Maxbialystock
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Perhaps, but it is stupid to manage as though your only choices are to keep a tired starter in or to bring in a guy who pitched two innings last night. This is on Cora.
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Hardly. Game is now tied.
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This loss will be on Cora, pure and simple. Horrible decision to leave ERod out there. Or even to send him out to pitch the 7th.
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Which is basically irrelevant. They won game 1 and have a very good shot at winning tonight. Down by 3 but bases loaded and no one out in the 7th.
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I said I think he "bulked up," but I'm not sure that bears scrutiny. He does seem slower, however.
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Disagree vehemently. With Chavis and Vazquez both hitting well, this lineup will be better than last year’s. With JBJ in the lineup, the Sox still have 8 good bats. Leon is good behind the plate and has an OPS over .650. Bullpen is ok too, just nit tonight. That doesn’t mean I’m not disgusted with this loss because I am.
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Just a lot of bad stuff tonight. Mookie and Beni at bat. Two 2 run dingers off Sale and Workman. Brazier two incomprehensible walks in the 11th, then a hard single by someone hitting under .200. I do not for the life of me under all the griping about Chavis’s defense at 2b, which looked pretty solid tonight. And, you know, the fact that he is hitting up a storm, as remarkable as that is for a Sox second baseman, should not be held against him. One more thing. Beni looks slower this year—at the plate, on the basepaths, and in the field. Did his agent tell him to bulk up and get more dingers?
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Like I said. A putz.
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Need a pinch hitter now for Benintendi. What a putz.
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Who cares if the Sox lose?
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He’s not the culprit tonight, not with two hits, one a dinger. Blame Benintendi and bets who both stink.
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1 and 2 hitters now 0/10 with 6 K’s
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Mookie and Beni are for 8 with 5 k’s. Sox are lucky to have 3 runs.
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No JBJ. Hmmmmmmm. When you get benched and the entire Sox bench, none of whom are hitting much, get to play, there is a message.
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Thank you.
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Chavis for Bumgarner would be great for the Giants, idiocy by DD. Chavis has a better future, is under team control for a long time and therefore costs way less, and is less likely to get a serious injury. Oh, and he so far has been just what the doctor ordered for the Sox offense. Bumgarner will be just another arm who may or may not be able to handle lineups that include DH's instead of pitchers. In 2013 that other GM gave up Iglesias to get Peavy, but already had two SS's, one of whom is now a mainstay on the Sox. The Sox currently have no backup for Chavis at 2B, and please don't tell me Nunez is--or Holt for that matter.
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The annual Jackie Bradley Jr thread (2019 Edition)
Maxbialystock replied to Station 13's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Could be right about Lynn. As for Bill Russell, I agree he was the greatest NBA title winner ever. He arrived in late 1956 after playing in the Melbourne Olympics and when the Celtics had Sharman and Cousy at the guards. Cousy had I believe been voted something like the best player of the first half of the 20th century, but couldn't win a title until Russell came along. When Cousy retired, he said he would not be missed as long as Russell stayed, and he was right. KC Jones stepped right in--not as good as Cousy, but good enough. And Sam Jones replaced Sharman--and so on. Russell was a great rebounder and defender and pretty effective on offense, but never as the primary scorer. Plus he was smart and very determined--and, for all we know, playing in front of racist fans (Russell says that) may have spurred him on. I could be wrong, but I believe that the Celtics never sold out the Garden during all those seasons Russell played. Not so the Bruins. Not so the Sox. -
The annual Jackie Bradley Jr thread (2019 Edition)
Maxbialystock replied to Station 13's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I defer to no one on complaining about JBJ, who I don't think is the best Sox CF ever or the best CF in the AL or MLB today. Plus his hitting is just miserable. All that said, right now he's not a bad fit as the Sox starting CF because the three subs are Leon, Pearce, and Nunez, none of whom are hitting well. Plus JBJ in CF solidifies a pretty solid defensive outfield and lets JDM be the DH. Most times, Cora can go with 8 other guys over .800 OPS (Beni, Betts, JDM, Moreland, Bogie, Devers, Chavis, and Vazquez) in the lineup plus JBJ with his miserable .450 OPS. When Holt gets back, maybe it's a different story, but right now I'm fine with JBJ in CF despite by attacking him continually on this very thread. -
Speaking of which, what are the odds that Price is the starter tomorrow? His IL stint is past 10 days, and reportedly he has been throwing well. He's a little rusty, but apparently not enough to require a rehab start.
