dannycater
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Crochet and healthy Chapman...these are guys that can change a series.
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1000 percent. The WS crown is so up for grabs, it will be silly to mail it in, sillier to continue with some of the empty spaces that occupy Sox lineup and certainly a need for another outstanding closer type to complement or help Chapman.
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yes, agreed on that too...I should have said Henry--as it seems Breslow and Bloom and others were figureheads
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He was, agreed...he was horrific...and then he started to hit, and then the Sox were in a winning streak or winning mode when he adjusted to full-time DH...which is what--the most perfect thing you wanted for Raffy--no one wanted him defensively--we wanted his offense and his RBI and his power--you know EXACTLY what he was doing when Breslow impulsively salary dumped.
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Also I'll take 4 HR, 15 RBI...it's 4 more and 14 more RBI than Matslumpy
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You discount Devers every chance you get, I don't care about a "slump" as much as I care about a non-power hitter take his spot in the every day lineup..it's a massive down-grade...massive from a run producing point of view
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At least Fred is consistent.
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different Story if he was a Sox in some of the parks including Fenway. What he does as a Giant is irrelevant
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Yikes, so it's better to have a guy do nothing in a playoff chase than find a better option that is already available on the roster. You could play a number of guys who are sitting every other day over Yoshi
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You can go around and around on the subject that Duran brought up and I know it's ad nauseum at this point, but I don't care anymore about the feel good and the "happy camaraderie" of the clubhouse...and yes you want some of that too--but Devers absence is costing this team more and more in games like yesterday.
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trade him? who wants him...answer no one.
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Also is there some rule that means Yoshi has to be DH and not have Duran, Abreu, Raffy (why is he playing 2nd??) and Anthony share the DH spot--meaning 4 OF can co-exist. If Yoshida wasn't a salary albatross I doubt he is on the MLB roster.
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This is what I said when I heard about the clearing a path for Masa...the guy is useless, and no better than Rusney Castillo or other disastrous signings of non-MLB entities who are being touted as the next whatever flavor of the month.
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you called it...it was a bad situation all the way around. I can't blame Hicks and I can't blame Cora and I really can't be upset the way the game went South...long rain delay destroyed all the feel good momentum of Roman's great RBI hit
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"Roman Anthony, who was 4 when Kershaw made his major league debut in 2008, followed with a double to center field that gave the Sox a two-run lead." That's why baseball is such a great game..factoids that make you go, you got to be kidding me. Rich Hill and Venus Williams playing in sports events after long layoffs the same day--both at age 45. Love sports trivia.
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So again, in this win, Crochet holds the fort like an ace after rough beginning. This is what true aces do...and often like I said--you get rewarded for being that guy. Offense seems to want to do things for that guy or at least do enough to earn a win.
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As a hard-core B's fan, couldn't agree more.
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A Realistic View of the 2025 Red Sox: Part II
dannycater replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
135 Plate Appearances this season combined between Wong and Yoshida = 4 doubles, 2 RBI 6 Plate Appearancers last night by Kurtz = 4 HR, 1 double, 8 RBI Last 14 PA by Kyle Schwarber (35 plus HR last 4 seasons in a row for Phils) = 4 HR, 8 RBI Last 14 PA by Raffy Devers = 2 HR, 2 doubles, 5 RBI -
The Rice is wrong! The best starting pitchers were absolutely as good/better, but after that forget it. Relievers were not better then, and the backend starters were Al Nipper-esque...batting practice guys that hitters feasted on. I am from that era too. Yes, Big Papi did go out on top, just right before the specialized pitching reached new heights in velocity, spin. I think the best hitters, the best average/power guys simply are really great athletes too and certainly compare favorably or better than the best of all-time...
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I watch the hitters and the pitchers...it's a brave new world...every pitcher can throw 98 to 103 it seems, some have changeups that Tommy Glavine would be proud...the hitters are timing and taught to drive the ball...the end result is a ton of Ks...Roman Anthony looks strangely like a throwback--he has a line drive swing and even though he is set up to be this power hitter I wonder if he thrives at MLB by being the line drive doubles, RBI guy--and here's a guy who struck out 4x twice in the series...contact hitters or the idea of contact hitters--the best ones never faced this type of pitching every day---including multiple different relievers who have same 100 mph repertoire...Gwynn, Boggs faced mostly same pitcher 3x at least, often 4 in a game--definitely all the pre-1970s hitters contact guys didn't have to deal with velocity as much or face more than 1 or 2 pitchers in a single game. You could face 4 different pitchers in some games in today MLB
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Narvaez...that was justice that he won it...perfect...Go Sox!
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tough break on the tying HR
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See, I would have had Devers...but hey what do I know
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Yoshida is brutal
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Platoon v. great pitching often means nothing.
