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  1. moonslav59
    Casas was a known China Doll, and we still traded away Meidroth & Gasper- not like these guys were great, but maybe better than Sogard & Toro.
  2. moonslav59
    I never assume a player will repeat his previous month, the next month, and I don't get why so many seem to think that. Does this mean we should have called him up after April? (.882) BTW, he's at .709 in May. Mayer> Sogard/Toro/Romy/Wong or whoever we are batting at 1B.
  3. moonslav59
    Well, the 4 slot is more valuable than the 3 slot (and so is the 5 slot,) so Devers or Bregman should bat 4th, IMO. We are hitting well, but not scoring the runs that match our OBP and SLG. Of course, Bregman and devers are doing great, so I get the argument to leave well enough alone. They both have the most PAs with men on base, but I'm not sure that more about playing every game of their slot in the order. Either way, this no the reason we are losing, but I do think we need to shake things up, and the 4 slot has been killing us. .171 BA 7 HRS 23 RBI (.518 OPS)
  4. moonslav59
    I've always doubted what people say was said, and the translations of statements made by Devers. Some posters have said Cora told Devers "to retire his glove." I doubt he said it, but if anything like that was said, I think it was wrong, especially with a know shortage of 1B depth and Casas being a China doll.
  5. moonslav59
    No, it doesn't mean that's the only reason to call up Mayer, but Mayer's struggles vs LHPs should be weighed vs Story's vs RHPs. Lately, Story hasn't been hitting L's or R's. I don't see why Campbell's recent struggles means Mayer will do worse. Mayer could blast off, if promoted. He could do worse. It's hard to imagine anyone doing worse than Story has for a few weeks, now. My idea is to play Story at 2B, mayer at SS and Campbell at 1B, so Mayer would be replacing Sogard, Toro and eventually Romy's bat in the line-up.
  6. moonslav59
    We do have options we have not tried, yet. We could call up a kid or two. We could bat Bregman 2nd and Devers 4th. We could try Criswell as a SP'er, like did so well, last year. We could give Guerrero another look. We could try I Campbell out, but we'd have to add him to the 40 (Casas to 60.) We could try something else and hope a spark ignites a flame.
  7. moonslav59
    Ok, well Story is hitting .547 vs RHPs, who we face way more often.
  8. moonslav59
    My position is to keep Devers at DH and play Campbell at 1B. That does not change my opinion that Cora should not have told Devers he was the DH for 8 years and to "retire his glove." No manager should ever say that to a player, even if we had 1B depth.
  9. moonslav59
    It seems wrong to not foresee an injury to your only 1Bman and think you might need Devers to play there, someday. We just saw the "promise" Bloom made to devers about 3B overturned, and Cora/Brez learned nothing from it.
  10. moonslav59
    A decision need to be made on who plays 1B. There is not much we can do, in May, to fix the pitching, except give our starters a start or two more, then try someone else, already in the system. No ace will be traded in May. We've already tried 8 SP'ers and have yet to get a start from Crawford, Criswell or Sandoval. We have a few on the shorter ILs, now: Buehler, Fitts and Houck. I think our only options until June or July are to roll the dice with what we have.
  11. moonslav59
    I'm not sure Cora told him he'd be the DH for 8 years, and if he did, it was his mistake, unless Breslow told him that's what he should say.
  12. moonslav59
    The idea that casas was going to hit .580 all season is flawed, so thinking that's all we needed to replace to improve is not really the issue. I'd rather have Casas for the next few months than any other option we have, right now, or to trade for one. I could be wrong about casas getting better, but hey...
  13. moonslav59
    The Red Sox have played poorly and lost too many games they shoulda/coulda won. Game aren't won "on paper," and we are watching that, first hand. Our rotation finally got the depth we wanted, but we've already reached #10 and #11 on the winter depth chart. The pen was expected to have major issues, and they have not let us down on that projection. The offense has been too sporadic and has lacked timely hitting. The defense should have improved by more than it has shown. It remains to be seen, if we can or will turn things around. Maybe some returning SP'ers will give is a boost. They can't be much worse than Gio & Houck. Maybe moving a SP to the pen will bolster it, but I'm not sure Gio will do any better as a RP'er. We still have over two-thirds of a season left. We've seen very little to be encouraged about, but in baseball, things often change on a dime. I'm hopeful but not very optimistic, as of now.
  14. moonslav59
    We all know what Fldg % is. It's as simple an incomplete as BA.
  15. moonslav59
    Players do have fielding slumps, but Duran has been all over the map on D... kinda like his offense. Maybe, he'll come around. I'm wondering if he's been distracted, which affects focus.
  16. moonslav59
    Thanks for answering the sixth time. 😜
  17. moonslav59
    If a tree fell on the range, would fielding percent hear it?
  18. moonslav59
    Campbell has been playing some CF, too.
  19. moonslav59
    Mayer went 0-5, today. Anthony 2-4 w BB. Early went 5.1 of shutout pitching: 2H, 0BB, 8K. Jordan homered and Romero went 1-3 w 2B & SF. Clarke walked 5 in 3 IP. Arias went 1-4 w BB. K Diaz homered twice for SAL. Encarnacion 2-5 w 2B. J Gonzalez 3-5
  20. moonslav59
    He really has had that issue. Before today: 1.110 OPS in first (BR says 2 runs scored)
  21. moonslav59
    Correct. Darren Lewis ran for DH Manny Ramirez with 2 outs in the 8th. He scored as the team had 9 straight hits, including his HR! 1 PA, 2 Runs scores, 1 HR- no time in the field, as he was the DH on the bench for the 9th inning. April 18, 2001 vs the Rays
  22. moonslav59
    Here is a 2 part trivia question: 1. How can a player get up to bat for the first time in the 8th inning without being a pinch hitter or defensive substitute? 2. Who was the Sox player who did this, while scoring 2 runs in that inning with just 1 PA (a HR?) That is a hint for Q #1. (This player was not removed for the 9th inning, yet never took the field on defense. He was not a pitcher.)
  23. moonslav59
    They were good enough for me, too. Rico was a very good hitter. Burleson was my favorite player after Tommy Harper's days with the Sox ended. Burleson was a good defender, IMO. Rico was good at 3B.
  24. moonslav59
    Kind of a weird obsession with my types of postings.
  25. moonslav59
    We have Abreu back in the 4 slot, today. Toro is at 1B and batting 6th (YUCK!) Wong 7th DHam 8th at 2B Gotta hope Bello has his stuff or the great run support he's been getting, so far.
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