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No, he couldn't, and he got rather luck (again) that only 1 run scored off him. I would not say he had a big role in "stopping" the slide, but he did not lose the game for us. -
Catcher: check Shortstop: check Second base: check Those might be our weakest areas, beyond pitching,- either on defense and or offense. That leaves Anthony and the OF, with Jh Garcia & Bleis farther away, and maybe Campbell moving to the OF for good. To me, I think Anthony is our best prospects, but with such a great need for pitching, and an OF or Duran-Rafaela-Abreu locked up for many years and Ref as the 4th OF'er, it makes sense to get a GM who likes Anthony as much as I do, to offer the world for him. (World= TOTR pitcher)
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Yes, and he's gotten better from 2021 to 2022 to 2023. There is no sign of decline, unless one thinks the injury is a sign of more to come.
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He does not seem to be improving on blocking the plate or framing. His CERA-related skills are undetermined, at this point, IMO.
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I'm super pumped up about Anthony. I'm sure other GMs are, too.
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Was it unfair to call the Sox defense the worst in MLB history? (I never said that one, and they aren't even close to that.)
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He had his best season, with LAD just last year. .854 '21 (4.0 bWAR) .873 '22 (6.7 bWAR) .987 '23 (8.3 bWAR- led league) 4.3 bWAR in '24, which is already better than 2021 with 160 less PAs. I still wish he was with us, even at that hefty cost.
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Twinkies lost. Back down to 4 GB. KC is looking for real.
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I doubt it, too. I'm just saying, in baseball, tides change, often. I see no signs of a turn around. The SP'ers are doing slightly better than 2-4 weeks ago, but not nearly as well as April-May. The pen has been god-awful, but we all know pen arms are fickle. They can go from good to bad and bad to good on a dime. (Again, I'm not predicting a turn around.)
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I don't ignore them. You asked me to show where we lost 15+ games due in part to defense. I listed 15 games, then spoke of more that are not from official "Un Earned" runs. I fully realize our D has made some very nice plays, but the net negative is huge, Max. HUGE! Our OF D is solid. Our corner IF is about the worst in MLB. Wong is rated near the bottom. 2B and SS have been a disaster until Rafaela brought a little stability to SS. Valdez was awful and still has more innings at 2B by about 150. DHam, Romy & Reyes were not good. Sogard is not great. That's 5 positions of awful D or just plain bad. It is what it is. It's not as important as pitching or batting, but that doesn't mean being freakishly bad can't make a difference in 15 games. That's less than 10% of the games.
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Anthony 4-5 w BB, 2B & 3B Meidroth 2-3 w 3BB & 2B Campbell 1-4 w BB & HR Teel 1-2 w 2BB & 3RBI Valdez 2-5 w HR Fitts 6IP, 5H, 2ER, 0BB, 6K GRE lost as Paez and Dean pitched poorly. Bleis 3-4 w HR. SAL lost. Rivera 4IP, 1H, 0BB, 8K
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Rafaela may not be a net plus on D at SS, but he's the best we got. We also have 4 other OF'ers for 3 slots. I'm fine with Rafaela at SS, for this year.
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I'm not worried about our D. Our OF D has been superb, and I've mentioned it, often.
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Bernardino has lost the magic he had at the end of last season and start to 2024.
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Anthony is 4 for 5 and a homer away from the cycle.
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Anthony, Meidroth, Campbell and Teel are a combined 7 for 11, 7 runs, 6 rbi, two 2Bs, two 3Bs and an HR.
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On May 1st, we were 3rd in runs allowed. One June 1st, we were 9th. On July 1st, we were 11th. Now we are 26th. Is it impossible to return to the early season form?
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Yoshi-Da-Man!
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Duran Da Man!
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Nice article. Maybe with Teel on the rise, we'll see Wong in a back-up role. I doubt he can win any other positional job on the current team.
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Top fWAR Leaders and notables (250+ PAs): 9.6 Judge 9.2 Witt 7.7 Soto 6.7 Gunnar 6.6 Lindor 6.4 Duran 6.2 Ohtani 12. Devers 4.4 16, Matt Chapman 4.0 26. Betts 3.6 58. Abreu & Schwarber 2.7 90. O'Neill 2.1 122. Bogey 1.7 157. JD 1.2 160. Ref 1.1 175. Rafaela 1.0 185. Yoshida 0.9 Pitching (50+ IP) 5.4 Sale 4.8 Skubal 4.1 Webb, Sanchez & Ragans 13. Houck 3.5 87. Crawford 1.5 100. Pivetta 1.3 110. Criswell 1.2 120. Bello 1.1
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Sox OPS Rankings (280+ PAs) 7. Devers .940 18. Duran .876 19. O'Neill .875 31. Abreu .833 34. Refsnyder .822 50. Yoshida .800 It's okay to count Abreu and Refsnyder as one, since they basically platoon, but this still looks pretty impressive.
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That's for sure.
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I found 15 games where taking away the unearned runs, tips the balance to the Sox (9games) or ties (6) the game. Nobody know what might have happened in those games, and I'm not blaming poor D for 100% of the reason we lost those 15 games, but that is not even counting all the missed routine DPs, misjudged fly balls, throw to the wrong base, and other non plays that many other players make- sometimes with ease. No way is defense as important as batting or pitching, but when it forces the already over-worked pitching staff to get more outs than the norm, it ends up breaking down the staff, not to mention the morale of a team. Bases loaded, one out, hard grounder right to our 2Bman: easy double play, but OH NO! The SS double pumps and fails to turn the DP. The inning stays alive for the opps, and the next guy hits an infield single that our 3Bman could not make a pretty normal play on. No errors charged: 2 runs scored. The pitcher is so bummed, he then lets up a granny. This is our Red Sox.
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How do we feel about swearing on the site?
moonslav59 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Talk Sox Issues & Suggestions
I can see if it is directed towards another poster, but I guess I just don't see something like calling Pablo "fat" causes any board strife. Maybe, I'm missing it.
