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  1. moonslav59
    I'm fine with Bogey at SS, but I wouldn't say he's "good on defense". I'm a little bummed out that he showed progress on D last year, but then took a step backwards this year... UZR/150: 2014: -3.7 (20th out of 31) 2015: +0.9 (15th out of 31) 2016: -2.8 (17th out of 29) DRS: 2014: -9 (25th) 2015: -1 (16th) 2016_ -10 (27th) 2014-2016 combined: UZR/150: Iggy +7.9 (9th out of 32) Bogey -1.6 (18th out of 32) DRS Iggy 0 (14th) Bogey -20 (28th) If you're not a plus, I wouldn't call you "good".
  2. moonslav59
    Yep, some fans would rather sacrifice the efforts of 24 players trying to win the Division. Pomeranz and Espi were not the only two choices. Love Monday morning quarterbacks. How is it Monday morning QB'ing, when some of us hated the deal the second it was made?
  3. moonslav59
    I hated the idea of trading away our best wire-to-wires starter, but it looked like we had 6 good starters and we needed a solid RP'er. I liked the trade too. The Ziegler deal was a good one, too.
  4. moonslav59
    I was at a game. Rico ran once and someone hit a libe drive off Dick Pole's face. The ball rolled towards 3B and Rico ran right past it on his way to check on Dick. He was a classy player. I also remember, Rick Burleson (maybe?) running into foul territory to grab the ball and keep the runner at 2B. Maybe my memory is faulty, but I think it happened that way. Anyone else remember that game?
  5. moonslav59
    I wonder why our guy needs more time than others.
  6. moonslav59
    He has seemed to boot more than his share of routine plays, but out of 34 SSs with over 2500 innings since 2011, here's how Iggy ranks (including games he was playing hurt or while recovering): UZR/150 22.0 Simmons 11.6 Cozart 10.9 Hardy 10.2 B Ryan 10.0 IGGY 9.6 Barmes 9.6 Crawford Approx DRS per 3000 innings: 94 B Ryan 70 Simmons 66 Barmes 40 Tulo 30 Crawford 30 Cozart 24 Hardy 17 Hecha 14 IGGY 9 Peralta
  7. moonslav59
    Agreed, but the protocol has changed sine the old days, and 9 months from the surgery on 5-24-16 is still before ST'ing, so who knows...
  8. moonslav59
    Back in the day...when we were having all those Iggy discussions, there wasn't a man on earth that wouldn't have taken Iggy in a heartbeat had they been assured he's have a .275 BA after almost 1500 MLB PAs. The argument was always about him not ever likely hitting over .225.
  9. moonslav59
    I've been side-by-side with you on this one from way back. I was arguing for Iggy to be our FT SS, before he even made MLB. I'm a sucker for outstanding SS defense, especially ones with superior range. I remember doing study after study on how great-ranged SSs can make 60-100 more plays than bad ones over 150 games, which if you added the 75 hits saved to the guys BA over 500 ABs, he'd hit .150 higher than his projected .200 BA.
  10. moonslav59
    I loved Luis. That was the year before I became a Sox fan. That winter, the Sox traded for my boyhood hero, Tommy Harper, and I switched allegiances.
  11. moonslav59
    Thought the time was now more like 7-9 months.
  12. moonslav59
    Rico hit 40 HRs as a SS back in '69. (97 in 3 years from '69-'71, but in 1971, he was switched to 3B)
  13. moonslav59
    Where did you hear Smith will miss the first months of 2017?
  14. moonslav59
    I don't bet anymore... not since "Black Sunday" many years back, when a bunch of buddies and I, I kid you not, lost 30 of 32 bets placed.
  15. moonslav59
    I almost have more faith in Hernandez, Holt and Moncada. I won't go so far as to say Pablo. Shaw reminds me too much of Middy. Big flash, then back to reality. Shaw had 668 PAs at AAA and a .715 OPS. His .795 OPS at AA in 870 PAs is also unimpressive. I think even expecting him to play at his career .754 MLB OPS is asking for too much. I'm not writing him off, but I'm not betting on him winning the job either. I agree that signing another 3B scrub makes little sense. Assuming no 3B pick-ups, here's how I would put the odds on who is the opening day 3Bman (barring injury) and who plays the most innings at 3B next year: Opening Day: 33% Holt 25% Shaw 17% Moncada 10% Pablo 10% Hernandez 5% Swihart Most 3B Innings by season end: 33% Moncada 20% Holt 20% Shaw 10% Swihart 10% Hernandez 7% Pablo
  16. moonslav59
    How about these two back-to-back seasons by a Red Sox shortstop? .290 39 159 (led AL) .930 OPS .295 30 144 (led AL) .872 OPS I know bosoxmal knows who I'm talking about, but does anyone else?
  17. moonslav59
    Just looking at the numbers, it's got to be Teddy. Papi was the man come playoff time. Foxx was amazing in his own right.
  18. moonslav59
    I wouldn't either. I was joking. Verlander is being paid huge money and is getting older.
  19. moonslav59
    Like Moncada, Dubon, Swihart and Kopech for Verlander and Iggy?
  20. moonslav59
    With Hill it was always about his health. It seemed easy to guarantee him a slot (as long as he was healthy), and having to smooth over Kelly or Buch's ruffled feathers would probably not have been as hard as many of us imagined. Bosoxmal deserves an "atta boy".
  21. moonslav59
    That might still leave enough to get a journeyman left-handed batter to play 3B and/or DH.
  22. moonslav59
    I've always had a soft spot for the poor Cubs and their fans, and I never have liked the Dodgers, but I'm finding myself pulling for them now. I guess I'm always a sucker for the underdog. The damn Cubs have always been the underdog, and now they've gone and made themselves the favorite by kicking ass this year.
  23. moonslav59
    Just goes to show you that roster construction and best team on paper don't always translate into wins. It's not over, of course, but man o man, isn't Rich Hill amAAAAZing!
  24. moonslav59
    Some notable starter 2016 values (326 pitchers with 50+ IP): Top 13 $52.3 Kershaw $51.8M Syndergaar $49.2 J Fernandez $44.9 Scherzer $43.8 Cueto $41.8 Porcello $41.5 Verlander & Sale $40.6 Kluber $39.3 Bumgarner $38.3 Quintana $36.9 Tanaka $36.0 Price Others 15 Lester $34.7 28 Hellickson $25.6 29 JA Happ $25.6 30 E Santana $25.4 31 jansen $25.3 32 J Teheran $25.3' 33 Pineda $25.3 34 Archer $25.1 35 Lackey $24.6 40 Pomeranz $23.8 42 Hamels $23.7 43 A Miller $23.6 52 Wright $22.1 53 D Duffy $22.1 57 Chapman $21.7 76 M Moore $16.3 86 J Odorizzi $16.3 102 Melancon $14.3 115 Wade Miley $12.2 128 Zimmerman $10.4 131 Ziegler $10.2 139 ERod $9.6 155 King Feliz $8.3 192 R Ross $5.8 218 Buchholz $3.9 227 M Barnes $3.5 241 Hembree $2.7 322 Shields -$7.6M
  25. moonslav59
    Yeah, last year!
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