moonslav59

Well, these lists are based primarily on promise not stats, but your point is well taken. (What about Lugo & Song cracking the top 20 withour ever even putting on a professional baseball uniform?) My top list might look like this... 1. Casas 2. Duran 3. Hernandez 4. Mata 5. Flores 6. Dalbec 7. Diaz 8. Feltman 9. Howlett 10. Chatham 11. Groome 12. Houck' 13. Decker 14. Jimenez 15. Scherff

I understand your wish, and I'm not sure any data exists to answer your questions. My guess is, you still want your best OBP guys bunched together in front of your best power guys, and the higher up in the line-up you place them, the better chance they get up 1 more time in a game. In terms of the 3 vs the 5 slot hitters, our 3rd batter got up 33 more times than our 5th hitter in 2018. That's a lot. The rest of the ABs must really be more important than we imagine for the studies to show having your better hitter 5th outweighs those extra 33 PAs. I agree, it doesn't seem to make sense, and again, the difference the studies show apparently are very slight, but I trust the studies know what they are doing, and the results are valid. Maybe, I trust science more than I should. Maybe future studies will show a difference, but as far as I know, not one study shows otherwise. BTW, it's not like our 5th best hitter sucks as a 3rd batter in the line-up. Our best 2 hitters are Betts and JD with Devers and Bogey challenging this year. That leaves Beni (who is slumping now) or the Moreland-Pearce platoon as the philosophy's recommended 3 slot batter. I'm fine with that, but I agree that it looks better with them up 5th (old school thinking). Before all these studies came out, I'd have advocated for this... 1. Betts 2. Bogey 3. JD 4. Devers 5. Beni v R/Pearce v L 6. Moreland v R/Beni v L 7. Chavis 8. Vaz 9. JBJ I'd still be okay with this, as the slight advantages lost may be close to negligible.

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2nd Day Draft 4. Red Sox remain opportunistic Speaking of American League East teams drafting potential values, the Red Sox entered the draft with modest expectations. After all, Boston had just two picks in the top 100, and none in the top 40.Yet the Red Sox exited day two having selected five of MLB.com's top-150 draftees. Brian Sakowski @B_Sakowski_PG Red Sox making the move here for Noah Song, drafting aggressively. First round talent with FB into upper-90's and plus breaking ball, military commitment coming from the Naval Academy kinda clouded the sign-ability. Still, big upside play for the Red Sox here 16 1:29 PM - Jun 4, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy See Brian Sakowski's other Tweets Those five are Cameron Cannon, Matthew Lugo, Ryan Zeferjahn, Noah Song, and Jaxx Groshans. Four of those five players -- Lugo (38), Song (68), Cannon (79), and Zeferjahn (84) -- were ranked in the top 100. Pre-draft rankings mean only so much and blah blah blah, but that's a healthy 2:1 ratio in terms of top 100 prospects versus top 100 picks. The Red Sox will take it.

Will any of these draftees break into the top 20 Sox prospect list? Here's soxprospect.com's top 15 1. Casas 2. Dalbec 3. Duran 4. Hernandez 5. Groome 6. Chatham 7. Houck 8. A Flores 9. Mata 10. Feltman 11. Howlett 12. Decker 13. Shawaryn 14. Scherff 15. D Diaz

Sounds good!

Maybe. and a 2 batter limit, if they get on base.

I'm not sure about messing with his 1 inning routine. I think he's only gone more than 1 inning once this year. I'd probably go with Barnes, but I won't criticize Cora for bringing back Workman.

I've always liked Workman, but nobody, including myself thought we'd see this.

Cause this is the meat of the order.

Snell got shelled. Tanaka got tanned. Let's go Sox!

Let's hear how WTF Cora blew this game.

Who is this Nunez fella? Did we just call him up?

True, but somebody- not you- said the same of Devers earlier this year.

3rd Round Zeferjahn, Ryan Kansas (KS) P 6-5 225 R/R 4YR JR 4th Round Song, Noah Navy (MD) P 6-4 200 R/R 4YR SR

I expected a response from the non traditional traditionalist.

...and Eovaldi, too.

For many many years, I'd have sworn on my grave that batting your best all around hitter 3rd was the most essential aspect of batting order construction. It still "feels right" to me, but I trust the multiple studies that show a slight advantage to putting your 4th or 5th best hitter there.

Interesting. Thanks.

Or, some non stat geek will argue that the lack of team chemistry doomed us from the start. (Apparently, Kimbrel and Kelly were essential clubhouse pieces.) LOL

By Connor Byrne | June 3, 2019 at 11:18pm CDT Red Sox right-hander Nathan Eovaldi could return from the injured list as early as June 15, Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe suggests. As Abraham notes, that would mark 52 days since Eovaldi underwent right elbow surgery April 22, at which point he was reportedly supposed to miss four to six weeks. Eovaldi’s absence has deprived Boston of a second-half hero from 2018, someone whose late-season excellence convinced the reigning world champions to bring him back on a four-year, $68MM contract in free agency. The hard-throwing Eovaldi, 29, then came out of the gates slowly prior to his surgery, logging a 6.00 ERA/7.05 FIP with 6.86 K/9 and 4.71 BB/9 over 21 frames and four starts. Still, considering the Red Sox are fighting for a playoff spot and haven’t gotten enough from their rotation in general, Eovaldi’s return should be a welcome one for the club.

I hate how a ball bouncing over the fence prevents a runner from scoring from 1B. We could change that rule.

They could acquire Scherzer.

2nd pick... Lugo, Matthew Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy (PR) SS R/R HS SR

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