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What an acting job by Kike. He had no intention of swinging. Baseball was two balls inside the strike zone box. Not even close to being a ball. I'll take a serious guy who doesn't say much with better baseball skills than an 'energy' guy.
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Does anyone think Santana is better version of Marwin? If versatility is key to being on Sox bench, at least train Chavis in LF at some point. I always think he's getting the shaft from Cora. I don't know what he's done to piss off Cora. He's hitting something like .275 and I'm sure his ops is higher than Marwin's.....
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Makes you think what the top line offer will be for E Rod. I prefer big money for an ace type and then go find other Pivetta's. I think we have one in Whitlock when he's stretched out at some point. Tanner Houck too.
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Tough to lug $30M+ around without hurting your back.
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Moon, no one responded to the article on Matt Barnes. It had some interesting 'suggestions'. Basically if you are a hitter and you take the first ball strike, you're dead in water. On the other hand, if you swing at 90% of first pitch strike, hitters definitely have the advantage. Apparently mlb hitters are swinging at first pitch strike more than ever (thinking 48%), but that's not enough to swing the advantage to the hitters. Knowing that a pitcher is a first strike thrower, would you tell the team at go ahead and swing at the first pitch?
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I would go watch Sale in his best year. Trout plays every day and you're taking a chance he may not even get a hit. I don't think fans go watch just one position player. A starting pitcher? Yes.
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Line up next 1/4 of season C Vaz 1B Platoon Dalbec with lefty 2b Arroyo SS Xander 3B Devers LF Verdugo CF Kike RF Renfroe DH JD throw in Santana and the line up looks pretty solid. We're removing sub .200 hitter in Cordero and adding a .300 hitter in Dalbec 1/3 of time. Other 2/3 should hit better than Dalbec's current sub .200 performance. Isn't this what analytics are all about? Problem with Chavis must be his defense...I doubt the Sox sees him as a permanent 1B, position he should work on is left field. It's all about fixing the pen right now.
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It's interesting to project out mega players requiring big money on our roster. A team can only so many of these contracts. I think three is the max on any team. I would say $25M or around it is a mega contract. Xander and JD Martinez fall short of that. Chris Sale in the only player for the Sox getting a mega deal. Next up should be Devers. Don't shoot me but I prefer Devers over Betts due to age and power. As good as Verdugo can be, he won't get $25M with the Sox. We need an ace type for 2022. Choose wisely Mr. Bloom come this winter.
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2021 Sox is all about identifying core group of players going forward. Beni and JBJ did not make the cut. Bloom is doing all he can to get something of value in return for guys that's not in the plan going forward. He's doing damn good job of it. I would have been so pissed to give out $24M, two year deal to JBJ.
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Another good outing by Andriese. 2.2 innings, 7 hits, 1BB, 3ER. In his six outings in May, he posts ERA of 12.71. Hitters have batting average of .320 for the year. Let's hope he can pitch like he did in April. Texas Rangers has the worst hitting % given up at .259.
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Trout goes to IL, could miss 6-8 weeks. The cost of Trout to the Angels is $35.542M annually through 2030. There is no way I'd go watch the Angels just to watch Trout. Betts made a better decision. At least he went with a team with record of success. What does Trout think of when he wakes up? Well I'll have another $35M this year? Baseball is about watching winning teams. I would no longer watch the Sox if they have ten straight losing seasons. No I'm not going to pick a new team. I would just lose interest in baseball. I'll watch as long as the ownership doing things to make the team better. A pitcher maybe worth $35M if you can get on them early. There aren't very many of them. Even top line pitchers don't win all the pitched games. I saw that G Cole got hammered the other night. I like Bloom's approach right now.
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Start of the year.....capacity limited to 12 1/2 % Last six home games.....capacity limited to 25% Come May 29th.....100% capacity Congrats to Mass residents on fast recovery during May. It will be rocking at Fenway.
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So maybe we'll use Sale out of the pen if he comes back Aug/Sept?
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Thanks....so it's more of pitch count than the innings, which makes sense
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Thanks.....I just can't figure out our bullpen usage....it just seems random...maybe they're searching.
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I don't want to put my thinking cap, maybe one of you can. What good is it to have a long reliever if he's shut down almost a week because of pitching multiple inning, say 3? Is it better to use 3 pitchers instead knowing they can come back in 2 days? Why stretch out Whitlock if he's not going to start? Our we better off using him in more high leverage situations knowing he doesn't walk many batters?
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I was thinking Darwinzon is high on the list, why waste him in a 9-0 game? To boot he's only one of two left handers and even Cora has acknowledged that Taylor is bit off. This is why I'm not a coach.
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I don't understand the strategy of pen usage today. We have our third reliever out today. I'm sure the explanation is 'they need work'. But in few days, we'll hear several guys are unavailable. Isn't it better to have one guy pitch three innings or at least two innings, shut him down for 4 days instead using 3 pitchers and all three are unavailable for 3 games? Pitching gurus, tell me I'm stupid. Why are we throwing Darwinzon? Maybe we'll need him tomorrow. I thought he was one of our better pen guy.
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Soooooo, best player in the league can't carry the team.....I think that's a lesson Bloom learned long time ago.
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9-0, Darwinzon throws 4 straight balls....what the f*** does he do in the pen warming up?
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Despite pitching 5 scoreless innings, Perez has a high pitch count.....how's that?
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Up 7-0, lets see what I can complain about.....
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Perez threw four strikes on Trout's 2nd walk......Trout is good and he doesn't need help from home plate ump.....I'm all for technology to take over behind the plate.
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That's how you get out of 4-59 slump.....good job Cordero.
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Not sure why you think Andriese is so high, I don't think he's any better than Witlock. Have you seen Andrese's May numbers?
