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Everything posted by notin
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Bad idea to have a catcher that can DH, although Adley Rutschman and Cal Raleigh do this quite often. Of course last week, Raleigh was pressed into taking the field from his DH role, and this moved Luis Castillo to take over at DH…
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Actually I think most teams do have a full time DH…
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That award is given out based on how the player handles press conferences…
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They can get a rental player this month whose contract expires in November. Like the aforementioned Drury…
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Really what this team needs is a 2b. Still. Valdez cannot field. Or hit LHP. Westbrook is the kind of player who should only start once you traded away your 2bman at the deadline and are playing out the string. Grissom is AWOL. And since Pedroia got hurt this position has been a void with the exception of some brief glimpses of hope from Brock Holt and Trevor Story. Not sure what 2b is available this month. Brandon Drury checks every box except the one that says “not having a horrible season at the plate right now.” Any other thoughts?
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Go back to pitching underhand…
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He’s like 5’9”. Maybe. Him, Yoshida and Rafaela are the Lollipop Guild…
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In the flow of the thread, it was easy to interpret you suggesting 1b as a potential landing spot for any new RHH…
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You’re assuming they all stay at 2b/SS or stay in the organization. And as I mentioned earlier, when Grissom was Mayer’s age (minus 6 days), he was already in MLB…
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I feel bad for the guy. He managed to put together a 9 year MLB career, something nearly 90% of those good enough to even reach MLB can’t do. And his entire legacy is that he was among the worst hitters ever…
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Manos: Hands of Fate is two hours well spent when accompanied by MST3K. Not sure anyone has ever seen that movie any other way…
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I think if they acquire Mark Canha, he plays DH against LHP with Refsnyder in RF. I think if they acquire Randal Grichuk, he plays RF against LHP and Refsnyder plays DH…
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DH is a position and it should be treated like one. It only differs in that it has no defensive requirements. Ideally, you want David Ortiz or Edgar Martinez in that dedicated role. Yoshida is far from the ideal DH, and I doubt he holds the exclusive rights much longer..
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This is very true, but you can’t slow him down even more by benching/platooning him. The Sox are just going to have to tough out that part of the season…
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In the end, I think you’ll find we might not be as deep up the middle as we think right now. I’m sure most rank Mayer well ahead of Grissom, but in 6 days, Mayer will be the same age Grissom was on his MLB debut…
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But his career BA was .215, meaning even Mendoza was above the Mendoza Line…
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Average fastball velocity - 94mph. Going the other way isn’t always a choice…
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He proves the point. They signed him to play LF and found him to be a defensive liability and defaulted him to DH…
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Two guys who might fit the Sox here are Mark Canha and Randal Grichuk. Both are free agents after this season. Canha (.851 vs LHP) hits lefties better but really is a bad fit for RF at Fenway. But he could DH with Refsnyder in RF. Grichuk (.792 vs LHP) fits better defensively, but isn’t hitting lefties as hard. Also the DBacks are only 2.5 games out of the WC despite being under .500. Their status as sellers is up in the air. They might deal Grichuk anyway since he is 5th or 6th on their OF depth chart. But they probably keep him if they’re not selling and platoon him at DH with Joc Pederson…
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Anyone can DH. I’d think they want a RHH for SS or RF. Of course they have Refsnyder (.899 vs LHP) and Romy Gonzalez (.833 vs LHP) capable of playing those positions, although neither is much defensively. 1b was the glaring need, but they aren’t going to platoon Casas, even though his slow start will be inevitable. I think the Sox best all-around OF is Duran-Rafaela-O’Neill, but Abreu has been too good to bench or demote. I’m not a fan of bouncing players around defensively as part of a platoon, but Cora is clearly not bothered by it. But if he just commits to leaving Rafaela at SS, then I suppose a RHH platoon bat to compliment Abreu is the most likely add…
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I keep hearing the Sox desperately need a right-handed bat. But where is this bat supposed to play?
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He was brought in at posts 610 and again in 612, which was the one I responded to that you followed up with. But he gets mentioned on this board a lot, which is 100% because I bring him up far too often considering that he’s maybe a league average player…
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I’ve watched a few games this year in person and on TV. I don’t feel qualified to call it an age-related decline, which is certainly possible…
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You're combining two players. The numbers above are from Chicago White Sox SS Paul DeJong, who is 30 years old with an OPS of .717 and 16 HRs. His metrics are uncharacteristically down this year. He has not been DFAd by anyone this season, Nick Ahmed was DFAd by the Giants, is 34 and struggles offensively over his career. But his defensive metrics are actually still pretty good...
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Still wonder why Jamie Westbrook gets the call over Meidroth...
