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  1. sk7326
    As far as Red Sox broadcasts go (and I go back to 1986): The Sean and Jerry team was the best by a solid distance. Jerry worked a lot harder then, and Sean was much more cynical than other hometown announcers (frankly reflective of actual Red Sox fans). Don and Jerry were good, a kinder, gentler version of Sean and Jerry. I liked Ned Martin but I am sure I did not get his best days. The current NESN broadcast is fine but there is that lack of continuity - and really only Eck and Remy (when available) are any good. I don't mind the wandering mind at time during games - it's not always exciting. As long as the announcers lock in when the game dicates it, things are cool.
  2. sk7326
    Bad by UZR, worse by DRS ... eye test does not reflect anything special. He is not Hanley in LF bad - but nobody is. He's a decent OF for a DH.
  3. sk7326
    JD is a bad outfielder. Is it worth it giving him some turns there for larger roster purposes? (keeping him happy, rotating bats at DH) Who knows. But he is a 1-way player ... but he has more than delivered on that 1-dimension. While he is a one-dimensional player, he is great at it ... and it is the one thing the team needed more than any other. That he might have a 5 win season while offering no defensive value is a real achievement.
  4. sk7326
    Benintendi has been terrific. Especially with his actual slow start - there is reason to expect things will be better in general the rest of the year. He is a stud.
  5. sk7326
    Decent pitching, outstanding defense, and a ballpark where fly balls go to die ... only two ballparks are worse for homeruns and one (Oakland) does it with comically absurd amounts of foul territory.
  6. sk7326
    Well the Trop has always been a pitcher's park. That has been Tampa's MO to punch above their weight, no? A ballpark where fly balls go to die, and build the team around guys who can pick it. (28th out of 30 in Homerun park factor) It is a sound way to create value out of a team which does not have a ton of money.
  7. sk7326
    Costas is the worst. It is the wild pretentiousness, and open mockery of analytics (and I am not saying that you should sing hymns of praise, but if a business reporter did not understand how analysts rated stocks today, they would be fired) and their tacit assertion that the old days were better which makes it hard to watch. Of the national guys, they hit on something good with Joe Buck and Smoltz. The Sunday Night broadcast is fun too - Vasgergian is a pro, the TV version of A-Rod is terrific (essentially a gigantic dork about baseball) and Jessica is a good glue-guy/gal.
  8. sk7326
    You spelled Adam Dunn wrong
  9. sk7326
    Well Napoli is a different world - he has as much raw power as any hitter working
  10. sk7326
    Relief pitchers are like diapers for newborns - you will always need them
  11. sk7326
    What is interesting about him is that he is essentially a poor man's Mike Napoli offensively - a bit of a three true outcomes hitter, with less power and plate discipline. He doesn't hit it often, but he can catch fire - and it usually is hit hard.
  12. sk7326
    He is striking out too much ... but the contact he has made has been good, better than a year ago. The expected results are better than actual - so the forward-looking expectation is that if this keeps up, the improvement will continue. So much of baseball is governed by dumb luck, it is silly to pretend otherwise.
  13. sk7326
    Hitting the ball hard is the best indicator of getting hits in generally. There is luck involved anyway
  14. sk7326
    the batted ball stats back it up. He's actually made the same changes Bogaerts has. Playing for power more, getting more lift. The results have only started to come around, but his batted ball profile is significantly healthier than it was last year.
  15. sk7326
    it is good Bradley's results have started to catch up to how he has been hitting it. He has hit the ball harder and in the air more this year but the results have only recently started to come on.
  16. sk7326
    Another platoon bat - along with Brandon Phillips. Now, there is evidence that the Red Sox issues vs lefties is more dumb luck and small sample size than anything ... but either way, some small moves to try to provide some backup is a good idea.
  17. sk7326
    The Red Sox are on a 108 win pace. They have been .500 against the very best of the AL ... in other words, about what you'd expect. They could use another guy - although the guys they have now really are capable of playing a bit better.
  18. sk7326
    Devers would be the youngest position player in SALEM. He is younger than a significant chunk of the 2018 draft class. And he has played a bit better lately. It would be a huge overpay for half a season of even someone Machado's skill level.
  19. sk7326
    It's the latter. I think they have no problem giving Kimbrel more 8th inning work - but definitely are ramping him up there. I would be surprised if they did not take the training wheels off more in July and August.
  20. sk7326
    Or scored more than 1 run in 2 days
  21. sk7326
    Law asks: which team drafted their org's #1 prospect? Triston Casas
  22. sk7326
    That is fair. I prefer four divisions myself. Given that - the current result is fine.
  23. sk7326
    Law on Sox picks (first 10 rounds) http://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/23723317/keith-law-draft-recap-al-team-team-breakdown Boston Red Sox
  24. sk7326
    There is no way for an 12-8 stretch (even against good teams) outweights a 162 game season for determining who is the "best". Baseball doesn't work like that (especially with rotating starting pitchers). So given that, all you can ask is that the playoffs are fun and not some ridiculous corruption of the game. So a tournament where only 10 of the 30 teams get in and the division winners get byes into the quarterfinals seems perfectly reasonable. It's entertainment above all.
  25. sk7326
    really you can argue that about three short series too. It's great TV and gives a real incentive to win a division.
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