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  1. Extremely weak. Last year’s Benintendi is nowhere near this year’s Devers and you know it. You can argue that the team turned around with the lineup change, but the fact remains Betts has shown himself to be a better hitter in the past with lesser hitters than Devers behind him. But I guess a lot hinges on one game against a struggling pitcher and we should ignore Bets career to date. Including the comments about the adjustments he was making that just weren’t working. It’s not you, Millie. It’s Benintendi!!
  2. But then what’s the extent of involvement for an “average fan?” Do they attend games? Buy season tickets? Watch every game on TV? Subscribe to Baseball Digest? Read baseball websites like MLBTR, Fangraphs, etc.? Play fantasy baseball? Or are we just talking about a guy who knocks back in a recliner with a couple beers and takes in a game because “Shark Fishing With The Stars” is on hiatus?
  3. Too late. The Yankees played in no World Series from 1903 to 1919. The 1900’s was a shortened decade World Series-wise,as there were no series played in 1900, 1901, 1902 and 1904...
  4. Actually a lot of fans in the general fan base do accept them. A big reason is Fangraphs. But some, like OPS, have made their way to the back of baseball cards. A lot of sportswriters covering baseball rely on them in their articles. Jeff Passan is nationally syndicated and uses them frequently. Most of the Bleacher Report writers do as well. So anyone using Yahoo (who publishes Passan) or CNN (who publishes and links to many Bleacher Report features) reads articles daily covering baseball with advanced metrics...
  5. Yahoo fantasy baseball is forecasting 44.5 saves for Eovaldi for the remainder of the season (which is 57 games). I’m taking the under on that one...
  6. Despite your campaigns to the contrary, the analytics have gained widespread popularity. And they will only be short-lived when they get replaced by newer, better ones. Which is why no one talks about VORP or Win Shares any more...
  7. The Manny-Bay trade broke about as close to the deadline as it could have. MLBTR’s original “story” was just a headline...
  8. Mookie had an OPS over 1.000 last year batting in front of Benintendi. And really, the argument is that Betts sees better pitches because pitchers fear Devers with a man on base? Betts is the reigning AL MVP. He’s not a guy who needs protection in a lineup (if you believe in that); he’s a guy who provides protection...
  9. Paying Betts would be great. But come 2021, this team will have a serious financial crunch with no good cheap players filling holes for them. A lot of Sox fans complain about Bradley’s offense. Wait til they see how his replacement hits...
  10. The Sox are still in third place, 9 games back, with only 57 to play. The division would be awesome. But the Wild Card might be more realistic...
  11. Betts had 4 3-HR games without Devers batting behind him. But now that it has happened one time with the red-hot Devers, it’s undeniable proof that “support” in the lineup and BOP are real and important...
  12. Recognizability. Understandability. Familiarity. Or are you saying they show W-L record because it’s really good indicator of a good pitcher?
  13. The Sox did acquire a rental starting pitcher. His name is Andrew Cashner. He has a beard...
  14. Right and not enough “the game should be played the way I learned it from my Little League coach and the backs of Topps baseball cards” types...
  15. Yankee starters are worse than the Sox bullpen. By a lot...
  16. Sent down when Moreland was activated
  17. The common use of wins to evaluate a pitcher is also the reason a sportswriter developed ERA...
  18. With their payroll, it’s allowed...
  19. In his last two outings against Boston, Tanaka has given up 18 ER in 4 IP for an impressive 40.50 ERA...
  20. My plan all along. My agent suggested a Squeaky Wheel Tactic...
  21. Or just look at ERA alone, which will give you the same conclusion 100% of the time...
  22. While true, every MLB organization has a Sam Travis and. Tzu-Wei Lin type player already that they’re not starting and not worried about.
  23. Trading Charles Darwin would make a monkey out of Dombrowski Rimshot...
  24. Who needs scouting? Look at some of the best young and up and coming players in the game - like Cody Bellinger, Vlad Guerrero Jr., Fernando Tatis Jr., Cavan Biggio, Adalberto Mondesi, and Lance McCullers Jr. Along with some of the game’s top prospects like Bo Bichette, Luis Garcia, Ke’Bryan Hayes, Griffin Conine, Nick Gordon, and Ryan Weathers. What do they all have uncommon?
  25. There’s a better chance of Dombrowski signing me than of him trading for Syndergaard...
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