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Judge for yourself... 2016>2017 OPS Leon .845 > .659 HRam .866 >.786 Pedey .825 >.797 Bogey .802 >.773 Beni .835 >.760 J B Jr. .835 >.793 Betts .897 > .832 Young .850 >.712 BHolt .705 >.479 Vaz .585 Only one player is having better season this year than last: Vaz. Many of the players having worse seasons were on the upside of the age curve. Only HRam and Young are close to the down side.
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Not the worst and certainly not worst "by far"... BOS .646 Leon .659 Vaz .633 COL .632 (Team OPS worse than both our starters) Wolters .664 OPS Hanigan .669/Garneu .613 TOR .559 (Clearly worse than Vaz/Leon's .646) Martin .713 Maile .356 AZ .660 Hermann .609 Mathis .555 WAS .636 Wieters .683 Lobaton .492 CLE .620 Gomes .672 Perez .527 OAK.648 Vogt .644 Phegley .602 CWS .638 Naevaez .643 K Smith .621 Rays .648 Norris .637 Sucre .648
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When you combine catchers' offensive value as measured by b-Ref, and defensive value as measured by BP (which excludes pitch-calling but includes framing, blocking, and throwing), the Sox rank 17th in MLB. If you buy that some of the tremendous success of the pitching staff is due to pitch-calling, then Vazquez and Leon have been a mild asset. They rank 5th to last in offense but 4th in BP's defense. It's not broken, so you don't fix it. You hope that the pair hits better, as they've shown the capacity to do so in the past. I wouldn't mess with our pitch-calling tandem. I also wouldn't be surprised, if we end up better than 25th on catcher offense by season's end.
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Could be. The problem is, we have no good SS in the system near ML ready.
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We're an average hitting team, so it's not like we're 28th or something. We have almost everyone under performing, so there is a chance we heat up when needed.
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Our great history of hitting has often led to disappointment and failure. Great pitching might not be as exciting to watch, but I'm hopeful the end result will be satisfying.
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It appears Devers has much better range than Pablo. Maybe the error count might be similar, but I'm pretty sure the 2017 Devers will be a step or two up from Pablo's defense.
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Great point. I'm happy Devers is up. I hope Sox management didn't "panic", but I'm trusting they know what they are doing in this area. I'm also sure a lot of people were in on the decision.
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Understandable, S5. DP is not one of my favorite players, but I usually like to cut these guys some slack. It's a long season. People get grumpy and snippity. Most apologize when these kind of things happen, but I'm not sure we know the whole story, so I'm giving him somewhat of a pass on this one, but if this type of thing continues, then my views could change.
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I can see how Devers spending so little time in AAA looks a little panicky after saying they'd give him time at each level, but I've always felt like once a player is promoted to AAA, for the most part, he's only a hair away from MLB anyways.
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Yes, I agreed with you that trusting Sox management to know when Devers was ML ready was the right thing to do. Of course big team need always is a factor in these decisions and there comes a point where the decision tips to "call-up" time. I'm sure management had hoped there would be no need to push things with Devers. I'm sure they would have liked to have kept the extra year of control too, but if they think he's ready, I'm fine with their choice. If he struggles, I won't blame DD & Co.
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Robbie Ross to 60 day DL to make room for Devers on the 40 man roster. Kyle Martin to AAA to make room for Devers on the 25 man roster. Considering all the injuries our pen has dealt with this year, we hardly heard about the loss of Ross. He has been one of our steadiest pen arms over the past 2 years. 1. Kimbrel 2. C Smith (out all year, so far) 3. Thornburg (out all year) 4. Kelly 5. Ross (out for most of the season) 6. Barnes 7. Hembree 8. Abad 9. Workman (missed most of the first half) 10. Scott 11. Elias (missed all season) Plus... Boyer, Taylor, Maddox, Martin, Ramirez
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Last year, our rotation and pen were rather dull at the 100 game mark (with Wright out injured).
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No, I look at his whole career sample size, which is much larger than either 2017 sample size you provided, and I think that Moreland was just coming back down to earth. I'm not saying the injury wasn't part of the reason he declined, but I would have projected a decline even if healthy.
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1B Offense (Defense) from fangraphs 4. Smoak 23.3 (+0.8 UZR/150) 7. Alonso 17.7 (-3.6) 10. Abreu 12.4 (-2.7) 12. J Bour 11.8 (+4.6) 13. Hosmer 10.0 (+0.8) 14. J Gallo 9.7 (-3.6) 16. W Myers 6.5 (-8.8) 24. Valencia -3.5 (-0.1) 25. Moreland -4.3 (+2.9) Duda +5.7(+2.3)
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It could just be that Moreland was being Moreland.
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I hope he starts out hot, so we don't have to hear all the second-guessing.
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ERA- last 365 days... 87 BOS 96 NYY 96 TBR 98 TOR 100 KCR & TEX 101 HOU 102 DET & CLE
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AL Leaders SP WAR 11.5 BOS 11.4 CLE 9.1 HOU 8.9 NYY RP WAR 5.3 NYY 4.6 HOU 4.4 CLE 4.3 BOS Pitching Staff Last 365 Days: 26.1 BOS 23.0 CLE 20.7 HOU 19.5 NYY
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Last year, after 100 games, we were 55-45 and in the midst of losing 4 straight and 6 out of 7 games. We then went 6-7 over the next 13 games. People seemed happier with the team last year.
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It might have just been the wrong time of the month. It seems like a direct apology was in order, but to me, I don't really worry about this kind of stuff too much.
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I'm not defending Price. I'm just not sure we know all the facts, so I'll hold back judging anyone.
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He's done well vs LHPs in a small sample size, but I agree. We needed a new 3Bman, and Devers now has his chance. It seems like almost everyone wanted him called up, and now it sounds like lots of doubts.
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I guess this could be interpreted as Price coming to the defense of a teammate and not a sign that he thinks he's bigger than the team. I'm not sure we'll ever know all the reasonings behind what players say and do. This whole thing does not bother me at all.
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$150/6 implies the Tigers will pay $42M, as Miggy is due $192/6.
