moonslav59
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Maybe=maybe not. Certainly there is a strong chance Pablo is never going to come close to what he used to be. My statement that Pablo may end up with better numbers than Shaw was more about my lack of confidence in Shaw than any great hope for Pablo.
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Yup. Shaw beat out Pablo.
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I've been a huge Marco fan since day one of the trade, but I am not sure he is a plus defender at 3B at this moment. I guess you don't have to be a plus to still be better than Pablo on defense, but Pablo used to be a slight plus defender. The sample size is still too small to make a clear and lasting evaluation, but Pablo better start showing improvement on defense or he may be looking at losing his job again. I'm not as worried about his offense, especially if they do like they should have since day one: platoon him or at least demand he give up switch-hitting.
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They benched Pablo for Shaw last year. I'm not saying money doesn't play a role in the decisions, but the Sox have proven it's not "all about money". While Shaw might end up being better than Pablo over the next 2-3 years, I doubt he ends up a plus 3Bman.
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Don't be surprised if Pablo ends up with better numbers than Shaw.
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I think we had a better chance to win with Sale going out to start the 9th. I get the argument about not pushing a starter in April, but it was just 102 pitches. That being said, the choice JF made was reasonable, and I have no issue with the choice he made.
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Yeah, he's hitting the ball hard, but what's the guarantee that continues? Again, I'm not for benching Pablo. I am for platooning him and getting ready for him to move to 1B/DH platoon next season.
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Agreed, and that's why I have no problem with the choice Jf made.
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It's hard to yank someone who has so many important hits, but having him DH was an option when HRam was out..
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The thought would be to yank him, if one guy gets on, unless it was an IF single or blooper or yank him if 2 guys get on or he's near 115-120 pitches with 0-1 outs and a guy at second. I've already said, I have no problem bringing in Kimbrel, but certainly at 102 pitches a case can be made, April or not, for leaving him in for a few more pitches.
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You make a good point, but 102 pitches is what some give us in 5 IP.
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Man! Are we ever going to have everyone in the line-up healthy for one day? I'm not even talking about the 4 pitchers on the DL.
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Agreed, but he still sucks vs LHPs. He's been horrible for the last 4-5 years vs lefties. There's no reason to think he'll get better.
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I'm saying "bench him" vs LHPs. I'm saying he better start fielding better, or he may subbed for late in games and moved to DH or 1B next year. I'm not happy with his defense since he came here in 2015. His bat has done nothing to mitigate his glove, but I'm happy he's been getting timely hits in big situations. I hope he keeps that up, but I'm not sure that will be enough. He should not be benched vs RHPs, as of now.
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I'm not. To me, Pablo getting the FT job at 3B to start the season was "not clear", and I was responding to the "clear" adjective. Since we obtained this guy, I said he was a platoon player, and nothing he has done since his signing has changed my mind- small sample size or large. My main concern is with his defense, as it was back in 2015, but to keep playing while fielding poorly, you have to hit better than the norm. The guy said, "if he keeps hitting..." and I responded to that with basically with this, "keeps hitting like what? Crapola?"
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I wouldn't yank him. His 10 RBIs have been big. I wouldn't say it's "clear" though with 3 errors and a .224 BA.
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I think he meant he batted .245 in his last full season, so to say "keeps hitting like this" would mean keeps hitting poorly.
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He has 11 hits and 10 RBIs. I doubt he continues to get an RBI for every hit he gets, but I suppose it could happen.
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Probably not, but he probably will stop getting as many RBIs as hits as well.
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Keeps hitting .224?
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Sale is good enough to overcome the whole "4th time" aspect, but I had no issue bringiung in Kimbrel.
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Ben started slow in the draft and then had the TBall pick, but overall he did well: 2012: Marrero, Johnson, Light, Callahan... 2013: TBall, Stanki, Denny... 2014: Chavis, Kopech (CSale), Travis, Ockimey... 2015: Beni, Rei, Matheny, Lakins, Taylor International signings (most traded away): 2012: Margot (Kimbrel) 2013: Basabe (Sale), Basabe (Ziegler), Guerra (Kimbrel), Rijo (A HIll), Almonte (Ziegler), V Acosta 2015: Devers, J Diaz, Y aybar 2016: Moncada (Sale), Espinoza (Pomeranz), R Castillo, R Raudes, C Acosta
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Sad thing is no one paying $10M for Pablo. Just a bad signing by Cherington. If Pablo has a decent year, we might get someone to pay $7-9M a year for him. He'll just have 2 years left, which is a much lower risk. Look, we got the Phillies to pay Buch $13.5M/1! My guess is, we try to find a spot for Panda on our 25 man roster than minimizes his faults (defense and batting vs LHPs). With Moreland and Young's time up after this season, moving Panda to 1B/DH vs only RHPs would "get the most" out of a rotten situation. It's absurd to pay someone $19M a year to be a platoon DH, but if that's the best way to make it work, so be it. Hopefully, Devers and/or Hernandez can play plus ball at 3B by next year. We'll also have Travis in the mix at 1B. vs RHPs: 1B: Pablo (Travis) DH: HRam (Pablo) vs LHPs: 1B: Travis DH: HRam
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That 2014 draft class has looked better and better as time has gone by. 26th pick Chavis has exploded this year. 33rd pick Kopech had issues early, but bounced back and helped us land Sale. 67th pick Travis battled injuries, but is now a highly ranked Sox prospect. 164th pick Ockimey is still a raw talent, but he has big upside. Ben caught some flack for this draft, but now...
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In his 15 starts after July 2nd, Sale had 4 bad starts, including one with 8 ER in 5 IP. He also had these lines in the other 10 games... ND 8 IP 0 ER 1H 3BB Win 8IP 0ER 3H 3BB Win 9IP 2ER 7H 1BB ND 8IP 2ER 6H 0BB Loss 8IP 2 ER 6H 1BB Loss 8IP 2 ER 8H 1BB ND 8IP 2 ER 8H 4BB Loss 9IP 3 ER 5H 0BB Loss 6 IP 2 ER 6H 3BB Win 7IP 3ER 8H 0BB He was 4th in MLB in SP'er 2nd half WAR. 5th xFIP at 3.56 (among starters with 90+ IP in the second half) 7th in WHIP at 1.03 11th in ERA- at 77 (among starters with 90+ IP)
