moonslav59

Yes, April 8th was opening day. Do try to keep up.

When you start a SP'er who is like 9th or 10th on your rotation depth chart, you tend to lose.

Was that the first back-to-back closer stint by Houck? 6.2 from Wink was golden!

Great game by Duran and several others. I've shown some disdain towards Duran over the last couple years, but he's coming through, now. Let's hope he can keep it up. We could use all the help we can get. Good to see Cordero have a nice game, after struggling for a couple weeks. Nice start by Wink, and the pen pulled their weight, too. These are games often lost by most teams, even against teams like the Tigers.

I never said there is anything wrong with having disdain towards Sox players. I have disdain toward several, right now. I just wonder why it is guys like Kike and Story. Go ahead and bring up the Cora statement, everytime you get exposed. I'll admit I was wrong for the umpteenth time. Maybe you get a kick out of that. Who knows? BTW, you still have disdain for Cora, too. I just won't call it hate, again. Can you please provide the link to all the sites calling the Betts trade a failure for Bloom? Even one site would be a step in the right direction. See: I admit I'm wrong and am wrong, often. You run and hide. Change the subject. Pull your passive-aggressive stank out. Maybe some talk show clown told you everyone called the Betts trade failure. Just curious where you read it.

He is an excellent defensive CF'er, and it's always nice to have middle IF depth, in case of injury or need of rest. That has a lot of value on a team with just one other really good defensive CF/RF'er in Fenway (JBJ). Having excellent meiddle IF'ers and no clear CF'er to play, if Kike moves to the IF, does hurt his versatility value, though. You are right.

On another thread, some clown predicted a Yankee pitching slump, then refused to bet on it. The nerve of some of these troll posters!

Damon.

The Wink Man comes through. And Franchy, too! Beni who? No more boo-whoo.

I think it's safe to say, the adjustment period has long expired.

It doesn't work that way. Even if we pay 100% of their contracts, he doesn't want them. He might want Davis, because he's cheap, has some years of team control left, and is good enough to maybe build some future trade value. I'm not sure why you put Davis on the your lists.

Nobody expected Kike's playoff numbers to continue, nor his 80 game stretch before the playoffs. My point was that it matters little to some, how well he does, if his BA is around .240 he's not to be praised. If he's too good at several positions to hold one down full time, but gets more games and PAs than most regulars, he's nothing more than a utility man.

I'd say, if you really have to fill a need to identify trolling, the real trolling (slight as it was) was jacko saying pitching doesn't slump. I replied is a way you clearly don't get. Quit while you are behind. Do yourself a favor.

Duran the Man or No mas Duran?

It should be double or triple the pay, IMO.

Apparently, in the Bronx, there is only one way. I have to bet him, or it proves I'm a troll. The silliness never ends with some of these guys.

Context is lost on the feeble minded.

I think it goes deeper than that, for some- one in particular. He was showing disdain for Kike just about all 2021, too, until the playoffs. Then, just silence with maybe whispers of praise here and there.

Who is "running off?" You do know this site is designed for people to express differing opinions, and you act like we can't handle it, but only you can. Nice try. btw, I could care less if you give a damn if I or others can sense your disdain for Kike. It seems pretty clear to me, but I do realize, it's just my opinion, and I could be wrong. Maybe you have posters of Kike in your bathroom. Is it okay, if I try to present some facts that show you are wrong? Is that "going off?" (At least I present facts to support my statements and opinions. We are all still waiting on your links that show all the sites graded the Betts trade as a failure for Bloom. You can't even produce one. Don't be lazy. Do some homework.)

No. You need more than a .240 BA to have a plus in WAR. You need plus D, plus OBP or SLG to go with the .240 to be a plus. Funny, how Renfroe's .238 career BA was never mentioned by you.

Because he's good at several positions should not diminish his value to the Dodgers. You know the word "utility" has some bad connotations, and you can pretend it was not intended, but we can sense your disdain for Kike. He more than just played "lots of games." he placed higher than many "regulars" in games and PAs. 2017 3rd in games played/ 9th in PA 2018 5th in games played/ 6th in PAs 2019 6th in games played/ 6th in PAs BTW, in 2018, he had the most PAs in CF than any other Dodger, so was considered their CF'er, not utilityman. In 2019, he had the most PAs at 2B, and was not considered their utility man, that year either. One more thing, he was more than just a playoff hero for the Sox. He was for the Dodgers in 2017 and 2018, too, AND, he was a stud from Junteenth to the end of the 2021 season- batting .267 15 44 in those 80 games (53 runs and 39 XBHs) with, dare I say, an .874 OPS. He also played more than solid D, all year long. I know, I know; last year was last year- we know what your thinking, but the guys has been a very good player since 2018 and had a nice 2015 season, too. Since 2018, his 650 PA line is... .241 22 76 (58 XBHs) .743 OPS Nobody said he was a great offensive player, but those numbers are more than decent, especially for a guy who play plus-plus D in the OF and plus D at 2B, while being capable at SS. I guess I just don't get what's not to like. The "measly" $7M contract? The fact that I dared praise his CF defense? He was one of the most important players in our drive to make the playoffs, last year, and likely a top 5 or 6 reason we made it to the post season. He nearly, single-handedly, got us to the big dance. Looks like a regular player to me- just without one position to call his own.

It would have been nice to have Houck for tonight's game.

You and Red really don't have much faith in last year's playoff hero.

They shouldn't have to pay him those games.

The A's don't want guys like them, except for Davis. Davis is like 4-5 pitchers down on my list of Sox pen arms needing to be replaced.