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  1. illinoisredsox
    No, Hill will start playing most of the time at 3rd with Holt occasionally spelling him; he has been a regular most of his career and will likely perform much better with regular playing time, Holt is still not at 100%. They are not going to put Moncada at 3rd base (or 1st) during a pennant race when he has never played an inning professionally at either position. Even if it's not long term, wrist injuries are nasty for hitters. Papi had that miserable year after having one and Pedroia may be the poster child on it.
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    That's 20-20 hindsight. There was no reason to think Price would lose it that fast.
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    Again, the homer and 2 singles (one a bloop came on 4 pitches). The pen started up after the bloop. How fast do you think he can react. Weird thing is Zunino was 1-12 off Price and Cano 1-11 off Abad and both homer.
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    Was that even a strike?
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    The homer and first 2 singles came in 4 pitches. That's not a lot of time to get anyone warm, even with the pitching coach visiting the mound. And there certainly no reason to have anyone warming to start the inning.
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    Pretty weak grounder; obviously not ready.
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    If you are going to bring past performance in ... Pedroia has spent virtually his entire career in the top 3 spots in the line-up. His weakest spot has been leadoff, his best spot has been 2nd. Leadoff - 645 PAs, .279 BA, >341 OBP, .412 SLG, .753 OPS 2nd - 3822 PAs, .300/.367/.448/.815 3rd - 1226 PAs, .300/.368/.435/.802 Pedroia has said he doesn't like leading off and his career stats show it's his worst spot (unless you want to drop him way down in the line-up where he hasn't been since he probably was a rookie). Again, for the most part this year, offense has not been the problem.
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    Now that could be correct; Victorino was hurt early that year. But one has to remember that Bradley hit .189/.280/.337/.617 in 2013 and followed that up with a .158/.213/.263/.476 spring training in 2014 (for what that's worth). Let's not pretend his offensive performance had screamed "I should be starting". If you want to say 2014 ST meant nothing, then 2013 didn't either.
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    As of June 17, 2014, the Red Sox had played 72 games. Bradley had played in 66 of them (starting 63 with 57 complete games). Sizemore had played in 52 games (starting 48 with 44 complete games). They were obviously both in the line-up at the same time a lot. Sizemore was released on the 18th. They were not keeping Bradley on the bench because of Sizemore. (all stats courtesy of Baseball Reference Game Logs)
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    Yeah just saw that. Sox haven't updated anything on their website. Layne must be out of options since Abad took Light's spot on the 40 man. Leaves the 40 man at 39 right now. Might herald a Moncada September call-up without having to do another move. Or that Swihart may be back in September?
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    That would be a nice statement except it's completely wrong. Bradley played 113 games in CF that year (he played 1 in left and a dozen in right) and hit .198. Sizemore played only 18 games in CF, 14 in LF and 24 in RF. By the time Bradley went down to Pawtucket in late August, Sizemore had been gone a couple months. A year after first bringing him up, not a month. Swihart had some issues defensively (particularly on blocking balls in the dirt). Frankly, he didn't look any better early on this year than he did last year. Now, they may have overestimated Vazquez' ability to hit, at least so far, but I think they had decided that Vaz was the franchise future at catcher and, given the less than stellar output in LF this year, decided that Swihart was athletic enough to do the job. Unfortunately, he got hurt.
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    If I'm counting correctly, the Sox 40-man is full. At least as of a few minutes ago, Benintendi is not on it, so who goes to make room? Brentz is staying with the big club for now, so it's not him. Martinez/Marerro? Or does one of the underperforming pitchers go instead (Layne, Johnson, Owens).
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    Everyone keeps talking about a period of adjustment. Let's hope Red Sox Nation actually allows that and doesn't start declaring him a bust if he has a few rough games at the start.
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    Yeah, but Leon has to block it, not ole it. Did the same thing with Tazawa last inning.
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    That's 2 that Leon has messed up tonight trying to backhand a curve in the dirt.
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    Will Kimbrel have time to warm up? Edit - Seattle manager helps out with a pitching change.
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    I know it's not over yet, but you were saying?
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    If true, that may well have been Brentz's final AB for the Sox.
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    Now the pitch to Lee was a mistake. He did his job but has been out pitched.
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    This pitcher is dealing. He's throwing strikes and most have been in really good spots. Hasn't been a lot to square up.
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    Well, no soft tossing type tonight.
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    Don't know about Light. 17 walks and 21 hits in 31 innings at Pawtucket. Lot's of walks last year as well. Sox need a lefty specialist. Don't know what your definition of struggle is. Abad since the break 5 games, 5 1/3 innings, 5 hits, 1 run, 1 walk, 3 Ks. All five appearances were a minimum of 1 inning. I can live with that.
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    Saw something about Pat Light; if so, a good deal IMO
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    Right now, Hanigan does 3 things for the club: 1 - He is allowing both Leon and Vazquez to catch 4/6 or 5/7 times a week. If Vazquez were up, either he or Leon gets the 2. Vazquez needs to play every day to work on his hitting, and the way Leon is going right now, that would change in Boston. 2 - He catches Porcello and for whatever reason, that combo is working. And as Crash Davis said, "If you believe you're playing well because you're getting laid, or because you're not getting laid, or because you wear women's underwear, then you *are*!" 3 - He attempts to catch Wright, which has to be like trying to catch a double header and so it keeps Leon fresher. Put whatever value you want on any of them. The first has a lot of value IMO. My guess is come September, Vazquez comes back up and Hanigan will be reduced to catching only Porcello (unless that magic ends).
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    We know he was out with flu-like symptoms during the Detroit series. It's possible that it's still affecting him a little, and let's face it, when you are already that borderline on your talent/performance, it doesn't take much to make you look completely awful. But something is still wrong. Earlier in the year, even when he was making out, he would usually make the pitcher work a little (foul off a bunch, make the guy throw 6-7 or more pitches). Now it's almost 3 and out. every time
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