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  1. moonslav59
    Price is doing fine. Sale & Porcello NOT.
  2. moonslav59
    HR/9 1.87 Straily 1.83 Bundy 1.76 Harvey 19th Porcdello 1.46
  3. moonslav59
    HRs 2017-2019: 88 Bundy 81 Verlander (no wonder he is complaining about juiced balls) 80 Porcello (before tonight's blast & counting...) 5. Tanaka 78 10. Lester 67 17. Happ 65
  4. moonslav59
    Maybe 12.
  5. moonslav59
    Another thing we know is that Porcello sucks.
  6. moonslav59
    Yes. If a starter goes 6 innings and then lets up 3 runs in the 7th (2 unearned), we still say, "Nice start." Our pen went 6 scoreless innings last night before Velazquez and Bogey's meltdown, but nobody thinks, "nice game, pen."
  7. moonslav59
    If we'd only have signed Cody Allen instead of Pearce!
  8. moonslav59
    Nunez and Holt's fragility is the reason we traded Buttrey for Kinsler.
  9. moonslav59
    I agree, and there has been other times in his career where his velo is 93-95, and he was still effective. Maybe it's the new balls. It seems slider pitchers are having a hard time this year as the breaks are not as much as they used to be. Sale needs to adjust. I think he will. I just don't know how long it will take. 1 game, 1 month, 1 year or longer?
  10. moonslav59
    That's a lot of knowledgeable people who think he has been top 6. It will be interesting to see where they rank him this year. BTW, while I have respect for the fielding bible, none of them see every CF play every game and play. notin pointed out some defects in the metric, most notably that Betts takes some tough plays away from JBJ, and the wall on the other side as well. I'm not trying to claim the UZR/150 numbers are completely accurate. My point is I trust their numbers more than my own eyes, because my eyes have seen just 162 games a year of other CF'ers, and that is a wildly small and unbalanced sample size. How good a replacement level player is on defense is directly related to how good the 30 players are at this moment in time. The fact is, JBJ could probably be replaced by an excellent defensive AAA player who may hit .100 in MLB and not be missed on defense.
  11. moonslav59
    I think I read somewhere that 3 year sample sizes should be used when looking at UZR/150. Of the 22 CF'ers with 1500+ innings, JBJ ranks 8th at +4.5. I see several OF'er below him that are very good fielders from what I know.
  12. moonslav59
    I'm a huge JBJ fan. I'm a huge defense fan, especially up the middle. I love JBJ's defense, but I don't think he is the best CF'er in MLB. I'm not even sure if he's top 10 anymore. I would think, based on my own observations, which is severely limited on non Sox CF'er observations, he is top 20, but I'm not sure. I see a lot of very good to great CF'ers these days. Many are making great plays against us. Perhaps JBJ has slipped to the bottom 10, which may mean he is close to "replacement" level on defense. Many AAAA OF'ers' only skill is defense. IMO, JBJ's defense is still better than "replacement," but I think it has slipped. The dWAR and UZR/150 numbers are flawed, but they are still better than my own opinion. That doesn't mean I think they are right on everything. I have always claimed they are not perfect. I stick to my point, and I don't think little leaguers are as good as JBJ, but my guess is many AAA CF'ers can field very very well.
  13. moonslav59
    Man-O-Man! 52 BBs and 21 HRs in 11 games.
  14. moonslav59
    Yet many will remember just the pen got the loss.
  15. moonslav59
    Batting Beni 5th is a mortal sin.
  16. moonslav59
    Did you see the line shot he pulled foul? Of course, he could "get around."
  17. moonslav59
    ...and a small orange Fanta!
  18. moonslav59
    lmao!
  19. moonslav59
    What is replacement level defense in CF, this year? It could be great defense, if we have 30 excellent defensive CF'er. (Just a hypothetical- not a statement of fact.) Unless you really know how good every other CF'er is, you can't say JBJ's defense is above "replacement level value."
  20. moonslav59
    Beni looks worse at the plate. Beni looks worse in the field. Beni looks worse on the base paths. Until last night, his arm looked worse. Players have poor stretches all the time, even on their upside to their prime, but this total decline is very troubling. I try not to be overly influenced by small and recent sample size, but I'm getting very fed up with Beni. He's a guy that could have taken a step up to help compensate for the likely step downs Betts and JD were going to have this season. Bogey and Devers have done their part: Beni has not.
  21. moonslav59
    Yes, the run support our #5's have gotten is mind-boggling. My point was that we need to find more wins from what we've seen up to now, from our 1-4 slots.
  22. moonslav59
    Maybe, but all 3 moves were made after these last two gut-wrenching losses. What did they say was Wright's new injury? Had Nunez gone 3 for 4 last night, would he still be here? The Velazquez choice makes sense, in light of the long stretch of games we face.
  23. moonslav59
    If you take away Price from all 3 sample sizes and ERod from the last 2, the numbers would be shockingly horrible. Yes, the pen has sucked, but they never were expected to be even good. Our starters were supposed to be top 3 or 4 in MLB at the start of the season. They have come up woefully short.
  24. moonslav59
    The starters put us in a massive hole in April. Blame Cora, if you must, but the starters sucked for 5-6 starts each, except for Price. The starters had a very good May, but other than ERod & Price, they have sucked ever since. 5 horrible weeks, 4-5 great weeks and then crappy ever since- as a whole. SP'ers only: First 30 games: 5.39 ERA 5.07 IP/GS Next 32 games: 3.64 ERA 5.49 IP/GS Last 32 games: 4.88 ERA 5.14 IP/GS This year reminds me of 2014 and the bid rotation sell-off, let-down year.
  25. moonslav59
    He did do very well at the start and had some big hits as he struggled afterwards. That being said, he should have been DFA'd weeks ago.
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