moonslav59
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You may be right, but many games wouldn't end up being close, if the rest of the team was worse.
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Especially after you spent your wad and then some to build as great team around the pen.
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I usually don't get all pumped up over a series in May, and I'm pretty confident we can, at worst,make the wild card, but I do think this is a big series.
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I was thinking, "Go JD, Betts & JBJ!"
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Swings from 2018 to 2019 OPS -.492 Pearce -.194 Betts -.190 Nunez -.123 JD -.117 JBJ -.055 Beni +.012 Bogey +.098 Leon +.112 Moreland +.158 Devers +.300 Vaz ERA +2.79 Velazquez +2.67 Eovaldi +2.37 Brasier +2.08 C Sale +2.08 Thornburg +1.22 ERod +0.13 Porcello -0.75 Price -1.05 Workman -1.32 Hembree -1.57 Barnes -1.63 Walden
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Yes, of course I am.
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It's not uncommon for starters to pitch some relief during the playoffs, especially the 5th starter, who may not even start any games. Yes, our starters played a key role in our post season success, but several of our pen arms did very well. ERA Pitcher WHIP (IP) 0.00 Hembree 1.07 (4.2) 0.79 J Kelly 0.71 (11.1) 1.04 Barnes 1.04 (8.2) 1.04 Brasier 1.38 (8.2) 5.91 Kimbrel 1.59 (10.2) 45.00 Workman 10.00 (1.0) SP'ers (as SP & RP) 1.61 Eovaldi 0.81 (22.1) 3.46 D Price 1.15 (26.0) 3.52 Porcello 1.11 (15.1) 4.11 C Sale 1.24 (15.1) 6.30 E Rod 1.10 (10.0) Those top 4 RP'ers pitched 33.1 IP and allowed 3 ERs (0.81 ERA) and only 18 hits. 16 BBs were worrisome, but they K'd 32.
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I agree and am all for making a move or two to strengthen our pen.
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Yes, we rounded off the corners after too many people walked over the edge.
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While we had 6 players with 502+ PAs over the last 365 days (and 7 with 496+), the Yanks had only 2: Torres & Gardner. Here are their OPS over the past calender year: .972 Voit (389) .882 Stanton (498) .882 Judge (354) .845 Gregorius (359) .832 Hicks (474) .816 Andujar (479) .809 Torres .807 LeMahieu (217) .762 Sanchez (338) .721 Gardner .643 Bird (339) .590 Romine (293)
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We won last year with basically the same pen, but with a very shaky Kimbrel. We will likely have Eovaldi in the pen again this fall plus a summer acquisition or two. (Note: I do think we need to improve our pen to have a good shot at winning it all.)
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Sox OPS leaders Last 14 Days 1.082 Bogey 1.019 JBJ .994 Devers .974 Pearce .850 Betts .841 Vaz .767 Moreland .747 JD .689 Chavis .679 Beni .583 Holt (12 PAs) .576 Leon .524 Nunez Last 28 Days 1.039 Devers .987 Bogey .965 Vaz .957 Moreland .934 JD .850 JBJ .834 Betts .826 Chavis .761 Beni .676 Pearce .653 Leon .611 Nunez .583 Holt (12 PAs) Last 365 Days (502+ PAs unless noted) .990 JD .967 Betts .899 Bogey .871 Chavis (154 PAs) .811 Lin (59) .807 Devers .789 Beni .750 Pearce (263) .744 Vaz (283) .725 JBJ .722 Moreland (496) .709 Holt (315) .662 Nunez (402) .516 Leon (274)
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Well, you're lucky Eovaldi, our MVP 2Bman and our HR leader are on the IL.
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The annual Jackie Bradley Jr thread (2019 Edition)
moonslav59 replied to Station 13's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
JBJ has clawed his way up to .600 after being at .421 on the morning of May 20th. 10 games does not make a player great, but he's been at 1.200 the last 10 games, so all this talk of "cutting his ass" is about as absurd as any position can be. -
First Santa, now the Easter Bunny????? What's next? The tooth fairy?
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Barnes has improved almost every year in the bigs, and his K/9 rate has every year: 8.0 8.2 9.6 10.7 14.0 16.2 so far this year WHIP last 5 years: 1.65 1.40 1.22 1.27 (He let up 3 Hits but 6 BBs in 8.2 playoff IP's in '18) 0.97 this year He may not be great, but he is far from "sucky".
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I'm glad we face the guy we need to pass. They don't scare me.
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I agree on not using Brasier in a high leverage situation for a while, but I think he had been doing well enough before last nights game to give him a try.
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That's about what I'd expect the experts to say, but even those numbers are far better than .500.
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We had a slightly better-than-average pen last year. We lost Kimbrel and Kelly and have had to pin our hopes on the likes of Workman, Walden and Hembree, and yet when our pen fails, some jump on Cora for mismanaging our pen.
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Certainly not as bad as many predicted after the loss of Kimbrel & Kelly.
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Can we agree that (overall) our pen has performed better than expected? If the answer is yes, can we give some credit to Cora for putting people in a better position to do well more often than not?
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Assuming you have 2 guys up 1 and 2 with .380 OBPs, the chances your 3rd guy comes up with 2 outs and bases empty is still rather high. While the chances he comes up with one man on and one out of two men on with 2 outs is better than 50-50, it may not be enough to outweigh the none on occurences.
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Based on just this year's numbers, something I would not do, here might be our best line-up based on your presented guideline: Best OPS+ and OBP 143 JD (.388) 136 Devers (.389) 136 Chavis (.376) 130 Betts (.400) 129 Bogey (.376) 124 Moreland (.320) 1. Devers 2. Chavis 3. Bogey 4. JD 5. Betts Adjusting a little for speed and OBP... 1. Betts (.400 is our best OBP) 2. Devers (2nd best OBP) 3. Bogey (5th best hitter) 4. JD (Best hitter and most power) 5. Chavis (2nd best OPS+ placed in 4th most important slot) 6. Moreland 7. Vazquez 8. Beni 9. JBJ
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I'd bet we win 60+% of our games from now to the end, and I'm not a bettor.
