. mvp 78
    Them allowing him to have such an extreme stance and then looking so brutal is not great!
×
×
  • Create New...