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  1. oldtimer
    He's got good stuff expect it isn't between his ears.
  2. oldtimer
    Cardinal sin. Men on first andsecond and 1 one. Presume he was looking for a fastball and then lets it be a call strike on a very hittable fastball. He needed to make contact. Good things happen when you do. Bogey let two hittable strikes go by before offering. Not as bad as Beni but what ever happened to swinging at good pitches early in the count?
  3. oldtimer
    If by stepping back you mean playing the guys we have and accepting what that brings, then I tend to agree. If we drop 10 games back and show no life then I see it as a sign we miss the playoffs. We need to stay under the second tax limit and try to maintain the integrity of the farm, such as it is. I would bring up some guys in August to see if them show signs of being ready for next year. Quite a few ifs involved so I hope it doesn't come to that.
  4. oldtimer
    We really aren't producing at the plate accoring to Cora after losing 3 of 4 at home against the Rays. In those games, we had no JDM, only 2 AB;s from Moreland and had a differnt batting order in each of thed 4 games. Beni didn't play in 2 of those games and Devers sat out 1. We were facing the Rays pitching and they are good, but we have had a number of guys slumping who we have to look to for production. Mookie has been off, so has Beni, Devers and Chavis were essentially black holes, while the bottom of the order in general did fairly well. Clearly we need our experienced pro guys back in the lineup ASAP. Maybe they can bring stability and get the young guys going. Bogaerts has been about the only reliable bat and even he will be shutdown from time to time. In my view, we need to go out and win the Texas series to stay in the race. They are a hot team right now. Losing 3 games to them would be hard to recover from.
  5. oldtimer
    Maybe we should put them to the top of the order. Not!
  6. oldtimer
    One has to wonder if the idea of resting healthy players and often putting less than our best available team in the game will be looked upon as smart if the team doesn't even make a wild card berth. Having well rested player eliminated from contention is kind of ironic. I know its a tradeoff, but we are digging ourselves a hole too deep, kind of like a bridge too far.
  7. oldtimer
    Funny how 6 of our 8 hits today came from the bottom of the order.
  8. oldtimer
    We went into a scoring slump and have injuries to some of our chief run producers. I am not as naturally opttimistic as you, especially since I haven't seen that fire and desire to win that a club needs to be competitive. There is time to recover and win the second wild card but it doesn't look like we will overtake either the Yannkees or the Rays. They are both good teams and even if we catch fire, making up 7 or 8 games is difficult to do.
  9. oldtimer
    My thoughts exactly. In a way, Cora hasn't had all his ammunition for this series. Eovaldi would help and so would JDM and Moreland. I guess every team goes through this during the season. I just hope these injury problems to meaningful prolayers don't become chronic.
  10. oldtimer
    The fact is that JBJ is hitting down in the order, mainly the 9th slot. That speaks volumes about the Sox management opinion of JBJ as a hitter.
  11. oldtimer
    I think you meant 1st base
  12. oldtimer
    Maybe not against Snell? We still only got 6 hits yesterday. We need JDM back real soon.
  13. oldtimer
    Interesting, but do you draw any conclusions?
  14. oldtimer
    Bases loaded and 1 out. Beni unable to put the ball in play and Bogey makes an out. Story of lost opportunities.
  15. oldtimer
    Lets hope he doesn't slump badly over the next 10 days as we will face better pitching.
  16. oldtimer
    The team did look shaky in the first game. Lets face it, our use of long BP guys doesn't work well since we really don't have the quality of guys to handle that assignment. Shawaryn was the e xception and may be given that role the next time around. I am assuming Eovladi is still a week away. The lineup was really weakened too with JDM out, Beni resting against the lefty and Moreland back on the IL. Tough to win against a good team with what we put on the field. The second game will be a different story, with better pitching, Beni back and maybe some of the guys will hit a little better.
  17. oldtimer
    Moreland has given this team a lift. He is a real pro, good fielder and makes a difference with his bat. I was at the point of suggesting we keep him in the fold going forward as a part time 1st baseman and DH. His suceptability to injury is givinng me pause as maybe we need to replace both Pearce and Moreland going forward.
  18. oldtimer
    If you look at our top 5 everyday players there is not a lot of separation between them in on base %. Betts 38.7%, Bogaerts 38.0%, Devers 37.8% , Martinez 37.1%, Beni 36.1% Given that lack of spread, other factors also need to be considered, like speed on the base path, righty/lefty alternating in the lineup, power to drive people in. I'm satisfied with our current lineup and that manaagement considers a range of conditions before setting the lineup.
  19. oldtimer
    I tend to agree with this assessment. He has bat speed and power but does need to work this problem out and preferably not at the expense of the Sox. When Moreland gets back we will have enough options to allow the luxury of having Chavis back in the minors for a while.
  20. oldtimer
    I'd think twice about Weber.
  21. oldtimer
    Don't think Pearce has trade value so it's likely a DFA if you go that way. Chavis is probably the best choice to run back to Pawtucket for a short stint to let him work out adjustments. He is a guy that I want on the team for his energy and power. We all knew Chavis was likely to go through a slump as the pitchers caught up but he may well come around given a chance to experiment in the minors.
  22. oldtimer
    Me too, but with JDM having a strained back again we are short of talented replacements. With no Moreland yet, we will be short going into the second game today. Nunez at least seems to be regaining his hitting form so maybe nunez playes 2nd and Holt to first? Travis is not impressive either.
  23. oldtimer
    Excellent points. His great improvement has come when Cora, a new hitting coach and JDM showed up. Do you suppose one of those ( or all) got through to Xander so that he now realizes what a difference swinging at balls in the right part of the zone can do for apparent better contact.
  24. oldtimer
    Funny, the lefties are killing it while only Chavis has gotten a hit out of our righties. Baseball is a crazy game.
  25. oldtimer
    Absolutely a key hit with the bases loaded and two outs.Love to see him have positive AB's. Now with a 6-0 lead and Sale on the mound we should be good.
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