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I prefer Mookie leading off as well due to the fact that we have plenty of decent 2-5 hitters on the team. If we were truly lacking good 3/4 slot hitters, then I can see the merit. I'm okay with him 3rd, but I'd like to see him get the extra 20-25 PAs he'd get by leading off. It's also nice, late in close games, to wish for a guy in the bottom of the order to get on, so Betts can poke an HR to tie the game. Our bottom of the order is much better than most teams, so it happens often.
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Exactly. We're not going to trade HanRam & Pablo for anything good. You have to give to get. I doubt we trade Shaw, unless it's part of a bigger package that nets us a quality SP'er or a better corner IF'er.
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A lot depends on whether we sign a big bat or not. If not, I doubt we trade any corner IF'ers until we see what we have in Moncada, Pablo and maybe the rest of the year might help us determine how much we can count on HanRam vs righties and Shaw vs lefties. Moncada has also seen some massive split disparities on the farm. I'd hate to start him off as a platoon, but we may have to do that.
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Gotta think that if we had won on a base hit with Wright barely beating the throw, the narrative would be different now. Actually, there's be no narrative. It would be a tiny footnote in history.
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Hanley is in decline. Take away his two big games and he's looking pretty bad when compared to most 1Bmen. He's much, much, much worse vs RHPs. Batting him 4th or 5th vs RHPs is losing baseball. Tell me all you want about bruising player's egos and how players yearn for consistency in their line-up slot, but the fact is HanRam is close to stink, stank, stunk vs righties. At least you have to move him from 4th vs LHPs down to 5th or 6th vs RHPs, but I think he belons 7th, 8th or on the bench, depending on how Moncada looks. Young has to play vs LHPs. He's got the 4th best OPS vs LHPs over the past two years combined. He's not taking Benintendi's place, so he's the DH vs lefties. That leaves 3B and 1B vs LHPs for HanRam, Shaw, Moncada ,ablo & Hernandez. I'll go with HanRam as the best, so he plays 1B, and Shaw should keep/win the 3B job over Sandy, but Moncada is the wildcard at 3B vs LHPs. Versus RHPs, it's more complicated, but at least there's 3 slots for Shaw, HanRam, Moncada, and Pablo. If it's up to me, if Pablo is not in shape, hanRam plays. If Pablo looks good, all bets are off on HR vs RHPs. Moncada nd Shaw are clearly better vs righties.
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Hanley is 15th in WAR at 1B this year. His fielding is near the bottom. He may be better utilized as a DH next year as Shaw (the best UZR/150 1Bman in MLB from 2015-2016) moves yto 1B to make room for Moncada (in theory anyway).
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We'll know when we see the fotos or by next spring. Hopefully, Sox management will know before that. We're not going to piss $19M x 3 years away without first making sure he's useless. At worst, he'll end up like Craig and Castillo or traded as we pay near full value of the contract (or swap for an equally bad contract). This isn't really a big issue. I'm pretty sure Sox management is not counting on him to play a meaningful role on next year's 25 man roster, but that doesn't mean it's impossible for him to play his way onto the roster, even if as a Platoon vs RHPs at DH or 1B or possibly 3B, if he loses 35+ pounds. I'm not saying he will lose weight. I'm not saying I think he will lose the weight, but there is a chance he does.
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I haven't seen many other teams blow out bad pitching by Greinke in a long time.
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He should have batted 5th or 6th 20+ times.
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Not yet. He just got a day off and cranked an HR the first day back. He deserves a couple more weeks before thinking about that. Leon is looking like he's ready for a move up though.
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Again, I'm not projecting greatness or even that he makes the team. I'm just saying he is going to get a look and possibly a chance. Unless we sign a big bat corner IF'er or DH, there is a spot for Pablo, if he wants it and earns it.
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Counting today... 4 cities in 5 days. 3 flights in 4 days. Tough way to start an 11 game road trip! I think Farrell was right to give almost everyone a day off before this crucial stretch against fellow contenders.
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He might hit .450!
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That's because JBj should have been moved from 9 to 5 (or at least 6th) in May.
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I was born in '59, lived in Milwaukee until 1970 (just blocks from County Stadium). My favorite player was Tommy Harper, and the Brewers traded him to Boston about the same time my family moved to Portland, ME. I switched to being a Sox fan then.
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Steven Wright was just placed on the 15 day DL. HanRam is on the 3 day bereavement list. All in time for our 5 cities in 5 nights and 3 flights in 4 days start to our 11 game road stretch.
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true, and I'm not young sprout! I watched my first MLB game at Wrigley Field in 1967. I became a Sox fan in 1970. Since 1982, I have tried to watch every pitch of every Sox game live or on TV.
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8/14 even more Dbags!
moonslav59 replied to Station 13's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
After this 11 day road trip, we'll be close to parity... 16 Home 19 Away -
8/14 even more Dbags!
moonslav59 replied to Station 13's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Counting today... 4 cities in 5 days. 3 flights in 4 days. Tough way to start an 11 day road trip! -
Maybe vs LHPs, but I can't see hanRam batting above 7th, if at all, vs RHPs. He's really been struggling there for aa long time. Vs RHPs vs LHPs .......Beni...... ......Bogey.... ......Betts.... JBJ...... HanRam Mon......Young ......Pedey.... Shaw....JBJ Pablo/H.R.....Mon ...... Leon........
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Shaw lead MLB in 1B UZR/150 from 2015-2016 (650+ innings). He's also a much better hitter vs RHPs than hanRam. I can't see HanRam playing 1B over Shaw vs RHPs, if Moncada wins the 3B job. Maybe playing hanram at 1B vs LHPs will "keep his head in the game" enough to allow him to be a net plus. I can't see Young sitting vs LHPs, so DH vs LHPs seems to be his spot to lose. Young has the 4th best MLB OPS vs LHPs over the past 2 years combined! Sitting him would be a crime. That means maybe HanRam can DH vs RHPs and play 1B vs LHPs, but with hanRams decline vs RHPs, maybe Pablo is a better choice vs righties.
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All Hernandez has to do is prove he can hit better than Holt, which isn't that hard to do. He's better defensively at SS and 3B. 2b might be close. Holt should never be needed at 1b again. Holt's value as a 5th OF'er is significant, but it will have to outweigh his defensive minus vs Hernandez at SS If Marco and Brock prove to be equal offensively, it's a close call to me. Swihart's return could allow for him being the 5th OF'er, which would take that plus away from Holt. Pablo certainly would crowd the field, but that doesn't mean he's the one that might be traded, assuming he returns to health and is 15-25 pounds lighted next spring.
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Until Bogey started slumping, I thought he'd be better 1st with Pedey 2nd- Betts third, but Pedey is on fire now. Beni could create the next line-up issue. I hope it doesn't take as long as it did to move JBJ out of the 9 slot. Could we eventually see this? 1) Beni 2) Bogey 3) Betts 4) Ortiz 5) JBJ 6) Pedey 7) HanRam 8) Shaw 9) Leon or by next year... 1) Beni 2) Bogey 3) Betts 4) JBJ (start a second line-up with a line-up here) 5) Moncada (3B) 6) Pedey 7) Shaw/Hanram (1B) 8) Pablo/Young/HanRam (DH) 9) Leon
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Yes, Bosoxmal was right all along. Nice call!
