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With the current lineup plus Marte we would have had at the very least a 500 record thus far. Bello would have been very likely in the package to land Marte and would have meant an addition by subtraction, so sum a couple of extra wins there too. -
Tolle's velocity AND location last night was off and the fastball is his major asset. Didn't he rest enough? When it is close to 100, it's almost unhittable mostly because it has a lot of movement. Tolle needs to keep working in his secondary pitches, otherwise he's going to be relegated to the pen for the rest of his career. You don't need advanced stats to know that.
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When they let Bregaman walk and didn't sign another elite bat, all the responsibility by definition went to Anthony, whether it was said or not. It's called logic. Let's not fool ourselves, Duran and Abreu are not supposed to be at the same tier as Anthony will, at least not on paper. Anthony is supposed to be the face of the franchise, period. Heck, Abreu and Duran were trade chips not long ago. Anthony? He's Boston's Holy Grail! The real question was, Is he going to smash the ball this early of his life? The FO made it clear, and said Yes; again, when they didn't sign another elite bat to protect him. Said that, yeah, I still believe he's going to bounce back but for now, he has officially entered into my book of concerns, mostly regarding his glove and durability. Time will tell though, Regarding Duran and using your same geek logic, isn't he hitting the ball hard? What does StatCasts say? I haven't checked out but I would bet his BABIP is below league's average. Duran's problems are different though. He still has mental issues IMO.
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Hopefully!
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It’s not a personal theory. Look at the lineup. He basically has to replace Bregman/Devers production. No Contreras, no Abreu. Anthony. Exactly, everyone thought (still think) he’s going to be a superstar but thus far he’s been a bust. Common sense says he is a concern but hey… ppl can go to StatCast to feel better.
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We are in the same page. We are concerned basically because we’re expecting way more, especially from Anthony.
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I have never said they made a big mistake on extending Anthony lol. All I’m saying he is officially a concern in my book that’s all. I expected wayyy more even this early. Also, they had to sign Suarez AND another big bat. JH has plenty of money. He has to spend.
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The Red Sox thought he could carry the team by himself and made the fans to believe that. Look how they built it. he was hitting 1 and now he’s hitting 3. Only proven players or very special ones hit that high in big market teams in a regular basis. You have the minors to develop players, at MLB level there’s no patience especially with that hype on him. Add to the equation that this team was in the conversations to make the WS, doesn’t help.
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Seems like locking down unproven young men with high ceiling worked in Atlanta, a team that doesn’t open the wallet that easy, and everyone else in the league is copying that included the Red Sox. Problem is you have to be good at evaluating young talent at both performance and personal lifestyle. It’s a “low” risk — big win opportunity they say, but still a risk, especially because your young men could relax or simply won’t work as expected. Look at Bello and Campbell. Bello is mediocre at best and Campbell probably won’t see a MLB AB again. Rafaela is mediocre at best at hitting with a great glove. Anthony is supposed to be the next Williams (or sort of) and this far he looks lost at the plate with a sloppy glove and durability concerns. Ppl will tell you that all that money invested are peanuts, maybe, but as I said, these young men could relax, distract and even don’t care anymore. Their lives are solved financially, anyways. Not to mention you are taxing the team trying to develop them.
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When “rudimentary” stats like RBIs BA OBP and SLG are bad, your advanced stats are likely bad as well. That’s nothing but a cop out to sound you know the game. In big sample sizes “rudimentary” stats define a player as good as advanced stats, period. If you are a 200 hitter for 7 seasons you are likely not a good hitter. It’s that simple. Said that, all the hype on Anthony isn’t helping him. Right now he looks like a subpar player with durability concerns. Do I still believe he’s going to comeback? Absolutely. Yet, Is he a concern even this “early”? In my book he is.
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All I’m saying he’s officially a concern in my book since he is supposed to be “special.”
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Nahhh fans just expected to see way more than this from our next “super star”
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He’s hitting what? 200? Not to mention he already injured and hasn’t field well. But hey.., we are still in the “it’s still early bandwagon.”
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Anthony is officially a concern in my book. He’s going from bad to ugly to worse. Those early contracts to our young players maybe weren’t a good idea.
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I meant instead of Story.
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I’d rather Mona everyday of the week twice on Sundays
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Whata performance by Ranger man. Let him go all the way he can finish this easily!
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If Mayer stays healthy AND corrects some serious mental mistakes, his career could be interesting. The latter are 2 big IFs though.
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I just can’t stand Story man, just can’t! He let pass middle-middle meatballs but swings at pitches headed to the dugout. Just DFA his ass!
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Ranger is cruising!
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Ranger putting a clinic thus far. Love it!
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Quietly Durbin is turning around folks.
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Whata play by Durbin!
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Story is f bum. It’s beyond me why he plays especially when Mona has earned the spot.
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My concern is his durability. He’s young yet he gets injured quite easy.
