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  1. moonslav59
    I started one of the most wildy popular threads on the Globe site titled "Rumors of Papi's Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated". It was in response to a poster who continuously found ways to berate Ortiz. One his favorite claims was that "Papi clogged the base paths." Papi is a legend. He's probably the player that has come closest to single-handedly carrying a team to championships in a sport where that's supposed to be impossible. He's on pace for his best career season! He should consider playing another season or two and pass Ted Williams for most Red Sox HRs. I think he only needs 65 more.
  2. moonslav59
    I'd expand the active roster to 27 players and the 40 man roster to 45.
  3. moonslav59
    I've had my share of being wrong the last few years too, but thanks, crit. I was also one of the few posters to defend Porcello and his extension. The jury is still out on him, but he certainly looks better than 2015.
  4. moonslav59
    According to fangraphs, the Sox are 1st in OPS and runs scored 5th in RP'er WAR 7th in UZR/150 8th in Base Running 14th in SP'er WAR (16th in ERA-)
  5. moonslav59
    There are 20 teams with an OPS over a hundred points lower than the Sox. 8 teams are 150 points or more behind the Sox. 21 teams are 50 or more runs scored behind the Sox. 11 teams are 70 or more runs behind. 35 games: 70 runs- do the math!
  6. moonslav59
    Cris Young has now risen to a .731 OPS in 52 PAs. That puts the Sox in a class all by itself over this short sample size of 35 games. All Sox 10 players with 50 or more PAs have an OPS above .680. 9 players are above 723 and six are over .833! The Cards have 11 guys with 50+ PAs, but K Wong is at .560, Gyorko is at .685 and Grichuk is at .693.They do have 8 guys above .799. The Cubs have all the glitz by having 3 guys over 1.000 and 6 over .810, but out of their 11 guys with 50+ PAs, they have Soler at .536, Heyward at .580, Montero at .649, ROSS at .690, so it appears our offense is more balanced..
  7. moonslav59
    1) Vazquez/JBJ 3) Pedroia 4) Betts 5) Bogey
  8. moonslav59
    I don't see it as an oh for ten stretch on defense. JBJ has been a plus on defense so far this year, but UZR/150 just hasn't captured it yet.
  9. moonslav59
    I have always argued that OBP is more important than SLG, and the data supports this position. Maybe something like this might be better: OBP + OBP + SLG/ 3 would be best, but if the evidence supports a 60-40 ratio is more realistic, then work it out that way: (6 x OBP) + (4 x SLG) / 10. Now that we are so used to using OPS, maybe going with OBP + OBP + SLG/2 would be better.
  10. moonslav59
    JBJ is maybe the best fielding CF'er in Red Sox history. I say "maybe" because the sample size is still too small to compare to longtime Sox greats. There's no doubt in my mind, JBJ will go down in Sox history as the best defensive CF'er ever, assuming he doesn't get hurt or traded. His bat at the major league level has always been the shady area. Anyone who knows me, knows that even a 3 month sample size proves nothing to me, but JBJ's last 3 months have been beyond our wildest expectations. If he keeps this up, he may become the greatest all around CF'er in Sox history. Note: I'm not predicting this to happen. I'm not setting expectations so high, he's bound to disappoint. I personally think he'll end up around .800 to .825 career.
  11. moonslav59
    The people behind the UZR/150 metric specifically state that small sample sizes are not definitive. I believe they say even a season long sample size may not be enough.
  12. moonslav59
    Yes, there were many of us who thought his bat would eventually at least get to average. There were fewer of us who felt his bat didn't even have to get to average for him to still be a big net plus to the team. I always had faith he'd become a plus hitter, and I'm glad we never traded him.
  13. moonslav59
    Honesty appreciated. JBJ may turn out to be a very streaky hitter, so a bad stretch could be coming and may be prolonged, but I think we should all have faith that over the long haul, his numbers should be fine.
  14. moonslav59
    Wonder where all the JBJ bashers have gone.
  15. moonslav59
    Looks like the bats have heated up nicely. Maybe Papi should consider sticking around another year.
  16. moonslav59
    That Bill Lee trade hurt a lot.
  17. moonslav59
    1) Pedro 2) The Dodger dump 3) Ortiz signing 4) Manny signing 5) VTek & Lowe
  18. moonslav59
    The problem with trading for Trout is that you deplete the whole farm AND future budget flexibility. It's like the Kimbrel trade on steroids.
  19. moonslav59
    I always had faith that JBJ would at least become an average offensive CF'er. I expected him to eventually be better than average, and I hope that this year is the year to show plus offense. With his defense, that makes him a huge plus. The fact that other GMs were asking for him shows just how most GMs look beyond recent BA when placing value on players. Some posters should take note.
  20. moonslav59
    Not even sending Fisk a contract until a day too late was unforgivable. They could have at least traded him. They pretty much dumped everyone but Rice and Evans.
  21. moonslav59
    I've been saying for years that we should get our young players some reps at new positions that are more likely not blocked, but I have to wonder if Swihart's trade value as a catcher is greater than his value to us in LF.
  22. moonslav59
    My 16: 1.Sale of Babe Ruth 2. Tris Speaker for Sam Jones 3. Crawford signing 4. Curt Schilling and B Anderson for Mike Boddiker 5. Bagwell for Anderson 6. Lyle for Cater 7. Lynn & Renko for Tanana and Rudi 8. Bill Lee for Stan Papi 9. Cecil Cooper for G Scott & B Carbo 10. Pablo signing 11. G Scott, Lonborg & Others for Tommy Harper & others 12. Jamie Moyer for Darren Bragg 13. Dave Henderson for Randy Kutcher 14. Freddie Sanchez for Jeff Supan 15. Dice-K signing 16. Renteria signing (I think we ended up paying about $40M for that one year.) Others... Offerman? Matt Young? Steve Avery? The Brad Penny/John Smoltz tandem signing for the 2009 season? Lugo had a decent first year, but injuries turned his fielding from adequate to awful. The Manny trade brought us Jason Bay, who played well for us. We still have Brentz and Workman as comp picks for losing JBay, but that's not really much.
  23. moonslav59
    Yeah, they'd insist on a Benintendi or Moncada addition. How about adding Kelly to my original offer. I'd hate to add JBJ, but I think that's who Cleveland wanted last winter.
  24. moonslav59
    I'd offer Swihart, Holt, Devers and two from Johnson, Owens, Kopech and TBall for Kluber.
  25. moonslav59
    Brentz and Coyle are DFA candidates.
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