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  1. moonslav59
    I firmly believe it was the shoulder injury. HRam was always one of the very best vs lefties.
  2. moonslav59
    I don't think we're the only highly competitive team that has players up high in the order with terrible splits, but I do agree we'd be better off with Bogey up 2nd vs lefties. I've been saying that for months and years. Our management made some huge mistakes. It is what it is. We're up against a stiff tax and penalty, if we spend much more. We have a solid core of young players, and some are still learning on the job. While it's not ideal, it's not horrible either. Both Devers and Beni have more than decent numbers, so far. We're not the only team with a couple of 21-23 year olds in big slots.
  3. moonslav59
    Beni will go through some tough stretches- probably more than older players, but he and Devers are still ML ready on offense. Beni is fine on defense. I'd rather have someone else up 2nd vs LHPs (Bogey), but Beni is fine vs RHPs and will probably always will be. Just because it might have helped both to have a little more time in the minors does not mean they both can't be a big plus to us as they learn and grow on the job. Both have been so far. 162 game averages: Beni .281 22 96 (.361/.463/.824) Devers .259 27 82 (.310/.447/.757) UZR/150 2017 to 2018 Beni (LF) -0.3 > +2.0 Beni (CF) +1.2> -6.0 (179 innings) Devers (3B) -11.7 > -3.2 They are both doing fine. I do not think the early call up is messing up their psyches or growth curve. The bumps along the way do affect the big club, but when you look at other options we have, both are way better than anything else we have. They are not being damaged by playing on the big stage. Both can handle it.
  4. moonslav59
    No doubt about it. We could actually use HRam's bat vs LHPs right now. He's still a way better option than Swihart or Nunez at DH. It was the 2019 option. Period.
  5. moonslav59
    I'm waiting on Pedey, but right now, our biggest issue is hitting lefties not 2b. Nunez and holt can bridge us to Pedey or the deadline. If we need a 2bman at the deadline, I'd look for one who kills lefties.
  6. moonslav59
    Devers was probably called up a little early, but I was fine with it then and still am now.
  7. moonslav59
    2 months?
  8. moonslav59
    Lowrie doesn't hit lefties well.
  9. moonslav59
    Yes, and his O looked real good.
  10. moonslav59
    Betts & JD go 1 for 8 and we still score 9. What's not to like?
  11. moonslav59
    Sub .300 OBP guys don't get big paychecks either. The only thing keeping JBJ's OBP above the Mendoza line is his HBPs. (Hyperbole alert)
  12. moonslav59
    No thanks to the .690 career vs LHPs OF'er. We don't have the resources to make a deal for someone who doesn't address our biggest current need... hitting vs lefties. We are not really sure what our biggest need will be at the deadline, so I think we'd be better off waiting on Pedey and see what we need in July.
  13. moonslav59
    I like seeing Bogey in the top 3, and if the studies are accurate, having JD up 4th not 3rd, should be helpful. Our 5 slot needs to give us a boost now that Bogey is up 3rd. (Bogey hit .918 in the 5 slot, while nobody else has been over .705 (Moreland .689/Devers .541).
  14. moonslav59
    Another downside to continually signing big free agents is that you don't ever have a down year where you get higher draft picks. I doubt the Sox ever have a fire sale under DD like we did with the AGon/Crawford/Beckett deal or the Lester/Lackey/Peavy/Miller/Doubront sell off. You have to have a losing season to make that choice. The Yanks made a very strategic choice to deal some talent, and they maximized the return for the most part. They may not have signed as many big ticket FAs as the Sox recently, but the Stanton trade was like a big signing. The one thing the Yankees rebuilding effort does show is that it is possible to stay somewhat competitive while you rebuild, and that it takes some serious risk-taking to make it happen. I'm not sure, if DD would ever have the balls to trade off top talent, even during a down year. It seems like a problem we have, and it's hard to view winning as a problem, is that we may not reach a sell-off period until 2020. By then, many of our big return players will be gone or re-upped at massive contractual costs and won't be tradable/
  15. moonslav59
    About a third of the top 60 MLB catchers by PAs have an OPS under .550. I'm thinking some team might take a flyer on Swihart. I'm not expecting much value in return, but if we add Hembree, we might be able to get something usable.
  16. moonslav59
    Devers is just 21. He has a career .750 OPS with 20 Hrs in just under 525 PAs (485 ABs). Cut the kid some slack. He has done SOMETHING, just not lately. Remember, he was at .814 on May 4th of this year, so it's only been about a 5 or 6 week slump. It make take more time for him to adjust than we hope, but I'm confident he will. He seems to be making strides on his defense, which was what I have been most worried about.
  17. moonslav59
    As I recall, Devers did struggle for a few weeks here and there on the farm, and he did have a long stretch to start the 2016 in Salem. he was at .635 after 63 games. He was at .686 after 72 games.
  18. moonslav59
    If we stay $39M over the limit year after year, we can probably stay a winning team, even after the window slams shut, but remaining highly competitive is going to be tough by 2020 or 2021.
  19. moonslav59
    I think our bottom 3 in the line-up will improve as the year goes on- giving Betts more RBI opportunities. If Pedey can come back strong, that would push one of our current bottom 3 to the bench.
  20. moonslav59
    Devers does not match up well with Moreland at 1B, but Devers at DH could happen for a few months anyways. He'd still get to play some 3B. I doubt Devers gets sent to AAA, if we trade for Beltre. We'd just trade or DFA Swihart. If JBJ has a hot streak, we could see him and Swihart traded to make room for Beltre and keep devers in the line-up, primarily as a DH. Our OF defense would be weakened, but our 3B defense would be strengthened.
  21. moonslav59
    So true. One good thing I liked about this "window" idea was that it should be 4-5 years in length. Several GMs have done similar things for a 1-2 year window.
  22. moonslav59
    My guess is whoever gets the home field advantage will be viewed as the "favorite."
  23. moonslav59
    Yes, "love" was a poor choice of words after the off season issues with Wright. Yes, Vaz is doing a great job with Wright. It's not an easy task. Had Wakefield been given capable catchers his whole career, his numbers would have looked much better.
  24. moonslav59
    How much value would adding Hembree to a Swihart package be? Both are out of options and would give us much more flexibility with farm to majors roster moves (not like we have great farm players being held back).
  25. moonslav59
    I doubt we make any move that puts us over the maximum penalty limit ($2-3 M to go), but then again, the penalty is not really all that horrible as a 1 year thing. Here are the best hitters vs LHPs since 2017 (100+ PAs) that may be available: 1.024 Adrian Beltre 1.004 Jose Abreu .981 Avisail Garcia .973 Nick Castellanos .970 Josh Donaldson .934 Brian Dozier .927 Whit Merrifield .900 James McCann .889 Jonathon Schoop .871 Jorge Soler .863 Joey Votto I doubt we have the pieces to get any of the above players, but maybe one from below is doable: .914 Justin Smoak .899 Adam Duvall .887 Kendrys Morales .868 Ehire Adrianza .810 Todd Frazier .756 Jed Lowrie is not what we need.
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