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  1. moonslav59
    Vaz 2nd, Chavis 4th, Nunez 5th and Travis 6th says it all. And, this is about as big a game you can have in early June. (That being said, our scrubs have been among our hottest hitters of late.)
  2. moonslav59
    His results show him to be a 3rd starter, or at worst a solid #4. I think you overvalue opposing teams. #4s and #5s. I'll take ERod over 90% of the league's 4 starters and probably every team's #5 starter. He's about a middle of the pack 3rd starter...maybe low end. The Sox are 9-3 in his 12 starts this year and were 19-4 in his 23 starts last year. Yes, he's gotten better than average run support, but it can't be all luck. 2018-2019: 19-8 4.18 10.1 K/9 1.301 WHIP 107 ERA+
  3. moonslav59
    That's two Beni sit-outs in the last 3 games. BTW, Beni is .667 vs LHPs (.647 career), and Snell is not your average lefty. I'm not defending the choice, but Beni has been in a funk, lately.
  4. moonslav59
    So, BA penalizes hitters for making out or K'ing, especially with RISP? What about all the more often times a man is on 1B with 2 outs, and you really need a 2B or HR to score. I'd rather have a couple guys coming up with gap power and a .350 OBP/450+ SLG than two 300 hitters with .333 OBPs and .350 SLG. Yes, BA is more important when you have a runner on just 3B and the game is tied. How often is that the situation? Plus, with the Sox, having a runner on 2B doesn't mean they score on a single, especially an IF one.
  5. moonslav59
    They weren't expected to gather an "even share," but they seemingly did pretty good with what they had.Better than their slot indicated, for sure, by almost any measure (assuming these rankings have any merit).
  6. moonslav59
    So, you'd prefer player A? A .300 BA/ .350 OBP/ .350 SLG/ .700 OPS B .250 BA/ .375 OBP/ .350 SLG/ .725 OPS C .250 BA/ .350 OBP/ .400 SLG/ .750 OPS Where is OPS cheating player A? Player B gets on base more. Player C gets on base the same and likely gets more RBIs due to his much better power.
  7. moonslav59
    It also speak volumes about how they view Vaz as a hitter, and while we're at it, does batting Holt 5th and 6th so much say something about how they view him? Right now, we have 8 everyday players with an OPS over .774, and the .774 guy is Beni. Even if JBJ was hitting .775, he'd still be batting 8th or 9th. To me, it's more about us having a balanced line-up, when healthy, than JBJ being a weak or streaky hitter. The weird part is, they rarely move JBJ up when he is hot.
  8. moonslav59
    Power is important, but yes, giving equal value to SLG and OBP warps the numbers too much towards power. SLG% is still important, though, and it's not just about HRs.
  9. moonslav59
    If your aim is to see where a batter excels, then yes, you need slash lines or more. If you are trying to find out the total offensive value of a player, maybe for comparison purposes against other players of a specific players past seasons, then OPS, a modified OPS, wRC+ or OBA are pretty decent tools.
  10. moonslav59
    He just reached peak (26-29). He hit .897 at age 23, battled a wrtist injury at age 24 and still hit .803, then hit 1.078 at age 25. He has struggled this year and still holds an .840 OPS. His 2016-2019 OPS (4 years) is .908! I'm thinking he has 2-3 more .900+ seasons in him. I'd project his 26-29 (4 year) OPS to be over .925. I think people put too much stock in a player's most recent performance level.
  11. moonslav59
    Yes, I will edit. Thanks.
  12. moonslav59
    ...and, we're one down (to Texas) in the WC at this point in time. I doubt we continue at a 34-31 pace, but I've been saying that for a month or more, so who knows.
  13. moonslav59
    Compared to last year, catcher and 3B have shown huge gains. I had suggested those two positions plus 1B might offset the expected declines from Betts and JD, but 1B has been an issue, this year- too many injuries, mainly. Bogey has been a beast. 2B remains an issue. CF is improving, but started out in the gutter. Our pitching has done great since the first 2-3 weeks. Hopefully, it continues and gets a boost from Eovaldi & maybe Johnson.
  14. moonslav59
    Updated Sox OPS .899 JD .898 Bogey .859 Moreland .847 Devers .840 Betts .804 Chavis .791 Vaz .774 Beni .691 Holt .638 Leon .618 JBJ .560 Nunez .503 Pearce 1.200 Marco .573 Lin .400 Travis .243 Pedey
  15. moonslav59
    Snell has looked human his last 5 starts. The Rays are 2-3. He's 0-2 3.77 with 27 H and 10 BB in 28.2 IP. Last 2 starts: 0-1 6.87 (13 H and 4 BB in 10.1 IP)
  16. moonslav59
    Sox Positional Rankings in the AL: Catcher: 3 WAR (1.7)/ 6 OPS (.760) 1B: 10 WAR (0.1)/ 10 OPS (.742) 2B: 10 WAR (0.1)/ 8 OPS (.672) 3B: 4 WAR (2.1)/ 3 OPS (.874) SS: 2 WAR (2.9)/ 1 OPS (.915) LF: 6 WAR (1.2)/ 7 OPS (.779) CF: 11 WAR (-0.2)/ 13 OPS (.608) RF: 6 WAR (1.7)/ 3 OPS (.841) DH: 6 WAR (0.6)/ 6 OPS (.821) All: 5 WAR (10.1)4 OPS (.781) Pitching: 6 WAR (7.6)/ 3 xFIP (4.13)
  17. moonslav59
    ...and we're still resting stars left and right. Our top 2 first basemen are out, and Chavis is trying his best to adjust to high heat.
  18. moonslav59
    2018 might prove to be an outlier, but expecting .900+ this year and next should not be unrealistic. He went 2-7 with a BB and a 2B today. Maybe he starts his hot streak real soon.
  19. moonslav59
    We gained on the Yanks.
  20. moonslav59
    It's an easily understood number and is better than OBP or SLG alone. wRC+ and OBA are better, but those metrics are not well known. I'd like to see this become more popular: OBP x 3 + SLG x 2/ 5
  21. moonslav59
    Yes, and with Nunez & Holt and now Marco looking good, Chavis will likely stay at 1B at least until Moreland or Pearce return.
  22. moonslav59
    My point was, expecting more 2B depth, especially with our budget stretched out and higher needs elsewhere was unrealistic. I think our 2B position was perhaps our deepest of all. (You forgot Marco.)
  23. moonslav59
    Some recent Sox K/BB ratios: Sale: 78:9 in last 47.1 IP (Take away his one 5 BB game and it's 68:4) Price: 27:4 in last 24 IP Porcello: 9:1 in last 10.2 IP ERod: 27:4 in last 22.2 IP (12:1 in last 11.2)
  24. moonslav59
    14 Ks 2 BBs We've been killing the K/BB ratio lately.
  25. moonslav59
    Not specifically, no, but it is included. It's not like it's an all important number in an of itself.
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