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  1. Kimmi

    Chavis

    Kimmi replied to bosoxmal's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk

    I still have not been able to fully embrace Chavis. I have to give him credit for being better defensively than I thought he would be though.
  2. Kimmi
    Whether one is a fan of analytics or not, I think we all have to agree that the argument that managers have always put their best hitter in the #3 spot and, therefore, it must be the right thing to do is a really weak argument. For one, how would anyone know that there wasn't a better lineup? Someone explain to me how, for all those years, they knew that putting the best hitter in the #3 spot gave resulted in the most production. Remember, these are the same managers that were at the same time putting one of their weakest hitters in the #2 hole. I think we all agree now, thanks to analytics, that that was a pretty poor decision, even though 'that's the way it's always been done'. For two, run scoring environments change. Players change. What worked best in the 1950s might not necessarily be what worked best in the 1980s. Did anyone bother to check?
  3. Kimmi
    This is true, but regardless, I would not have done either one of those deals. Same goes for a comparable deal to Mookie.
  4. Kimmi
    All I can say as someone who knows not the first thing about hockey, I'm really bummed about the Bruins losing last night.
  5. Kimmi
    Bogaerts is financially set for life. He was more concerned with financial security and with staying with a team that he really enjoys playing for, rather than setting out to make the most money possible. I admire that.
  6. Kimmi
    Should be the name of a song.
  7. Kimmi
    I would much rather have my baby sleep through the night and nap less than the other way around. When I was pregnant with my first child many years ago, and I commented that I was tired, my sister-in-law told me to get used to it, that I would be tired for the next 18 years at least. Truer words were never spoken. LOL I'm glad you're enjoying parenthood. There's nothing greater than that joy.
  8. Kimmi
    Umm, no. That thought never crossed my mind. Cora >>> Boone all day long.
  9. Kimmi
    They're not going to blow anything up this year.
  10. Kimmi
    I would fire Dombrowski before I fired Cora. That's not to say that I am even remotely considering firing either one of them at this point
  11. Kimmi
    Stop. Just stop.
  12. Kimmi
    How is fatherhood treating you?
  13. Kimmi
    Keep the Faith.
  14. Kimmi
    It's because the rules were broken early in the season and have been broken again and again. That's why we stink. Don't ever mess with mojo!!!
  15. Kimmi
    The reason the Sox are playing so poorly is the bad game thread mojo we've been seeing all season long. There's no other explanation for it.
  16. Kimmi
    One final note from Jack Moore at Fangraphs: "When it comes to sabermetric studies, no single item sees more energy expended with less gain than the analysis of batting orders. The Book basically opened and shut the door on the issue: the best three hitters should bat first, second, and fourth, but even the most egregious of lineup errors won’t cost a team more than a win. It’s also more important to split lefties to avoid LOOGYs than it is to get that perfectly chained lineup."
  17. Kimmi
    Also interesting to note, not a single one of the top 30 'best line ups' has JD in the 3rd spot. Most have Holt leading off, Mookie batting 2nd, JD 4th, and various combinations of Mitch, Beni, and Xander in the 3rd, 5th, and 6th spots. Again, this is based off of last year's numbers.
  18. Kimmi
    I played around with Baseball Musings Line Up Analysis tool, just for funsies. FTR, I am aware of the flaws of this tool, but it was interesting to look at nonetheless. Using last year's numbers, and the line up that I remember Cora going with regularly (Betts, Beni, Mitch, JD, Xander, Devers, Holt, Vazquez, JBJ), the team projects to score 5.615 runs per game, or 909.63 runs over the season. When I moved JD to the #3 hole, Xander to #4, and dropped Mitch to #5, the team projects to score 5.599 runs per game, or 907.083 run over the season. Two points of note here: 1. The line up does worse with JD in the #3 hole. 2. Tweaks to the line up like the one I made above make very little difference. Mic drop!
  19. Kimmi
    A breath of fresh air. I'm with you all the way.
  20. Kimmi
    He has already panicked twice. Once in DFAing Swihart so soon, even though it should have been Vazquez and Leon to start the season. Secondly in making Chavis our then full time second baseman when he clearly wasn't ready, according to their words. That said, this is no time to panic. It's time to give the players a quick kick in the butt, add a pen arm or two, and carry on.
  21. Kimmi
    Just terrible news. Best wishes to Papi for a full and speedy recovery.
  22. Kimmi
    !!!
  23. Kimmi
    The Red Sox aren't scared.
  24. Kimmi
    I fully endorse this post!
  25. Kimmi
    Devers has been really, really good defensively after a shaky start. Really nice to see.
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