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  1. moonslav59
    I told my wife, "Watch JBJ jack one here!" He listened!
  2. moonslav59
    We're scoring 8+ tonight. This game is going to be all about our pen. Just my hunch.
  3. moonslav59
    MLB Runs Leaders 116 BOS 106 TOR & LAA 104 OAK
  4. moonslav59
    Did Pom get 100 pitches... this inning?
  5. moonslav59
    With JBJ & Betts it's like riding a bike.
  6. moonslav59
    Wasn't somebody suggesting moving betts back to 2B before we signed Nunez?
  7. moonslav59
    He's made some plays look scary as hell. I think it's just a matter of time before he actually messes up a play. His offense way our weighs the defense, but I still like him much better as our DH.
  8. moonslav59
    I'm not sure I'd call a 4-5 year window a "short term team," but I do believe there is a window.
  9. moonslav59
    Even if some old-schoolers don't value sabermetrics, they know defense is more about range and getting to balls than the difference between 25 and 15 errors.
  10. moonslav59
    I'll go on the books as saying he'll never even be a top 5 GG vote- getter or finsih top 5 in the Fielding Bible rankings.
  11. moonslav59
    Lin's competition is not Bogey, Pedey or Nunez (on offense anyways). It's Lin vs Holt, and even Holt might be sent down when Pedey returns, since Swihart is out of options.
  12. moonslav59
    Errors alone are a poor way to evaluate defensive skill level.
  13. moonslav59
    He kind of "Olay'ed" Zim like a bull fighter with a charging bull. There was a slight hint of malicious down trust applied by Pedro, but the situation was very heated.
  14. moonslav59
    That says it all about Jacoby's current value.
  15. moonslav59
    There are certainly flaws in UZR/150 and WAR, but to me the flaw with personal comparative player skill analysis and the "eye test" is greater (maybe with some players or positions more than others). It's weird that Swihart has 6 innings on defense and has a number. JBJ has 15 innings in RF and it is blank. Also, I'd have categorized the catch he made in RF the other day as "impossible" not "remote", so I'm sure subjectivity plays a role in their categorizing play difficulty through "eye test" observations. After all, it seems like UZR/150 is just a massive amount of "eye test" observational scores entered into a computer program. I can't and don't watch hardly any other baseball but Sox games. There's no way I could ever say for sure, "JBJ is the best defensive CF'er in MLB, today!" UZR/150 and DRS tries to quantify eye test observations from trained observers who do watch every play of every game. I think the idea is a good one, but it does have flaws. Maybe someday, there will be a way to objectively rate and rank defense. It's not quite there, yet.
  16. moonslav59
    The thing is, JBJ has not always been horrible vs LHPs. vs LHPs/ vs RHPs 2018: .432/ .731 (just 12 PAs vs LHPs) 2017: .766/ .713 2016: .673/ .902 2015: .918/ .791 Career: .698/ .735 JBJ probably has one of the narrowest career lefty-righty differential on the team. (I think Holt's might be the narrowest.)
  17. moonslav59
    It does seem like accurate throwing might be the easiest skill to improve. You don't learn instincts. You don't learn quick reflexes. You don't learn anticipation. I've never doubted he may become an average or better defender. My concern was for him to go through his learning curve during a heated championship run. It was expected that we'd have a run for our money winning the division, and any game or two lost due to poor 3B defense might be one of the difference makers. I'm fine with giving him a shot. With Moreland signed for 2 years and Travis making statements about his skill level, it looks like he'll get a real long look at 3B.
  18. moonslav59
    I guess when you compare him to JBJ and Betts, then it's a striking differential. When Pedey comes back, Nunez may be squeezing into the LF conversation.
  19. moonslav59
    Wharf Rats
  20. moonslav59
    Not every mid or southern state is warm in April.
  21. moonslav59
    So was I!
  22. moonslav59
    Maybe some hard luck... 2018 BAbip .422 JMart .414 Bogey .373 Betts .367 Moreland .354 HRam .353 Devers .295 MLB average .288 Beni .262 Vaz .255 Nunez .250 Holt .245 JBJ (JBJ is 7th out of 12 on the hard hit% list at 32% and has hit the ball "softly" only 10% of the time -- 3rd best on the team.)
  23. moonslav59
    They've had one of MLB's top offenses so far this season, but then again, so did the Angels.
  24. moonslav59
    Not really. I think he was just about 50 points higher than his career OPS in 2013.
  25. moonslav59
    Even that would be a gross exaggeration.
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