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  1. moonslav59
    The staff is doing a wonderful job, and I really think our catchers have helped significantly. Here are the OPS against numbers for 2018: .487 Workman .514 Kelly .516 Barnes .523 Haley (Wow, no Sale or Kimbrel in the top 4!) .566 Sale .589 Kimbrel .633 Porcello .635 Wright (on DL) .667 Scott .669 Walden (on DL) .685 Price .685 ERod .686 Hembree .744 Smith (on DL) .755 Poyner .756 Velazquez .758 Johnson .936 Pom (on DL) 1.244 Beeks Kimbrel, Kelly, barnes and Workman all have opps' BA against below 1.62!
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    It does seem crazy, but this has been JBJ's MO for over 3 years. I never understood the crowd that said this year was different- like JBJ didn't look hopeless all those other years when struggling through a lengthy slump. You just plain cannot predict the future based on what a player has done the last week, month or even half season. Heck, we got people writing off Beeks over one bad start. Like everyone, I'd prefer JBJ to be more consistent, but he has always brought us stellar defense and a bat that wakes up for a month or so here and there. CF was never our weakest link and still isn't.
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    I'm almost always for upgrading the rotation from the top, but there's no way we can afford to trade Bogey & Beni for deGrom and a RP'er. I can't stomach this.... 1) Betts RF 2) Nunez 2B/DH 3) JD LF/DH 4) Moreland 1B 5) Pedroia DH/2B 6) Devers 3B 7) Holt/Lin SS 8) JBJ CF 9) Vaz C This looks pretty bad, even with Pedey returning.
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    JBJ is now 6 for his last 7 ABs. A tiny sample, for sure, but he's been hitting the ball hard for a much longer time.
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    Hembree is quietly working his way back into the limelight. June numbers: 9.1 IP 1 ER 1 H 6 BB 13 Ks
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    Let's hope JBj rides this hot streak all the way to October! People were so sure he'd never get hot again. How about the chances on him never going cold again? (Maybe the same, huh? Zero?)
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    So, 2016 (before the injury) was part of a 1.5 season aberration?
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    I'm not for trading Porcello. It was not my idea. I mentioned I'd consider it, based on 3 years of Baez for 1 year of Porcello AND that the money saved by losing Porcello's contract both this year and next would allow us to trade for a (salary dump) starter to take his place. (Note: the Cubs will NOT make this trade.)
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    Summer 7-9 Slot Update Sox 5-12 (6/26) 4-8 (6/24) 1-10 (6/23) 6-15 (6/22) 5-13 (6/21) 21-58 (.362) Yanks 1-12 (6/26) 1-12 (6/25) 2-15 (6/24) 1-9 (6/23) 1-9 (6/22) 0-10 (6/21) 6-67 (.090) JBJ is now over .600 (.614) and almost over the Mendoza line (.199). Keep it going JBJ!!!!
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    You say offense is the most important, because nobody plays D anymore. One could argue "era" here, too. Did LeBron and Jordon blow away the next best offensive players by all that much? If it's all about offense, then why not Wilt? (He got over 18 rebounds/gm every season he ever played.) Wilt's career line: 30.1 pts/gm/ 22.9 reb/ 4.4 Ast. BTW, he led the NBA in FG% nine time. How often have Jordan & James led the league--combined? What's the criteria? Sure, one can argue Russell & Chamberlain were men playing among boys, but that just proves how dominating they both were. Yes, the game has changed, but dominating is dominating, and to me the best should be based on who dominated the most. Rings and numbers matter. Getting the most out of your teammates matter. Intelligence, savvy and instincts matter. Yes, the 15 points per game hurts Russell's case, buy I think he could have scored more had they needed him to. I'm pretty sure 22-23 rebounds led to a lot of added points by someone.
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    Not really. I said maybe, and besides, the Cubs won't take 1 year of Porcello for 3 years of Baez.
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    Yes, there's more to the game....like 20+ rebounds and maybe the best defense ever played by any human ever born. Plus, I brought up Russell in the context of everyone calling Brady the best as a result of him having 5 rings. Many feel Jordon is better than LeBron due to the rings. I'm getting mixed messages on what the criteria is for judging who is the best or who at least belongs in the conversation. If I had to narrow it to 4, it would be.... Russell Chamberlain Jordon James I'd probably put the Big O 5th, but maybe I'm biased.
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    Wright's injury is the same knee. I'm not sure if being hopeful is all that realistic. This sucks. Pom is too far away and might not be the answer anyways. Haley, Johnson and Velzaquez are decent fill-in starters, but we better not have to use them the rest of the year.
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    The 3 arb years for Baez is very tempting. It would be one way to help the future a little bit. I'd certainly consider it, since the money saved by trading Porcello (about $7M pro-rated for this year and $20.6M next year ) for Baez (about $220K this year and his first arb next year.) With this money saved, we could probably get a salary dump SP'er this summer and have much more wiggle room to fill our needs next year. I guess I'm just not so ready to write off Nunez & Holt (and Pedey). I'd like to see how things look by the deadline. I'd probably wait, but the idea is a worthy one to consider.
