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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I know, imagine assessing a batter by dividing the number of safe hits made from swinging the bat and making contact with the ball by the number of at bats (how dare they not count walks, hit by pitches, sacrifices and barreling the catcher's mitt).
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Kluber's an open container, put back in the fridge. May have lost his fizz, but hasn't totally spoiled yet. Paxton's still sitting in a vat somewhere, awaiting the next canning day. Can't even put him on the shelf yet...
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ok, Chang -- facing the other direction in the hole -- just threw that to first in the air. He's the shortstop.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I dunno, could it be possible these records reflect that Chang is the only actual shortstop who's played there so far?
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Smoltz got cut after eight in '09. Times were different then... because we know if it's 2023, there could be three or four Red Sox starting pitchers on the IL by Memorial Day...
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Chaim has retorted interest in Iglesias, but only if he agrees to report to Worcester first to stretch out his legs in right field. The plan is build up his value as a more versatile call-up, and potential righty platoon partner with all the lefty outfielders. When asked about the idea, Dugie said, "Please stay f***ing fair..."
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    There aren't many pitchers who lose their fastball and can stick around painting offspeed stuff to big league mashers. One guy who totally changed because of shoulder and elbow injuries (and no surgeries), but enjoyed a long MLB career was lefty Frank Tanana. The rarity of his success -- especially in relation to eras -- is summed up in this description: "He threw 90 in the 70s, and 70 in the 90s."
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    For pitching, you don't always get what you pay for -- MadBum just got DFAed because his fastball is 89 mph... ... but if you're not paying for quality, expect what you get.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Of all the hypocritical oaths -- how can any last place team insist it's still early, but everyone agrees the Rays are really good?
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    For any fan with wild card dreams, this better be Chang's career year. Yu is your shortstop. Kike didn't work there, Story isn't moving there, and Mondesi is in Margaritaville with Paxton, courtesy of Flying Dutchman Cruise Lines.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He's on the hunt, then after's Yu...
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Right now if you're a Twins fan, it must be hard to have faith in this Pagan.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm not sure if you're 6'7, 150, so I vote for Houck. A thought: young stud cruising on a sunny day game, after a fading oldster couldn't hit his spots on a cold night. Wouldn't it be in the team's best interests if they flipflopped Kluber and Houck in the rotation, depending on the temps? It would definitely help the old man, while Houck's stuff may be even more lethal to batters whose hands and bats would sting with bad night vibrations.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Please stay f***ing leadoff...
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A Red Sox starter with an actual 1-2-3 first inning!
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I never said he was good. I said he looked like a professional second baseman, made the routine plays (from that position) and his arm turned two from the second base bag. I swear he took grounders at other spots around the infield, like other guys like Ryan Fernandez or Mookie Betts, but it may have been pregame. Is it possible the guy was slightly nervous in the field in his major league debut in front of 30,000 fans, possibly the biggest crowd he's ever played for? In Spring Training, a big league announcer -- not a poster -- said Valdez' swing was a carbon copy of Juan Soto's... a pitch or two before he hit a home run.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Post all the stats you want. We've seen every Kluber start. He throws slower than most pulses on the forum. Wacha blanked the Braves.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Read my entire post or look it up. Had a few Kluber starts and also shut out the best team in the NL with 10 Ks in 6 IP. Wacha is 31. Kluber turned 37.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We'll get plenty of chances to see guys like Duran develop as the Sox shuffle one-step forward, two-steps back this season. It may be the only thing worth watching by mid-summer -- and already on April 20 we had a bottom three of Casas-Duran-Valdez. Fans are understandably really down on Casas right now, but would it surprise if (like Duran) it took another season, until next April of 2024, before he makes adjustments and breaks out?
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This winter some posters hailed Kluber as a better pitcher than Wacha, and used specific stats to show how a .500 pitcher cut by a playoff team was preferable over a guy who won 11 of 13 decisions for a last-place club. But we all know Bloom chose not to pay "the years" wanted by Wacha (who's been hot and cold in San Diego, with two wins for a loaded team). The difference between Sale and Kluber is that Chris still throws 95+, so can still beat big leaguers when he's not throwing BP down the middle. Kluber throws in the high-80s... his control has to be perfect on the perimeter of the strike zone in every at bat to even be competitive. It's not and he's not.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Football is the enemy. But I'm a little old to even watch LL; night games in New England are too cold.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We outlawed throwing to third base in Little League, because it's almost a guaranteed run for the offense... every time...
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I always assumed Florida as a retiring (and thus expiring) state could never build a steady fanbase that would overlap generations like traditional regions in Boston, NY, Chicago, etc. But there's plenty of underrated star power in Tampa that Red Sox fans would love to root for if the uniforms of the two rosters were reversed. And you can bet Yankee fans would also be chanting the names of Franco, Arozarena, Lowe, Diaz and McClanahan if they were in pinstripes, too.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He's definitely going to crack a vertebrae or rib jumping onto someone else's shoulders, locking arms and legs around them. But it might be the bottom man's...
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Thanks, but we're apparently all set with one non-platoon righty bat in the daily line-up.
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