moonslav59
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2016 to 2017 Sox OPS 1.045 DH .769 (-276) .886 RF .782 (-104) .851 CF .790 (-61) .825 2B .751 (-74) .807 1B .759 (-48) .784 SS .708 (-76) .759 LF .739 (-20) .686 3B .659 (-27) .655 C .693 (+38) My hope before the year started was that an improvement in LF and 3B would help partially offset the sure loss at DH. I also expected our catcher OPS to stay about the same, despite the expected decline by Leon, because Vaz, Hanigan and Holaday all stunk to high heavens last year. All these three things happened, if you count Devers at 3B and beni in LF by themselves, but the rest of the team collapsed. Here's some more interesting comps to last year: Batting slots: 2016 to 2017 .874 1st .751 (-123) .770 2nd .789 (+19) .881 3rd .798 (-83) .940 4th .746 (-194) .793 5th .659 (-134) .795 6th .756 (-39) .660 8th .755 (+95) .758 7th .656 (-102) The major losses from the 3-5 slot have killed us. OBP 1-2 slots 2016-2017 .365 1st .328 .352 2nd .359 Only the 1 slot has let us down here. .787 9th
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Still, .821 beats the hell out of our overall OPS. Plus, even if we did even worse some of our hitters have to do something about their predictable approach.
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We don't have a 1Bman. We could move Devers to 1B.
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I don't get it either. We have the youngest Sox team in years and years. No hitter is over 33. We shouldn't be looking tired, but I agree we do. Good thing we called up all those players from AAA. We needed them all last night.
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Our offense tonight: 11 for 63 (.175)
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So was everybody, but it was HanRam that came through.
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Bullpen tonight: 13 IP 0 ER 6 H 3 BB 15 Ks
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Han Ram Everyone's battering ram. Comin' up blastin' like Yosemite Sam!
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23 Ks so far
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It's like when you get stuck watching a bad movie, but you have to stick it out to see how it ends. The ending usually ends up being worse than the movie.
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So, we need offense next year. here's a look at the wRC+ leaders from 2016-2017 combined who are FAs this winter or possible trade targets: 2. Votto 162 5. Donaldson 150 6. JD Martinez 148 12. Stanton 142 16. Beltre 135 23. Miggy 127 24. Abreu 126 28. Dozier 125 37. Upton 121 39. Morrison 119 42. Hosmer 117 44. Bruce 116 49. Cozart 114 What are the odds we get one of these guys this winter? What are the odds we get someone who is over 125?
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and people wanted Bryce Brentz!
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This game makes me want to start a thread titled, "A Realistic View at 2018: Part I."
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12 innings 6 Hits Yuck!
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This game is horrible.
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Maybe because he's still recovering from his injury. (To "rest him".)
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I called it imbecilic, after Kimmi talked me out of using the words idiotic and moronic.
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I don't know, but my only guess is the way he holds onto the ball for a split second before throwing it. That was all it took for that overturned call in game 4 vs the Yanks.
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...collective depressive atmosphere... Good one.
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BA and HRs. Here are the HRs trends by some of our best hitters. Betts: 5> 18> 31> 18 HRam: 13> 19> 30> 22 JBJ: 10> 26> 14 Bogey: 7> 21> 8 Pedey 12> 15> 6 For these 5 hitters our HRs from 2016 to 2017 went from... 123 to 68. We're on pace for about 75-80.
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Baseball Reference has us with 421 PAs on the first pitch. I'm assuming that measn we put the ball in play 421 times. In those 421 PAs, we had an .821 OPS. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/split.cgi?t=b&team=BOS&year=2017
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Maybe we finally found an excuse to can his ass, without having to admit he sucks as a manager.
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LOL The argument made by many after deflategate was that even if the ball was deflated, it made no difference. I never said I agreed with or disagreed with anything concerning that case.
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We've only swung at and put in play a first pitch in 421 PAs in 5368 total PAs. That's under 8%. I wonder how many team's have a number that low.
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Sounds like the same excuse the Pats used on deflategate.
