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    2018 lineup was just as good if not better. Right now the Sox lineup is as suspect as I can remember with Anthony and Abreu out, Devers gone, and Bregman and Duran both in September slumps. On the other hand, check out these September OPS's: Gonzalez 1.055; Ref 1.010, Narvaez .991, Story .971, Eaton (yes, Easton) .977, Wong .748,
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    Duran, despite his weakness against lefty pitchers, leads the Sox in total bases and is 2d in runs scored and rbi's. He and Story have been the best accumulators in the lineup. Disagree Casas was one of our best hitters. First, he stunk this season. Second, you gotta play the games to count and he has played in 113, 51, and 29 games in 2023-25. If you think I'm wrong, look at what a healthy Story has done for the Sox this season. Agree on Devers and Abreu but especially on Anthony. With Anthony and without Devers, the Sox flourished until Anthony's last game Sep 2. I say that because the Sox still did well without Devers and Abreu and with Bregman in a slump as long as Anthony was in the lineup. Many thanks for your hopeful commentary throughout this season.
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    Yep.
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    On paper it is true. See my other post.
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    Exactly my thought. We can safely ignore his slump plus missing 6 weeks because, guess what? He's great talking to the young players. So 10 years and $500M sure makes sense to me.
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    Sox had a 6 game and then a 10 game winning streak mostly because of the pitching. and just 3 weeks ago they took 7/8 road games with good pitching. But the hitting was better in all those streaks than is now Anthony left a giant hole--especially with Bregman in a slump.
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    Bloom is coming of the rose called Love. 2/2, both K's
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    I don't blame you one bit. The one big hit in the game was Judge's dinger. It's also the only ER. Given all the fire power in the Yankees lineup, Giolito has done pretty well. Now he's out with 2 down and a man on 1st in the 6th. Most games, the pitching with the better K/BB ratio wins. Tonight Giolito's is 6/1 and Gil's is 3/3. Oh, and the Sox have no hits. In his last start Gio went 6 and gave up 1 ER to the Jays.
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    Some hard hit balls for outs like Duran's liner to LF with men on 2d and 3d. Still, no hits after 5 innings. Giolito has given up 1 ER in 5 innings.
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    The Yankees lineup is chock full of OPS's. 6 over .800, one of which is 1.120 and another is .937--and the bottom three are .714, .664, and .709. Sox are hitless after 3 and have an error and an unearned run. So far an absolutely miserable showing. What was that, the 84th time this season that Narvarez has interfered with the batter?
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    Gil is serving up hittable pitches. Sox can't hit them squarely.
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    He did. A nice, fat juicy one right down the middle to Judge.
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    Yup.
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    Thorough as always.
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    I'm getting it on my ipad, but am in complete agreement with you. It's infuriating.
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    I never disagreed about making Gil pay. But I did point out something that surprised me, which is the Sox may be lousy with RISP, but 80% of MLB teams are worse than the Sox.
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    Good stuff on Lowe. At the start of the season, Casas, Campbell, and Wong were in the lineup. Narvaez quickly replaced Wong as the starter. Campbell and his -1.0 WAR are back in Worcester. Casas WAR for 29 games was -0.9. Oh, and the Sox have used 13 starters (including Crawford who never started but not including Bernardino who started 3 games for 1 IP each). Right now the Sox scoring/hitting are struggling because Anthony and Abreu are on the IL, Bregman and especially Rafaela are in slumps, and Devers .905 OPS is gone.
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    You left out that the Sox stayed with Ref as the others did not. Ref has 53 total chances to Yoshida's 4, so I suspect Cora agrees with me. Ref even has 2 outfield assists. His RF is 2.10 to Yoshida's 1.50.
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    Sox are going with their 3 best starters against the Yankees--Giolito, Bello, and Crochet. When the Sox took 3 of 4 at Yankee Stadium 3 weeks ago, Gil and Fried pitched well for the Yankees and Warren did not. Bello and Crochet pitched well and Giolito gave up 3 ER in 4.2 IP.
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    Season to date, most MLB team batting averages with RISP are below .250. The Sox BA is .254. Brewers are highest with .261. Sox RISP OPS is .749, 4th highest in MLB. I say that knowing I have steadily pinned the Sox with the "RISP disease" rap.
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    Yeah. I was comparing 56 to 128, not 184. He still has the highest OPS, .873, on the team and his OPS vs righties, .632, is only a tad below Yoshida's .655. Plus he's a better fielder with a better arm. In his 4 seasons with the Sox Ref's 4 OPS's have been .881, .681, .830, and .873 this year.
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    All I'm saying is that anyone who can hit MLB pitching is going to play. Agree Ref is a lot better against lefties than righties, but he still has filled an important niche. Are you unaware that half of his at bats have been against righties and that his overall OPS, .873, is highest on the Sox? Also that he did not DH until Devers left on June 15, When he started before then, it was in the outfield. The rest of the time he was a pinch hitter. Good point about Ozzie Smith, an absolutely dazzling SS whose lifetime OPS was .666. I hear you on DH as a "regular position," but would point out that every DH loses points in their overall WAR because they don't field a position. Ted Williams had a negative DWAR in all 17 of his regular seasons. So did Manny Ramirez. So has Rafael Devers.
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    Agree!!! Anthony's June OPS was .668, but his July and August OPS's were .946 and .909. And it was in those 2 months plus Anthony's last 2 games on Sep 1 and 2, that the Sox went from 42-44 to 78-62. I believe most of the credit should go to the Sox pitching, but you can't win if you can't score, and Anthony sure helped in the hitting department. The Sox are 3-4 since Sep 2. Your other four examples simply exacerbate the loss of Anthony. And to me the big worry is that, while Anthony is out, Bregman and Duran could continue to be subpar, we have no idea what Abreu can do whenever he returns, etc.
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    Well said. I would hasten to add that right now 2 of the Sox best hitters, Anthony and Abreu, are on the IL and Bregman with his ever-diminishing OPS of .836 is in a slump.
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