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When healthy and pitching to their expectations, our rotation looks pretty good. We can be choosy with a trade. Need depth thought. Like to see Johnson at some point. It's all about control issues for Owens. It may take him another couple of years. Biggest question mark on horizon is where exactly is Moncada and what to do with him? Is he ultimately an OF because he can't defend in infield? I love our OF.......I personally put those 3 ahead of Xander. Now if Xander shows signs of hitting for little more power, then it's between him and Betts for MVP. I just see him now as adequate defensive shortstop that can hit. I also like Betts the best because of his agent.
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Well, he's no Madden
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I'll take him over Brycee, Brockie and Chrisie in left field....
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"HanRam would pout, if we platooned him by sitting him half or more of the time, so before we'd even mention a platoon, we might try to trade him by paying close to half his salary.. " Moon My thought on that would be 1) it may pay half of Encarnacion's first 3 year's of salaray or 2) pay for a strong reliever (say Ziegler for 3 years)...second option would not add any more payroll cost....
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Didn't you say that sample size is very small vs LHP? You bring him up in Sept to help the ball club win. Look and see should be secondary. That said, to me he sure looks like he can add a spark. He'll probably hit better than Shaw. Defensively at 3B? That would be a concern. Only the coaches know at this point.
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Maybe he can get old job back with In Living Colors...
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You mean Mr. Barnes that walked 3 straight batters ahead 6-3 before Ziegler wiped his ass with 3 straight strikeouts? Yeah, okay.
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On the contrary, maybe Athletics would have won more games had he batted 3rd.....not about the player.....it's about the team
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yep, that sounded stupid....hey I'm just a rookie here
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I would like for Xander to be our #3 hitter but I think Betts is better there. Psychologically powerful maybe, but there's nothing worse than having a guy hit a lead off homer in the 1st inning. It's a guranteed 1 run hit.
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Ultimately if Price's performance does not improve next year, then Henry will be a hard sell on any long term mega deals that's in player's favor (ie if I do good, I can get out, if I do bad, well you are the dummy for giving me all this cash) and the player is past his prime. I rather live with Shaws of the world than waste freaking $90M on a fat ass.
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They need to go over the scouting report that okayed his signing. The guy should be fired.....was Ben pushing it?
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Yes you called it......It's just so amazing how relaxed he looks on the mound. Price, no so much. He takes lots of big breath between pitches. Looks little fragile too. Is he getting enough to eat? Or is it hard to break $10,000 bill at restaurants?
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Are you freaking nuts? You are going to bat our .400 hitter 9th again next year? jk....I wanted to say that...
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I think I saw an article stating Red Sox #9 hitters, adjusting for pitchers in inter league games, has the best offensive stats and it's not even close. Matter of fact, our #9 spot is beating our #5 spot. Go figure. Hell call up Moncada and let him bat 9th.
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Xander to me is a singles hitter. Yes he'll hit doubles in Fenway. To me he's a #2 guy. Good speed and can go to right.
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I was a Tokyo Giants fan until Summer of 1967 when I arrived in US. I guess I could have been a Cardinals fan but I think the Red Sox got better of me. Rico Petrocelli was my guy from get go. Funny that your boyhood team stays the same until you die.
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I asked it before but why not go with your best athlete? To me that was E Rod. S Wright I would have never considered. Bullpen was needed. All we had left were starting pitchers. This is just an unforgivable sin from my perspective. You tell your million dollar baby we're playing station to station baseball. Don't take a big lead. Don't get doubled up (make sure the ball is on the ground), only then you proceed to third base. It's elementary.
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It definitely won't be Hill. He's a FA. Unless he pulls miracles in the playoffs this year.
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POS vs RHP/vs LHP 3B: Moncada 1B: Shaw/Ram DH: Pablo/Young Moon I'm good with this.... Spend money on pitching staff....Can we entice Ziegler to leave his Arizona home and family to come pitch for Boston? (And we are at this point because we gave Benintendi a look instead of sending him off to AAA. Moncada in the next player we need to have a look at. they are clearly cut above. Can't treat every player the same.)
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You have Betts (MVP candidate) Bradley (best defensive CF) and Benintendi and you want to muck the issue by introducing Swihart and Moncada to the mix?
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Love watching a pitcher that can throw strikes.
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Keep it simple. Solve the problem. LF will no longer be a problem. Make Moncada at 3B situation work. We invested $60M on this kid. He's not shown that he's going to fail. Maybe save money on not signing Encarnacion and use it to bolster pitching staff.
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I like any scenario that has Benintendi playing full time....thus our OF is PLUGGED for years to come. Young is signed for another year.....why take away opportunity for Benintendi? He's not show any lefty/right splits.
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So Greinke received 6 year $206M contract? Nice
