Kimmi
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You are a true gentleman, oldtimer.
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For your sake Nick, I really hope the Sox call up Devers soon. He certainly has to be better offensively than what we have now. I don't know how good his defense is. I know there is a lot of frustration with Marrero's offense, which I share along with everyone else, but our pitching has been really, really good. I wonder how much of that has to do with the improvement of the infield defense since Marrero started playing.
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Pomeranz 9-4 / 3.75 Sanchez 1-2/ 3.94 Sanchez has been tough against the Sox at Fenway. It's time for the bats to wake up and show this guy who's boss. WIN!!!
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The Sox showed some moxy last night, coming from behind twice to tie it, then eventually walking off with the win. I don't care what anyone says about Pedroia and his leadership, or lack thereof, he's the man. His defense is unbelievable.
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The beer league pitcher came up huge. With Workman, it's too early to tell, but we may have found our diamond in the rough. Also, Barnes is on a nice little roll. And props to Johnson as well. He did his job.
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LOL Nearly spit my coffee on that one. I have to give Marrero credit though. He stabilized the infield defense when we sorely needed someone to do so. Yeah, his offense is not going to cut it, but the team would have been hurting if we did not have him when we did.
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It was a terrible bunt that turned into something awesome. I loved it.
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That was pretty sad. When you're a weak hitter like Marrero is, you HAVE to be able to get a bunt down successfully.
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Swihart is going to start taking grounders at 1st and 3rd base. Apparently, his ankle is keeping him from being able to catch regularly. I can't say that I like the Sox moving him off of position again, but he may become another internal option for 3B.
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Farrell's explanation of batting Mookie in the lead off spot: Farrell said it’s a sign of changing approaches to the way lineups are put together across baseball. “I think over the past probably five, six years, lineup construction has taken a completely different look,” Farrell said. “Where so many teams are looking at the No. 3 spot in the order as the most pivotal — that’s your best hitter — a lot of teams now are putting that team in the two-hole. “I’m sure there’s a lot of debate, a lot of sabermetric approach that goes into your so-called best hitter. The bottom line is you want your guys that get on base the most to get to the plate the most often. So you stack the top of your order the best you can.” Somebody is putting these thoughts into Farrell's (and other manager's) head, and as much as I'd like to take credit for it, it's not me.
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Bogaerts is still battling a wrist/hand injury, which is the reason we've been seeing a lot of weird swings. I'm wondering if these guys are trying to do too much, trying to hit home runs, trying to pull everything which often leads to weak grounders. Are they going the opposite way less?
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Double reverse mojo. Two negatives make a positive. Let the new win streak begin!
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I get that they are trying to score runs that aren't coming via home runs. I am not saying that scoring runs hasn't been a problem. Believe me when I say that I am as frustrated as anyone else by our offense.
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I'm glad you clarified that. The Sox are still in first place and likely headed to the playoffs. I don't get the lack of interest in the team.
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Yes, OPS is better, but it's also not a 'single' stat, it's the combination of two things. In terms of correlation to runs scored, OBP > SLG. Getting on base, ie avoiding outs, is still the single biggest factor in scoring runs.
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RED SOX (52-42) Pitching: LHP Brian Johnson (2-0, 4.29) BLUE JAYS (43-49) Pitching: LHP J.A. (Don't call me Jay Ay) Happ (3-6, 3.54) Stat of the day: In five games since the all-star break, the Sox have only given up 13 runs. They’ve scored just 12. The Jays are going down tonight.
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07/17 - Red Sox vs. Toronto
Kimmi replied to Spudboy's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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The DPs are a problem.
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I am not disagreeing with our lack of power. I'm just saying that even with that, we should be scoring more runs than we have.
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I'm not sure if they are aggressive to a fault. They make the most OOBs, but that is likely a result of them taking more chances than other teams. The question is, do the extra bases that they take successfully outweigh the times they get thrown out? According to Fangraphs UBR stat, which measures exactly that type of thing, the Sox are +3.7 runs in that category, which puts them 8th in baseball. This does not include stolen bases or caught stealing. So perhaps the aggressiveness is worth it?
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It's all I've been saying. OK, it's not all I've been saying, but I've tried to make this point several times.
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There is still a disconnect between the number of base runners we generate and the number of runs we score.
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We have seen time and time again that giving big contracts to free agents is not the way to go. I would much prefer to overpay in terms of dollars to get fewer years. There are times when a big contract might be inevitable, but the Moreland, Beltre, Gomes type deals are the way to go with free agents.
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To sum it up, here's an example that Lichtman uses: So, for example, if a manager sees that a hitter has a .280 wOBA for the first 4 months of the season, despite a .330 projection, and bats him 8th, he would be making a mistake, since we expect him to bat like a .330 hitter and not a .280 hitter, and in fact he does, according to an analysis of historical player seasons. In short, projections trump in season performance at any point in the season.
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For one, Mitchell Lichtman's projection system. I honestly don't know what other projection systems he deems credible.
