moonslav59
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He's made some "plus plays" for sure. I like what I'm seeing on both ends.
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Great point. Also, with 4 errors in 141 innings, we can see why there was a little concern over his readiness on defense. I love the call-up. I said all along, I trust Sox management to know when "when" is. I think they nailed it dead on. Sure, one can argue about how badly our 3Bmen did before the call-up. We can all wonder "what if..." until the cows come home, but we're in first place. Devers looks as comfortable as any mid-season call up could possibly look. No complaints here.
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Who cares? Nunez at SS and Price for ERod.
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Debunking the 3 year window myth -- the Red Sox in 2020
moonslav59 replied to Fan_since_Boggs's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Yes. I'd do it, if the contract does not go too much past 34 or 35 years old. -
Stanton passed through waivers. Would Bogey, ERod, Groome, Chavis and Travis get the talks started?
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Sad.
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One could have argued we waited too long to bring Rice & Lynn up. Devers is doing great. I'm fine with the way things have turned out with this choice.
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JD Martinez and others...
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Really?
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Debunking the 3 year window myth -- the Red Sox in 2020
moonslav59 replied to Fan_since_Boggs's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
What I was trying to say was that if we are going to hand out that type of contract to a 30+ year old pitcher, Price would be the best bet. That was my opinion from the start as well. My other main opinion was to save top prospects for trades like Sale (and/or Quintana). Great pitchers with low-cost and 3+ years of team control. -
We could have a 4 man bench like this: C Leon IF/LF Nunez IF/OF Holt or OF Brentz (Castillo) IF Hernandez (Lin or Marrero)
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Runs per game with Devers playing: 85 in 16 games= 5.32 Runs per game with Nunez playing: 86 in 15 games= 5.73 Nunez did not play 7/25 (5 runs scored) and 7/26 (4 runs scored) Devers did not play 8/9 (8 runs scored) Both players have made a tremendous difference in our run scoring. Devers 11 R + 12 RBI - 6 HR= 17 in 16 games Nunez 9R + 12 RBI - 4 HR= 17 in 15 games I'm not taking anything away from Devers here. Without him, we'd have lost a few more games, but Nunez has been huge as well.
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One could say Devers is (and then some). Plus, Nunez has done much better than Pedey. Nunez has also played 3B and DH.
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If his role will be to only start vs LHPs in LF or DH, then his numbers look good, but who will he start for? We can see now how Young, one of MLB's best hitters vs LHPs over the last 3-4 years, is being squeezed out of playing time. If Pedey wasn't injured, I doubt Young would play over Nunez, HRam or Beni vs LHPs. Also, we always go into these things looking for someone who kills lefties, and then we end up playing them ve RHPs more than we wanted due to injuries. Sometimes, it works (Cody Ross), sometimes it doesn't all that well (Gomes struggled at times as Young has this year). I'm not against giving Brentz a shot at the 4th OF slot next year, in fact, I'm not for signing an OF'er this winter, but maybe a guy like Nunez, who can play LF, if needed. Better stat: OPS splits vs RHP/LHP Brentz in minors 2017 .850/1.035 AAA 2016 .621/.930 AAA and .690/.598 AA 2015 .656/.767 AAA 2014 .698/.765 AAA 2013 .789/.785 AAA
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They also added Nunez during the same time. He's been a big part of the increased run production as well.
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I don't. I get the argument that by adding him to the 40 man roster the luxury tax will be less than signing a FA like Young, but the 2 big flaws outweigh the possible plus. 1) He may not be as good as Young, or whoever we might have signed or even a cheaper Brentz. 2) Once we re-add him to the 40 man roster, his $11M AVV will count against our luxury tax budget for the remainder of his contract, even if we send him back down or remove him from the 40 man roster. That's 3 more years of taxes that could be 20%, then 30% then 50%. That's an "extra" tax of about $11M, which is close to what we paid Young for 2 years combined, or is the equivalent of a decent RP'er for 3 years.
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We could use Holt as the 4th OF'er, but if we sign Nunez, he could play LF. I don't see Lin in the picture, unless someone gets hurt. I see Hernandez as our utility IF'er over Holt, Lin and Marrero. It all depends on who we sign. My guess is, we'll sign a 1Bman, and if we get one who can also play LF, maybe we can do without a true 4th OF'er, especially if Holt is still around. Signing an OF'er who can DH makes less sense to me. Trading for Dozier or signing Nunez makes more sense as well. There just are not that many great FA options out there this year that meet our biggest needs: Power clean-up hitter Shorter term contract
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It depends on the prospects.
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Fair enough. I'm a huge Wright fan, by the way. I had him as our #4 this year.
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His D was what was holding him back, and he's made a few errors already, but the kid has some range.
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40HR Dozier or 25 HR Dozier. I think your idea has merit. 25-30 HRs is better than Moreland's 15-18, but at what cost?
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When you have an almost 100% DH in Papi, it did help having extra versatility, but I always thought it was over-rated. He's never been a real plus defender at any position, and defense is usually what you want from your subs. His .700+ OPS might be slightly better than most IF subs, but it was never good enough to make up for the mediocre, at best, defense.
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That time was long ago.
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8/14 vs Cleveland Indians
moonslav59 replied to BstHcpr's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
How Soon Is Now? -
I doubt Lin continues at .739, but he can't do much worse than .537. Neither should play much anyways.