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I'm being facetious, of course. I don't think the defense is all that bad--average at worst, in fact. Thus I am fine when Chavis plays 2b to get his bat in the lineup and when Cora puts JDM in RF or LF in order to take JBJ out. Someone, Kimmi, I think, pointed out that Devers range is actually pretty decent--despite the errors. And right now I'm even fine with JBJ playing, bad as his hitting is, because usually there are still 8 pretty good bats in there--Beni, Betts, JDM, Moreland, Bogie, Devers, Chavis, and Vazquez. I believe strongly that hitting and pitching win games--defense only sometimes/
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While I do appreciate all the insights into specific players, I think arguing about, say JBJ or Chavis or Pearce or whoever, can lose sight of the bigger picture, which is-- The Sox hitting is vastly improved--now ranked 4th in runs scored and rbi's, 10th in OPS, 4th in OBP, and 13th in dingers. Pitching is also improving, now 18th--up from 29th--in ERA, despite the near term absence of Price and Eovaldi and the season long absence of Kimbrel and Kelly. The Sox, after a 6-13 start, are now 3 games over .500 and have won 5 in a row. I think that last factoid is important because I keep reading on talksox about how really terrible the Sox defense is. Chavis can't play 2b, Devers is an error machine at 3b, JDM is still sometimes allowed to butcher every play in RF or LF, the great JBJ is being benched now and then and is badly, badly, badly missed, etc. Thus the Sox have 26 errors in 41 games--awful!!!!. And, of course, we all know that defense, not hitting or pitching-- is how you win games.
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Right now Chavis is a better defensive 2d baseman than Nunez, who cannot go back for popups with any degree of confidence. So far, I don't think his range is a plus and do agree his GIDP throws to 1b need work, but he is usable at 2b and his bat has helped a ton. Chavis at 1b allows Devers to stay at 3b and Moreland/Pearce at 1b. You could be right about Chavis cooling off, but right now he is huge. And there ain't no cavalry this year. Certainly not Nunez or Pedey. Maybe Holt with the lefty bat, but he doesn't normally play every day.
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5 in a row, first time since last year. Seattle to date has scored the most runs in the MLB, but were vastly outscored in this series, 34-8. And Velazquez had a very nice 5 inning win--surprise, surprise. Gotta like those trends.
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Moreland is 6th on the Sox in hits, but 1st in dingers, 12 (Bogie and Betts each have 7) and rbi's, 29 (Bogie has 26), with an OPS of .908 (Betts is .907 and Chavis .956). I think one big reason why JBJ is still starting--other than his defense--is that, when Chavis and Moreland are both in the lineup, the Sox have 7 guys over .800 OPS (Bogie's is the lowest at .806) and Vazquez with a very respectable .788 OPS. I have beaten JBJ like a drum all season long, but right now he's actually a pretty good fit in CF despite his .436 OPS. This keeps Mookie in RF, Beni in LF, and JDM as DH. Also, with Pedey having another false start for rehabbing his knee, it looks like Chavis will stay at 2B. Last night was Chavis's 5th straight hitless game, but I'm not yet worried about him. If today is indeed another postponement, Price should be available to start against Colorado or Houston. These Sox are not only hitting a ton and winning, they are getting their rotation back. Eovaldi could be back in 3 weeks.
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NOAA map/graphics show rain from Boston back to Ohio and the Mariners can't stick around because they play Oakland at Seattle tomorrow. That's heartbreaking enough, but a postponement today also takes away another start by the indomitable Velazquez, he of the 57 pitch start. The two day break, if it happens, should put Price back in the rotation, probably right after Sale on Tuesday and against the Rockies. Or Cora could start ERod on Wed and Price vs. the Astros on Friday.