mvp 78

Official scorers have too much power over our emotional wellbeing.

The Red Sox like Durbin because he played GG caliber 3b. The Brewers like Hamilton because they thought they could turn him into the next Durbin at 3b.

"They're playin' a kids game!!!!" 🙈🙉🙊

Just because the Red Sox don't have a fulltime one, doesn't mean they no longer exist. 20 teams have had players with 80+ games at SS. Guys that missed the cut: Wilson, Lindor, Seager, Griffin. The vast majority of teams have a starting SS and would like that guy to play 80%+ of their games.

They have "interesting" internal defensive metrics from the reports I've heard. They liked Hamilton at SS. They still like Story at SS. They believe Roman can play RF at Fenway.

All hot streaks eventually come to an end. Now that the Sox are reaching September, they need to figure out what the real rotation needs to be down the stretch. They are going to run out time messing around with hot and cold streaks. They held onto Gasper too long the last go around and he had a 542 OPS over has last 25 games. Sogard can play several positions and has a AAAA bat. Monasterio's glove is worse than Sogie's, but has a marginally better bat. Seigler seems to be a high energy guy and hits RHP well. If Adley is ok, they will send Gasper down when Anthony comes back. For Story, they'll send Seigler down. If they bring IKF back, maybe Monasterio?

After a fun start, Lombard has 5 errors in 5 games. 😬

Roman does have a 1221 OPS TBF. Romy is just sporting a 717.

Olds has been pretty lucky with that BB rate he's carrying. He's a guy that is just destined to give up a big inning here and there.

For Hamilton? They were talking about him taking over at 3b from what I remember.

I don't think that's going to stop the Sox from bringing him up.

The Red Sox were saying that their internal models thought Hamilton would hold up well at SS, not that they ever gave him significant run there.

Keeping Sogie, Mona and Mickey in the lineup... 🤌

No, the rule is that the player has to be on the 40 man roster (or 60 day IL) prior to September 1. A player not on the 40 man as of that day may be used to replace an injured player via petition to the Commissioner's Office.

With Slaten and Whitlock down, I'd feel a little better with another big arm out there to go along with Miller. If Slaten or Whitlock aren't healthy for the postseason, we may see some cracks.

Red Sox thought he looked great there. Why? IDK.

If we can get a line long enough, Story will never have to come back to Boston.

-3 DRS -7 FRV 31st percentile caught stealing 5th percentile framing 24th percentile pop time Sox could have won the game before the 11th inning last night if Wong was an average catcher.

And with likely no Rule 5 Draft this year, there'll be even less reason to churn the bottom of the 40 man. Should be a snooze fest this year.

Yes, I would!

That's like saying the Sox were fine with not adding a big bat because they had Mayer and Romero.

You are asking too much out of Wong in that situation. He can either hit OR have a good defensive season. He can't do both at the same time.

On the booing of Manny Ramirez: Before Manny left, it was perceived in Boston that there was a considerable drop off in his effort. There was a lot of grumbling about him no longer wanting to be in Boston, much more than Raffy TBH. This all combined with rumors about him being forced to leave Boston because his wife wanted to get him away from another woman made the fanbase more and more frustrated with Manny being Manny. It all came to a head when the story came out that Manny shoved the travelling secretary to the ground over tickets. He gets traded to Mannywood a month later and a rejuvenated Manny starts walloping .400 for the Dodgers. The following season, he's popped for PED's and is suspended. While he had a great run as a Red Sox, it's easy to see how the crowd wanted to boo Manny at that point. His career wasn't on a good trajectory. He hadn't made amends with the travelling secretary yet. He was a guy who forced his way out of Boston, seemingly didn't try hard while he was here, busted his ass for his next team and got caught doing PED's. Damon had the opportunity to comeback via trade later in his career and he nixed it, if I remember correctly.

With the lockout looming, probably going to be a long boring winter. Maybe a flurry of activity at the end of November and late Spring?