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  1. moonslav59
    Me too.
  2. moonslav59
    Biggest surprise? JBJ not batting 9th. Lesser ones.... Vaz catching Price Holt on the bench Pearce up 5th over the lefty Devers I'm sure others might see more.
  3. moonslav59
    Humans are humans. Even the best umps make too many mistakes- accountability or not. No ump could have called that strike that was thrown when Vaz stood up and blocked the view. Robo umps for balls and strikes needs to begin in 2019.
  4. moonslav59
    Fielding % is a horrible way to compare fielders.
  5. moonslav59
    As much as I love Chris Freakin' Sale, I agree.
  6. moonslav59
    Soxprospects.com has this... Arm: Plus arm strength. Touched the mid-90s off the mound in college. Plenty of arm for third base, able to make all the throws including balls fielded on the foul line. Will have accuracy problems on occasion as throws can sail on him. Field: Hands work well and footwork is usually reliable. A little stiff and has some trouble getting down on ground balls when charging the ball. Doesn’t have great range, but makes up for that somewhat with his length, allowing him to cover more ground than his feet would normally allow. Projects as an average defender at third base with the potential to be above-average.
  7. moonslav59
    Price ERA by catcher in 2018: 2.37 with leon (84 IP) 4.68 with vaz (92 IP) Career 2.83 w Leon (194 IP) 4.32 w Vaz (263 IP) That's a lot of offense needed from Vaz to overcome a 2 run differential. Start Leon, and once Price is removed, PH for Leon.
  8. moonslav59
    Not a bad idea. We could also just move him to 1B and try to acquire a real 3Bman. We'd probably have to trade Moreland, since both he and Devers both do better vs righties.
  9. moonslav59
    Same line-up tonight? Or, do we see Devers at 3B?
  10. moonslav59
    There's nothing comfortable about either choice you make at 3B. One of my biggest worries before the season started was watching Devers make a crucial error in a key game of the playoffs. I liked the Nunez signing as insurance at 2B and 3B, but I knew he was not a plus defender either.
  11. moonslav59
    ...but it was the defense by Nunez that hurt us.
  12. moonslav59
    Agreed. Sale only threw around 150 innings this year. Thus, we can't say he is wearing down as the season has gone on. Instead, an arm/shoulder issue is more likely the culprit. Well, it could still be viewed as "breaking down," since both DL stints happened in the second half of the season. I'm not sure if this whole "mechanics" argument is just a ploy to take the focus off an actual injury, but there is a chance that once he fixes the mechanics issue he incurred after missing time (not uncommon), he may prove there really is no major arm issue. We may know more next game. Sale has a violent delivery. I don't think anyone would be surprised that that kind of delivery would eventually catch up to him. Can't argue with this.
  13. moonslav59
    ...or a bad feeling about Devers.
  14. moonslav59
    I'm not arguing about who is better. I'd have started Devers and held my breathe on every ball hit his way. My point was, you blamed Cora for Nunez making 2 bad plays on defense. Nunez is not very good on defense, but he is way better than Devers on defense. Nothing Cora did in game 1 is worth heavy criticism. If you want to blame someone, blame DD for not giving Cora a 3Bman who can field and hit. (Note: I do not blame DD for going with Devers and having Nunez as a back-up at 2B/3B. Not many teams have a guy like Nunez to fill in. He just had a bad game at the wrong time.
  15. moonslav59
    Yes, Price today and then Porcello & Eovaldi later.
  16. moonslav59
    Nothing to disagree with here. I'm wondering how Sale's arm feels today.
  17. moonslav59
    We've hit great pitching well several times this year. We have to do it tonight. We've always seemed to pull out a win, when we needed it most. I'm confident this team will rise up again.
  18. moonslav59
    I agree, but I hate the way Alabama pads their schedule, except for the SEC match-ups, in which they are forced to play. This year's patsies: Louisville Arkansas St. Louisiana The Citadel I guess you can't blame them: they have to play 8 conference games. 4 of those 8 are currently ranked between 13 and 24. They certainly do not have a patsy schedule, but the 4 games they choose are almost always very weak teams.
  19. moonslav59
    My revised top 11 1. Alabama 2. Ohio State 3. Clemson 4. Notre Dame 5. LSU 6. Texas 7. UCF 8. Michigan 9. Oregon 10. Florida 11. Oklahoma
  20. moonslav59
    5.28 Price 5.85 Sale 6.26 Severino
  21. moonslav59
    I disagree. When a player or team is known for taking first pitches, smart teams will throw strikes on the first pitch. I thought the pitch Betts swung at was a good one to swing at. Also, when a pitcher is showing wildness, they will sometimes just try to throw one right down the middle, thinking the batter will take the first pitch.
  22. moonslav59
    Nunez is clearly a better defender at 3B than Devers. With all due respect, to blame Cora for Nunez's poor defense is a joke.
  23. moonslav59
    Exactly. His past post season stats were a very small sample size and pretty long ago. I doubt his poor showing will change anyone's minds though.
  24. moonslav59
    Good points, but Sale did hit 93 a few times. That's more like 2-4 off this season's norm, and an amount that could be made up for by his next start. We'll have to wait and see. I'm glad game 5 is in Houston- not frigid Boston.
  25. moonslav59
    I am certainly more concerned now than ever about Sale's arm, and I was the biggest proponent of resting him last year, even if it risked us not winning the division. I think I stood alone on that one. Don't get me wrong, I AM concerned. I am also confident Sale will do better his next start. Most pitchers have had arm issues at some point in their career, that's one reason I feel no SP'er should get 7+ years at over $30M,
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