moonslav59
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Yes, and on second thought, I think my offer is too high, even if he turns things around. -
If he would accept the pitching coach job, I'd be all in!
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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.
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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.
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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?)
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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.
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Sox nearing extension with Sale
moonslav59 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Wow! Giving up in mid April. All the way, baby!!!! -
Sox nearing extension with Sale
moonslav59 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I'm still a firm believer that the Sale contract will end up being a great deal for us. -
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.
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Sox nearing extension with Sale
moonslav59 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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. -
IMO, he'll get it all together at some point, hopefully very soon.
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If it's anything like the discord on this site on the catcher position, it's not surprising.
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4/16 vs Yankees
moonslav59 replied to bkzwhitestrican's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Horrible game. Brutal start to the season. Hope is far from lost with me, though. Get 'em tomorrow! -
If a butterfly flaps its wings...
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Maybe Andujar doesn't get hurt, if he was playing 1B. (I also think Voit will not continue anywhere near this pace.)
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Reminds me of Lavarnway and Kottaras.
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We'll see where Betts hits when Beni returns.
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I feel the exact same way. The could have called up Leon and IL'd Nunez.
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Me, too. If he does, what does that say about the argument that Leon is useless, because nobody claimed him- an argument I felt made little sense?
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Sometimes, a shake-up is all it takes to jump start a team.
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If the staff suddenly starts pitching well, one will wonder, but to me, the sample sizes were way to small for anyone (including myself) to say, "I told you so."
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I was advocating keeping Leon all winter. I thought we should have traded Swihart. That being said, if we demoted Leon to give Swihart a chance, I don't think we gave him a long enough time to prove himself. My guess is, they saw not improvement on "staff-handling, : and his poor hitting was just too much for them to continue the experiment. I hope Swihart does not get claimed, and he accepts a minor league assignment with us, but I won't be crushed, if he's claimed.
