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  1. moonslav59
    I agree, but eventually he's going to need some serious work at 1B.
  2. moonslav59
    With Pedey, Nunez and Holt able to play 2B, I can see why we didn't go after a 2Bman, but this past winter I and others discussed trying to sign a 2Bman. I mentioned LeMahieu a couple times, but I can see how throwing more money at 2B was not a top priority at that time.
  3. moonslav59
    I heard Holt need more time. I's put Nunez on IL and bring up Lin. I'm so down on Nunez right now, I'd even bring up Chavis to botch 2B over starting Nunez at 2B one more time until he gets his act together.
  4. moonslav59
    Well said.
  5. moonslav59
    WAR does not count some things, especially the intangibles related to the pitcher-catcher relationship. They sure do suck on offense.
  6. moonslav59
    PawSox go down 7-0 in the first (all unearned), yet they still win! Ockimey has an OPS of .973- Centeno .915. Chavis is now at .954. Portland goes down 7-0 after 3 innings and wins! Chatham goes 3 for 6 Curcio goes 4 for 5 with a homer. Duran is currently 1 for 3 with his 5th SB. It's the 8th inning.
  7. moonslav59
    He may play 800 games there and never be "ready." That being said, what do we have to lose? Nobody can be worse than Nunez on defense at 2B.
  8. moonslav59
    Not when looking at pitch framing, blocking bad pitches and CERA related areas.
  9. moonslav59
    With Holt on the IL, we are stuck with Nunez.
  10. moonslav59
    Workman picks the worst time to implode. Brasier with one bad pitch. Nunez should be on the IL. We are finding ways to lose. Eovaldi looked very good. We out hit the Yanks 8-5. Still April.
  11. moonslav59
    ..and I'll add, it wasn't like we won despite Vaz & Leon. They were net pluses.
  12. moonslav59
    The chance they gave him in LF is evidence they were willing to give him an extra chance to prove himself. He was never going to be our catcher in any meaningful way. The injury in LF sucked, but let's not kid ourselves. The guy could have started 800 games at catcher and never proved he belonged.
  13. moonslav59
    I think they bent over backwards to give him all the chances possible to make the bigs, including tries at other positions. He failed and failed and then failed again. Yes, he was "over-rated" in many ways, but the fact that he got so many chances shows me the organization "believed in him" too much--not like you claimed. Swihart threw himself under a bus, or he just never had what it takes all along.
  14. moonslav59
    jung: I, respectfully, disagree.I actually think the Sox bent over backwards to give Swihart every and any chance he could possibly have to stick in the majors and he never proved he belonged.
  15. moonslav59
    Yes, and on second thought, I think my offer is too high, even if he turns things around.
  16. moonslav59
    If he would accept the pitching coach job, I'd be all in!
  17. moonslav59
    It's hard to know how GMs would value Porcello. I think $50-60M/4 sounds about right, but look at Keuchel. I'd probably offer him $13M x 4 with some incentives.
  18. moonslav59
    How players perform in ST'ing has very little to do with how they start out of the gate. Not playing enough is another matter altogether. Your point is well-taken, however. It did matter.
  19. moonslav59
    It's hard to notice "Fire & Desire" when you are losing 8-0 to your biggest rival, but you are right. I was critical of JF for seeing very little "Fire & Desire" back in 2017, so I should be fair, despite my admiration for Cora. This team looks lackluster. Their energy level looks very low. Maybe they need a bench-clearing brawl or something to snap them out of this dazed & malaised look. (Liked this new phrase?)
  20. moonslav59
    Honestly, Leon is a GREAT defensive catcher. This doesn't mean he's the answer to our problems, but let's be totally honest, here.
  21. moonslav59
    Wow! Giving up in mid April. All the way, baby!!!!
  22. moonslav59
    I'm still a firm believer that the Sale contract will end up being a great deal for us.
  23. moonslav59
    Cockiness could certainly be a major factor in our slow start, but it's hard to know for sure. I'm thinking it's a lot of little things that have added up (or subtracted down) to this miserable start. As the sample size grows, so does my concern, but jacko is right, this team has too much talent to miss being highly competitive this fall. I'm still firmly on the band wagon, but it's getting harder to stay optimistic.
  24. moonslav59
    He hit 97-98 several times, so I think he is on the right track. I'm not sure a shutdown is the best idea.
  25. moonslav59
    IMO, he'll get it all together at some point, hopefully very soon.
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