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  1. moonslav59
    I'd throw our 2014 as well. It was long ago and JBJ was jerked around a lot that year- due mainly to his horrible offense from 2013-2014. Out of 70 OF'er with 1500+ PAs from 2015-2018, JBJ ranks 38th in OPS at .772. Others close to him are Josh Reddick, Adam Jones and Nick Markakis. JBJ has been, despite his streakiness, a pretty much average hitting OF'er. If you drop the sample size down to 1,000+ PAs, the group numbers 113, and JBJ places 50th. I'm not here to say JBJ is some great offensive talent, but he has had a couple seasons over .835 and he is still in his prime.
  2. moonslav59
    I get that: my hope is that Cashman repeats his mistake x 4. It's not easy guessing right on mega free agents. Ben's HRam and Pablo signings did him in.
  3. moonslav59
    I only brought up the hypothetical, because getting JD was what started this whole trade JBJ crap. JD is having a great year and will likely ave more clout when his opt out comes due. I seriously doubt he makes any demands like I hypothesized. Maybe a better hypothetical might be, if Devers proves he can hit very well but can only DH, because he continues to do poorly on defense. I doubt we'd trade Devers to keep JD for one more year before his next opt out. I'm not for trading JBJ and never have been, but I could see it happening.
  4. moonslav59
    My heart felt condolences go out to you and your family. I'm so sorry to hear of this tragedy.
  5. moonslav59
    I just don't get why people discount Vaz's very nice 60 PAs before he went on the DL and his 2017 OPS and only look at his season OPS, yet they ignore Swihart's season OPS and gloat over a scattered 80-90 PAs of hot hitting. If Swihart could catch worth a damn, he'd have started way more games than he did after Vaz went down (or before). It's not like Cora was playing him at other positions everyday. The guy does not make pitchers comfortable when he's behind the plate. We have a couple starters who have never even seen a second catcher this year- let alone a 3rd like Swihart, so it's not some imaginary thing going on. It's real. DD and Cora know it's real. Pitchers know it's real and have said so for decades.
  6. moonslav59
    The fact that Sox management avoids starting Swihart at catcher, despite his hot bat, speaks volumes. And, actually, it wasn't CERA I used, it was OPS against.
  7. moonslav59
    For what you paid Ellsbury, I am pretty sure Cashman thought he was "top tier," even though many of us knew otherwise.
  8. moonslav59
    It's a great strategy. It also puts a RP'er in when there is no pressure (opening the game) and allows the starter to reach later into the game, thereby lessenng the need for more than 2-3 set-up men.
  9. moonslav59
    Keep it going. Rev up the engines in time for a bust-it-out October.
  10. moonslav59
    ...and some Sox fans hate inter league play...
  11. moonslav59
    I was at Notre Dame when Joe Montana, the third string QB, led us to a national championship vs Texas. Beating Michigan is always sweet.
  12. moonslav59
    Great! $110M can buy you 5 Ellsburys!
  13. moonslav59
    I'm heading to DQ for a Brazier Burger.
  14. moonslav59
    Wright looked a little shaky, but better than Eovaldi.
  15. moonslav59
    Nice! A crooked number!
  16. moonslav59
    But, when they did, it was in huge crooked numbers. 9/3: 0 9/2: 0 9/1: 2, 3 & 1 8/31: 1 8/30: 4 & 5 8/29: 1, 1, 1 & 11 8/28: 1, 2, 1, 3 & 1
  17. moonslav59
    He spent a lot this winter on JD and an offensive-minded utility guy named Nunez.
  18. moonslav59
    You guys are going to have a rare chance to almost totally remake your team this winter while keeping many of your young rising stars and Stanton. Free Agents- To- Be: $14.8 McCutchen $13.0 Happ $13.0 Robertson $12.0 Britton $12.0 Lynn $10.0 Sabathia $5.9M Hechavarria $4.0M Walker Last arbs $8.5M Gregorius $6.5M Gray $5.1M Betances $2.8M Hicks $1.1M Romine Tax Dollars $22.0M Stanton (with $3m paid by MIA) $22.1M Tanaka $21.8M Ellsbury $17.2M Chapman Club Option $12.5M Gardner or $2M buyout. You'll have some hefty arb costs, but with basically no limit on spending next year with your tax rate reset, it's going to be a signing fest for you guys. I wonder how many will turn out like Ellsbury.
  19. moonslav59
    52 pitch no hitter going....
  20. moonslav59
    I remember bashing him earlier in the year, and you defended him due to his pretty nice OBP. He was over .350 as late as July 7th and over .340 as late as August 13th, but he's down to .327-- not bad for a back-up OF'er, but not goof for your lead off hitter.
  21. moonslav59
    Yes, but not ones you count on to win you games. At best, we can hope they keep us in the game, except for maybe Wright.
  22. moonslav59
    lol
  23. moonslav59
    Was that just the 40th pitch?
  24. moonslav59
    I'd have had Wright ready and brought him in right now.
  25. moonslav59
    33 pitches already. Looks like the pen will be overused again.
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