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  1. Maxbialystock
    Makes sense.
  2. Maxbialystock
    One thing all Sox pitchers have in common is a reluctance to work the bottom of the strike zone (or even below it). The Cubs starter did almost nothing but work the bottom of the zone. Not to single anyone out, but doing that against Arroyo worked perfectly. He swung at missed at three straight sliders, all below the strike zone.
  3. Maxbialystock
    I don't mind admitting when I'm wrong, and I sure was today. All those errors by Kike sure didn't do Paxton any good.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Interesting. You know far more than I, but I just don't see him going elsewhere with the Sox paying his entire salary--even though by July 31 they will have already paid 2/3 of it.
  5. Maxbialystock
    While I have gone out of my way to defend Kike, I agree with your premise--that he could be traded away. He's a terrific athlete and very versatile, but he has stopped hitting. Plus he's best in the outfield, and the Sox have five outfielders--Yoshida, Duran, Duvall, Verdugo, and Refsnyder--who all hit a lot better than he does.
  6. Maxbialystock
    I have had my moments of criticizing Devers, but never over his not being a "team guy." In fact, I don't even know what you could possibly mean by that. As for the $300M, of course it's a gamble, but it's clear he can hit and his fielding isn't half bad--and he's 26 years old, which means the great majority of his contract will be when he is 35 or under. And so far he has not seemed to be injury-prone. I worry about his weight, but so far he seems to work at keeping it down.
  7. Maxbialystock
    You could be right, but I though the decline coincided with the umps checking pitchers for foreign substances. I thought that big curve was key to Barnes' success and that it wasn't quite so sharp after the umps started checking.
  8. Maxbialystock
    With such a great glove (and arm), one wonders why he played for 4 different teams last year. Me, I'm happy to have him on the team, but am even happier to have Cora as the manager. And it kind of boils down to that, doesn't it? You think he's an idiot for playing Kike, and I don't.
  9. Maxbialystock
    The sparkling wit on talksox is why I keep coming back.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Of course--with Alfaro as the backup. In fact, his OPS of .690 is even better than McGuire's .665. I just meant that Wong's forte is defense, but you are right to correct me.
  11. Maxbialystock
    He was 1/4 and struck out twice, which sure looked to me like a blind squirrel finding a nut. Last year he played for Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Tampa, and Boston.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Who says he stresses defense? Yes, Chang played SS yesterday, but Turner played 2b precisely because Cora wanted his best hitters in the lineup. The exceptions were of course Chang and Wong, but Casas and Turner were both in there at 1b and 2b, which allowed Cora to DH Yoshida so that Dugo, Duvall, and Duran could all play in the outfield. Sox are 41-37 with Kike in the lineup.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Me too.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Seriously? You think Bloom can spend heavily on some arms with John Henry as the owner? No way, Jose. Price and Sale cured JH of spending heavily on arms.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Check the 2016 Sox stats, where you will discover that Pedroia's WAR was 5.6 and HanRam's 2.8 (but his OPS was .866 with 30 dingers--he just stunk on defense). The 2016 Sox DD inherited led MLB in runs scored. I agree Pablo was useless, but that didn't seem to make much difference in results. Even the Sox pitching wasn't all that bad--team ERA was 9th.
  16. Maxbialystock
    As Bloom inherited Price ($16M), Pedroia ($12M), and Sale ($30M). Plus last year he paid JDM $20M.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Fascinating story, though. Maybe even definitive. In his 12 previous seasons, he never once had back to back seasons in which he started 32 or more games in both seasons. He has two such seasons out of 12: 2014 with Miami and 2021 with the Sox. 2021 with the Sox was easily his best season ever, but this season with Texas could be better.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Really? I completely agree with moonslav that Bloom's situation was and is completely different from any Sox GM/VP of the last quarter century if not longer. For evidence, I cite just one stat. For his last two years, 2018 and 2019, DD's payrolls were the highest in MLB. Today the Sox payroll is 15th in MLB.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Neat! I agree you can spend less and still build a "contender," maybe even one as good as Marlon Brando. I'm not sure the Orioles are the ideal model because I think John Henry is a very different owner from Peter Angelos.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Well said. I discount 2020 because of COVID--as well as the absence of Cora--but agree with your points. It also pisses me off that so many Bloom and Cora critics ignore the success of 2021. As I have already said too many times, the 2016 and 2017 teams had far more talent--Mookie, Bogey, Pedey, JBJ, HanRam, Ortiz, Leon/Vazquez, Price, Porcello (Cy Young), Wright, Buchholz, Kimbrel, Sale (2017, but not 2016),etc--than the 2021 Sox, but got killed in the ALDS both years.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Actually, I think the Sox pitching "system" de-emphasizes command and control. I didn't realize this until I noticed that young Rays pitchers seem to arrive with good command and control, almost as if their minor league coaches insisted upon it.
  22. Maxbialystock
    I love it. They could be wildly off/optimistic, but it's fun to consider. CBS are the only ones who've said anything about Whitlock. The Sox have said nothing. He dropped out after one inning, and has become MLB's best kept secret since. Someone else said this--maybe you--but it's true: getting Kluber, Whitlock, and Houck back doesn't guarantee much. All three struggled as starters.
  23. Maxbialystock
    All good. The MLB All-Star game is the only one--vs the NFL and NBA All-Star games--in which the players are really trying.
  24. Maxbialystock
    The rumor is silly. Stupid deal for Ohtani.
  25. Maxbialystock
    I think that's right because I think managers believe--I certainly do--that the 10th is something of a crapshoot.
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