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Or, they can do it and not replace (in kind) Porcello and/or Sale.
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The question is, who do you sit? Beni seems to be breaking out of his funk. JBJ is clearly doing much better and has inexplicably been hitting lefties was better than righties so far this year. I can see giving Moreland a day off for Travis, but HRam as a DH only is squeezing Young and our lefthanded-hitting OF'ers.
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harmony does not re-aggravate me at all. He's yet to aggravate me in the first place.
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The post said he is injured. I was pointing out that he is back from injury now. I wasn't trying to make an argument. You were right: his numbers are low in part because he has been out hurt.
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6/6 @ New York (AL)
moonslav59 replied to Youk Of The Nation's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Kimbrel for President! -
6/6 @ New York (AL)
moonslav59 replied to Youk Of The Nation's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
123 pitches by Pom to just get through 5 IP. Kimbrel goes 30 pitches! We're lucky to get out of this game with a "W". Big win! -
6/6 @ New York (AL)
moonslav59 replied to Youk Of The Nation's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
...but what about the 8 pitch AB he had? -
Blake has 2 RBIs last night.
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Other freaky splits... JBJ hitting 1.221 vs LHPs and .656 vs RHPs HRam hitting .809 vs RHPs and .553 vs LHPs Bogey's hitting RHPs (.862) better than LHPs (.787). 2017 splits... vs RHPs (20+ PAs): .862 Bogey .824 Vaz .822 Moreland .813 Pablo .811 Betts .809 HRam .787 Young .768 Beni .763 Pedey .656 JBJ .612 Hernandez .611 Rutledge .590 Leon .297 Marrero vs LHPs (12+ PAs) 1.389 Marrero 1.367 Travis 1.221 JBJ .867 Vaz .819 Leon .803 Betts .787 Bogey .721 Moreland .692 Beni .665 Hernandez .652 Pedey .605 Young .553 HRam .438 Rutledge .358 Sandy (PLEASE PLATOON HERE!!!!!)
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Amazing, huh? He'salso started 16 vs RHPs and all 10 vs LHPs.
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He's started all 10, but I think some were as the DH, when HRam was hurt or playing 1B. I could be wrong.
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Well, Chris Young is one of MLB's best hitters vs LHP'ers, and he's on the bench due to HRam's DH only cautiousness.
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Exactly! As of today, the 15th best team catcher OPS is .699. The middle tier (11-20) goes down to .678. That's average these days. Leon and Vaz are not "back-up quality". They are both worthy of starter labels.
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With HRam as a DH only player, I'm not sure how we'd make it work, but I'd certainly let Papi know, he's welcome back anytime!
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I don't either, but I think we could improve on last year's OPS due to Hanigan and Holaday no longer being on the roster. (Our catcher OPS last year was .665.)
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We're a much younger team now, too. Boyer is our oldest at 35. Pedey, HRaam and Young are 33.
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Leon could certainly revert to his sub .600 days, but I'm thinking he's just about as likely to be in the .675 to .725 range for the next 2-3 years. That would place him close to the middle of the pack with starting catchers. He's probably going to remain a plus on defense for those 2-3 years, so there's a good chance he will be close to average at least until Vaz and/or Swi mature. I'm not one to put much stock in sample sizes like 397 PAs, but since 2016, there are 32 catchers with over 350 PAs. Leon places 12th in catcher WAR at 2.7. That's pretty impressive, when you figure most catchers in front of him have over 640 PAs. He places 9th out of 32 in catcher OPS at .787. Cherry-picking sample sizes? Busted! Let's go to 2015-2017 and the 38 catchers with over 500 PAs:22nd in catcher OPS at .703. He's ranked 23rd in catcher WAR at 2.2. 525 PAs is certainly "back-up" numbers, but I don't get the need to disparage Sandy. He's doing a fine job as our starter, platoon or back-up. It may not continue, but the decent sample size is growing as he makes his way through his prime years.
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It's hard to compare anyone to the great Fred Lynn.
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No excuse. . I never said Beni would be the next Fred Lynn. He's doing pretty well. I think he'll improve as time goes by, but he'll likely have dome tough stretches here and there.
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This hurts. As long as he's back and healthy to end the season and go into the playoffs, I think we can get past his injury. A quick return by Smith and/or Thornburg can lessen the blow.
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It is funny. Baseball Reference has us listed as having no players under 5-9 5-9 Pedey, Vaz & Betts 5-10 Beni, JBJ, Leon & Holt 5-11 Pablo & R Ross 6-0 Kimbrel, Travis, Selsky 6-1 Bogey, Swihart, Kelly, Abad, Rutledge & Marrero Of course, these numbers are often fudged.
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Should Jackie Bradley Jr be traded?
moonslav59 replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
notin is one of my favorite posters. -
Chavis hit 2 HRs last night. He's up to 14 HRs in just 178 ABs!!
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It just goes to show you how people often read into things ideas that just aren't true. I've never heard any player or coach diss Sale. The uniform incident should never have been used to judge Sale as a clubhouse question mark or possible cancer element.
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Mark Shreve reports.... https://2080baseball.com/2017/06/rafael-devers-bat-is-ready-for-the-big-leagues-but-his-development-at-third-base-will-determine-when-hes-ready-to-make-the-jump/ ... while Rafael Devers bat is ready for the big leagues, his defensive development will dictate when he moves up. The write-up is detailed and covers all the aspects of Dever's game. Devers is off to a fantastic start to the year, hitting .308/.371/.544 with 10 home runs over his first 202 plate appearances.
