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  1. moonslav59
    Very good points. Wanting to "see what we have" with DHam & Romy seems absurd. They know what they are. Neither is going to light the world on fire, unless it is some sort of fluke hot streak. It's just not sustainable. Maybe the idea is to ride this out, until Grissom returns, and then use Reyes at SS more often than not, but is that really a season-long, good option? The other aspect is, Cora has been saying he wants to get Abreu more playing time, and Refsnyder returns from rehab, soo. Our OF is overloaded. Maybe some of those OF choices are not great, but they look better than Romy, DHam, EValdez and Reyes at middle infield FT. (first 2 positions, then 1, when Grissom returns)
  2. moonslav59
    So many of your key players are 31 or older: 35 LeMahieu 34 Rizzo & Stanton (Berti) 33 Cole, Stroman 32 Judge 31 Rodon, Holmes (Trevino) That's about a third of your top 20-24 players. It might even be half of your top 14-16 players. Adding Soto and Dugo helps with the age thing, but both have one year remaining of control, so it may only help for one year. Many of the oldest players on the Yanks still have 2+ yrs left of control.
  3. moonslav59
    Yes. It's hard to know what the main problem is, but I do think who we select to be in our farm and added to our MLB roster plays a large role in why we have poor defense and pitching. Minor league coaching shortfalls may also play a significant role in the reality, but it's hard to know just how much, if any.
  4. moonslav59
    So much inventing of positions nobody holds and hen ranting against nonexistent points.
  5. moonslav59
    No doubt. I guess alternative facts are the way of the day.
  6. moonslav59
    More lies. Spew and then play passive aggressive. Typical. Like a feud is one-sided.
  7. moonslav59
    Flip-flop.
  8. moonslav59
    ..and when I cite stats to back my position, my "posts are too long," and "Oofah." Jansen is not the same guy he has been over his great career. I'm glad he keeps getting that final out way more often than not, but I find it hard to think anyone thinks he doesn't create drama, often. Kimbrel did at the end of 2018 and through most of those playoffs. To say he didn't just because maybe one guy is so calm and collected, nothing phases him (see I can play that game, too.) does not mean it did not happen. We could go game by game, but all we'd get for a response is "oofah!"
  9. moonslav59
    I never said I was worried sick. I was worried, yes, as many Sox fans were. If you honestly think Jansen did not create drama during that WS, I think you have a very different idea of what the word drame means. Keep believing what you want about others. I won't be offended. It's your problem, not mine.
  10. moonslav59
    Woo won game two 8-4. Nothing great from the pitchers. Meidroth 0-1 w 3 BB Hickey 1-2 w 2 BB & 2 RBI Kavadas has a BB and 3Ks. POR won 9-5. Paulino, Teel and Lugo homered. (I think that is 3 in 3 gms for Paulino.) 2-5 Paulino (2B & HR), Binelas and Mayer 2-4 Yorke w BB GRE won 6-4 Castro tripled Coffey & Ravelo 2-4 Ugueto 2-3 Gonzo 1-2 w 2BB KCampbell 1-3 w BB & 2B SAL lost 4-1 1-3 Bleis and Anderson
  11. moonslav59
    Nice how you think you know I reacted to those games played. Saying Jansen added drama is not saying I was worried sick. Keep up the straw man building. Jansen add much drama to those games. He ended up getting the out that was needed, but there was drama and excitement. Drama does not equate to blOwn save, losses and worrying myself sick. Read the game threads: do I sound worried? I'm one of the most relaxed person you'll ever meet, but you can go on constructing people's traits in your mind. I don't need advice from a quack who can't even get the diagnosis right.
  12. moonslav59
    The drama was real. It was not imagined. You must not have watched the 2018 WS to think that wasn't drama. Either that, or you have a way different definition of what drama is. That was crazy drama. Just because he pulled out of it, doesn't mean it was not drama. Saying there has been drama with them both takes nothing away from their great careers. It has nothing to do with the time periods being discussed.
  13. moonslav59
    Truth with evidence hurts, doesn't it?
  14. moonslav59
    Just don't call it "drama."
  15. moonslav59
    We should avoid signing Soto, because we have nobody to teach him defense.
  16. moonslav59
    We all know O'Neill is never going to play 150+ games and Duran can sit vs many lefties, so it's not like Rafaela as the 4th OF'er means 200 PAs. Last year, we were pretty set with Yoshida in LF, Duvall in CF and Dugo in RF (Turner at DH.) We ended up with this: GS in OF 135 Dugo 84 Yoshida 79 Duvall Our 4th through 9th OF'ers got 189 GS'd: 82 Duran 47 Ref 19 Abreu 18 Tapia 11 Rafaela 11 Kike (who might have been the FT CF'er had Story not got hurt) We also don't know if Anthony will be up for all of 2025, or that he will be handed 155 starts in CF/RF. When has Duran played 150 games plus?
