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  1. moonslav59
    Yes, he had just come off an .810 season at age 25 with the Guardians and had hit .790 the year before, so it was not a fluke. The .720 OPS with the Sox was a bit disappointing, but he was great on D as a CF'er. He did end up having a .779 season with the A's in 2013 with a career high 22 HRs, but he ended up with a .718 OPS with them before retiring as an Indian in after 2016.
  2. moonslav59
    We got Coco largely by trading Andy Marte (and others) for him. We got Marte for Renteria and a bunch of cash.
  3. moonslav59
    Well said, and a lot of other things went wrongly that year, too.
  4. moonslav59
    Didn't we beat this whole heard of dead horse already? Sox Starters APR ERA/ July ERA Sale 6.30>5.86 Price 3.60>5.04 ERod 6.16>2.03 Porc 5.52>7.94 Eovaldi 6.00>12.27 Only Erod seemed to get much better, and he was the one who got the most ST'ing IP, that year. Sale got slightly better. The other three did much worse in July- worse than their horrible Aprils.
  5. moonslav59
    Yup, and a few others, too.
  6. moonslav59
    Both side of the EHern at 2B vs OF win!
  7. moonslav59
    My favorite player was JBJ, and he certainly wasn't the best player, but I love great defense, especially up the middle. (I used to play 2B then CF and pitcher later in softball.) I think I know why I like some players, and I guess I was wrong for assuming most people know why they like one player and not another. I really was not trying to be critical. I do think that it kinda sucks when your favorite player leaves, but letting Beni and JBJ go had plenty of merit.
  8. moonslav59
    He was the worst "offender," but others felt it was a major issue for our implosion.
  9. moonslav59
    Maybe Kiki can just play an extra deep 2B.
  10. moonslav59
    I've always felt this way, especially with lefty-righty splits. The problem with individual match-ups is the tiny sample sizes most head-to-head match-ups are. I guess you could generalize that so and so hits fastball pitchers better than so and so.
  11. moonslav59
    If Marwin plays LF, Verdugo mostly in CF, and Renfroe mostly in LF, who mostly plays RF?
  12. moonslav59
    Opening Day is just 3 weeks away! Here is our April schedule: 4/1 BAL Off 4/3 BAL 4/4 BAL 4/5 TBR 4/6 TBR 4/7 TBR 4/8 @BAL Off 4/10 @BAL 4/11 @BAL 4/12 @MN 4/13 @MN 4/14 @MN 4/15 @MN 4/16 CWS 4/17 CWS 4/18 CWS 4/19 CWS 4/20 TOR 4/21 TOR 4/22 SEA 4/23 SEA 4/24 SEA 4/25 SEA Off 4/27 @NYM 4/28 @NYM 4/29 @TEX 4/30 @TEX 5/1 @TEX 5/2 @TEX Off Looks like we can probably get by with just 13 pitchers until at least 4/15, since we play 7 games in the first 9 days. We don't get as many April days off as we did in "olden times."
  13. moonslav59
    The Sox ST'ing Hit Machine has slowed the last couple days, and these sample sizes are really way too small to read anything into them, but it is nice to see a few of our hitters really busting out early: OPS 1.788 Kike 1.451 Dalbec 1.413 Downs 1.366 Duran 1.337 Chavis 1.140 Munoz 1.000 Jimenez
  14. moonslav59
    Scouting Reports on Jimenez, Yorke & Bazardo... http://news.soxprospects.com/2021/03/scouting-report-updates-gilberto.html
  15. moonslav59
    Except when they get just a few less IP than the norm and go on to implode that season. Then, it's the be-all-end-all.
  16. moonslav59
    Thanks. So, the league average FE vs TE at 3B since 2015 is 53.2%. Devers has been at 51.3%, so just slightly more throwing errors than the average (1.9% more). My point is still somewhat valid, but no where near what I thought or implied it was, even by exaggeration.
  17. moonslav59
    Beni was one of the 3 you most liked watching? (Not being critical- just wondering why.)
  18. moonslav59
    Houck is a starter- maybe not in the rotation on opening day, but he's looked good. Pivetta has looked good (3.60 in 5 IP). Nobody else has more than 4 IP.
  19. moonslav59
    I'm getting the feeling these things will work themselves out. Cora's choices will be narrowed once we see how certain players are doing on offense and defense. If Chavis is raking, it might force EHern to CF more often than Cora originally planned. If Cordero is struggling or hurt, it might seem obvious to play EHern in the OF- not Marwin. By August 0r maybe much sooner, we may see Munoz and Chavis playing much more than Marwin & Arroyo. There are so many moving parts and the flex players added make the combinations almost too many to name. I'm getting excited about this team- much more than last year and even more than the post May 2019 team.
  20. moonslav59
    I was exaggerating, but half your errors being throwing is probably way more than the norm. In other words, 38 "glove errors" is likely lower than the norm. 9-5 last year, SSS in all, is astounding. (BTW, where do you find that info?)
  21. moonslav59
    I was glad he didn't re-sign with us.
  22. moonslav59
    Singing to the choir. Chavis is the kid I most traded on the BTV site, but I've argued he deserves a long look, this year. I'm a huge Dalbec and Devers fan, so I don't want him playing there, except for normal rest days. I also like EHern in CF. That leaves Chavis beating out Arroyo and Marwin for most of the 2B duties in my book. I think Cora wants EHern more at 2B, so let's see.
  23. moonslav59
    90% of his errors are throwing, so 1B seems obvious, if he can't fix the arm issues. Throwing issues at 1B are not as much of an issue. He's got a plus glove and range. That's not just my opinion. The data backs it up. Believe what you want, but he's no where near as bad as you think he is. If he was a 24 year old in AA, you'd say give him more time, but you are penalizing him for being called up at such a young age. He showed growth from year 1 to year 2 and from year 2 to year 3. He regressed in 2020, but that was one Eff'd up short season. A few mishaps in ST'ing is not reason enough to bump him to DH, where we are paying someone $22M to play, and JD can't play anywhere else but DH. There is no other option but to jerk him to 1B with less than 3 weeks to opening day. I'd argue that is no option, either. Live with it. If he sucks on D this year, the move to 1B- not DH- will be obvious and successful. Book it.
  24. moonslav59
    I've always been one who does not take ST'ing games and stats all that seriously, but Dalbec is for real.
  25. moonslav59
    40HRs and 400Ks is fine with me, as long as his OBP is above .330. (I think it will be above .345.)
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