moonslav59

Interesting breakdown. I'd have guessed JBJ was better on routes than it shows. He's been first in reaction time for 3 years but minus on route all 3 years. Hmmm....

We've played 68 games. Here are how many games players have not started due to injury and "resting." (BTW, I'm fine with the resting philosophy, but not when we need wins.) Games not starter & Games started (vs RHP/LHP) 2-66 Betts 45/21 3-65 Bogey 44/21 4-64 Devers 47/17 7-59 Beni 45/14 12-56 JBJ 41/15 (was slumping badly and sat some) 12-56 JD 38/18 (was injured) 23-43 Chavis 31/12 (started season in minors) 22-46 Vaz 30/16 28-40 Moreland 36/4 (was on IL & platooned) 40-28 Nunez 9/19 (was on IL and a sub) 44-24 Holt 13/1 (was on IL & platooned/sub) 45-23 Pearce 10/13 (is on IL & platooned) 46-22 Leon 14/8 (was in minors to start season) I remember the days players routinely played 159-162 games, unless they got hurt. We have no players on pace for even 158 games. Only Betts is on pace forplaying more than 155 games. Only Betts, Bogey and Devers for over 149.

Top Sox OPS since May 20th (Cherry-picked date when JBJ got hot): 1.010 JBJ .991 Bogey .973 Pearce (on IL) .949 JD M (Missed time recently) .874 Devers .827 Holt .746 Moreland (on IL) .745 Betts .741 Beni .700 Nunez .679 Leon .591 Chavis .571 Vaz I've mentioned this on other threads, but I think it is past time we start playing the best players every game, without rest, until our team is healthy. We've already rested many players, so playing them now should not wear them out. We have a lot of days off coming up and then 4 days for the AS break, so let's play the best players as much as possible. We need W's NOW! Here are the players Cora has rested over the past few games (listed in reverse order by date): Moreland & Pearce on IL JBJ (lost 9-5) Chavis (lost 4-3) Moreland & Pearce on IL/ JD injured but not on IL Bogey, Beni, Devers, Nunez/Holt (6-1 loss to TBR) Nunez (Betts at DH) win 5-1 (2nd game of DBLHDR) Beni (lost 9-3 to TBR in 1st game) Pearce on IL & JD injured None (lost 5-1) Just Moreland/Pearce on IL None (win 7-5) None (win 8-0) None (win 8-3) We rested nobody for these 3 games vs KCR, then rested a lot vs the Rays! JBJ (win 8-5 v NYY) None (lost 5-3) Just Moreland on IL None (lost 4-1 to NYY)

I'd be fine trading him this winter. His defense appears to be slipping a little, and the cold streaks are too often and too long.

I did and will when they "rested" them. I'll stop mentioning JBJ's hot streak when posters stop saying he's "plummeting" or should be traded or benched now. It's one thing to bash the guy when his OPS is .445. He deserved it. It's another thing to bash him when he's one of our 3 hottest hitters for over 3 weeks. We need to stop resting guys for a while, unless they are showing signs of fatigue. I'm fine with the extra rest idea, so players can be fresh when we need them, but we need them RIGHT NOW!

My point goes beyond last night, when JD was out hurt. Yes, Eovaldi is not a hitter, but when a key pitcher is out, you hope your hitters pick up the slack and are not on the bench resting game after game. I counted Moreland and Pearce as one "key guy out" since they platoon. Cora has been resting our best players left and right at a time where he should be asking them to suick it up and pick up the slack with hope the resting can come later.

It does seem weird that a million times zero is equal to zero times zero.

I mentioned this earlier. When you have 3-4 key guys out (JD, Moreland/Pearce & Eovaldi, you don't sit players for resting. You ask others to pick up the slack in hopes you can get them rest when players are healthy. We've been resting our hottest hitters almost every game, and sometimes two at a time. It's not just the loss of JBJ and Betts' defense that contributed to this loss, it was resting our hottest hitter since May 20th in JBJ.

You can't teach timely hitting. You can't trade for timely hitters. No manager can inspire timely hitting. It just has to happen... and sooner rather than later.

You saber geeks get me!

You can have it.

He should be delegated to grill duty.

Funny how you only show up after a rough patch. How long were you away from this thread?

Does Shawaryn get the next community start?

10 at $300 is essentially paying him $15M per his last 2 years (years 9 & 10 at ages 35 & 36- hardly old at all).

Stayed even in the loss column! That's a step in the right direction.

Gaga has a better WAR (Waist- Ass -bReasts)

...and that's a good thing, for her.

I'm still in the wagon, but I'm eyeing an escape route.

More missed opportunities. This is getting old, tiring and sickening.

Nope. The only clowns I like are ICP, and even them as a joke.

My highlighted line was a 4 year sample size- not one year. It includes his best and worst seasons.

DD better act soon, or I'm jumping off the bandwagon sooner than I have since Bobby V. I was highly critical of JF, but I never was off the wagon in his years here.

Like, every game. Today: JBJ, who is one of, if not our hottest hitter since May 20th and shorter sample sizes, too.

Holding out for Eovaldi more like it. Holding out hope a closer would rise to the top more like it. Holding out hope our bench can win games while we rest our hottest players IS MORE LIKE IT!