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To me On Base Average, RISP, and 2-out RBIs looked at together is what constitutes a "CLUTCH HITTER." Ortiz and Ted Williams are obviously way up on that list. Most good hitters are also clutch hitters, but not all of them. There are some good hitters that are better table setters like many lead-off hitters who have high on base ave. but don't fulfill the other two categories.
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Ah. Got it!! I love Mookie more than I thought. And yes, what to hell is he doing leading off? I wish these RISP ave.s were easily available the way they once were. Because when I say clutch, I want to be right... not intuitively guessing.
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Thanks! That's some reference. The one thing I didn't get is why or how Mookie has two RISP lines, one high and one low. The high one starts with 67 games, the other with 107 games??? Did his RISP actually drop from .404 to .223 over 40 more games, and how could he have an additional 185 RISP at bats in 40 more games??? I'm missing something.
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Where can one find the RISP ave. for players? Or has that been replaced with one of the new metrics--which are beyond me. This was so simple and so important in terms of "clutch" hitting. But it seems to have vanished. What metric has displaced it? I guess I'll have to try to learn it some day when I got a clear noggin.
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I hope Fister sticks because I like smart pitchers like him. He's the kind of guy that can throw 5 innings and have a 60 pitch count, which is so contrary to many of our starts this year, when we've had guys in the rotation at 100 pitches in the 4th/5th innings. And, of course, his professionalism is also a big plus. If he does continue to pitch well, he could be our long relief guy in the playoffs.
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I think the top prospects we hold onto are the ones we will soon need. Which translates into holding onto to pitchers, esp. starting pitchers, but perhaps trading third-base (Devers excepted, of course) and outfielders. Any rules should be set around future needs, not necessarily around potential greatness. In sum, the availables should be those we foresee as duplicates.
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Yes, I agree. I was thinking that Nunez had a spot, but Pedroia will be back in 10 days. Maybe Bruce goes to Cleveland. I'll bet he goes to some contender.
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I would still not be surprised if we end up with Jay Bruce (at a lesser price for a shorter period) as power insurance sometime this month. He would work out great with the expanded roster in Sept. both as DH and PH.
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"Befuddle" is correct, but I think it may be close to a vast understatement. Clemons, Lester, and Lonborg are the only three (from my time) that I can recall. Nor can I think of any of our own we traded off young who then starred on another team. And Lonborg ended up becoming a dentist.
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Vasquez moving the count to 3-1 with Mookie on deck was another key to the OLD STYLE RED SOX COMEBACK. It's a godsend sometimes to have Mookie leading off. And it doesn't hurt that the bottom of the order has been consistently better, given expectation, than any other part of the order.
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I truly doubt that David Price will ever opt out of his current contract. If he does, and if he does it after next season, then that is a coup for the Red Sox. It's impossible for me to see him revert to his former glory days. He was showing signs of regressing just before we signed him, and this is continuing apace. In terms of his not wanting to be here, who can know about that. But it seems to be he exacted at least a 10% surcharge on us by holding out as a free agent to the bitter end, even though it was apparent that the Sox would outbid anyone, even, as it turned out, itself, in signing him. I can't see any circumstances in which he would kiss off this deal, no matter how "miserable" he may be here. So, let's hope he recovers to the point of better-than-ave starter whether it be for us or a trade partner.
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I can see getting Bruce, using him almost entirely as our DH, and possibly re-signing him as a DH for next year. Hanley would either be pressed into playing first base, or traded. Bruce is the superior hitter, and he's 30 years old. And at least an adequate outfield backup. But one problem with this scenario is the difficulty we'd run into in trading Hanley (more money going out). Yes, Bruce has been mentioned in a deadline trade with the Red Sox in at least a couple mainstream sources, most particularly at Fox Sports.
