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  1. Maxbialystock
    Meh. Story, Chang, and the kid at AA Portland are all good defensive SS’s. Devers is Devers. 2b is ok, and so is Turner at 1b. OF also OK except for Yoshida. Wong solid at C and McGuire ok.
  2. Maxbialystock
    SS machinations are largely the result of injuries plus the awareness of the phenom currently at AA Portland.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Indeed.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Pretty much used the whole bullpen last night and tonight. Kluber pitching 2 innings was a much bigger risk than Garza in the 10th. Garza had his head up his ass. First FIUR batters he faced were BB, DOUBLE, HBP, and single.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Kluber looking great, bullpen 4 scoreless innings.
  6. Maxbialystock
    My thought too.
  7. Maxbialystock
    Great idea . . .
  8. Maxbialystock
    Do you agree our 2023 defense is not quite as bad as we say it is? In 2018 all four infielders—Devers, Bogey, Nunez, and Moreland—had negative DWAR’s.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Good find. I think there might also be 10 games in September 2011, the year the Sox plummeted in September and Francona lost his job.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Sox 2018 team probably our best ever, but with these DWAR’s— Nunez (119 games at 2b). -1.5 JDM. (57 games in OF). -1.4 Bogey. -1.0 Devers. -0.9 Benintendi. -0.6 Moreland. -0.5 Pearce. -0.4 Holt. -0.1 Vazquez. +0.2 Kinsler. +0.2 Bradley. +0.4 Leon. +0.9 Betts. + 1.8 Here’s are worst defense ever DWAR’s— Yoshida -0.9 Casas. -0.9 Valdez. -.0.4 Turner. -0.4 Kike. -0.3 McGuire. -0.2 Duvall. -0.2 Refsnyder. -0.1 Arroyo. -0.1 Duran -0.1 Devers. -0.1 Reyes +0.2 Chang. +0.3 Verdugo. +0.7 Wong. +. 0.9
  11. Maxbialystock
    A fair point. However, of the four WS teams, y far the best was 2018, and that year Bogey’s DWAR was -1.0 among the lowest in MLB. When I launched that tirade, my point was mostly that the Sox tend to retain infielders who can hit, especially SS’s, and to dump excellent fielding SS’s who can’t hit. Two who come to mind are Alex Gonzalez and Julio iglesias. Nomar and Bogey, both good hitting SS’s, stayed awhile. Me, I prefer brilliant fielding SS’s, whether or not they can hit. Hitting is no doubt more important, but great fielding is much more fun to watch.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Agree. But Devers bad swing at a bad pitch was still the most damaging play by the Sox last night.
  13. Maxbialystock
    No. You’re both wrong. 10 games of lousy hitting is simply not a disaster. In fact, it’s almost commonplace.
  14. Maxbialystock
    OMG, talk about piling on. My rejoinder is that the single most disastrous play last night, by far, was Devers swing at a pitch well below the strike zone and tapping it back to the pitcher for an easy-peasy GIDP, pitcher to catcher to 1b with no run scoring after the Sox had the bases loaded with no one out.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Also, Bogaert’s DWAR in 2018 was -1.0, near the bottom for MLB SS’s. Story’s was much higher. That’s the guy the Sox should have pursued if they wanted a good defensive SS who could also hit.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Nice.
  17. Maxbialystock
    10 games are 6% of a season. Disastrous is the wrong word.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Where did you get the idea this team is in any way comparable to the 2004,2007,2013, or 2018 team? In addition to better pitching and hitting—and bigger payrolls relative to other teams those years—they did not have three SS’s on the IL.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Baloney. It’s not a “disastrous 10-game stretch” unless it ruins the season. That’s what disastrous means.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Great stuff! Thanks.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Your problem is you are smarter than the rest of us. Anyway, good call.
  22. Maxbialystock
    2021 was a disastrous season? News to me. Sox beat Yankes and Rays to get to ALCS.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Oh, just stop it. The AL East right now is the winningest division in the history of MLB divisions. The Sox are last, but also in contention for a wild card. Not that there aren’t some real disappointments with the Sox—like Devers, Sale injury, Story injury, Duvall injury, Chang injury, Kluber, Pivetta, Kike, etc. On the other hand, 4 decent freaking starters emerging in Bello, Whitlock, Houck, and Paxton. Plus a bullpen. When Yoshida is DH, the outfield defense is pretty decent. I also like both catchers (but prefer Wong). Infield defense, however, is sucky.
  24. Maxbialystock
    I hasten to add that right now the lineup is a bigger problem than the pitching.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Rational and thorough post.
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