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It's hard to compare anyone to the great Fred Lynn.
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No excuse. . I never said Beni would be the next Fred Lynn. He's doing pretty well. I think he'll improve as time goes by, but he'll likely have dome tough stretches here and there.
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This hurts. As long as he's back and healthy to end the season and go into the playoffs, I think we can get past his injury. A quick return by Smith and/or Thornburg can lessen the blow.
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It is funny. Baseball Reference has us listed as having no players under 5-9 5-9 Pedey, Vaz & Betts 5-10 Beni, JBJ, Leon & Holt 5-11 Pablo & R Ross 6-0 Kimbrel, Travis, Selsky 6-1 Bogey, Swihart, Kelly, Abad, Rutledge & Marrero Of course, these numbers are often fudged.
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Should Jackie Bradley Jr be traded?
moonslav59 replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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Chavis hit 2 HRs last night. He's up to 14 HRs in just 178 ABs!!
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It just goes to show you how people often read into things ideas that just aren't true. I've never heard any player or coach diss Sale. The uniform incident should never have been used to judge Sale as a clubhouse question mark or possible cancer element.
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Mark Shreve reports.... https://2080baseball.com/2017/06/rafael-devers-bat-is-ready-for-the-big-leagues-but-his-development-at-third-base-will-determine-when-hes-ready-to-make-the-jump/ ... while Rafael Devers bat is ready for the big leagues, his defensive development will dictate when he moves up. The write-up is detailed and covers all the aspects of Dever's game. Devers is off to a fantastic start to the year, hitting .308/.371/.544 with 10 home runs over his first 202 plate appearances.
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Steve Adams reports... The Brewers will acquire minor league shortstop Yeison Coca from the Red Sox as the player to be named later in the offseason Tyler Thornburg/Travis Shaw trade, according to Evan Drellich of CSN New England (Twitter link). Coca, 18, signed with the Red Sox back on July 2 in 2015 as a 16-year-old and has just one full season of pro ball under his belt. He spent the 2016 campaign with Boston’s affiliate in the Dominican Summer League, hitting .307/.370/.409 with a homer, five doubles, nine triples and 12 stolen bases (in 17 attempts). Baseball America rated Coca as the Red Sox’ No. 25 prospect this offseason, noting that he shows the instincts and defensive aptitude to eventually be an everyday shortstop with above-average bat-to-ball skills and below-average power.
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Here's the proof...
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Some current team numbers... Pitching according to fangraphs: 16.3 LAD 14.9 BOS 14.7 CLE 13.1 NYY 13.0 CUBS 12.9 WSH 12.5 HOU Batting 17.6 CUBS 17.0 HOU 16.8 LAD 16.1 CLE 15.3 WSH 14.9 TOR 14.7 BOS 14.3 NYY Runs scored 314 WSH 312 HOU 300 COL 294 NYY 284 MIL 283 LAD 283 AZ 277 DET 276 CIN 272 TBR 271 BOS at #11 (just 7 runs from being top 8 and 14 runs from top 5. 4th in OBP at .340 (just .001 from the Yanks) 19th in SLG but on the rise 11th in OPS at .751 6th in Earned Runs allowed at 208 (227 runs allowed is also 6th.) 5th in ERA- at 87 6th in WHIP at 1.23 1st in K/BB at 3.96 Best closer in MLB according to WAR (Kimbrel +1.7 with 2nd place at 1.4) Best starter in MLB according to WAR (Sale at 3.6 with 2nd place at just 2.4) 4th in defense according to fangraphs 5th in UZR/150 10th in DRS 15th in Base Running With all the injuries and "off years", we don't look too bad at the 1/3rd mark.
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I'm hopeful he ends up more like 2016, or at least something better than 2015...like his career norm.
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Beni is only at 350 career PAs. He's on pace for these numbers after 700 PAs: .278 18 88 .348/435/.782 40 (2B+3B) 18 SB/ 2 CS 2.4 (projected) WAR on BR and fangraphs He's no Fred Lynn, but he did come up a year earlier than Fred.
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Should Jackie Bradley Jr be traded?
moonslav59 replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I've also used the argument that asks anyone to choose one other stat that does a better job at ranking the best to the 10th or 20th best. Put the two lists side-by-side and see which one better measures the best overall players in MLB. WAR always wins- hands down. There might be a difference of opinion between #5 and #6 or even a #3 vs a #6, but the ordering blows away any other single stat. The thought of trying to come up with a single number to judge everything is fraught with challenges and complexities and imperfections, but it's a noble effort and I applaud the efforts to fine tune and improve the methodology and results. -
It's not unheard of for catchers to get it all together after age 27-29. There's a lot to learn and improve at the catcher position, and many times hitting takes the back seat.
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I couldn't agree more. I'm glad we have Chris Freakin Sale on his club, and I think Papblo is our best chance at geting anything positive out of 3B until Devers is ready.
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If you look at recent Red Sox history, you'll find a strong correlation between our starting 4 or 5 all getting over 25 starts and winning championships (or not).
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Maybe part of HRam's issue is the loss of Papi's "protection". Maybe another part is his injury. Maybe his up and down career is just at a down point. I think we'll need HRam to be strong by playoff time to have a much better shot at winning it all. Every championship team needs things to go right at the same time and THE RIGHT TIME! With a starting rotation headed by Chris Freakin' Sale, David Price, Rick Porcello and possibly ERod, I like how we might look going into any series against any team in MLB, assuming they are all healthy.
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Look again. TWO SEASONS. 2015: June 10th OPS .658 Oct 4th OPS .820 2016: May 9th: .693 May 18th: .726 May 28th: .781 Oct 2nd: .897 (Even his short 2014 season started out slow. He was at .624 on AUG 22 but ended up at .812.) Look, I have no way of knowing if Betts will "ignite" again this year, but he's still young, and many young players continue to improve as they near their prime years. Of course, they don't always follow a neat and tidy bell curve, but there is reason to expect Betts to do better going forward this year. Career: 1st half: .822 2nd half: .887 Best months to worst months over his short career: .959 August .874 September .865 July .839 May .824 June .740 April Pretty close to a clear progression from month to month. (Flip May & June and SEP & AUG.)
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6/4 @ Baltimore
moonslav59 replied to Youk Of The Nation's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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Agreed, but it's more their defense that impresses me.
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We're going to sweep the bastahds!
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...a bit more than "respectable"!
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VTek played a half season at age 26. Yes, he became a plus hitter early in his career, but he did have two sub .730 seasons in his first 4 full seasons (ages 27-30). Leon had been a horrible hitter for most of his career, including the minors, but he has had a few long hot stretches. It took VTek years to get to plus on defense, while Leon has always been a plus defender behind the plate. The two have almost opposite histories.
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Nice win today. Good to see Beni come to life.
