moonslav59
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I get your point, but Vaz was clearly their first choice--only his injury got in the way. To me, "primary" means the team's first choice.
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#1One could argue Vaz was the starter. Leon caught more games only because Vaz got hurt. Vaz also started almost every playoff game. #5 Maybe teams did not want to pay Leon, but still wanted him.
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Some seem to. I keep hearing how others have higher offensive "potential," but I;m not sure any of our catchers will ever duplicate Leon's 2017 season of an .845 OPS. Potential is one thing, but actually doing it is another. (Note: I like Swihart and Vaz's bat better, but I'm with MVP. I don't care about catcher hitting.)
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True, but they also never had so little work in ST'ing before this year....
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The rotation does suck. I have no problem saying it. I'd say, "They have sucked this year," but I would not say the "do suck."
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I'm not so sure the problem is all that "deep." It could just be a slow start, perhaps due to a light ST'ing workload, and maybe we'll see a rounding into form very soon. (Fingers crossed.)
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Obviously
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Yanks lose. Great to see them miss a chance to gain another game on us.
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Red Sox ace Chris Sale isn’t one for excuses, but skipper Alex Cora did offer up a possible explanation for Sale’s otherwise concerning recent velocity drop. The star lefty was dealing with illness in the run-up to his last start, which reduced his intra-start work and may also have affected him on gameday, Cora told reporters including Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com (Twitter links). Sale’s velocity has trended back up in the first inning of today’s game, which is certainly a promising sign. There was also generally encouraging news for southpaw Brian Johnson, who was feared to have suffered a significant elbow injury. He’s actually just dealing with inflammation, so it seems reasonable to hope that a rest and rehab approach will allow him to get back to the mound in relatively short order.
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11 Yankess on the IL! Luis Severino’s recent MRI revealed a Grade 2 lat strain that will cause the righty to be shut down from throwing for the next six weeks, the Yankees announced to reporters (Twitter link via Newsday’s Erik Boland). The lat injury is a new development that is unrelated to the previous bout of shoulder inflammation from which Severino was working his way back. This new injury, it seems, was sustained while Severino was rehabbing his shoulder.
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Best to worst OPS year (200+ PAs) by our catchers (since 2015): .845 Leon (283) in 2017 .735 Vaz (345) in 2017 .712 Swihart (309) in 2015 .644 Leon (301) in 2017 .613 Swihart (207) in 2018 .540 Vaz (269) in 2018 .511 Leon (288) in 2018 Leon has the best, the middle and the worst. We tend to remember the most recent.
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We're only like 3-4 games behind the wild card slot. We need to relax. Yes, we have played horribly, but we are not a bad or even average team.
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Duran goes 4 for 5 with a BB and 3 runs scored.
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I definitely agree with this and the whole "comfort level" argument, but I doubt Sale throws 8 mph harder with Leon today.
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...nor will Vaz.
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Actually, just Sale and Price and a couple veteran RP'ers have a significant sample size and a proven track record of better performance with Leon. SCM33's point about Sale's velocity is valid. I've been a big supporter of keeping Leon on the 25 man roster, but now that the choice has been made, I think we have to play it out a while longer (much longer) to give Swihart his chance, once and for all.
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The image of Mirabelli being escorted into Fenway comes to mind, but I think we are a long way from calling Leon up, unless someone get legitimately hurt.
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...or June for that matter.
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Of course not, but how has better offense from the catcher position been helping us? Just as Leon can not help Sale throw harder, Swihart has not helped us score more or win more. Let's give the season some time, and see what happens. Swihart has won the job and will be given the chance he has been waiting for.
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Nobody is coming close to saying Leon is any where near Bench. (BTW, Leon has the best seasonal OPS of all our catchers since 2017. I'm not disagreeing with you on him being our worst hitting catcher, but let's not act like Swihart and Vaz have proven they are MUCH better. Swihart "is not the next coming of Posey, get real."
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Catchers get hurt all the time. We had 3 catchers on the roster all year, and we still had to call up Butler for a couple of games.
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There's no way we are even close to the point of no return.
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1) He's thrown over 90 several times this year- true, it's not great but let's not exaggerate. 2) Sale has never been just a "thrower." That being said, "in general," I'd worry if he never regains his normal velocity, and the "Freakin" might not be seen again.
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Maybe--maybe not.
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Other minor league news.... AAA Lakins 2 IP 1H 0 BB 3 K 0 ER Mejia 2 IP 1H 0 BB 2 K 0 ER Centeno 2 for 3 Brentz 0 for 4 with 3 Ks
