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  1. moonslav59
    Ohtani's dazzling game on the mound Sunday capped a jaw-dropping week in which he also homered in three straight games as a hitter. The combination makes him just the third player all-time to homer in three consecutive games as a hitter and have a double-digit strikeout game as a pitcher in the same season. The others: Ken Brett in 1973 and -- who else? -- Babe Ruth in 1916. As a batter, Ohtani currently leads all Major Leaguers who have had at least 10 batted balls this season in hard-hit rate: 71.4 percent of his batted balls (10 of 14) have had an exit velocity of at least 95 mph.
  2. moonslav59
    I haven't heard anything "new" on XB. I hope he's okay. This might be some good news: Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia is making progress in his recovery from the left knee surgery he underwent in October, manager Alex Cora told Ian Browne of MLB.com and other reporters Sunday. Pedroia is slated to begin running the bases Tuesday, which would be the final hurdle in his recovery, Browne notes. Should that go well, Pedroia would remain on track to return in May. The Red Sox have been well-equipped to go without Pedroia early this year, thanks to the presence of Eduardo Nunez.
  3. moonslav59
    There are other great defensive CF'ers in MLB, so I'd have to say, yes, he is replaceable. Certainly, his offense is replaceable. We might have signed Jarrod Dyson to $4M/1 and traded JBJ & Wright for a 3rd starter, but I'm happy with JBJ in CF full time. I get that JMart wants to play the OF, but he's a clown out there. We have to do what's best for the team. If he doesn't get it, just show him the film. If he pouts, it was a bad signing.
  4. moonslav59
    My head's spinning!
  5. moonslav59
    And the idea that winning more close games shows the "grit" a team needs to win championships is maybe not true.
  6. moonslav59
    Well said, especially the bolded in red parts. It's like our park was built for JBJ and Betts. I also think by the end of the year, JBJ's OPS will be over .725 and probably closer to .750 to .775.
  7. moonslav59
    Too bad Marco misses another chance to show us what he's got. If XB goes on the DL, we'll probably call up Lin, but I think Holt will play everyday. I'm not sure Nunez at SS and Holt at 2B is any better, defenively. The worst part is losing XB's hot bat. He's not all that great on defense, anyways. I wouldn't have been happy with Marrero as our FT SS, but he'd have helped. He also hits lefties well. That's why I was for starting Holt in AAA and keeping Marrero around, at least until (and if) Pedey returns.
  8. moonslav59
    ...until he goes oh for 14.
  9. moonslav59
    I actually think JBJ loses some points on metric defense by making plays look effortless and taking direct routes to balls hit away from him. (Yes, I just critized UZR/150- something I use a lot.)
  10. moonslav59
    Apparently not.
  11. moonslav59
    Mata or Houck, maybe.
  12. moonslav59
    We could have afforded lance Lynn had we not signed Moreland and nontendered or traded Holt and Leon. We'd be tight on the max penalty line, but it was doable.
  13. moonslav59
    Sometimes scrub signings work out (like Fister and Rich Hill), but the odds are greatly against it. It's not like I was against signing 1, 2 or 3 vets to minor league deals, but I didn't see the urgency. We ended up with 3 of our top 6 starters out to start the season and still may only have needed Johnson and Velazquez for 3 total starts. Yes, we may need a starter later, and that's one reason why I hated the Moreland signing and Holt arb cost. It's usually easy to take a big contract pitcher off a noncontending team's hands in July. We only have to pay 2 months salary and can get someone much better than a minor league February signing. Who knows, we may not even need one.
  14. moonslav59
    9 games- no errors. What are you guys complaining about? Our defense leads MLB in Flg%. (Sarcasm alert.)
  15. moonslav59
    JMart and HRam for Stanton?
  16. moonslav59
    + 1000
  17. moonslav59
    I know the season is young, but is it true the much-vaunted Yankee pen now has an ERA over 5?
  18. moonslav59
    Plus a $6.5M late inning defensive replacement at 1B!
  19. moonslav59
    Fair enough. I know you egt emotional, but try to relax a little.
  20. moonslav59
    So, does that mean you want Swihart in LF, so you can bench JBJ for good?
  21. moonslav59
    Yes, in a sense, we added them or will be shortly. Plus, we have Workman avaialable all year and felt better about Johnson and Velazquez this winter as opposed to last winter. All we lost was Abad and Ross- who was out almost all last year. My point is that I feel DD was counting on returning injured players instead of signing a journeyman vet to a minor league deal. Look, chances are any vet we signed to a minor league deal would have sucked anyways, had we needed him. I think this argument has gone on too long for such a minor issue.
  22. moonslav59
    Wow! I paused the game, went out to eat, and then got a happy surprise for desert when I got home! Great win! Lot's of 2 out thunder!
  23. moonslav59
    I'm surprised Natick hasn't already asked about the earliest date we can trade JMart.
  24. moonslav59
    Come on HRam! Earn the vest!
  25. moonslav59
    Beni's BA is just inches from JBJ's.
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