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Jay Bruce has almost 30% of our home run output. And has close to 75 runs driven in. Find a way, I say. Things got to be topsy-turvy this year for the Sox to be seeking hitting from the Mets (ha)
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The Garcia trade may mean that the Sonny Gray trade has hit a snag, although the Yanks say that talks are still open and active. The signing of both, in lieu of our standing pat, would, I think, give the Yanks the division. Given his incredible pen, Giardi would only need 5 innings and 2 runs from his starters to seal win after win. I wish we were in a position to sign Gray--and one more hitter.
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Speaking of the Yankees, watch out. It looks like they get Sonny Gray for a 19 year old center fielder. Gray is signed through 2019 and is on a roll right now. This addresses the only Yankee weakness: its starting rotation. Gray has been pulled from his start tomorrow so a deal is very close or done.
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We should be at least 20 games above .500. But we've basically played like a .500 team, which we soon might be. Too bad Sale is not the leader type (except of himself), maybe he could inspire something. This team used to be a bad August team, but lately has had some very good August years... Maybe. KEEP HOPE ALIVE, as the former (a million years ago it seems) President used to say.
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Maybe I was thinking more of unloading than trading them. I think we are something like 3-8 against the Yankees. Doesn't that sum up our season? What a dumpy let down after half the experts had us appearing in the world series. And to think, I kinda believed them.
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The way I sense things right now, I think perhaps we should make a quick switch to Sellers. Price, Hanley, Holt, Young come to mind. I know one thing: this is not a World Series team--except by pure accident. So why not "wait till next year" and a clean slate.
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[/QUOT The players union would probably fight tooth and nail against limits on long term contracts, but given how many go sour, I would think it needs to be considered. Price for 7 years was a crazy example. Yeah, I'm sure the Union would strike over it. A proven work horse star like David Price is perhaps just the kind of pitcher you don't sign long term. His very health (work load) should be as much a warning sign as a proof of his longevity. I'm sure we and everyone thought about this at the time of his signing, but we had the money then, and wanted or needed to make a big splash.
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I suppose there will unfortunately be no motivation at all for Price to opt out of his 7 year deal next year. Is there? I can't imagine a single one, but I would love to think there's more than one. I'm a liberal, but it's hard to bear the thought of guaranteed long contracts in sports. I'd like to see max guaranteed contracts in each sport, as in two years in the NFL, three years in the MLB, and the same in the NBA. And no extensions, please, until after those three years are completed.
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It's not so much the Press as Red Sox hitting history which is the cause for disappointment. How about the 1950 starting line-up when DiMaggio ended up hitting .328, Zarilla .325, Dropo .322, Williams .317, Pesky .312, Tebbetts .310. Although special obviously, it was more in character with typical Red Sox hitting than out of character. And the added disappointment of this year's hugest Sox payroll producing no more than 10 games over .500.
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What is the bigger problem for Hanley? his shoulder or his knees? And what is the prognosis? Should he be playing first at all?
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If there is one hitter in the current Sox line-up I trust to do this, it's Mookie. We're currently LAST in the Am. League in home runs with 98, so we also need to trade for some big bopper to hit in that dead zone 4-5 spot in our line-up. It seems to me we might be leading the league in scoreless innings (I don't mean our pitchers) too which is a reflection on our lack of power. Mookie and co. and power is the combo we need and as soon as possible.
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I think he's had a damn good year, but Farrell only uses him in lost cause situations or when he absolutely has to (maybe one recent exception), so I think bringing him in today was for Farrell, if not necessarily for me, equal to waving the white flag.
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I often wonder not only about Hanley's running instincts, but his situational hitting instincts. I've never trusted him this way, not when he was with the Dodgers, and not here. Even though he bats 4th or 5th, I've never thought him a true clutch hitter or even a smart hitter. Which are a couple of other reasons I was opposed to his being signed here for big bucks. I know David Ortiz championed him, but I though he was at least half wrong in doing so. This said, I hope he proves me wrong, at least with the power numbers the rest of the way.