moonslav59
-
Posts
103,987 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
129
Content Type
Profiles
Boston Red Sox Videos
2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking
Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits
Guides & Resources
2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker
News
2026 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker
Forums
Blogs
Events
Store
Downloads
Gallery
Everything posted by moonslav59
-
We are beating ourselves. It's not some great Astro performance.
-
...and SLG% > BA OPS> OBP> SLG> BA
-
I'd rather have a guy who gets 2 hits and 2 walks every 10 PAs (.250 BA) than someone who gets 3 hits and no walks every 10 PAs (.300 BA), unless he hits for much more power, but then again, BA does not "capture" HRs and XBHs either.
-
Do you really expect Vaz to continue hitting .880+? Do you really want to play JD in the OF more? Do you really want to add a catcher, when we already are facing a roster crunch when Holt and Pedey return? (I'm fine with DFA'ing Nunez, if Pedey proves his health, but to keep Holt, Pedey and Chavis around, we'd have to DFA or trade Pearce to make room for a 3rd catcher.) I seriously doubt we dump Pearce and bench JBJ, so Vaz can DH more. If we want to DH Vaz, we can do it without a 3rd catcher. The only risk is losing the DH, if Leon gets hurt or PH for.
-
OPS is flawed, but to me, OPS tells me way more than BA. The biggest flaw of OPS is that OBP should be weighted more highly than SLG. Although SLG% is flawed as well, it does help distinguish between a .300 hitter with 15 XBHs and a .300 hitter with 65 XBHs. One is clearly much better than the other, and BA, flawed as well, doesn't tell you about. BA also counts walks as zero. That's a major flaw. Since OPS actually counts BA twice, I'd think you like it.
-
My pleasure. It's no secret that CF, 2B and 1B are our low points at this snapshot of the season. RF & DH seem lower than I expected, but it's nice to see 3B in the top 5 and not the bottom 5. Our pitching staff is blowing the competition away the last 30 days. Our defense looks worse than last year, despite Devers looking improved.
-
No Sale in those three days, right? We shouldn't miss Sandy that much. I'm looking for JBJ to wake up the echoes this series.
-
Pedroia out with renewed left knee pain
moonslav59 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Nor should it knock him out of the line-up by even 1 day other than his normal days of rest, at least until he is slumping. There's room for Pedey and Chavis to play as much as they deserve. -
Usually they are, actually, almost always they are, but Matt Holliday was not a plus defender nor at about 0.0 for his career.
-
I always felt Nomar made himself look a lot better than he really was by making those spinning twirling plays from the hole, when others simply planted and threw the guy out easily like it was routine.
-
AL Team WAR Leaders by Position Catcher 2.6 MN 1.8 SEA 1.4 CWS 1.2 HOU 1.2 BOS 1B 1.5 TX & TB 1.1 SEA 0.6 MN & CLE 14th BOS at -0.6 2B 2.6 LAA 1.4 TBR 1.3 KCR 1.1 NYY 1.0 HOU 13th BOS at 0.1 3B 2.1 HOU 2.0 KCR 1.8 OAK 1.3 CWS 1.2 BOS SS 2.1 MN 1.8 BOS 1.7 OAK 1.6 HOU & TX LF 3.1 TX 2.3 HOU 2.0 KCR 1.3 NYY 1.2 TBR 1.0 BOS CF 4.3 HOU 2.3 TX 2.2 LAA 1.8 MN 1.3 CWS 14th BOS at -0.9 RF 3.6 HOU 2.6 TBR 2.2 NYY 2.0 KCR 1.3 SEA & BOS DH 2.1 SEA 2.0 KCR 1.7 TX 1.1 TBR 0.8 BOS All Positions 12.9 HOU 10.2 MN 7.5 TBR 6.8 LAA 6.2 BOS 5.8 KCR 5.7 TX 5.4 SEA 5.3 NYY Pitching 8.0 TBR 6.8 NYY 6.6 CLE 6.4 HOU 5.7 MN 5.4 BOS Last 30 Days (All three of these teams place 1, 2 & 3 in all categories) 5.7 BOS (SP 4.3/ RP 1.4) 3.9 TBR (SP 2.6/ RP 1.3) 3.9 NYY (SP 2.5/ RP 1.4) Over the Full Season SP: Sox place 6th at 3.6 RP: Sox place 6th at 1.8 Defense: Sox place 6th in UZR/150 at 3.4 and 8th in DRS at +3.
