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Teams seem to want prospects closer to ML ready, so Yorke and Jordan make more sense than Bleis. I'm not sure these guys have much trade value: Kavadas Meidroth Hickey Sogard We may try to "sell high" on Paulino and or Lugo. Maybe E Valdez can build his stock back up, despite his poor D. Dalbec, Mata, DHam, Romy & Short are replacement level players. No trade value,
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I don't mind taking chances and being aggressive. To me, there is a pretty clear line between that and being just plain dumb. -
It doesn't matter, because Rafaela is at SS, so there is no OF jam. vs RHP: LF: O'Neill CF: Duran RF: Abreu DH: Yoshida (when healthy) vs LHPs: LF: O'Neill/Refsnyder CF: Duran RF: Abreu/O'Neill DH: Refsnyder/Yoshida
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I think O'Neill is fine in LF. vs RHPs: Duran in LF Rafaela in CF Abreu in RF O'Neill DH However, I want Ref batting vs LHPs, so I'd DH him on those days. I want O'Neill batting FT, so someone else sits vs LHPs. LF O'Neill CF Rafaela RF Abreu Bench: Duran vs LHPs- maybe Abreu for some.
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When I say dumb, I mean too many thrown out at 3B, not running as fast as you can on hits, getting picked off due to lack of focus or just trying for an extra base with no chance of making it, unless it's a bad throw. We have more than most teams on this; I'm convinced.
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Indeed. It's hard to coach away from "all or nothing." It just has to happen. Maybe Grissom will add more consistency from the 2B slot on O and D. Not having Casas hurts like hell. Our catchers have done well, so far, but have both seen hot and cold streaks. I'm not sure they can continue near this pace. Devers has heated up and needs to have anear career year. Rafaela at SS is what he is: a work in progress. Duran has been ht and cold. Abreu started out cold, then got hot. O'Neill has been pretty consistently good, except with men on base.
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He looks okay, and i agree, this is the best way to handle having no SS. That being said, the OF of Duran in LF, Rafaela in CF and O'Neill/Abreu in RF is better on D. (O'Neill or Duran could DH vs RHPs and ref vs LHPs.)
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The wheels have come off, and more than once with Whit.
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Yes, and now maybe the O can carry the team as the staff comes back down to earth a bit. The D might improve with grissom at 2B and Rafaela/Short at SS. I'm not thrilled with Duran in CF, but he looks better than '22 and earlier, out there.
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I really felt our defense would be significantly better than 28th to 30th, like it was in '23. 4 reasons: No Yoshida in LF Story at SS Grissom at 2B Improved D by returning players like Wong/McGuire, Casas and maybe Duran.
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Agreed. This has happened, before. In recent years, we did okay with openers and pen games for a stretch, then the wheels fell off. We need Bello & Pivetta back. When Whit comes back, I hope he goes to the pen, and Criswell can keep this up.
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There is being smart aggressive. There is being dumb.
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Now, yes. Right after K Campbell's 4-4 game, no.
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Yup.
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I'm fine with aggressive baserunning, not mindless blunders and laziness.
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Criswell may have a crappy FIP, but they guys is getting the job done. Yes, it was nice seeing a group effort on O. No major blunders on D or the basepaths was a bit refreshing, too.
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Top 13 Sox pitchers by IP (Jansen is 14th and I booted Joely) 0.64 Bernardino (0.79 WHIP) 0.82 Pivetta (0.82 WHIP) 0.95 Slaten (0.68 WHIP) 1.20 Weissert (0.93 WHIP) 1.56 Crawford (1.07) 1.69 Jansen (1.22) 1.74 Criswell (1.06) 1.99 Houck (0.97) 3.04 Bello (1.05) 3.47 Wink (1.54) 4.86 Anderson (1.14) 5.11 Martin (1.38) K/BB 13.0 Pivetta 7.5 Slaten 6.6 Houck 6.5 Martin 5.3 Weissert 4.0 Criswell 3.7 Bello 3.1 Crawford Pitches /IP 13.2 Slaten 14.0 Bernardino 14.2 Bosser 14.5 Houck 15.4 Weissert 15.6 Crawford 15.8 Pivetta
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OPS Leaders after today: 1.089 Refsnyder 1.044 O'Neill (9 HRs) .950 Wong (5 Hrs and 14 RBIs are both 3rd on team)) .917 Devers .857 Casas (IL- 6 HRs) .854 Abreu .737 Duran (15 RBIs is second on team & 9 SBs leads) .736 McGuire .736 Yoshida (Injured) .617 Story (IL-all year) .608 DHam .598 Rafaela (19 RBIs leads team and is 40th in MLB!) .563 D Smith .453 Valdez (AAA now) .377 Dalbec (AAA now) .375 Grissom .277 Cooper .000 Short
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Woo won 11-1. Fitts 3.2 IP, 1ER, 2H, 1BB, 4K (3.72 ERA) Guerrero 2.1, 0ER, 1H, 0BB, 3K (2.08 ERA) HRs by Kavadas (6th), Meidroth (2nd) and Bobby Dee. 4-4 EValdez w 3 DBLs 3-5 Gonzalez 2-4 Meidroth w HR, 2B and BB (He seems to get a BB every game) 1-2 Bobby Dee w HR and 3BBs POR won 2-1 My "sleeper prospect) I Coffey went 6 IP, 1ER, 2H, 3BB, 3K) Lugo is el fuego: 2-2 w 7th HR and BB 1-4 Jordan w 2B Mayer, Anthony & Teel went 2-12 w no BB. Teel K'd 3 times. GRE won 9-2 1-5 Ravelo w 3rd HR and 3 RBI 1-4 Castro w 2B & BB SAL is going for the system sweep and is up 3-0 in the 7th. Wehunt 5IP, 0ER, 1H, 0BB, 8K Alcantara is a homer short of the cycle (3-3) 1-3 Bleis w BB 0-2 Jo Garcia w BB
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The whole AL East has won or is winning, today. Just keeping pace. We are now at an 88 win pace.
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It's only May, and early at that, but this seemed like a must win game, in some way. Nice job by just about everyone!
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yes!!!!!!!!!
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Good spot for Grissom to make himself known.
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Rafaela has gotten a lot of key hits for a .600 OPS guy. Now, the pen needs to do the job.
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Before today's game... Despite the losing streak, we are still in the thick of the early WC race... 22-11 BAL (ALE) 21-12 CLE (ALC) 18-15 SEA (ALW) 22-13 NYY (WC1) 19-13 MIN (TWC2) 20-14 KCR (TWC2) 18-15 DET -1.5 18-16 BOS -2.0 18-16 TEX -2.0 17-17 OAK -3.0 16-18 TBR & TOR -4.0 We have losing records vs just 3 teams (0-3 BAL, 0-2 MIN, 2-5 CLE) .500 vs SEA (2-2) Plus vs 5 teams (3-0 v PIT & OAK, 4-2 v LAA and 2-1 v CHC & SFG) To those who say we have played mostly easy teams, so far, in some ways I agree, but this is interesting: team records against everyone, except BOS: 19-7 CLE 19-11 BAL 19-12 CHC 17-13 MIN 16-13 SEA 17-14 OAK 15-16 PIT 14-17 SFG 10-17 LAA Some of these teams may be playing over their heads, but these non-Sox records look pretty impressive, right now.
