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  1. jad

    Brock Holt

    jad replied to mvp 78's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk

    Right now, .337 with a slugging percentage higher than Ortiz. What I'd like to see is the two best hitters on the field until they show they can't hit: Bogaerts and HOlt. Drew can stay on the bench, since he's already shown that he can't hit, until he's needed, and right now, he's not needed. The 9million dollar hit isn't magically lessened by playing the guy. I realize Farrell's man crush on S.D. will prevent this. But it does seem odd that the least versatile, most expensive, lightest hitting guy is the one that seems to have the most secure position.
  2. jad
    Hmm. What a dumb-ass. Maybe this is why they kept Farrell on as manager when they knew perfectly well I was available.
  3. jad
    It also will put the guy who is presently your best hitter (Brock Holt!!!) on the bench, giving up about a hundred points in BA in the process. (The same sort of drop that happened with Bradley for Ellsbury, and Nava, alas, for himself.)
  4. jad
    When hitters no. 7 and 8 (who have been doing well), are suddenly thrown into the 1 and 2 spots, because no one else seems to be able to hit, things can't be good. Maybe Farrell decided this was the only way to put the kind of pressure on them that would surely result in settling them back into the bottom of the order.
  5. jad
    Ah yes. Winning is ALWAYS bad. Fortunately, when I started watching them in the 50s, that really wasn't a problem.
  6. jad
    Well, you're right. The only time I watched him closely at the plate was during last year's post-season, where he looked as bad as any ML hitter I've ever seen. The other times I looked for him, he was generally on the DL or on the bench. Let's just hope he plays well enough this year so that we can go through the same 'qualifying offer' routine we did this year (am I right that you can do this for consecutive years?)
  7. jad
    Probably there was no alternative. But I don't see how signing a platoon player who tends to hit in the low .200's is going to turn things around.
  8. jad
    Haven't you violated ALL conventions by presenting the unarguable facts? It's going to be very difficult for someone to call you by the usual assortment of names and end by noting that obviously you are a pink hat who knows nothing about baseball. (Nonetheless, I have faith, and I haven't given up hope.)
  9. jad
    I'm missing something. Who was the 'near ace' pitcher they didn't re-sign?
  10. jad
    Bitching and whining won't change things? Guys. Get real. NOTHING that anyone says here is going to change anything!
  11. jad
    But a few bargains worked out last year (and many not so cheap players did not)--just check out the reliever situation. What's hurt this year is the hope that Bradley would replace Ells (drop off of .100 points in BA), and Nava's sudden and inexplicable inability to get on base or hit (replacing him with Sizemore is another dropoff of about .100 points in BA).
  12. jad
    Nothing that Nava does that someone else can't "theoretically" do better? Well yes. As long as that "theoretical" .306 hitter actually hits .307. But you could say that of anybody. JB could also 'theoretically' replace Ellsbury; all he needs to do is hit over .300 and steal over 50 bases. Stated that way, it sounds so simple.
  13. jad
    Maybe. He didn't look great when in Boston, though. OBP? Interesting. Maybe he could make up for it there (it's not Els' strong suit!) I love his swing. I just want to see him hit the ball more, and so far, there hasn't been enough of that.
  14. jad
    Not sure why everyone's indifferent to keeping a .300 hitter who costs under a million; Gomes' reputation seems largely a product of his own self-promotion--he's still hitting .250. Bradley as savior is wishful thinking-- he did nothing when he came up; Els by contrast lit it up as soon as he got to Boston. Who is Coco Crisp? ... was Gary Geiger not available?
  15. jad
    OK. Found it. Reggie won the MVP hitting a legendary .450. Ortiz is almost .300 pts higher.
  16. jad
    There likely have been WS performances comparable to Lester's. But has anyone ever hit over .700 for a long series? (Have to check Mr. October on this.)
  17. jad
    He is helpless. Maybe in Boston, they can let the pitcher hit and DH for him.
  18. jad
    You beat me to it.
  19. jad
    Ok--Gomes goes 0-3 with an error, after not hitting very well at any time during the playoffs. Nava comes in after hitting ok during the playoffs, getting on base, and tonight gets a hit in his only AB. Gomes starts again? Why? Does Farrell really believe in some magical property Gomes exudes (along with his boy Drew--hey! he lit it up last night, huh? Finally got that big hit, so I guess he's getting his swing back too).
  20. jad
    Well, 'insane' is a big word. The fact is, Nava was a more successful hitter and I believe had a better OBP (to say that may or may not be rational, but that's what the facts are). Of course the difference was very small, and obviously Ellsbury and DP are better defensive players. Nava vs. Gomes? this isn't close.
  21. jad
    I believe there was a study done a couple of years ago on clutch. It's pretty simple: if a guy is a 'clutch' hitter, then the numbers should reflect that year after year. They don't. The conclusion of the study was that 'clutch' was simply chance. Also, our minds are bizarre. We will remember Papi's 'clutch' grand slam (and maybe Victorino's as well). What we will forget is that in close games like these, all AB's were clutch situations. And Papi, in his two-dozen chances or so, and Vict as well, failed miserably. As one poster above said, there is no 'clutch' hitting; there is 'hitting'. And Nava, over 162 games, has proven to be a better hitter than anyone on the team except Papi, and a significantly better hitter than the dude who has replaced him.
  22. jad
    Well, aside from Ortiz, Nava is their best hitter, best average, best OBP. Hitting almost up to standard in the playoffs. The only time he does not come through is when he's on the bench. For some reason, management (i.e., manager?) feels that those who get paid the most, must be best, or why would we be paying them so much?
  23. jad
    So the guy who (aside from Ortiz) is the best hitter on the team with the highest OBP, who got the only hit in Game1 and who has managed to hit and get on base whenever he's allowed to play sits on the bench? Why?
  24. jad
    OK. "There is no such thing as a clutch hitter." What so-called clutch hitters do (and Ortiz is one of them) in big moments is the SAME thing they do in all other situations. Ortiz is a .300 hitter. So about a third of the time he will get a hit, regardless of the situation. In the two games so far, he has succeeded far less than that; he had plenty of opportunities to tie the first game and failed miserably. So in a sense we agree: it's not that there are clutch hitters (statistics show there are not); but there ARE hitters who consistently choke in those situations. Ortiz isn't one of them. Even more remarkable was Manny, who didn't seem to give a rat's butt what the situation was, and consequently did as well in big moments as small ones.
  25. jad
    Another horrible a-b by Ortiz.
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