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  1. And, Mata is in single A ball right now.
  2. ...and if we traded him for a pen arm, who would be our starter over ERod? With Eovaldi on the IL, we need ERod more than ever!
  3. Well, Leon stays, for sure. I doubt we cut Pearce or Pedey loose, although I'd rather have Chavis playing right now than either of them. Lin is on the IL. It comes down to Chavis vs Nunez and Holt. I'd keep Chavis as things stand right now. Cutting Nunez loose may not seem like a good idea, but if we can't get creative with the IL, we may not have a choice. It may come down to Holt vs Nunez... both out of options.
  4. As of right now, Pedey is out of a job. Chavis plays 2B everyday, unless we need to rest JD (Chavis to DH), and OF'er (JD to OF & Chavis to DH), Moreland or Pearce (Chavis to 1B) or Devers (Chavis to 3B). Basically, Chavis can play when we rest anyone from 7 positions not names SS or catcher, or he plays 2B the rest of the time.
  5. So Leon's bat gets in the line-up instead of JBJ's?
  6. One amazing thing about last year was that despite some unreal hot streaks, we really didn't have many down times, certainly nothing like our poor stretch out of the gates this year. Here are the worst stretches I could fine from 2018: Lost.. 6 out of 8 near the end of August (and yes, some doom & gloomers came out of hiding then, too, so our lead was cut from 9.5 to 6) 5 out of 8 in mid May 5 out of 8 to end the regular season. 4 out of 5 in mid June 3 out of 5 in mid July 4 out of 7 near the start of September Our longest losing stretch was going 9-11 from August 19 to September 8th. We ended the season going 20-18, then cruised through the playoffs.
  7. We've done all this while JD hit just .729 in the last 14 days. Yes, there are ups and downs by every player. Jumping on the ones that are down seems futile to me. At least we should wait for a half season or so.
  8. Maybe Chavis has a high trade stock value, now. Should we trade him, since Devers is the better 3B fielder?
  9. The thing that gets me the most is how some people assume the team will continue doing (forever) what it has done over the most recent 2-3 weeks, however, once the team has done very well over the last 2-3 weeks, these same people want to now look at just the last 4-5 weeks not the last 2-3, not the last 365 days, not the last 3 years. It's like they seek the worst possible sample size to use to project doom & gloom, and they never seem surprised when the projections come out wrong many times. No way are we going to stay this hot (last 14 days), but our pitching was always better than the first 2-3 weeks showed. I know the expression, "A pitcher is only as good as his last start" has some merit, but sometimes I think we take things to an extreme.
  10. OPS: 1. BOS .829 (.375 OBP!) 2. HOU .827 3. TEX .796 7. NYY .749 11. TB .682 Runs 77 BOS 74 TEX 73 HOU 65 NYY 45 TBR ERA 1. BOS 3.12 (67 ERA-) 2. TBR 3.28 (76) 3. MN 3.55 (79) 4. CLE 3.62 (78) 7. NYY 4.30 (96) xFIP 3.57 BOS 3.96 CLE 4.13 TBR 4.19 HOU 4.30 NYY K-BB% 1. BOS 19.8 2. CLE 15.8 3. TBR 15.6 4. HOU 15.2 8. NYY 13.9
  11. Sox ERA Last 28 Days: 4.06 (9+ IP) 1.88 Walden 2.63 Price 2.79 Workman 3.04 Porcello 3.12 Barnes 3.45 ERod 4.00 Brasier 4.22 Velazquez 4.33 Sale 4.35 Hembree 8.32 Brewer 9.28 Thornburg Last 14 Days: 3.19 (5+ IP) 0.00 Walden 1.80 Hembree 1.93 Porcello 2.00 Sale 3.24 ERod 3.75 Price 5.40 Velazquez 6.75 Brewer 9.95 Thornburg Under 5 IP 0.00 Workman (4.1 IP) 0.00 Barnes (3.2) 0.00 DHern (2.1) 3.38 Lakins (2.2) 6.75 Brasier (2.2)
  12. Sox OPS Last 28 Days (45+ PAs unless noted): 1.236 Chavis .931 Betts .892 Devers .888 JD .857 Vaz .855 Beni .849 Bogey .707 Moreland .602 Lin (21 PAs) .490 Nunez (21) .472 Leon (20) .414 JBJ .381 Pearce .243 Pedey (21) Sox OPS Last 14 Days (35+ PAs unless noted): 1.295 Chavis 1.082 Betts .975 Devers .878 Vaz .876 Bogey .842 Beni .839 Lin (13 PAs) .833 Nunez (6 PAs) .729 JD .593 Leon (14 PAs) .506 JBJ .473 Moreland .368 Pearce
  13. The good thing is, the choice doesn't have to be Chavis or JBJ.
  14. Where are all the bench or trade Devers posters, now?
  15. Nobody has denied the hole we dug ourselves into, but to compare this team to others that started off this poorly in recent years is not telling me anything I didn't already know. This team is not those teams. None of those teams won 108 games and breezed through the playoffs the previous season with pretty much the same team. Besides, the hole we dug is not as big as it might have been. There are not that many great AL teams, and despite our poor start, we are just 5.5 behind the Rays for 1st place and 3.5 behind the Guardians (who just lost Kluber) for the last wild card slot. There were better AL teams in 2011 than there are in 2019. While the Twins and Rays look for real, the Guardians no longer scare me. The A's don't either. My guess is 2 AL east teams win the wild card slots, and I still love our chances at winning the division.
  16. I'm not one to make rash determinations over tiny sample sizes, but the Thornburg experiment has gone on long enough. 12 ERs in his last 8.2 IP is enough. Brewer might be close to the same choice.
  17. 53 PAs and 25 hits + BB! This type of win may be what we have need to spark a hot stretch like we saw a few time last year. Pedal to the metal!
  18. Pedroia went 3 for 4 with Portland, today. Chatham 2 for 4. D Hernandez 5 IP, 2 ER, 3H & 3 BB (5 Ks) Brentz with a 3 run job in the first inning with Pawtucket.
  19. The Boston Red Sox activated infielder Eduardo Nunez from the 10-day IL today, per an official team release. Infielder Tzu-Wei Lin heads to the injured list in the corresponding move.
  20. I think we will, and yes, it is a goal, but to me the highest priority should be to make the playoffs and be in the best shape possible going into game 1. Winning the division is important, for sure, as we avoid a play-in game and maybe get home field, but to me, it is not the top goal or priority.
  21. Hopefully, that Sale performance will instill some confidence in the whole team to keep this turn around going.
  22. I agree. We should stick with him. There will be some adjustments made by opposing pitchers, and Chavis will have to counter adjust, but I'd let him ride through a couple rough patches that are likely to happen. Play him at 2B, 3B, DH or 1B-- just keep him in the line-up as near full time as possible.
  23. Yes! And the funny think was, I thought we couldn't win it all, unless Sale was super sharp by playoff time, yet we won without him really helping all that much! Having a sharp Sale certainly improves our odds this year. Im like what I saw last night. He was throwing about 95 mph pretty often. Our bats got the job done and seem to be more consistent, of late.
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