  17. moonslav59
    We were clearly talking about Jansen and Kimbrel with the Sox. We did not mention it being about Kimbrel's last few months with us, but I think we both assumed it was understood. They were both incredibly full of drama with us, not counting Kimbrel in his early time with us. No doubt, their careers were not filled with drama more than the norm, but Jansen has pitched in 14+ ML seasons. First 7 seasons: 0.893 WHIP 1.93 FIP 5.3 K/BB Next 6 seasons 0.988 WHIP 3.02 FIP 4.4 K/BB 1+ seasons with BOS 1.297 WHIP (before todays 3 men on base in 1 IP) 3.76 FIP 2.5 K/BB Clearly, he has dropped off in effectiveness: 26 BB and 3 HBP in 50 IP w BOS is drama. Kimbrel before BOS (6 seasons) 0.927 WHIP 1.72 FIP 4.3 K/BB First 2 seasons with Sox 0.861 WHIP 2.07 FIP 4.8 K/BB 2018: 0.995 WHIP 3.13 FIP 3.1 K/BB 2018 Playoffs 1.59 WHIP (5.91 ERA) 1.8K/BB (10 BB+HBP and 10 Ks) That was drama galore. We are talking drama, not happiness or save %.
  18. moonslav59
    It's all relative, though, right? It seems like defense has dropped off a cliff all across MLB, since I was a kid. That being said, the Sox have been below average more times than not in recent years. However, the last 20 years, fangraphs has us ranked 11th. DRS 11th. UZR/150 4th! Perhaps surprisingly, since 2019 (5 years,) we look to be maybe 18th to 24th, if you average 4 numbers (I don't count Flg%.) 11th UZR/150 20th DRS 21st fangraphs 28th Flg% 30th OAA
  19. moonslav59
    Maybe, I'm biased. I grew up playing a lot of baseball all the way through college and some afterwards. I practiced, a lot. It seemed like defense came naturally to me, as well as baserunning and baserunning instincts. I did practice defense, a lot, but I practiced hitting way more and never got good at it. I walked enough to not be too bad on offense, but I never learned how to hit. Maybe, I never had a good hitting coach. I don't remember anyone coaching me on D, and I think because they realized I did not need any coaching on D.
  20. moonslav59
    Our next few games... 4/15 CLE (11:10 am) Playing well 4/16 CLE 4/17 CLE 4/18 CLE (1:35) 4/19 @PIT Like last year, we play them while doing well 4/20 @PIT 4/21 @PIT (1;35) OFF 4/23 @CLE 4/24 @CLE 4/25 @CLE (1:10) 4/26 CHC 4/27 CHC (4:10) 4/28 CHC OFF 4/30 SFG 5/1 SFG 5/2 SFG (1:35)
  21. moonslav59
    I did not mean to imply you claimed it was exclusively bad coaching. I do not think we have emphasized defense, enough in the minors or majors. I tend to think we neglect defensive skills when acquiring players- prospects and vets, so we start off below the curve. Again, I am not disagreeing with you, but maybe I give more weight to aspects other than coaching than you do. Maybe.
  22. moonslav59
    I'm not praising Jansen. I just pointed out his not allowing any runners to score, until 1 today. 4 saves- no blown saves. Yes, too much drama for my liking. (He did miss a lot of ST'ing, so maybe he can improve on that.)
  23. moonslav59
    That's absurd. Kimbrell's drama his last year here was real, especially in the 2018 playoffs. 14 IP 13 Hits 9 BB 3 HBP 25 men on base in 14 IP (1.786) You forgot that drama? Jansen's drama is real, too. 5.2 IP 8 BB Jansen's 1.276 WHIP with the Sox in 2023 was the worst of his career, and no other year was even close. (1.297 career w BOS, before today's 1 IP and 3 men let on base.
  24. moonslav59
    Yankee SP'ers 4.50 Cortes (4GS/22 IP) 1.72 Rodon (3GS/15.2 IP) 3.68 Schmidt (3GS/14.2) 2.12 Stroman (3GS/17.0) 3.00 Gil (2GS/9 IP) 1.50 Poteet (1GS/6IP) Red Sox Starters 3.92 Bello (20.2) 0.57 Crawford (3GS/15.2) 2.04 Houck (3GS/17.2) 1.26 Whitlock (3GS/114.1) 0.82 Pivetta (2GS/11.0) 4.50 Criswell (1GS/4.0)
  25. moonslav59
    I'm never going to argue the Sox have great defensive-teaching coaches, in their system. That would be very hard to provide evidence in support. I get your point. I'm just not so sure the main reason we've had poor defense, in the past few years is due to poor or not so good coaching. Some students just can't be reached. Some students lack the basic skills and ability to learn as much as others. That could be a bigger factor- or not. IMO, it's been a combination of acquiring players without foundational defensive skills and not very good coaching on D, or just a lack of focus on improving D over O.
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