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  1. illinoisredsox
    Since the All-Star break last July, he's hitting .193/.272/.287/.559. 9 doubles, a triple, 7 homers and struck out 100 times in 97 games. Some of that OBP is because he's been HBP 11 times.
  2. illinoisredsox
    As I posted earlier, career-wise, JBJ is 0-6 with 3 K's against Manaea in 6 PAs. For the season, he's got a .088/.139/.237 slash line against southpaws. So yes, putting him in against a lefty who he's had no success against could work against confidence.
  3. illinoisredsox
    Maybe a GITP?
  4. illinoisredsox
    This has got to stop. If Swihart were anything resembling a decent catcher, he would have been given a shot. He caught in 83 games in 2015 (78 starts); he was not good. He was horrible at balls in the dirt. My guess is that has not improved. He has caught 1 inning this year. He is listed on the roster as an outfielder. I have no idea if he caught at all in spring training, but he's listed in those stats as an outfielder and he certainly didn't catch much if he did. He isn't going to cut it as a catcher; people need to start accepting that and stop pretending we see something that the professionals (Cora, and the rest of the staff) don't.
  5. illinoisredsox
    According to SoxProspects, he does have 1 left, and with 3 years service time, he can't turn down the assignment. But he didn't exactly light it up in AAA in 2014 when they sent him down under similar circumstances and you really have to wonder how he would take it now. As I've written, his hitting woes have crossed 2 managers and 3 hitting coaches.
  6. illinoisredsox
    Exactly. Somebody posted it over the past couple days but it bears repeating: 2004, Sox went 16-14 in May, 11-14 in June and 14-12 in July (41-40 for 3 months and half a season) 2007, Sox went 13-14 in June, 15-12 in July and 16-13 in August (44-39 for 3 months and half a season, they also went 16-11 in September) As I recall, those years both ended pretty nicely.
  7. illinoisredsox
    Definitely an art to it. There was a reason Mirabelli caught Wakefield almost exclusively. Remember the Wakefield/Varitek high wire act in extra innings in game 5 of the 2004 ALCS? Varitek had 3 passed balls which easily could have ended the game and never given Ortiz a chance to drop one in from of Williams in the 14th. And that was Varitek at his defensive peak.
  8. illinoisredsox
    I'm guessing the fact that JBJ vs. Manaea is 0-6 with 3 Ks and slashing .088/.139/.237 this year against southpaws may have factored into the decision. Not sure which would be worse, he goes 1-3 and sits or he plays and looks awful at the plate (again), which could undo whatever good thoughts he had from the day before.
  9. illinoisredsox
    Perfectly true, except that Cora somehow was supposed to know that Porcello wouldn't have his best stuff before the game started? Or, assuming he figured it out in the 1st or 2nd or even 3rd inning and decided to put Bradley in, who do you remove, Benni, Martinez or Betts?
  10. illinoisredsox
    He missed the day they taught logic in logic class. He also wants to dump Leon AND Vazquez and use Swihart behind the plate.
  11. illinoisredsox
    How was that an error on the pitcher?
  12. illinoisredsox
    Got to be for real. He has options, they could have just sent him down for the same 10-day stint. If it were Johnson or Hembree, it would be a possible phantom move.
  13. illinoisredsox
    Wright activated, Velazquez to the DL with a strained back: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23504207/dustin-pedroia-boston-red-sox-begin-rehab-assignment As well as Velazquez has pitched, maybe a few of the pen guys should strain their backs as well.
  14. illinoisredsox
    Lots of them. They have a special name for them - pitchers.
  15. illinoisredsox
    I guess (though may as well a wash), but nowhere near the difference you are claiming. And as I said above, it's a sad commentary on the state of 3rd basemen today. Somewhere, Mike Schmidt and Brooks Robinson weep. Oh, and how come you didn't bring up the offensive numbers? Moustakas 6.8, Devers -2.2. I'm perfectly happy to let Devers develop as best he can at 3rd. It is also obvious that right now the game is moving a bit fast for him. The only way to get over that is to play. But for the short term, right now, Moustakas may have been a better choice. Long term, who know, Lets see where Devers goes.
