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Yeah, he patiently kept our weakest power hitter batting 3rd for months, even as his slump became obvious. Sometimes patience isn't a virtue.
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1) I said partially responsible. 2) I never said every player's decline was his fault or even partially his fault. We all expected Leon to decline and maybe HRam, Pedey and Young, but not 9 out of 10. (Note" we all probably also expected Vaz to improve over his putrid 2016 numbers, so basically it's the 5 out of 5 I'm mostly speaking to.)
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The reason we have so few homers is because the bat boy thought JF told him to put a fork in the bats not cork!
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I'm hopeful. I have Smith penciled in to the 2 slot behind Kimbrel for 2018. I'm hoping Thornburg can be our 3/4.
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Jf was rewarded for those "past years" by keeping his job, and by the way, we finished in last place a few of those "past years". This team is also younger than any Sox team in recent years. Yes, that makes it harder to manange, but one should be expecting improvement as players move from 22 to 28 or 29 years old, staying somewhat even from 27-33, and maybe some decline from 31 on. We have nobody over 33, unlike teams in the past. If anything, we should have expected inclines not declines. I get the loss of Papi's bat, spirit and leadership extends beyond just the numbers he put up over the last few years, but 9 out of 10 declines with more than half being serious declines? JF has to shoulder some of the balme- just as he shared in the rewards of 2013 and all those "up years" (that wasn't actually as much as people believed it was).
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The bat boy has cost us at least 5-10 games!
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Countdown to the Playoffs - 2017 Edition
moonslav59 replied to Slasher9's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
According to your logic, it shouldn't count as good base running, because (by deep analysis) it didn't change the outcome of the game. -
Countdown to the Playoffs - 2017 Edition
moonslav59 replied to Slasher9's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
None of the plays I label as being "bonehead" have anything to do with aggressiveness. Few have anything to do with overaggressiveness. Forgetting how many outs there are, running with your head down into an occupied base, not hustling, and lack of focus are not a result of being aggressive or overaggressive. Linking the two is not facing the true debate here. Running into an out when you are thrown out by 15 or more feet may be labelled "aggressive" by some, but to me, someone made a mistake (runner/ 3B-1B coach?). Even if you throw all those out, we've still had way too many bonehead plays on the base paths and on defense. -
Yes, adding Darvish and a couple other mid level to big FAs should help you guys get significantly better.
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If he can never throw the slider like he used to, one has to wonder if he'll ever be as effective as he was that one year with Seattle.
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So, sign JD Martinez and a one year 1Bman and sit the $22M team HR leader, so we can improve our power?
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If we could trade HRam and save $10M or so, I'd sign JD in a heart beat- injury history and all. Then just find a cheap one year 1B fix and punt the decision to next year.
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I've mentioned JD as an option, and he's a safer gamble than Moustakas. He's a better clean-up hitter. However, I just don't see HRam as a FT 1Bman next year. I don't want to have to trade for a hitter. I would suggest JD over Hosmer, but I still think Moustakas is a better fit.
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Good story. Go Sox!
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On the 30 HRs per 600 PAs for Mostakas, I clearly stated was about the last 3 years only. Hosmer has barely averaged over 20 per 600 the last 3 years. And yes, our biggest weakness is lack of an HR hitter for our 2018 clean-up slot. I'm not a huge Moustakis fan, but he's better than Hosmer, and I'd like to avoid having to trade for a clean-up hitter. I'd much rather have Machado, but I'm not sure waiting a year is a real choice here.
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Sure beats finding a turd in the fairway. (like Masterson, Aaron Cook, Penny, Smoltz and on and on...)
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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
Agreed, but that article we both liked about Bannister sure made things look at least a little bit better. -
It really seems like the fix is in.
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Do the rules allow for a pitcher hitting and using the DH for your 2Bman?
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Post of the day
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Yes, you have questioned Chili, but I think the buck stops with JF. 1. Lack of fundamentals. 2. Massive under performance by just about all our returning everyday players. 3. Lack of simple understanding of the rules. 4. Not maximizing the efficiency of the line-up (despite how little it really matters) The pluses: 1. Maximized the effectiveness of our depleted pen. 2. Productivity of rotation despite the injuries to Price & Wright. Overall, he's a great pitching coach who is clueless in other areas of the game.
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Well, the Smith trade was not really prospects traded. I liked the Thornburg trade too, because I thought Shaw was toast. I loved the Sale trade. It was the type of trade I've wanted for a long time. The type of trade I wanted with the players we traded for Kimbrel & Pom. We've seen Quintana and Gray traded recently. I wish we had held onto some of our prospects, so we could have gotten one of them, but what do I know? Pom & Kimbrel have carried us this year.
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The age is a huge concern, but what worries me most about this idea, is that we'd have to open up several holes in our system to trade for him. That's why I think acquiring Moustakas or Machado is way better than Hosmer or Votto. On looking at Moustakas, his numbers over the last 3 years dwarf his early career numbers, so calling him a .252 hitter is not really doing a service to him. He's been a .278 hitter since 2015 with an OPS of .835. He's hitting about 30 HRs per 600 PAs, too. We don't need a 15-20 HR 1Bman like Hosmer.
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Had we won 9-4, I doubt many would have much of an issue with Porcello's performance.
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Apparently, the reason Devers wasn't called up earlier was because they feared his defense was not developed enough. He has a weird habit of holding onto the ball too long before throwing. He has also made some wild throws, but I do like his range. He's so damn young that I firmly believe he will improve enough to be a plus defender. I keep saying that the idea of moving Devers to 1B is not out of a belief that he cannot become a plus defender, and no I do not feel he is a plus right now (-5.1 UZR/150), it's about Moustakas and Machado being better at 3B than Devers, and both being better off season choices than Hosmer and other FA 1Bmen. I'm not going into the off season thinking we need to move Devers to 1B. Far from it. I just like Moustakas as our 2018 clean-up hitter a heck of a lot more than Hosmer. That's the "drum I'm banging" not the we must move Devers off 3B drum. Get me Votto without opening big holes, and I'll take Devers at 3B for 10 more years!
