oldtimer

I know Mookie's BA is low this year, but I also notice that BA's in the American league are lower in general this year. If you look at the National League, theirs are higher. I don't know what causes the difference but it could just be the quality of the pitching. Anyone have a solid explanation?

When can Devers get back into the llineup?

He has taken a lot of inside fastballs that he would have crushed last year.

Been a problem for the Sox this year. Lack of hitting with RISP. We sure could use Devers and

Two of three against a division leader at their park is a very impressive series. While we did that, the Rays were getting blasted by the Yankees. We need Eovaldi back and healthy and help in the BP. Despite all of their hitting, the Yankees still have a weakness with their starting rotation. Certainly we are not in a doom and gloom situation.

Trying to inside out a ball on the inner third. Not thinking.

He has been taking fastballs on the inside part of the plate early in the count. Those are pitches he was crushing last year. He just needs to work through this period and start to raise his performance.

I will chock this series as a success provided we win tonight. We have played better of late but still need to get hitting with RISP.

We just had to go way deep into the pen last night. We jst needed more hitting with RISP. JDM went 0 for 8 as an example. Does anyone know why Price was taken out after 5?

Helps to be lucky!

1st pitch FB on the inside and he takes. Fouls off the second, higher and a little more inside, grounds into a double play on a tough slider inside and maybe not a strike. Poor AB. Two hits in the inning and no one beyond first base. Gotta show better with men on base.

Or the same or slightly more. Of course any idea of offering should be tempered by how he does for the remainder of the season.

I am hoping for a series win against the twins. Getting the first by going 2-0 was an excellent start. Win the series and they make up ground on either the Rays or the Yankees. Either would be welcome.

I agree. He keeps himself in shape to eat the innings. He is an important cog for the team but offering more than 3 years is not in keeping with the strategy of no long term contracts for older players. The offer can be slightly higher than the current contract as far as i'm concerned. If he takes that, we will have done well. Thinking about him, who would you rather have of the Yankee starters? I think it may be a ist of one.

You may be the oldest poster here. Probably someone could read the posts to you and type in your responses. Stay with us if you can.

Excellent 6 innings against a good club in their park and he only has 73 pitches.

The pen had a lot of work in the last few days and goes into the Twins series after being taxed. I hope our starters can go 6 or more in the next 3 games.

I presume your talking about the 2020 season and beyond. In that case, we need to think about who will be leaving the team for 2020. Will both Pearce and Moreland be gone or will we try to keep Moreland to have a solid lefthanded bat who can play a good first base and DH, but is a little fragile? I would guess Chavis becomes our first baseman with no plans to leave him at 2nd. Brock Holt remains our super utility guy and is needed to back up 2nd and short and in a pinch has real versatility. Can't count on him as a regular 2nd baseman though. Do we keep Nunez as a decent right handed bat with some versatility but a below average glove, or do we let him go. I think the latter is likely. That leaves Marco Hernandez. There is additional time this season to determine if he is good enough. Do we want to rely on him as the starting 2nd baseman or go into the market and find a young and solid guy for that role. It might cost us so it would be a tradeoff of where to spend the money. Yes, we need help in the BP. You could ask if some of that talent can come out of the minors. As far as a starter, so we keep Porcello or not? Will Eovaldi return to the startion rotation and hold up his end and do we keep E-Rod or work a trade using him? My point is this has to be looked at holistically and thats what I believe DD and the front office are doing.

Nothing is clear in Baseball. You would like to think he is better and maybe he is, but at the present time Mookie's game is a mess.

Once we get into playing the better teams again, we will need Mookie to perform. Thee idea of making up ground on the leaders means we have to come away from series with the better teams even or better. To do that, Mookie has to start to hit. Too many fly balls to center and right. My hope is that he will be more aggressive and stop taking FBs for called strikes early in the count. Last year he was handling the FB better than anyone else in the league.

Yes, but the very idea of long prolonged slumps should get the management to look for alternatives.

Its clear who you are talking about. When the pitchers find a hole it might take some guys longer to figure things out.

Still hoping for Mookie to show something. He is definitely in a slump and is in danger of have his BA sag into the 250's When it goes bad for a guy it can get to his head.

He'll be fine when he faces weak pitching. Lets see if he can maintain his surge against the Twins.

Top notch pitching can make anyone look bad. He just has to gain more experience seeing this is his first season. He did use ped's to gain strength, but every young player deserves a second chance, and provided he keeps his nose clean I am all for him getting a long look in the majors.