-
Pedroia out with renewed left knee pain
moonslav59 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I'm not even sure Pedey could play 6 days a week as a DH. I think the best we can probably expect, assuming 7 games in 7 days, is for him to play 2-3 games at 2B and 2-3 at DH for 5 games a week. Tops. If this ever does happen, and I'll believe it when I see it, it shouldn't cut back on anyone's playing time, except JBJ (when JD plays OF to make room for Pedey at DH) and maybe Moreland/Pearce (when Chavis plays 1B when Pedey plays 2B). It may not ever really come down to Pedey vs Chavis. It may be Pedey vs JBJ, Pearce & Moreland. Devers, our OF'ers and 1Bmen will all get their normal days off, which is a lot under Cora, so we're not talking about anyone seeing their playing time cut way back, except Nunez/Holt. -
Some players make easy plays look hard (Jeter), while some make hard plays look easy (JBJ)
-
I think you may be right, unless we trade Dalbec. With Moreland and Pearce likely not returning, we may want to keep all corner IF'ers in the system, until we find the right guy. Probably Devers, Chavis and Dalbec would be enough for the short term, but if JD bolts, we may want to keep Ockimey, too, as a DH possibility down the road (him & Chavis).
-
MLBTR... Shepherd, 26, has struggled through a brutal start to his 2019 campaign, pitching to a 10.01 ERA through 29 2/3 inning of Triple-A ball. He’s yielded a staggering 53 hits in that time, including 11 home runs, issued 16 walks and also been tagged for another 10 unearned runs.
-
Some 2019 MLB Catcher Tidbits: Only 3 catchers have more PAs AND a higher OPS than Vaz at .838 (112 PAs). Leon is ranked 37th in catcher OPS (.627) out of 61 catchers with 30+ PAs. Swihart is ranked 31st at .712. Team catcher OPS: 1.017 Cubs .991 MN .880 SEA .839 CWS .799 NYY .797 LAA .774 BOS (7th)
-
We'll see how he looks by September, but yes, if we want him on the ML club, there are plenty of DFA options available to make room for him. He'll need to be added for Rule 5 later in the fall, so there's that to think about. FYI: Other Rule 5 guys: Juan Carlos Abreu Christopher Acosta Fabian Andrade Yoan Aybar Roldani Baldwin Eduard Bazardo Gary Calvo Marino Campana Pedro Castellanos Rusney Castillo CJ Chatham Jake Cosart Ricardo Cubillan Bobby Dalbec Enmanuel De Jesus Chad De La Guerra Jhonathan Diaz Jerry Downs Devon Fisher Matthew Gorst Kyle Hart Trevor Kelley Trenton Kemp Matt Kent Adam Lau Fransico Lopez-Soto Nick Lovullo Everlouis Lozada Tate Matheny Samuel Miranda Oddanier Mosqueda Josh Ockimey Angel Padron Yorvin Pantoja Keibert Petit Roniel Raudes Austin Rei Hildemaro Requena Jeremy Rivera Kleiber Rodriguez Jake Romanski Jagger Rusconi Alberto Schmidt Andrew Schwaab Nick Sciortino Mike Shawaryn Hunter Smith Kevin Steen Cole Sturgeon Kervin Suarez Luke Tendler Josh Tobias Kyri Washington Marcus Wilson
-
He had his eyes closed.
-
I think Dalbec may be called up to the big club this fall. With Chavis now gone from AAA, probably for good, I'd start playing Dalbec at 3B instead of Jantzen Witte. (I thought Dalbec was more than just one year older than Duran, but I was wrong. Move 'em both up a notch!)
-
Pedroia out with renewed left knee pain
moonslav59 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Yes, I agree. There can be room for a productive Pedey AND Chavis, if that ever happens. -
...and that one play we've all seen 365 times, where he flies into the stands to make a catch.
-
Pedroia out with renewed left knee pain
moonslav59 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
If he does stay healthy, and that's a huge IF, he will be worked in slowly, anyways. When he plays 2B (maybe twice a week to start, again assuming he's healthy, Chavis can DH, play 3B or 1B as others get the rest Cora demands of them. If Pedey does well, then we'll want to find a way to work him into a larger role, if possible. If he does poorly or aggravates his knee again, then nothing was lost. -
To AA, maybe. I'd move Dalbec to AAA now.
-
Jeter is no an exception. He sucked on D.
-
The condescending ******** has flowed both ways, and not just on this issue. I've gone back and read some of my old posts and can certainly see why some people are put off by my statements or implications. I will say, I do not mean making people feel put-down or inferior intellectually. We have some very smart posters on this board, and no one side has more than the other. In my personal life, I am VERY "old school" in many ways, and I don't consider myself just a stat geek. Many posters here are multidimensional. Things do get personal at times here, but such is life.
