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According to Silverman of Herald, Betts and Castillo will be competing for Opening Day CF. http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/red_sox_mlb/boston_red_sox/2015/03/mookie_betts_rusney_castillo_in_middle_of_true_outfield
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LOL Or if any of his children or grandchildren live in Micronesia?
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Going back to Napoli's career stats with a runner at third, less than 2 outs: It's 252 plate appearances. 52 hits-10 HR, 19 2B, 23 1B 27 sac flies 35 walks 50 strikeouts Napoli strikes out fewer times in those situations than he does in general. He has a better ratio of walks to strikeouts in those situations than he does in general. What I would ask is, where is the evidence that in those situations Napoli isn't using a situational approach, and where's the evidence that he's only swinging for the fences?
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Jeez, take it easy with the barrage of questions. I already said I couldn't explain it and threw a guess out there.
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I don't see how it's the same thing as clutch. Pitchers pitch differently in different situations, that's all I'm saying.
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a) It's pure speculation that it could be better. Mike Napoli is a veteran with an .850 OPS. I think he knows what he's doing better than we do. I think that should be obvious, really. I can't explain it. Maybe he just takes advantage of the way he's pitched in those situations a little more.
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To me, it indicates that his approach in those situations has worked just fine over his career.
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For his career, with a runner on third and less than 2 outs, Napoli has hit 278/357/540 for an OPS of 897, 47 points higher than his overall OPS of 850.
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I understand what you're saying, of course. But I think a guy like Napoli is a smart veteran hitter and if he tried a different approach it could mess him up. I think he knows what's good for him a lot better than we do. And I don't think he swings for the fences all the time either. I've seen him dump plenty of bloopers for singles.
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Comfy pants are great for wearin', not so much for watchin'.
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Sometimes the statistical debates get confused over the differences between the micro picture and the macro picture. If Mike Napoli is up with a runner at third and no outs, of course we would all rather see him hit an RBI groundout than K. That's not the point. The point is that over the course of 162 games Napoli is very productive in spite of striking out so much. Mike Trout was 3rd in MLB in K's last year. Stanton was 9th.
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A pitcher who gets a lot of strikeouts but gives up a high OPS is not as good as a groundball pitcher who gives up a low OPS. A hitter who strikes out a lot but has a high OPS is better than a contact hitter with a low OPS.
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"Back in my dad's day there were only 16 major league teams." "Back in my dad's day the Yankees won the pennant just about every year."
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Yeah but like I think we've discussed here before, even under that grand old system the 2 best teams weren't necessarily the ones that made it.
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Why stop with the Wild Card? Why not go all the back to when there were only 2 teams making the playoffs.
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No one is spared. Henry, Lucchino, Werner, Epstein, Cherington, Francona, Farrell. They've all taken a lot of abuse.
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They're the best pukes we've ever had by far.
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Napoli is an underrated offensive player. His career OPS of .850 is #22 among active players.
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In a matter of this importance, why do so many people assume that Lucchino got to make the final call on that initial offer to Lester? If you believe that you believe he's running the team and that Henry wouldn't overrule him. Henry had to be on board with it.
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It's 'shat the bed' - just want to save you a few keystrokes.
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That's the way I see it too.
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Well said Fred.
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If I may interject here, the 'exit stage right' was referring to a pitcher's prime. At 31 a pitcher is leaving his physical prime, as a general rule. That doesn't mean he can't have a number of good years after that, but the risk of decline keeps increasing. Some guys, like Shields and Lee, have proven to have exceptional longevity.
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Actually they spent $63 mil on Moncada.
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But they did reportedly make an offer for Hamels which didn't include that much in the way of top prospects-I think Kelly was in there?
