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  1. notin
    Devers has 1.2fWAR. Extension justified?
  2. notin
    His OPS sway from Coors was apparently the same as Bogaets’ OPS away from Fenway. And Story crushed him in defensive metrics…
  3. notin
    Even now, if the Sox played: C - Wong 1b - Turner 2b - Hernandez SS - Reyes (and Chang when healthy) 3b - Devers LF - Verdugo CF - Duran RF - Duvall DH - Yoshida That’s not a terrible defense. It’s not elite but it would be a MASSIVE improvement over any alignment the Sox currently use. (Rafaela would upgrade SS, but that ain’t happening.) Id like to keep Casas in there and would even demote Duran, but that leaves Turner at 2b. Ten years ago, I could see putting him there. But not today…
  4. notin
    That was mitigated by playing him at 2b, which worked out to perfection defensively. But once he went down in December, Bloom had plenty of time to get a replacement. And while Mondesi is a terrific talent that got displaced in KC, if your problem is SS injuries, he’s not the ideal solution. Iglesias was out there. Ditto the much better Elvis Andrus. Not sure why either was ignored. Maybe they knew what they had in Chang? I don’t dungs it likely considering how long they stick with Kike at SS before giving Chang a chance. I like Duvall as a player, but through some re-arranging, it turns out he was the replacement for Story. Andrus at SS, Kike in CF is a good defensive start. As much as the Bradley acquisition was trashed, was there really anything wrong defensively with the Verdugo-Hernandez-Bradley OF? So much better than Yoshida-Duvall-Verdugo.
  5. notin
    Unlike Sale, Story had virtually no IL time in his career before signing in Boston…
  6. notin
    Story was my least favorite from that SS free agent class. The only reason I liked that deal was it killed the notion the Sox were done spending big on free agents. The guy is a good player and a solid defensive SS when healthy. His fWAR was comparable to Bogaerts. But he’s struggled to stay on the field in Boston, which he never did in Colorado…
  7. notin
    Garza is a fringe talent at best. The problem is the Sox pitchers in the upper minors, especially Mata (currently injured), Walter and Murphy have all simultaneously collapsed…
  8. notin
    Was that really a good performance from Seabold or just a bad one from the offense?
  9. notin
    Yeah he had the pieces for a much better defense. But not replacing Story with a (healthy) SS had a significant trickle-down effect…
  10. notin
    Probably not. Starting pitching is only one way - and clearly the most expensive way - to win. Look at this years top teams. Tampa has maybe 3 actual SP (4 if Rasmussen is healthy). They certainly have one guy (McClanahan) everyone would call an ace.. They use starters and bullpen arms a lot. Baltimore has no pitcher anyone would call an ace, and probably no SP most would consider a #2. Texas went out and bought an ace. He’s out for the year. But are getting by with other acquisitions and a ridiculously good defense. These are the best teams. Two have aces. All 3 have great defense, which is their common thread…
  11. notin
    And it’s official. Verdugo’s failure to slide lost the game
  12. notin
    It was a dumb call to bunt there. It wasn’ta suicide squeeze and the infield was in…
  13. notin
    That inning is just the epitome of this stretch for the Sox. If Duran doesn’t steal third, McGuire’s line drive likely goes between the first baseman and second baseman and Duran scores. Even when they do something right, it hurts them…
  14. notin
    Will Cora get gutsy and call for the steal of home?
  15. notin
    Can’t fault McGuire there..
  16. notin
    This series…
  17. notin
    Arroyo with 2 hard shots and nothing to show for it…
  18. notin
    Most of us said that 3 weeks ago..,
  19. notin
    So you’re saying he will be benched tomorrow…
  20. notin
    Certainly not today. Although when teams are struggling, there always seems to be a tendency to try to force something that often turns out boneheaded in hindsight. Like Wong trying for second last night..
  21. notin
    So they’re replacing Bird with Hand. Please tell me Matt Bush is warming up next…
  22. notin
    But Verdugo all but stopped after rounding third. He didn’t do that and he scored easily…
  23. notin
    Yes but they can go down, which of why o say they tend towards being cumulative…
  24. notin
    On the bright side, the baserunning f*** up by Verdugo just became irrelevant since Kluber will give up the next 6 runs…
  25. notin
    Game got close again and Cora hates that…
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