  16. illinoisredsox
    That might be, but it lists Devers as the 4th ranked 3rd baseman in the majors; if so, then every 3rd sacker in the big leagues absolutely blows as a fielder. And I repeat, how can a stat be considered seriously if if differs so greatly from site to site.
  17. illinoisredsox
    Not according to Baseball Reference 2018 Devers dWAR 0.1, Moustakas dWAR 0.0 https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/deverra01.shtml https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/moustmi01.shtml Look under Player Value - Batting And if there's that big a difference between sites on the same statistic, how good can the stat be?
  18. illinoisredsox
    Sox had one this year by Marcus Walden. But it wasn't a pressure packed save when he pitched the last 3 innings of a 7 run Red Sox win. Kimbrel tends to lose effectiveness after 25 or so pitches. That makes it tough for him to get multi-inning saves, especially since he tends to go to multi-ball/multi-strike counts on a lot of hitters. I wrote this the other day, but I'll repeat it here: last season during some telecast, the subject of muti-inning relief appearances came up. The color guy, a pitcher, so probably Hersheiser or Kaat, said that today's relievers are not used to warming up, throwing an inning (or part of one), sitting down for 10 minutes and then going back out there. Starters do it all the time. Nowadays, kids are converted to relievers early on in the minors and are on pitch counts, so they never get used to that cycle. Kelly has been pretty good at multi-inning appearances. Miller as well. It's no coincidence that both of them were starters for most of their professional careers.
  19. illinoisredsox
    Could be that is how they see him,. H did have 10 relief appearances in the fall league in 2016 but 84 of his 86 minor league games have been as a starter (he had two relief games in the Gulf Coast League right after he signed, but the way thing work in that league are not normal). I'm not sure all of a sudden putting him in a relief role is a great idea, especially with Thornburg probably back in a couple weeks. DFAing Hembree is all well and good, but at that point, just bring back Walden or Poyner. Why mess at all with Beeks' development?
  20. illinoisredsox
    Why would you bring up a starter to replace a reliever? If they envision him as a starter (as they should right now), then that's where he stays.
  21. illinoisredsox
    Oh, I don't disagree. It was a virtually impossible situation and it's not like Varitek tore the cover off the ball. But, by the standards some seem to set here, he blew it. I don't think Kimbrel thinks he can get a 5-6 out save. I don't think Rivera ever thought that he couldn't do it. It didn't always happen, but mentally, he really always thought he could.
  22. illinoisredsox
    That might be, but it's not the only thing he posts. There are a (very) few who's every post is "(insert name here) xxx sucks" after every ground out, strike out, walk/hit allowed, whatever with nothing else ever added. Everyone has negative posts once in a while, and more often when the team is struggling a bit. But most add other substance to the conversations. Some clowns don't and IMO it's just easier to block them rather than have to scroll through 10-15 posts to find something actually worth reading. I don't like blocking people; some have earned it though.
  23. illinoisredsox
    Rivera had issues with it too. He had some success, but he failed several times as well. It's the nature of the game. A few examples in some big moments: 2001 World Series, Game 7, entered in the 8th, 3 outs allowing one single. In the 9th (facing 7-8-9 in the Diamondbacks order) allowed 2 runs and Arizona won the Series on a walk-off single. 2004 ALCS, Game 4, entered in the 8th, 3 outs allowing one single. We all know what happened in the 9th 2004 ALCS, Game 5, entered in the 8th with a guy on 3rd: Varitek hit a Sac Fly to tie it
  24. illinoisredsox
    No, he can’t. He has not learned the value of an unexpressed thought.
  25. illinoisredsox
    I hated to do it, but I've gone ahead and blocked the biggest naysayers (the ones who don't like anything and who aren't happy unless they aren't happy). So long as you log in to read, that just leaves the posters who want to actually discuss baseball.
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