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    It's a wild card. Teams are lucky to even have a shot at winning it all despite not winning their division. For many many years, if you failed to win the division, it was all over. You could have been the second best in MLB with no chance. I have no issue with the play-in game. A 3 game series makes sense, but making the other teams wait and maybe get rusty outweighs the gain. In the NBA, 16 of 30 teams make the playoffs. In the NHL, 16 of 31 teams make it. In the NFL, 12 out of 32 make it.
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    Astros picthers with over 2 IP in playoffs vs BOS WHIP Pitcher IP 1.27 Verlander 8.2 1.06 Keuchel 5.2 2.08 Morton 4.1 1.67 Giles 3.0 2.63 Peacock 2.2 1.71 Devenski 2.1 The rest (4 guys) 1.80 (3.1 IP 6 H 0 BB)
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    ERod might not be our best pitcher, and I get how his nibbling drives us crazy. Going just 5 IP is a serious issue, however, he's got nasty stuff. Many of his past issues were likely related to his knee troubles. The surgery appears to have worked. ERod is the real deal. The main reason to keep him is this: Years of team control after this year: 0 Pom 1 Sale ($13.5M option) 1 Porcello ($20.6M luxury cost) 2 Wright (all arbs) 3 ERod (all arbs) 0 or 4 Price (at $31M luxury cost)
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    I totally agree. No matter what type of pitcher you are, if you ain't got it- you ain't got it, and things look bad. I will say, it does seem like Knucklers are left in longer when they ain't got it. Wake was hung out to dry many times.
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    Funny! Look, I've maintained all along that under performing Yankees as well as Red Sox players should return to their norm as the season progresses. The tiny sample size I posted does not mean they will continue like that, but it might be a sign the normalizing has begun. Our offense was pretty weak last year,but our issue was not being unbalanced top to bottom. Our bottom hitters actually we not the problem and weren't too far from our top and middle hitters. Adding JMart and dumping a bunch of non performers should have improved the odds on our bottom 7-9 hitters doing better not worse. We started out very badly, but things are moving in the right direction in that area. Players lost from 2017 by PAs in 2017 553 HRam .750 276 Young .709 188 Marrero .593 118 Rutledge .558 108 Sandoval .622 38 R Davis .595 Reduced PAs from 2017 463 Pedey .760 60 Hernandez .628 Added: JD More PAs expected from... 345 Vazquez .735 240 Devers .819 173 Nunez .892 164 Holt .548
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    I don't feel bad at all. He likes it there in Cincy. He places that like above winning.
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    I'm not expecting these number to continue, but the improvement goes beyond just this 4-5 day sample size. JBJ has been hitting the ball hard for a while now, but for a while many were not for hits. Those not paying attention were still bashing JBJ. Vaz is hitting much better than the first 6-8 weeks. It's been for longer than 5 days (.728 last 28 days). I'm not sure if Nunez will ever snap out of it. He looks hobbled. Holt has started declining. If Pedey can come back, maybe he'd give a big boost to the 7-9 totals. Maybe Holt's off season conditioning will pay dividends. Maybe the expected decline of those players off to hot starts will never materialize. I know there's a a lot of optimism in these positions, but we don't need all of them to come true to remain a top 3 offense in MLB.
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    Yes, and that was basically my point with Jacko. Our bottom 7-9 hitters would eventually "average out" or return to their norm numbers over the remainder of the season. It didn't matter if their final numbers reached norm- only that they hit their norm from now on. That would or should make up for any declines from players hitting over their norms up to now.
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    Yes, their numbers sucked over the first 10-11 weeks, but there were signs they were coming out of it long before the numbers showed any significant bump. MrNY was not the only guy who decided this would be the first year in 4 years that JBJ would not have a hot streak. I get not thinking Leon would repeat his big year, or that Vaz's 2017 might have been a fluke, but to think JBJ, Nunez/Holt, Vaz/Leon would all continue to hit way below their career and recent 2-3 year norm was just not probable. Mr NY seemed to act like it was and should be expected. It thrills me to see their bottom 3 struggle while ours are getting red hot. I hope it continues, for a while anyways.
  25. moonslav59
    His college championships in the context of all the crap he and other black players had to go through should not be minimized by the "era" argument. Plus, the Celtics had not won any championships before Russell got there. He was the ultimate "team player" and made everyone around him better. The Celtice didn't even make the playoffs the first two years after Russell retired. Russell went out a winner. His last two champiosnhip seasons were his last two in the league. AND, he was also THE COACH!!!!!! I'm not so sure there's be so many Celtic HOF'ers had Bill never been traded to the Celtics. (BTW, I'm not a Celtic fan, but BR has to be mentioned in the conversation of the best of all time. Jordon, James, Russell, Johnson, Chamberlain, Robertson & Jabbar. That's my big 7. (Bird, Erving, Mikan, Olajuwan real, real close)
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