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  1. oldtimer
    Devers is on pace to lead the league in errors. Usually that honor goes to a SS. Pretty awful and this one was on a routine play. Jackie normally catches that well hit fly to center. When it rains, it pours.
  2. oldtimer
    I think the question has been: "Why didn't we, don't we, get a player who can hit a better to play CF for us"? We know what Jackie can do and has done. Very good defender and poor hitter for a large part of the season. Every year we hear how he has improved only to see more of the same.
  3. oldtimer
    Our last two games against the Tigers, our offense looked better. Perhaps the pitching was weak, while tonight we faced much better pitching and Martinez was out with back spasms. Mookie is showing signs of life and that helps but we are not that strong an offensive team and expecting to make up a lot of ground on the better teams is optimistic. Chavis is a young player and will have holes in his swing which will be discovered. Bradley is off to a horrible start and Leon is a less than 200 hitter.Vazquez is doing better than I expected but is still not an upper echelon offensive catcher. I don't see what we can do to become a .650 ball club going forward and would be happy if the team just plays good ball.
  4. oldtimer
    Jackie did what Jackie does. This guy is tough but it would have been a great chance for Jackie to contribute.
  5. oldtimer
    We need that with some lower cost guys making major contributions. Brasier certainly is and now Chavis, at least for the time being.
  6. oldtimer
    Sorry to hear that. Johnny Most did the "Havlicek stole the ball" call. I bumped into him one night at the Hilltop Steak house on Rte 1 north of Boston. He had is family and was seated next to us. He was so revered at that time but people wouldn't let him eat in peace. On the court, he had a high energy style and was an important part of the geat Celtics teams.
  7. oldtimer
    That really has value on any team and he will likely get it together for a stretch. He doesn't need to be an ace, just give us reasonble starts and last for 7 innings. I would be satisfied with that.
  8. oldtimer
    Moncada has come a long way but we used him to get an even better player. He now would be our second baseman had we been able to wait for him to mature.
  9. oldtimer
    E-Rod gave up a double and then made a bad mistake with a 4 run lead of walking the next batter. The guy can be fragile and I hope he doesn't lose it when something goes wrong.
  10. oldtimer
    The Sox are doing their best to get rid of the fans.
  11. oldtimer
    True that there is time to get a run going but our weakness has shown in the offense, to some degree with starting pitching, the BP and seeming lack of fire. we are having predictable trouble at 2nd base, center field and catching. We had these same issues last year but we had a red hot Mookie. Maybe he will emerge and things will look brighter.
  12. oldtimer
    It was clear in the off season that we had a high risk situation with Pedroia. It was also clear that we had two utility guys either of which could fill in except Nunez was thought to be back healthy. He is on the DL with chronic leg issues as well and we need more than a single utility guy to back up the infield. Several of us suggested making a run at Merrifield at that time, but we either didn't have the interest, financial cap space or trade pieces to get it done. Too bad as we are in a bit of a pickle at this point. Chavis is doing okay, but it is likely the pitcing staffs will find holes in his big swing in the period ahead. Right now he is our answer at 2nd.
  13. oldtimer
    To state the obvious, our offense is not doing enough to win games and is almost as big a problem as our pitching. The first game we faced good pitching and our offense had issues with Bogaets providing most of our offensive threat. Colten was our Achillies heel. In the second game each of our table setters were each on base three times and our Newbie had two hits, includiing a HR and yet we were only able to score 2. JBJ was 0 for as usual. We need a spark from somewhere else in the lineup and are not getting it. The good work done in Tampa is largely undone and we had better watch out or we will go into May in the cellar.
  14. oldtimer
    JD took two fastballs on the plate and swung at one outside. We had an opportunity but couldn't get the big hit with two of our better hitters up.Ugh!
  15. oldtimer
    Seems as the suggestion I made on the 21st has come to pass. Hernandez and Latkins up and Poyner down. The BP has been used too much to be sustainable so the move was necessary. Wish I could make a suggestion to improve the offense. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be any simple solutions to that issue. I have been on Beni for not pulling more. He could improve his productivity if he would do it, but his style is that of an Oppo swing. Don't see much to do with our weak sisters in the lineup other than to replace them.
  16. oldtimer
    You have to be kidding!
  17. oldtimer
    Our offense was handled by the Tiger pitching today. Except for Bogaerts, the offense was pretty flat. I don't think we can afford to have as many unproductive bats in the lineup. JBJ, Leon, Nunez this year, Holt this year, and Pedey this year all have been sub par to date. We are not very flexible being up against the competitive second tier cap and having little in the way of exceptionsl young offensive players in the minors. Lets hope that we can get our better hitters going. Betts shows signs, Devers can help a lot, but we are depending on 2/3rds of the lineup for the majority of our offense.
  18. oldtimer
    If we didn't have JBJ but we had a good fielder who could get a few hits, we might actually have been better off. It's not fair to say we would have been swept. Drawing a questionable conclusion.
  19. oldtimer
    You have to look at the alternatives. Pedroia is injured and may be out for longer than 10 days, perhaps with another rehab assignment to get him more comfortable at the plate. Nunez who is not a particularly good fielding 2nd baseman and has knee problems of his own. He may well need more rehab time. Holt who can play 2nd but shouldn't be full time, as he is needed at a sub at several positions. Lin is a good defensive player, but is pretty light hitting. So there doesn't appear to be a hands down first choice for the position and Chavis looks like he can do a reasonable job at 2nd and add some pop to the lineup. This doesn't have to be a long term solution, but certainly is a reasonable short term solution.
  20. oldtimer
    I wonder when they knew he had loose bodies in his elbow. It might have been better to have the operation preseason, unless of course this condition developed in ST or the first few games. If that is the case, will he be constanttly plagued with bone chips year to year?
  21. oldtimer
    Kimmi wants to remind us that its defense, defense, defense that is an important or probably super important aspect of winning games but on the other hand, I think it is balance, balance, balance that requires runs to be scored and defense to be played to win games. When a player gets expensive, as JBJ is getting to be, he has to deliver both facets of the game. If not, we can find a FA for the same money who can deliver a better balance. JBJ's trade value, what other teams think he is worth, indicates something about his real ML value if one wants to monitize it. If we extend him for more than he is worth, shame on us.
  22. oldtimer
    The amount of work the pen is getting could result in dead arms later in the season. I would hope we would explore using other 40 man roster pitchers and sort out the wheat from the chaff soon. We have D. Hernandez and T. Latkins who might fit in instead of Poyner and other weaker performers. It would be great if the work could be spread out more equitably.
  23. oldtimer
    Was it insufficent activity in ST? I certainly don't know, but it is a plausible idea.
  24. oldtimer
    American League East leader sees their lead shrink. Great to get 3, especially against them.
  25. oldtimer
    Moreland has 7 now. He is doing well even though some on the site have suggested we shouldn't have resigned him as a money saving move.
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