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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Cordero and Renfroe are what they are. And for Boston in 2021, that's mainly cheaper and more controllable versions of the flickering potential of Beni and JBJ.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    At least Pivetta has a better WHIP than both Perez and Richards (who looks like he doesn't even know where the ball is going when it leaves his hand sometimes). For all Richards' vaunted spin-rate, we've seen too many pitches spinning out of the zone or onto sweet spots. Pivetta misses more bats... so far. I like Cora, but I was suspicious in ST when he compared Richards to Kevin Brown. Red Sox fans fondly remember Brown for gagging his Game Seven start wearing pinstripes in the '04 ALCS.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Outfield defense. I know carrying extra pitchers limits the bench to a few multi-positional men, but having one above-average glove for late-innings in the outfield could have helped secure more wins. Cordero and Renfroe are below-average MLB hitters, but at least Renfroe can field his position. Franchy's MLB career may be a small sample size, but he can't be trusted in left. He's faster than JD -- so are most posters here -- but no way either should be on the field when it matters. Verdugo, Kike and Renfroe are the best for now and should close most games.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    MLB's new rankings #1-150. It's interesting that preseason guys once thought worthy of the top-5 have dropped so low; Hill is now #30, Fabian is #49. This could actually bode well for Bloom's second pick... 34th? Top Baseball Draft Prospects | MLB.com WWW.MLB.COM The Official Site of Major League Baseball
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Verdugo hit .304 with .362 OBP in 33 games (33 Ks, .804 OPS) as the leadoff batter in 2020. He's plenty capable, and actually looks to go opposite-field depending on the count, the pitch, etc. But that doesn't mean the Sox' 21-man analytics dept. doesn't want to optimize his skills as one of the team's top hitters by keeping him in the fashionable #2 hole. Regarding Duran -- say he comes up and only hits .240 but mixes in some gappers and runs wild on the bases -- don't discount the value of energy and foe disruption to guys like Cora and his core lineup.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was thinking more like August, after he's played minors a few months, and with the parent club maybe sporting a middle-of-the-pack record... and in need of a transfusion (also, to maybe replace someone injured or traded at the deadline).
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And it's almost inevitable they'll put Duran there when he's called up... another high-K guy who they want to drive the ball more.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Of course. Maybe the problem is that it worked for AC with the best hitter in the AL in 2018, but Kike is not even a poor-man's (or a reluctant rich man's) Betts. Another problem sure to hurt more when the offense levels off: the Sox three strikeout leaders basically hit in a row: Cordero, Dalbec, Kike.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What does that got to do with it? Cora doesn't want him on base, he wants him to hunt fastballs and hit leadoff homers.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Agreed. A manager sticking with an established player off to a slow start is different than sticking with a reclamation project. But like others have posted, the team has too much money invested in the spin-rate master to give up on him too soon. The organization won't move on from Richards this season, but may compromise at some point by sending him to Worcester to fine-tune his comeback.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sooner the Houck, the better.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Regarding luck -- just going off memory here from the first White Sox game; Eaton robs Devers of a home run, then Rafie lines one right at him. Plawecki also lined two to right that Eaton caught. Finally, Bogaerts blooped one in front of Eaton that bounced for a ground-rule double. So despite 4 out of 5 hard hit balls to right, Boston's BABIPTOEATON was only .200.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    At least it won't be like that getaway day game we went to in '17, when the Sox decided at the last minute not to pitch Sale in his prime, and we got to see Fister instead...
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sox can play with Thunder at Fenway as long as he doesn't bring Lightning.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sometimes, AC's lineups are based less on rest and more on giving others workouts. And surely that reply could make me more of a more on.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The MLB does consider him a mastermind.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    For some reason, the Bronx Bombers just haven't been quite the same since they had special coach Carlos Beltran "paying attention to details."
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Arroyo is not a speed demon going first to third, that's for sure. But he has consistently made hard contact since Spring Training -- and so far, is best of the regulars with only 8 Ks (Verdugo and Vaz have 9); less than half of team leaders Dalbec, Franchy and KIKE with 17 each...
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... and for preserving the physical and mental health -- and effectiveness -- of bullpens.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Jays have the young talent to emerge as an AL East beast -- if Ryu, Matz and Ray can pitch consistently all season (so far, they're the best Big Three in the division -- all with sub-2 ERAs). Sox catch a break with Springer out, Teoscar on the Covid list, as well as lights-out closer Merryweather.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ya, I think it's a hardball rule for every legitimate high school prospect to play short... when he's not pitching.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Everyone knows the Yankees will still bash, but what continues to mystify me is how heavily favored NY was all winter -- by experts everywhere (not just here) -- after replacing three-fourths of the starting rotation with question marks, and not addressing defensive issues that have hurt since Sanchez became catcher and especially since Didi left.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm definitely in her top two.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Sox didn't have to sit -- just jump -- on the high change-ups. I don't get how an announcer can say it's cheating, when probably any other non-MLB human being with a bat would be overjoyed -- after being fed fastball in the 90s -- to see a pitch a lot slower in the same spot.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Or a shortstop who develops into a Gold Glover at the most important position behind the mound; that guy could help a lot of pitchers.
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