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  1. notin
    Maybe today, but not with that physique in his playing days in Boston…
  2. notin
    While true, Ron Roenicke certainly wasn’t the problem with the 2020 team. A roster so weak Ryan Weber was the number 3 starter and the big offensive addition that off-season was Jose Peraza were both much larger factors. Connie Mack and Casey Stengel could have been resurrected to lead that team and it was still going to come in last. That the Sox won 24 out of 60 games that year was a pretty disposing result…
  3. notin
    Or the Sox could bat Campbell leadoff in from of Devers, Bregman, Abreu, Casas, etc. and bench/rest/(trade?) the sub-.600 OPS that seems to have forgotten how to field filling that role in the lineup now…
  4. notin
    Sabol isn't a major leaguer. Newcomb isn't a major league starter. Casas is worthless in April…
  5. notin
    And what if Mayer - neither a bastion of health nor a Gwynn/Arraez contact hitter - isn’t any better? Or is worse?
  6. notin
    Even with the tech, I bet your wife can’t make contact with a 97mph fastball and handle the vibrations from the bat…
  7. notin
    His opt out should tick off Seby Zavala…
  8. notin
    A combination of a healthy diet, regular exercise and a daily regimen of about 2 kilos of Ozempic…
  9. notin
    And other than the obvious reason of trying to help the Red Sox, why is Cleveland making this deal? McKenzie only makes $1.9mill in his second arb year. And they just called up 23yo Angel Martínez to play 2b, and behind him they have 2024 #1 overall draft pick Travis Bazzana (and his .974 OPS in AA ball), both potentially blocking Grissom’s best and Cleveland’s worst position. Cleveland has a year plus to find a better deal. Why are they answering Breslow’s telegram for this one?
  10. notin
    Catcher help is on the way as the Sox sign Yasmani Grandal to a minor league deal. Grandal doesn’t hit like he used to, but he’s still a good defensive catcher according to most metrics. I like that they’re being proactive here. (Sabol couldn’t throw out the garbage.) But why not just promote Zavala?
  11. notin
    But on the bright side, the Sox get to start the 10th with speedy Blake Sabol on second and no ability to pinch run for him…
  12. notin
    Much to my shock, BTV called this a “Fair Trade”…
  13. notin
    John Farrell? The all time Sox leader in AL East pennants? That John Farrell?
  14. notin
    And who exactly HASN’T advocated for firing Kennedy at some point? Besides John Henry? At the rate he spews double talk, it’s actually possible Kennedy has accidentally advocated for firing himself once or twice…
  15. notin
    It’s frustrating at times, but thats also the hitter Casas has been since his MLB debut. Probably was in the minors as well, but I never saw him play there…
  16. notin
    I agree it’s harder to put a pitch that drills the mascot into orbit, but I do have my doubts that the lessons implemented by Fatse and Lawson say “above all, just swing. Swing hard. Swing fast. Swing at everything, including balls the catcher throws back to the pitcher.” Some of this is on the hitters…
  17. notin
    But the point of blaming a new hitting coach like Lawson for problems that existed before his hiring is certainly questionable. Certainly Lawson hasn’t implemented any quick fixes except on Rafaela (assuming it was him). But stopping aggressive hitters from being aggressive rarely works. High strikeouts are often paired with good power. So is the problem too many K’s? Or a lack of power? “Both” isnt the answer, and to me suggests it’s the lower power output…
  18. notin
    Really? This lineup has major league hitters in it, many of whom were good at striking out before coming to Boston. Some even had that propensity in the minors. Getting new hiring coaches isnt going to make Story, Devers, Casas, c etc. suddenly morph into contact hitters. But if you’re going to believe that, do they also get credit for Rafaela? Last year he swung at nearly every pitch and even the occasional first base pickoff attempt, but right now has only 4K and already 4BB on the season…
  19. notin
    I think Hamilton was only playing because he needed to get some action. And it’s not like he can handle anything except but 2b…
  20. notin
    But Casas actually has better numbers vs LHP than RHP over his career…
  21. notin
    Take that, Greg Maddux!!!
  22. notin
    MVP votes are unlikely. Player of the Month for April is probably his ceiling…
  23. notin
    No sure about qualifying, but Texas RHP Wes Littleton did earn a save (in relief of Kason Gabbard) in a Rangers’ 30-3 win over Baltimore in August, 2007. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL200708221.shtml But Littleton came into the game with a much more precarious 14-3 lead….
  24. notin
    Like Priester?
  25. notin
    And he drew a walk!!! Its good to see his walks reaching greater frequency than Bigfoot sightings…
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