moonslav59
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I doubt it, although I do claim SSS often, even if I don't like the choice made. I often mentioned Contreras 2nd and Abreu 4th, but that messed up Cora's obsession with L-R-L-R...
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.350 from the leadoff man is better than 2 HRs from Duran.
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If he had hit .775+, he very well might have been the DH. He may have been the DH, if Cora woulda talked devers into 1B. -
That's a much better strategy than utilityman.
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Again, I'm not arguing it made sense, but the guy sucks on D. I've been saying he should be the DH, but someone as athletic as KC always brings out the hope that he can "learn a position." I'm not sure that is true for everybody. He should have been moved off SS earlier: do you agree? Should they have given him 1500+ innings at 2B, and how long do you stick with this, if he still sucks after 800-100 innings? (Not that I'm sure he would have.)
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Congrats: this is the 50th time you've said this.
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I don't recall anybody defending tory up 2nd. I do remember a guy raving about his RBI totals. Was it thew same guy who went years talking about letting Renfroe's 100 RBis go?
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...yet some want to give Duran a long look at the one slot, despite Anthony having a .350 OBP up first.
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This is the truth and some just CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH! Ben did what JH wanted but was cut loose, when the time came to invest more. DD did what JH wanted, until the time came when a spending GM was not needed. Bloom did what JH wanted- try to turn the Sox into TBR North with a little more spending allowed. He was let go, because he failed to deliver, although he did build up a decent farm and foundation for the next GM. Brez is doing what JH wanted him to do, although I'm sure JH wanted more wins. When he is let go remains to be seen.
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Of course not, and not everyone can become passable at any one position, too. I'm not arguing against the idea that picking one position early on and sticking with him there was a bad idea- just that it may not have worked either. The guy seems to really suck on defense. That happens, even with playing just one position and with a lot of good coaching. What position should they have picked? One guy here tried to claim he should have stayed at SS, and to me that is the worst idea of all. Where would you have stuck him, year one?
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I think Mayer was promoted because he was ML ready defensively, cheap and looking at our 2Bmen over the last 8-9 years, batting .650 has been the norm.
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He never played any positions before joining the Sox? Look, I'm not defending so many positional shifting, but it can become very obvious in a short time, that someone sucks at a position and would need a very long time to bring to near normal. Maybe they felt his best chance at cracking the majors was to be a utility guy. When you say 4 and 5 positions, it's kinda misleading when one year he played 1 games at 3B and another year 2 games in CF. That being said, there is merit saying he never really got a long look at any one position, and I think they wanted his bat so badly in the bigs that they figured his athleticism would help him improve enough to be passable. They were grossly wrong, and their prepping of him was misguided and scattered, fo sure. IMO, I'm not sure he can be good at any position except DH. Inning in the minors: 511 2B 440 OF 299 SS 263 1B 44 3B That is very scattered. I'm sure it didn't help him learn one position better, but which one do you think he could be pretty good at, if he'd have been given 1800 innings at?
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2018 salaries not replace by anyone more than $10M/1 Richards: Betts due for about $30M/per $30M Price $23M HanRam $21M Porcello $13M Kimbrel $8.5M Pom Pom $6.5M Moreland $4M Nunez & Kelly
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They failed to replace them "in kind," and that hurt the team in 2019, as did the drop off in SP results. The 2019 team was still very much good enough on paper opening day to win it all, but the small market mentality had already begun. The summer of 2019 almost saw the trade of Betts, so let's not forget that as further evidence the change was underway. The departure of DD followed soon afterwards.
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I don't disagree, but when a player sucks at a position, moving him is commonplace.
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LOL. Brez is not the Red Sox. Humor is often not recognized. I'm hopelessly a Sox lover.
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That budget was mostly from the remnants of the 2018 team. The failure to bring back or replace Kimbrel and Kelly after 2018 was the start of the trend towards "small market" philosophies. The Betts trade and failure to replace his projected salary is all the proof needed that the change was in place during 2021. Our biggest signing from 2019 (not counting the Sale/Nate extensions) was Richards at $10M/1. The plan was firmly in place. BTW, Sale started 9 games and 2021 was 33 y/o JD's last full season of good hitting. No Betts, Beni, Price, Porcello, Kimbrel or Kelly. Just a tiny fraction of their lost salary replaced. It got worse after 2021.
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Beep boop, the computer was very likely right about Bregman and maybe Alonso, too.
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I still think the success of the 2021 season solidified JH's view that the team can win without major financial investments to star players. Other than the Devers contract, which was quickly dumped, the largest signings don't come close to the top of the list. $170M/6 Crochet comes closest. $140M/6 Story is barely a top 90 FA signing of all time. $90M/5 Yoshida $130M/5 Suarez is not even top 100.
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I was not aware he never talked to or worked with his players to improve.
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Most have Brez's phone number blocked.
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MLB's OPS is up to .715, now. It was .758 in 2019. 270 MLB have 60+ PAs, and Anthony ranks 170th, while Mayer ranks 189th. Many had very high expectations for Anthony and high uncertainty levels on Mayer. No doubt, Anthony (.670) and Mayer (.652) are off to poor starts, both are 2-3 big games from being at the norm in season 2 of their careers. Let's see how the next few months pan out. Team rankings 62 Contreras .837 64 Abreu .835 (Wong would be 89th if he has 21 more PAs and hit the same.) 112 Rafaela .753 Yoshida would be 134th with 4 more PAs to qualify) 170 Anthony .670 189 Mayer .652 215 Narvaez .605 .533 Duran & Story .533 (Only 1 player has more PAs and a lower OPS than Story.) 250 Durbin .530 (only 2 MLB players have more PAs and a lower OPS than Durbin)
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You know he wasn't "coaching" players?
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Not every vet needs to be "the leader." I don't think trading him would be about not being a leader: it would be about his declining skillsets that seemed about average at best to begin with, once he joined the Sox, ot at least after year one. I'd start by moving him to 2B. One grumble and I'd trade him.
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When you have 3 starting infielders batting around .530 and IKF even worse, it is absurd to have 5 OF/DHs.
