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  1. illinoisredsox
    The only way is if they decide to try and save a few $ cap wise by moving on from Leon. Sandy makes about $2M (which will probably go up in arbitration) while Swihart is down around the minimum. If so, then Swihart is basically a Rule V player this year. He certainly is being treated like one.
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    I don't know that it's stubborness at this point. To "fix" his swing, he has to unlearn his current one. Unlearning something you've been doing your entire life is not easy, and it's made much harder when you are playing every day. The time to really do this was the off season. I keep going back to the question, does he even like playing baseball?
  3. illinoisredsox
    Bradley somehow has a career slashline against Chapman of .667/.857/1.524 in 7 PAs. Chapman has gotten him out 1 time. Ever. Tis a very strange game, baseball.
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    Since Benintendi is hitting right now and Pedroia will be rusty even after the rehab stint, I'd consider putting him in the 9 hole as sort of a second leadoff hitter (leaving Beni in the 2 slot). If Pedey's getting on, having Betts and Beni hitting with a guy on base should lead to more runs. If he's not, it's no different than what is happening right now.
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    He can only rehab for 20 days (not games). Then he either has to be activated or put back on the DL. The last day to do either is June 3.
  6. illinoisredsox
    Looking back, Iglesias made 2 huge errors in that series. The first was in the 9th inning of game 2 and put the winning run on base. The second was just before Victorino's grand slam in Game 6 when he booted a probable double play ball that would have ended the inning.
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    You have a club winning roughly 2/3 of its games (108 win pace) and neck in neck with the Evil Empire. It is not the time to experiment/find out. That is done by second division clubs in September, not potential playoff teams in May. The coaching staff sees him every day. They see him in the bullpen and in the cage. They have the input from the minor league coaches. Not one person here has any of that information. He has not taken advantage of the few chances he's had. He has to do well enough to force the issue; he hasn't. If he's not playing, it's for a reason. If he were better than the other 2, he's be playing.
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    Didn't say WHERE he was riding.
  9. illinoisredsox
    Of course they do, just ask them:D
  10. illinoisredsox
    I know that was said with tongue firmly in cheek, but the sad thing is there are people here who would support that. To them, remember, 1) He's on a rehab assignment which started May 14. That can last 20 days, so he has to be activated NLT June 3 2) Even though he's still got options, as a 5 year vet, he can't be sent down without his consent.
  11. illinoisredsox
    Well, MVP referenced a picture of one with Willie McCove in 1969; it didn't involve having somebody playing short righ field though. https://www.talksox.com/forum/threads/18654-5-20-Orioles-at-Fenway?p=1143113&viewfull=1#post1143113 You should know one should never talk in absolutes; your profession has field days making people who do look, well, silly.
  12. illinoisredsox
    Vazquez hit .290 last season in 100 games. While that may be the highwater mark for him careerwise, he is certainly capable of putting up numbers in the .240 to .250 range consistently. Leon would probably be about 10 points lower than that.
  13. illinoisredsox
    OTOH, nobody could hit in the year of the pitcher anyway, so it may not have mattered if there were none.
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    None at all?
  15. illinoisredsox
    Yeah, but the O's had halfway decent teams a few of those years. This year isn't one of them.
  16. illinoisredsox
    Did I read the bos score correctly? A 13 hit shutout with no double plays?
  17. illinoisredsox
    Which really isn't all that different percentage wise. 7-4 extrapolates to 21-12.
  18. illinoisredsox
    Fair or foul?
  19. illinoisredsox
    It was a line drive near the left fielder; Nunez held up to make sure it wasn't caught, Vaz probably had to hesitate as well.
  20. illinoisredsox
    Cobb is having a bad season, but he does have a decent track record over his career; he's better than he has showed this year.. He has usually pitched pretty well at Fenway.
  21. illinoisredsox
    Dewey. He caught everything (as does Betts) and while Mookie has a good arm, Evans had a cannon. Teams simply stopped trying to take an exra base on him.
  22. illinoisredsox
    You know, he seemed to be coming around a little until that fingernail issue a couple starts back. Has sucked since.
  23. illinoisredsox
    I really wonder if he likes playing baseball; not all players do. It may be something he has done because he's been good at it (relatively speaking to the rest of us mortals)
  24. illinoisredsox
    No, he can take the pounding.
  25. illinoisredsox
    I see Natick and d-money are posting; Sox must be trailing.
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