Such retaliation has been part of the game forever, as you know. The general consensus among players who have spoken on the subject seems to be that if you hit the guy in the back it's 'the right way'. Even Kimmi advocates this, I think.
Or, maybe JBJ will get his numbers in order and this thread will go back into mothballs.
I mean, he raised his average 73 freakin' points last night, from 133 to 206. A couple more good games is all it would take. Because it's early, after all.
I thought you cared a lot about L/R splits.
What exactly is the reasoning behind the order you listed the 4 options in, then, and why you said Cora's choice of Leon was 'sad'?
Peter Abraham's take on this year's incident vs. the Machado incident. Abraham clearly blames last year's bungling of the retribution on Farrell and thinks Pedroia's reaction was misunderstood.
https://t.co/jDCRmmX54O
Strange that you would say that, especially since you're always looking at L/R splits and with all your comments about how much Beni has struggled against lefties.
Career OPS vs. LHP:
Leon 733
Swihart 659
Beni 566
There are actually some hopeful things about JBJ's numbers. One is that he's only struck out 4 times in 8 games. Another is that he has a crazy-low BABip of .154.
Well, as we now know, their plan was to have HanRam play and hopefully rake and not 'stop the vest'. So obviously this idea and signing Moose was never even a remote possibility.
The realistic alternatives to Moreland were LoMo and Duda.
He's wildly erratic with the stick but the numbers do not support the idea that he's been a 'minor league bat' or 'putrid'.
He has a career OPS+ of 92 which is obviously below average but not horrible.
For old school power numbers he has averaged 17 HR and 71 RBI per 162.
moon, I posted this in the other thread but it got buried in the bowling posts:
If the Red Sox signed Moose instead of Moreland as you wished: You'd move Devers moves to first. Where does that leave HanRam and JMart?