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He was beginning to struggle before injury last year. How to you determine why knuckle ball is not knuckling? To me that's the biggest dilemma. Everyone seems to struggle coming up with a cure. It can't be loss of speed. It also can't be location to the extent thrower doesn't know where it's going, just a general direction. Throw in unfortunate pinch running error and recent knee issue (where in the hell did that come from ?), I'm not confident he's a factor in Red Sox future. DD will always favor big, bad ass flame thrower in the starting rotation.
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I predict Price will return sooner rather than later. Our rotation will be fine. I also project Carson Smith returning at some point. Thornburg I'm not counting on. Comparing year over year, Betts actually had slightly better April in 2017, 293/363/439 ops 802 vs 266/298/459 ops 757. Same goes for Hanley, 2017 ops of .719 vs .698 fpr 2016. Xander is also up, .731 in 17 vs .684 in 16. Bradley jr is down .597 in 17 vs .807 in 16. Pedy is also down, .663 in 17 vs .845 in 2016. Although both Beni and Moreland has put up very respectable ops with .870 and .837, departed Ortiz, 1.072 and Shaw, .885 had much better April last year. Most telling is the top 4 slugging percentage year ago exceeds this year's slugging percentage.
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For Kimmi the stat geek... Anything out there that measures Net Bases advanced (the batter and all base runners at time) divided by plate appearance? thus hitting a single with no runners would be 1.000 (total base advanced of 1 divided by 1) hitting into a double play with runner on first would be -1.000 (total base advanced of -1 divided by 1) grand slam would by 10.000 (total bases advanced of 10 (the max) divided by 1). I would love to see the rankings using this formula and compare it to others.
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I disagree
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All we had to do was re-sign Andre Beltre back in 2011. Perfect for Fenway, a gamer, plays good defense. We've been on a wild goose chase ever since.
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I said "Both Pomeranz and E Rod needs to be more efficient with pitches. Throwing a high pitch on 0-2 count does not mean throwing 2 feet over the strike zone." E Rod is highly thought of by Sox front office. DD was willing to give up a top prospect for Pomeranz. He too is highly thought of by the front office. I'm expecting more than mediocrity here. Maybe all of you are willing to settle for #4/#5 types. My point is right now they still lack command. They are willing to go deep into counts against all batters. There's no point in wasting a pitch. Sale doesn't. I want a kick ass pitching staff. How's Price coming along?
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Pedey, Bradley Jr and Pablo/Marco ranks near bottom in OPS at their respective positions. Benitendi and Xander are doing better ranked near top 10. Hanley is our best, ranked 4th (obviously out of 15)
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Plenty of talk about lack of production at 3B. Dusting Pedroia, apparently playing for another team these days, is 28th in OPS among 2B. Although he is playing his usual great second base.
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Both Pomeranz and E Rod needs to be more efficient with pitches. They will wear out the bullpen going only 5-6 innings each outing. Look at Sale. He simply does not waste a pitch to waste one. Throwing a high pitch on 0-2 count does not mean throwing 2 feet over the strike zone. The goal has to be 7 innings.
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tell me again how Wright hurt his knee? He looks out of shape and unathletic.
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the ball was dropped....what the hell was our Dustin doing glued to 1B? And these guys are professionals?
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Apparently team is ignoring "it's not me/it's them" leader. Sale throws retaliation pitch to Machado for Betts getting thrown to yesterday. Chris Sale is quietly becoming the leader of this team.
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We hit too many ground balls. As a pitch, I thought you wanted to induce ground balls, no? So we are doing exactly what the other team wants us to do.
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Wright to 10 day DL for sprained knee. I think it's time to move past him. Knuckle ball is too freakish for me. He's giving up too many homers. Why would you event want him to come off the bench? It's not as though he can ramp up the speed on his pitch.
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As we close April, Moreland is 1st in AL in OPS, Dustin is 10th at 2nd Base and Xander is 5th at SS. At $5M, Moreland thus far has done his job. (although he doesn't look to be a Gold Grover) I think we were spoiled last April because so many players got off to a hot start.
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In last night's game, we had 3 consecutive singles and still had not scored. I'm not sure how to check it, but April 2017 seems to had more 0 run innings than in the past. Big part I believe is our scoring is too dependent on stringing together 3 hits/walk in an inning. And that's due to lack of power hitting.
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Holt ready to return.....WOW..I'm excited....does he have a picture of JF or what? Another little non athletic dude that can hit singles.
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apparently Sox hitting coach didn't get the memo about it's all about hitting fly balls now. Let's hope our clean up DH making $20M per year continues to hit hard into dirt/grass.
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Only the spoiled Sox fans would think nothing of giving out a $6M contract for washed up reliever who can go MASH on moment's notice.
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I don't care how light the bullpen is right now. Why did JF send back out Wright after he's thrown 98 pitches and had the lead? Wasn't it time to give Wright some positive mojo after couple of rough starts? The manager who wouldn't send out our elite pitcher to finish the game leading 1-0 but keeps struggling starter to pitch his 99th pitch. I'm sorry, JF sucks. I've had enough of his act. It's time for him to go. I NEED CHANGE.
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Young, Not me/it's them and Xander have slugging % close to their BA.....our propensity to hit into double play negates what little offense we are producing. We're playing tee ball and everyone is playing man's game. I really hate watching this offense. It's not Red Sox offense I'm accustomed to.
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can you win Cy Young with 10 wins?
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Matt Barnes suspended for four games and fined
Nick replied to FredLynn's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
He uttered the words, "it's not me, it's them." He referred to his teammates as 'them'. He will have to live with it. -
Xander is going to want a bank vault when he comes up for free agency. Is he really worth it? Speaking of hitting singles at Fenway.....it may take 4 hits to score a run because of short left field. Ugh. I grew up thinking we need power from corner positions, 1B, 3B, LF, RF and obviously DH in AL. You fall in love with Sale. Everyone else is trade bait. That's as far as my loyalty goes.
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I love accountants who say what do you want one plus one to be equal?
