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I was 110% against the Moreland signing, but he's the best option right now at 1B vs RHPs and LHPs. Holt is probably my second choice- not Swihart.
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Swihart is better vs RHPs same as Moreland. It makes no sense. It still looks like DH is his best chance to get PAs, and that depends on JBJ's offense and JD's OF defense.
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I guess he is now our backup first baseman? I would expect him to have more playing time then what he has seen the first 50 games.... I'd probably go with Holt before Swihart, at least until he starts slumping. Swihart could use a 4 for 5 game, today.
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1) He's still not good enough to catch. He's caught 2 innings this year, and HRam's release doesn't change that. 2) With Pedey's return, Nunez now leap frogs Swihart as OF depth. Holt is probably ahead of him, too. 3) That leaves 1B and DH. JD should DH more now and play the OF less, but that might depend on JBJ's offense. We could see Swihart at DH, like today, and that's the only place he has started this year. 5) I suppose he could play 1B when Moreland needs a rest, but Holt may be a better option there as well, at least until he starts his normal late season slump. I just don't see Swihart playing any more than he has thus far, unless someone gets injured. If it's a major injury, we'll probably trade for someone before handing the FT job to Swihart. Now, if he starts hitting in the few chances he gets, maybe he can win a job.
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Swihart still won't play, but your point nails it.. The timing was based on this being the best and maybe only time, we could DFA him to get out of paying the option without a serious chance at a grievance being filed or won by HRam and his agent.
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very true. Moreland looked "happy" tonight. JD should be just about locked into the DH role, unless Pedey plays there every now and then. JBJ better heat it up. Nunez is looking for a place to play. (Nunez needs to warm up as well.)
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Amazing how this could be viewed as an understatement!
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Just goes to show, you can't believe everything anybody associated with management says.
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MLBTR... The fact that Ramirez’s contract includes a vesting option for the 2019 season did not come into play, Dombrowski was careful to note. “The vesting option has nothing to do with it,” he said. “We’re trying to do everything we can to win.” Whether or not it was a driving factor in the decision, the option can no longer vest, as it had been on track to do had Ramirez remained a semi-regular part of the Boston lineup.
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I, for one, am happy the Pablohram era is finally over. What a collosal waste of money.
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vs RHPs 1) Betts RF 2) Beni LF 3) JDM DH 4) Moreland 1B 5) Bogey SS 6) Devers 3B 7) Pedey/Nunez 2B 8) JBJ CF 9) Leon C vs LHPs 1) Betts 2) Bogey 3) JDM 4) Pedey 5) Moreland 6) Beni 7) Devers 8) Leon/Vaz 9) JBJ
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I'm fine with the DFA, since it cancels out the option. I never wanted him to vest, even if he was on his way to 40 HRs.
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I'm totally fine with betts up first. My beef is with Beni, especially vs LHPs. I'd bat Bogey 2nd FT, but at the very least vs LHPs. Pedey will likely never win back the 2 slot.
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I guess this answers my question and is why we DFA'd him. I'm fine with the move, despite what I just wrote.
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Nope. I wasn't even close to getting to the point of suggesting HRam be DFA'd. I thought he should be benched for a few days, start platooning vs LHPs, and if he starts hitting maybe return to his near FT role as a DH (without vesting). That's been my position, and 18 bad games in a row did not change my mind. Vs LHPs: .854 HRam .721 Moreland .649 Devers .529 Beni .426 Nunez .237 Swihart .225 JBJ Our team is .662 vs LHPs as a whole. getting rid of one of our best hitters vs LHPs, slump not with standing, would not have been my choice. Now, if it keeps us from having to pay his option next year, my mind could easily be changed. I've yet to hear anything definitive about that. Nobody can say we didn't give him a chance. He only has himself to blame.
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True. I was late on the HRam news.
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That's what I find shocking. They batted him 2nd last night. He's good enough to not demote to 9th or bench, then they DFA him.
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Shocking. All so Swihart can keep not playing.
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Leon is one of our hottest hitters and has a history of having hot spells every few years. maybe this is one. Vaz needs to get his act together on defense to keep playing. I'm not worried about his offense. (I doubt he stays under .625 the rest of the way.)
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I've mentioned keeping an eye on Beni vs LHPs. He's at .529 right now with less than 50 PAs this year. I'd give him a little longer, but an HRam-Beni platoon might make sense as soon as right now. JD plays LF vs LHPs. JD plays DH vs RHPs. This assumes JBJ plays FT, but once Pedey returns, Nunez could be plugged into the OF mix.
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All this based on just an 18 game sample size? I realize the history goes back beyond 18 games, but the guy was at .874 at the end of April and carried us with many key hits and RBIs early on. I'm all for benching him right now, but cutting the cord is way too harsh. He's in shape. He looks healthy. Maybe this is just a horrib;e slump that he'll break out of. Batting him 2nd or 3rd is near insanity.
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I'm not for releasing HRam, yet. He may still have a hot month or two in him. I'd start by giving him a rest, ease him back in by playing him ve lefties, only, then, if he's looking better, maybe give him one more somewhat long look, depending on how Moreland & JBJ are doing. If they are both hitting, mayeb he never gets another long look.
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Benching HRam is what's best for the team. It's not 'artificial". It's not about the vesting option. He never earned the right to be a FT starter out of ST'ing to begin with. He started out hot and got some big RBIs, so at that point playing him was the right thing to do, but one hot month was not enough to earn him any more tome to "work it out". His OPS+ was 89 and 93 in 2 of his previous 3 seasons. Nothing about that hints at earning anything, injury excuses and all. Plus, we bat him 3rd or even 2nd as he slumps into oblivion.
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I'd certainly be worried about the last 2-3 years, but getting the first 7-8 years of mostly prime or near prime years would pay for the last years.
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I thought you always judged guys on the tiniest of sample sizes. Leon is oneof our hottest hitters.
