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  1. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Now we lose a reliever who has pitched much better lately because he got hurt throwing his glove? WTF?
  2. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Duly noted.
  3. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Very well said. I have been challenging the idea that Jackie takes away a hit a week than other CF don't take away all along. My position was more out of the respect for the other ML CFs than it was a slam at JBJ. We see him make a great play without realizing the guy in the other dugout could have made that play too. You are right, he is what he is. And he has always been an inconsistent hitter. But you just can't keep trotting an automatic out up there, even with a first place team.
  4. Yaz Fan Since 67
    As I said I haven't seen a play a week that the other CFs don't make, and yes to Belhorn pointed out it's a matter of opportunity. Still it doesn't change the math, with less than 1 play a week (IMO) even if he hit low .200 that's not enough defense to make up for his lack of offense. And sure he may take away a double, but of course if he hit even half way decent he'd have his own doubles to offset that.
  5. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Who is this guy?
  6. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Having watched every Sox game for the first time in my life it just reinforced what I have always believed. JBJ simply does not make a play a week that other center fielders aren't making. Sorry I just haven't seen that. Even if he did it won't make up for .167, doubtful his defense makes up for hitting .230 IMO.
  7. Yaz Fan Since 67
    58 runs by pitch framing alone? Man that's amazing, hard to believe actually.
  8. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Is it wishful thinking that they can get production out of Tyler Thornburg?
  9. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Oh I totally understand how good he is defensively. But not having a suitable replacement does not mean he is above criticism. When you put his total game up against every other starting CF in baseball he is way down the list. I'm just getting so tired of watching a game where they are losing and up comes the bottom of the order. I just wait for the next inning and hope for better results because the last few batters are absolutely killing this team.
  10. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I was thinking about the Bradley discussion last night as I saw him take a double away in the gap to left center. That was a very very good play but again major league center fielders are all tremendous, most of them make that play too. I just don't see any way JBJ makes more than one play a week, if that, that other ML CFs are not making. And there is no way he is making up for all his bad at bats at that rate. As for his position in the lineup not hurting the team as badly let's not forget that he is hitting 2 spots ahead of our most productive hitter. So yeah more hits would have meant even more RBI opportunities for Mookie.
  11. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I've seen enough of the other options to understand the Red Sox will take a big step backwards without Kimbrel. Sure he only throws 70 innings a year but every one of them is critical, that can't be said of a starter. He saved a whole lot of 1 run games already, we would not have won all of them with Kelly or whomever out there.
  12. Yaz Fan Since 67
    If they let Kimbrel walk, and seeing signing a FA closer is risky and they really do not appear to have a successor, then what is the play moving forward for the closer role?
  13. Yaz Fan Since 67
    An extra hit a week would make him 22 for 87 or .252. And as I said I don't see him making a play a week that the other ML center fielders aren't making.
  14. Yaz Fan Since 67
    For the first time ever I have been able to watch every Sox game. ML center fielders are great, most every team has a good one. I see Jackie Bradley make maybe a play a week that average CFs don't make. And that may be generous. Seems to me his at bats take that one play away quickly, then they are left with a CF who offers very little offensive production that just doesn't seem to be made up with his defense.
  15. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I think if you look throughout history, or at least over the last several decades, you will find those are the exceptions. Seems to me most teams playing in late October have that shut down guy, they sure look to be valuable.
  16. Yaz Fan Since 67
    The other side of the argument is how many World Series teams have you seen that did not have an established, top level closer?
  17. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I tell you what the Sox did a good job of hitting that little triangle just to the left of dead center that was the deepest part of the park a couple of times. Home runs just about everywhere else.
  18. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I was excited to get my first look at Bobby Poyner. Gotta say 89-90 MPH heater with little movement didn't impress, I felt that was before he gave up the bomb.
  19. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Good Lord....
  20. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Carson Smith huh? So what's the feeling. Will he be ready for full time set up duty in October?
  21. Yaz Fan Since 67
    They did?
  22. Yaz Fan Since 67
    While we all share your frustration as I've been saying all year this team has .260 hitters with little power in the heart of their lineup, a lineup scattered with .240-260 hitters, very serious injuries to their starting pitching which resulted in very uneven performances and a problem with setup men in the pen. If you ask me a team that has been in first place most of the year with all these problems has if anything overachieved. But right now they are painful to watch. I got to see the Baltimore disaster as it was on locally. Oriole fan friends of mine were giving me crap. That's right, fans of the worst starting pitching in history were talking big. Yeah that was great.
  23. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Good morning. Just stopped by to see if anyone can help me understand whey we have a .232 hitter batting leadoff. Thanks
  24. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Somebody mention me?
  25. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Yeah I remember all that. Living in Maryland or course they had a different slant on the retaliation. So what is the prognosis? He's as tough as they come, for him to go on the DL twice tells me it's more serious than just needing rest.
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