moonslav59

This must be killing you. My condolences.

Toronto & Seattle just passed the Yanks by a half game. The Yanks are 9th in the AL. How much lower can they go?

Just think how great our pen might be with Richards added!

Every now and then, someone does something different from their last game or start or multi game trend.

It seems like many times the pitching match-ups show a huge advantage to one team, the other team wins. At least with the Sox.

+16. WOW! What a great season this has been.

One area of defenders Vaz gets good grades in is pitch-framing. I don’t think he’s bad at blocking wild throws. He’s good at throwing out base stealers. My biggest beef is handling the pitchers. Always has been.

Only if I thought it was best for the team, and I’d sit down and explain that to him first. I’m not sure hitting him first is best, and my biggest wish is for Bogey up second and JD or Renfroe 3rd, so that leaves Devers (best up 4 or 5) and Verdugo or Renfroe up first, since JD first seems real bad to me.

That never concerns me.

Maybe moving a little but making it look like the ball forced the glove to move slightly.

Not many have suggested we move him into the top 5. 1. Verdugo 2. Renfroe 3. JD 4. Bogey 5. Devers I know line-up changes mean little to you, but still...

Plus, he's not even a quarter through the 2 year contract. He's 10 points below his 2020 OPS. He's 37 points below his 2019-2020 OPS. He's 54 points below his last 5 year OPS. 60 points below his career .730 OPS. That's 1-2 big games away from any "norm."

Nor the team (.718 June OPS) Our pitchers are 2 for 6 with a dbl! (.833 OPS) June OPS .955 Bogey (3rd in June PAs) .842 Arroyo (9th due to injury) .828 Devers (2nd) .822 Renfroe (4th) .722 Verdugo (1st) .703 Dalbec (8th) .689 JD (5th) .680 Vaz (7th) .624 Kike (6th) .564 Plawecki (12th) .560 Marwin(10th, at least he's not 6th or 7th, like he was before) .397 Chavis (13PAs in June) .295 Santana (11th)

I have not gone to look, but it seems like anytime our 1 slot hitter gets on base with no outs during a game- not just inning one, we score- and usually a crooked number.

I'm with you on the "short leash" position. Hell, I wanted him demoted to work on his swing a few weeks ago. Being in a tight playoff race changes the dynamic, but not really the idea that he may need time to get into a groove. (Maybe there is no groove to get into, and Dalbec is no better than Middy was.) Some of us have mentioned a platoon, but since Dalbec is on the short end of the platoon, he really would not get an opportunity to work through his issues by playing nearly everyday. While this might be the best solution to the team's needs (use Marwin, Kike or trade for a Moreland type at 1B), it just prolongs and cloudies the decision on Dalbec's future. Do we really want to start all over with him, next year? Can we afford to watch him struggle for 200+ PAs, next year, too- only to end up realizing he's not a keeper? I'm not advocating tanking the 2021 season just to find out what Dalbec (and others, by the way) can or cannot do at the ML level, and in some ways, winning so much has made that aspect of the season very problematic for Bloom and Cora. In theory, we may call up Duran, soon, and let Kike or Marwin play 1B vs most RHPs. That may ultimately be the best choice, for now. I do NOT see Casas as a 2021 solution. It's either Dalbec-Kike-Marwin or a low key, rental trade for someone like Moreland. Dalbec's poor defense has not helped his case, either.

One could argue that any player who starts his career looking average over his first 81 games could be a keeper or even end up being great. Certainly, his career numbers point towards giving a longer look- his 2021 numbers not so much.

Why do you and others feel so strongly that whatever you have done most recently is what you are doomed to repeat forever, when so much evidence goes against that theory or belief? I’m not trying to bust anybody’s balls, as I do it, too at times,

We can win, if we just allow 3 runs. We can win allowing 5. The Yankee pen has been showing cracks.

Perhaps the most stunning team stat of this season. Blaming that on just the lack of LH'd hitters is not telling the whole story. (Not that you said or implied that.)

ERod has let up 4 or less runs in 11 of his 14 starts. He's let up 3 or less runs in half his starts. I think we can win, if he can just do that again. That 7.94 ERA over his last 8 starts is frightening, though, but maybe his last start was a sign of a turn-around.

He's been pretty solid, all year. A couple of blips, but pretty solid.

The book on Wong has often mentioned him changing positions from catcher, so maybe we shouldn't get too excited about Wong's D. From soxprospects.com: Field: Very versatile defender. Has played catcher, second base and third base in pro ball. Even played some outfield in college. Moves well behind the plate, but still working on his receiving and framing skills. Shows soft hands in the infield. Potential average defender behind the plate. Arm: Average arm strength for a catcher. Solid arm strength at second base, passable at third base.

Maybe he is just good at writing about dead things.

Much has been said about the unbalanced Yankee line-up, and how it is built opposite to the dimensions of their home park, but overall, this year, the numbers are surprisingly similar vs RHP and LHP. .714 v R .718 v L .710 when RH'd starter starts game .725 when LH'd starter starts.

His defense has puzzled me more than his extended slump.