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I knew that you would know some 'stat' out there. Thanks
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I would love to see a stat that would adjust errors, plus or minus by unearned runs given up. Not all errors are equal. What if Devers made 10 errors and no runs scored? Again, a two out error follwed by strike out makes the error insignificant. Update....I divided total errors by unearned runs for each team to come up with true 'impact' of each error. Interesting that Houston Astros committed 99 errors but only gave up 38 unearned run for a ratio of 2.61. That was by far the best in the league. Twins had the lowest ratio (their errors lead to more runs, thus higher unearned runs) of 1.39, committed 78 errors but gave up 56 unearned runs. So the Astros committed 21 more errors than the Twins but gave up fewer unearned runs. So much for Twins having 'better' defense. Red Sox cam in 8th at 1.84, thus our errors did not lead to unearned runs as much as other teams for 2017 regular season.
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I think we need to let the teams play it out on the field. I consider staying healthy part of the game. My concern is with health of our pitching staff. I'm sure that goes for the Yankees too. I'm not too comfortable with Pedey, Hanley and Moreland playing the entire season without visits to the disable list. As good as Judge was last year, his trajectory is unknown. Was last season his 'floor'? That's a scary thought for the Sox fans. Can JD extend his production from year ago only playing 119 games and hitting 45 dingers to full season? Was last season his 'ceiling'? Based on last year, Yankees will score runs. There's every indication to believe Sox will score more runs than last year. Also know that Sox have won the Division the last two years. COME AND GET US!
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For real. Hey why not just go sign Arietta? It's about choices. We made the decision that JD Maritnez was needed. I rather give Elias, Johnson and the Mexican dude opportunity to pitch. We got some youngsters.
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I don't like Holt as a player but I doubt he'll ever be accused of being fat. Matter of fact, he looks like he could use some paperweights to hold him down on windy days.
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Don't remind me of Pablo experience.......we were lead to believe to be optimistic......"He's in great shape" "He's lost so much weight" Only problem was he just couldn't hit. Talk about getting talked into being stupid. Yep I bought it all.
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11. Holt from 140 PA @ .548 OPS to 0 PA.
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People in love with Holt probably was sad to see Buchholtz go. But, but, but it'd only cost us $12M. I'm glad you don't manage my money.
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Another mediocre talent that Sox fans often falls in love with. Right now it's Holt. Just because you can play eight positions badly doesn't make you a super utility guy. And then he takes out Kelly by going up the 'middle'. If I buy the Sox, he'd be first to go along with anyone else that oppose me.
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Per Over the Monster At this point, with Thornburg still throwing off flat ground and having no basis on which to base expectations for the now-29-year-old, the safe course of action is to expect little from Thornburg. The righty has the talent to be a legitimate back-of-the-bullpen arm, and he’s proven that at the major-league level. We just don’t know if he’ll get that stuff back. The Red Sox are going to work with him to get it back, of course, and they’d be wise to take their time and value the quality of his stuff when he returns over the percentage of the season in which he can pitch. If Thornburg does get his stuff back for 2018, though, it is the biggest potential boost we could see for this Red Sox roster.
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I love the JD Martinez deal. If he has two great years, then he'll opt out of his contract. And if he does have two great years, we should be winning. When he opts out in two years, Sale becomes FA. If he waits another year to opt out, Betts becomes a FA. I seriously doubt he will finish out his contract as a Red Sox, unless we extend him with big money and longer years during his third year. Both sides are in a win win situation. Loading up early on his contract makes lot of sense. After three years, hopefully someone like Chavis will be ready to lend his power bat to our lineup.
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For players 26-40 on our 40 man roster, good performance during spring training by non-rosters invitees may allow us to trade our 'surplus'. I'm not into making changes without a road map. Some of the players at lower level need to make some major progress this year. CJ Chatham is someone who has to stay healthy and show us what he's got. It's also time for Jay Groome get some innings in this year. I'm also curious to see where Josh Ockimey is this year. He's someone that has shown power in batting cage but not during games. We need to develop a major league ready 2B. I just don't think Pedey will ever be 100% and will need to DH from time to time. (rest Beni vs LP, let JD play left and Pedey DH, Nunez to 2B). I think this is a big year for Xander. He has not followed up his world series performance. Yeah I get the hand injury. We need to find out if he's simply a mediocre SS or bona fide star.
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I never worry about cash flow for player payroll. It's all about AVV for me,
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Yeah I get it.......Now would your line up be different if I bet you $100? I bet you would have Betts and Beni at the top then. Can Cora just say I'm leading off Beni so we can say Beni and the Betts?
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$230M does NOT include Castillo. He's not on the 40 man roster. He maybe one of our 40 best, but his high value contract is keeping him off the 40 man roster. His contract would cost the Sox additional $3.2M in penalties. Probably not worth it to the Sox.
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At some point we have to trust the mgmt. We're fortunate that our ownership is willing to 'invest'. Comparative AAV for 2018 payroll. We are out spending Yankees by $54M, $34M if you take out Sandoval. Red Sox $230M Nationals $202M Cubs $185M Dodgers $180M Yankees $176M Toronto $173M Angels $171M Mets $166M Astros $165M Mariners $152M Rangers $152M Guardians $148M Orioles $145M Tigers $135M Rays $89M Some of you still want to add pieces. Are we not where we used to accuse the Yankees of doing? Buying the championship? There are no gurantees. If you're unhappy with our roster, then you have problems.
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I appreciate everyone's line up input BUT What part of Cora saying he wants to bat Betts and Beni at the top of the order don't you understand?
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There's no reason to rush Chavis but it would be interesting to see if he gets a September call up this year. He needs to keep working out at 1B. He has to crack the lineup by 2020.
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I thought I read somewhere he was just doing some long throws. Has not been on the mound. (I could have been just dreaming!)
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I think it's time for me to sit back, relax and let the season unfold. Basically we brought everyone back and added JD Martinez. We'll have Devers and Nunez, our top hitters, for full year. Price looks to start more than 11 games. Xander's hand injury should be healed. Hanley's shoulder should be better. C Smith should be 100% and ready to go. Moreland should be 100% from his foot injury. Maybe Wright will regain his early 2016 magic. Maybe Thornburg will help in 2nd half. New coach, hopefully he's not in love with Holt like whats his face. ps i got rid of my 'cliff' avatar. Here's JD on his 19th birthday with his sister.
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Everyone here thinks Theo is god. god passed on him. I'm going to follow what god did.
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What would you propose to do with our lefthanders? Trade Price, Sale, Pom or E Rod? Just so you can have a balance?
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That's pretty unbelievable. Epitome of development failure.
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It sure would be nice if we have s SP in our farm step up next couple of years.
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Why risk getting JD injured? He can fill in occasionally at Fenway giving Beni a rest but I prefer JD DH'ing. We still need JBJ's defense in CF. That OF made our pitching staff look even better. We can 'cover' for JBJ's bat with addition of JD. Trading JBJ is going backwards.
