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Everything posted by notin
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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...
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Really in this case, he’s having his one bad year defensively. He has shown he has the skill set…
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Nick Ahmed was DFAd yesterday…
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Valdez can hit major league pitching and makes no money. He absolutely has trade value. Just not to any team seeking a 2b…
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DeJong.
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The Sox middle infield is a mess right now…
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Weissert should have been demoted over Booser…
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Of all the starters mentioned so far, I like Anderson and Eflin a lot. Not as wild about Eovaldi, simply due to his reliance on the 4-seam fastball. Kikuchi is another name I’ve seen mentioned…
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7/9 A's at Boston, 7:10 pm
notin replied to Maxbialystock's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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Tarver was more spare than John Christenson…
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As it stands now, both the Yankees and Royals are competitors for wild card slots…
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That’s essentially what those who “defend” the trade are saying - it made sense at the time. No one north of Atlanta likes how it turned out…
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I think of it more like trading Bob Ojeda to the Mets. Ojeda had a terrific year there and was part of that team that beat Boston in the World Series. Boston got Calvin Schiraldi and a few other non-descript spare parts…
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They can add Yorke anytime. But a lot of his opportunity rests with Valdez/Hamilton/Romy. These guys are not exactly Craig Biggio. It’s not too hard to envision any or all of them opening the door for Yorke…
