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  1. moonslav59
    Probably right, but just think about how many people would give their left nut to get the chance he got...
  2. moonslav59
    ...and one would expect a better WAR when you factor in Ellsbury had about 600 more PAs with the Sox than JBJ has right now. That's 23% more than JBJ has.
  3. moonslav59
    His "lucky streak" last year was 106 games long. His lucky streak from 2015-2016 was over 900 PAs long. Look, I never said I expect JBJ to hit that well again, but to think that saying he has "no upside", when he has already shown he can have extended productive offensive streaks, some how "pleases yourself", then maybe I'm missing something. Go ahead an count 5 weeks as a season--twice. Go ahead on keep expecting JBJ to never do okay or better on offense ever again. You might end up being right, but 29 is not over the hill, and if you count the 14 playoff games with the last 106 games of the regular season as a "lucky streak", then so be it. When you're 28 you can do those things, but now that he's 29, he's toast. I'm choosing to think (or hope) that if he can hit over .790 for his previous 120 games before the start of this season, maybe he can hit over .750 the last 125+ games this year-- just a few months removed from that pro-longed "lucky streak". Last 120 games of 2018, including the playoffs: 443 PAs/390 ABs 99 H 43 BB 31 2B 4 3B 14 HR 60 rbi 64 R 3 SF .254 BA .323 OBP .461 SLG .784 OPS .784 way way way back so long ago!
  4. moonslav59
    He had a big part, too. "Big" does not mean there can only be one very important player that helps a team win a championship. I'm not sure what your getting at. Is it that because Pearce (and Price and Eovaldi and...) had a big role, somehow JBJ's is less important? (BTW, I wasn't the one who brought up the playoffs.)
  5. moonslav59
    They should have traded him that night.
  6. moonslav59
    We don't even have 40 players on the roster, so it matters not
  7. moonslav59
    Will you stop with the 7 years crap? You are counting this year and his first year as 2 years. Pablo has absolutely nothing to do with JBJ. Nobody is looking at just the good parts of his career. We all know he has had some horrible cold steaks that are way too often prolonged.
  8. moonslav59
    Josh A Smith vs John Means 1. Betts RF 2. Bogey SS 3. JD LF 4. Chavis 2B 5. Devers DH 6. Vazquez C 7. Pearce 1B 8. Nunez 3B 9. JBJ CF GO SOX! (My first game thread. I'll catch up near the end of the game.)
  9. moonslav59
    We thought we had the killer B's.
  10. moonslav59
    Must have to only remember the importance of the .200 BA.
  11. moonslav59
    Did you watch the playoffs? JBJ was a huge part of us winning a ring... HUGE! He had 10 rbi in the ALCS + WS (10 games), but it really sucked he hit about .200 in the playoffs. That's all that count.
  12. moonslav59
    So, no chance for JBJ to improve, even though he's proven his bashers wrong almost every year after a cold streak?
  13. moonslav59
    Short memories. The guy also hit .793 from May 19th to the end of the regular season- perhaps his longest consistent streak of his career, but we are now supposed to believe he has no upside, and this (2019) is who he will be for the remainder.
  14. moonslav59
    The guy already hit over .830 for a 2 year stretch of over 900 PAs. I'd say he still has potential to hit in the high .700's again. He also hit .793 in his last 106 games last year. To pretend this is the JBJ we will be stuck with, and that he has no more upside, is not what I call being realistic. Can JBJ end up near .550 to .600 this year? Of course, he can, but my guess is he ends up over .700 again, which would mean he's have to hit hith .790s the rest of the year, and that would make him a plus going forward. I could be wrong, but I'm not writing him off, yet.
  15. moonslav59
    You are counting 2019 as one of JBJ's 7 seasons, when he's actually played 5 seasons. Ellsbury played 6 seasons with the Sox, if you discount the first season. Yes, a 21.1 WAR is 6 seasons is better than a 12.3 in 5 seasons, but it is not double. It's about a 7 to 5 ratio not 10:5. When you factor in all his missed time and unreliability, I still think they are closer than you do. I was glad we let Ellsbury go, and at the time, I said I wouldn't have paid him even half what the Yanks did.
  16. moonslav59
    And, when Ellsbury was on the bench, how much WAR was that worth? My point was that if you take away Ellsbury's big year, they were close to even. I still think that, WAR not withstanding.
  17. moonslav59
    Remember on the Swihart vs Leon debate, how some said we should trade or DFA Vaz?
  18. moonslav59
    Not by much on offense, except for one year, and not as good on defense, though he got better towards the end, when healthy. If you count all the missed time due to hang nails, I'd call 'em close to even.
  19. moonslav59
    Baseball Reference site.
  20. moonslav59
    I was only talking defense.
  21. moonslav59
    I know what you are arguing, but you are wrong. You can't like any Yankees and be a Sox fan. Sorry, it's one OR the other.
  22. moonslav59
    It was clear as day. Worst in DRS at -152! (The next guy is at -73. 3rd Worst UZR/150 among any SSs with 7000+ innings at SS. He was THE WORST. (At best, he was 2nd or 3rd worst.)
  23. moonslav59
    Jeter was the worst defensive SS in MLB during his career. Why else did they move ARod not Jeter? (Nomar agreed to move.)
  24. moonslav59
    No, that's the horse named Pedey.
  25. moonslav59
    Jacoby was unreliable- health wise and was very inconsistent offensively as well. If you take away his one great year, he was about the same as JBJ on offense. JBJ: .712 OPS with BOS Ells: .789 OPS with BOS (.760 overall) Jacoby before 2011: .749 OPS Jacoby after 2011 (with BOS only): .747 OPS JBJ since 2015: .754
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