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  1. moonslav59
    Line-up: 1. Betts RF 2. Beni LF 3. JD DH 4. Moreland 1B 5. Bogey SS 6. Holt 2B 7. Devers 3B 8. Swihart C 9. JBJ CF
  2. moonslav59
    He has not gotten over 383 PAs, so in that sense, he's been a "role player," but he has an .829 OPS since 2014. That ranks 44th out of 319 players with 1000+ PAs since then. Only 38 players have a better OPS and more PAs. I'm not sure Young or Gomes could ever say that. Like Gomes and Young, they all hit lefties better, although reverse splits sometimes happened when with Boston. Pearce is .880 vs lefties since 2014. Only 21 MLB players have a higher OPS and more PAs vs lefties in this period of time!
  3. moonslav59
    I like what we got now, too. I guess when other teams start going with large upgrades, we might look for another tweak like Pearce.
  4. moonslav59
    Will Blake Swihart finally prove himself, now that he’s been given a chance to catch more often with Vazquez out? Doubtful, but certainlypossiblr. Will Velazquez make a case for staying in the rotation? The question might be more about Pom pitching well enough to win his job back. Will David Price work out of this funk? I'm not sure it's a "funk", but it would be nice for more consistency. Is Steven Pearce as good as he seems? He's real good. Will Chris Sale finally have a strong second half? My biggest concern about this team. WE NEED HIM STRONG IN OCTOBER! Will JBJ ever start to really hit? Yes, for a short stretch. Do Pomeranz or Pedroia come back? I'm not counting on either but Pom has the best chance. If not, who wins the second base job? As is: Holt and Nunez. Do E-Rod and Porcello win 20 games? 18 & 18 Does JD win the triple crown? No, just HRs & RBI Do the Sox break the 110 win mark? Close Can they stay ahead of the Yankees and win the division? Book it
  5. moonslav59
    Great to see ERod continue his excellence. It still amazes me some wanted to trade him. Great to see the Yanks lose one to the lowly O's. Nice to see some of ouf our games in hand becoming loses for the Yanks. Moreland & Holt have certainly been proving me wrong. I love being wrong in these ways. Pearce looks like a superb get. We made it to Maine last night. We're here for a week, then off to Canada and back to Maine for a few more days. Nice to be back in Sox Country!
  6. moonslav59
    Matt Adams (.935) is "junk?" Plus, it's not like we're hind-sighting dubs that are having good years, we talked about getting some of these guys before the season started. Notin mentioned some pitchers.
  7. moonslav59
    A lineup that’s 5 deep will struggle come playoff time. We currently have 6 players with an OPS over .875. We have 8 guys over .726 and 9 over .683, including a catcher (Leon), The Skanks have 3 guys over .875 NOT 6! The Skanks have 9 guys over .725: we have 8, but their starting catcher is below .725. If we are so weak after 5 players, what does that say about the Skanks? Plus, we have 2 guys over 1.000- you have none. We have 4 over .894- you have 2.
  8. moonslav59
    softy reeled me in too many times.
  9. moonslav59
    Well, people want to trade for Moose, now, so we could have signed him and traded him, if we did not need him.
  10. moonslav59
    Here's a couple: $4M Matt Adams $6.3M Moustakas There were some pitchers that went cheap, late. I can't recall their names.
  11. moonslav59
    With all this massive offense recently, the OPS numbers have jumped for most: 1.105 Betts 1.039 JD .922 Pearce (1.128 w/ BOS) .894 Beni .884 Moreland .875 Bogey .778 Holt .683 Leon .663 Nunez .619 JBJ .548 Vaz .460 Swi 6 guys over .875! Last year Betts led the team at .803 with Devers at .819 and Nunez and .892- both in limited Sox action. Remember when some claimed maybe last year was really the "norm" for all our players nearing or in prime?
  12. moonslav59
    If GMs panicked after two bad starts in a row, we'd have no starters left, except maybe Sale.
  13. moonslav59
    YES! Beni on base 11 of his last 12 PAs and 13 of 16. His OPS is almost over .900 again. Pearce is now at .922.
  14. moonslav59
    We've got 5 guys over .866 right now, not counting Pearce (.892 overall). Nice!
  15. moonslav59
    How long does it take for the effects of steroids to wear off?
  16. moonslav59
    I'm all for doing everything we can to make sure Sale is as rested as can be come October.
  17. moonslav59
    All I can say about seeing the box score is WOW!
  18. moonslav59
    +10
  19. moonslav59
    softy was a real clown on that other site. I'm glad he didn't follow us over here.
  20. moonslav59
    The ebbs and flows of a long season.
  21. moonslav59
    Yeah, that's pretty good. That's a "pretty good" little run. (I added the word "little" for you.)
  22. moonslav59
    The guy we traded for Pearce wasn't ever mentioned in talks of trades for anybody significant. I'm sure we can trade for other players as good as Pearce without losing our best prospects. The tricky part is the budget and max penalties.
  23. moonslav59
    You're missing my point. We're doing better now than expected. Why would doing better mean we feel like we have a greater need to trade than when we weren't so sure? We knew we were going to be in the race in January. The only thing that has changed is that we are more sure of our offense. To me, that should create less need for going over the max line not more need. If we go over, my argument is going to be, we should have done it in January, when cheap pieces were available left and right at no added cost other than financial. (Doing it then or now still brings the equal draft penalties.) Are you arguing that we thought we might be out of it (in January) and not need to spend to go over the max, and that is why we waited?
  24. moonslav59
    I didn't mean trade JBJ for a good glove OF'er, but if that OF'er is cheaper and can field as well as JBJ, then a trade might be a net plus, even if the next guy can't hit any better than JBJ. My guess is, we might trade JBJ and some pitcher like Beeks or Johnson for a good SP'er to take Pom's place. Then, we sign or trade for a cheap OF'er who has a great glove. If the guy can't hit, he won't cost much and we break even in CF, but have something to show for the JBJ trade and more money to spend. This is what I meant by not being "hurt", if we trade him. If we trade him for scraps and move JD to LF FT and Beni to CF, then I will likely be "hurt", depending on who we get for JBJ and how much of an upgrade the return brings us elsewhere.
  25. moonslav59
    That's where the "cheaters never win" phrase came from.
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