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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The rotation has been inconsistent, with good starts by Crochet and Early, and bad starts by Gray and Suarez. But how much does that matter if the Red Sox' first four batters at the top of the order have 25 strikeouts in 63 at bats for a 40% K-rate? And be honest, which is more insane -- the whiffs for Anthony-Story-Duran-Contreras, or the fact that Rafaela has only fanned once? This offense is what it is. Durbin isn't going to hit zero, but the only thing hilarious was the prediction that Fenway Park would double his home run production because he's a high fly pull hitter -- has anyone seen him pull one deep yet, including in Florida?
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Of course, but as someone already said, what else do we have to go by so far? It's still Early, and no matter the stats say, HE still hasn't allowed a run to score.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Any eyeball test can includes stats they read, like this weekend's AL team average of 4.53 runs per game... ... the Red Sox' RPG is 3.33 -- with only Cleveland and KC below them.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The batting order is only a problem because of the names that aren't in it that left or never got here the past two years: Soto, Devers, Bregman, Schwarber, Alonso, Marte, Bichette, Paredes and Nico Hoerner, who sat in the corner on a bowtie spider that belongs to insider- Ken Rosenthal.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But what really made the Blue Jays better than Boston and every other AL team last year? This is what announcers repeated all during the postseason: Toronto's offense was near the top in batting average and the bottom in strikeouts. And the unbeaten Jays are right there again through the first weekend of this season.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I only watch one team in one sport on TV where the most runs win. But being a longtime Red Sox fan, it's hard getting used to the type of team playing when the most run wins.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    When it comes to average -- say, in a 10-game span -- there's no difference between a couple games scoring 10 runs and a couple more scoring zero, as long as in all the others they score 5. But will agita-filled Red Sox fans who watch most of the games be happy to witness a few scoring 20 while the majority of the rest are stress fests all summer where Boston barely plates 3 runs or less... Here's their 10-game sample: 20, 20, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 0, 0 = 52 runs divided by 10 = 5.2. "Our record might be 3-7 or 4-6, but hey, we average seeing Boston score 5.2 runs per game," nobody will ever claim. Stats may be earefutable, but games are often eyeballfutile.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I like him. Kinda hides the ball with a tighter release point -- slightly sidewinding, low three-quarters -- that can mess up timing in a deceptive extension sense.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Basically the order I proposed, and the type managers who played the game have been assembling for over a century. Even the metric police can't deport you from the forum for suggesting batting the supposed best contact man in the 2 hole. How can a guy who supposedly strikes out less than everyone else and therefore hits the ball the most be bad when you're trying to optimize a limited line-up? It's either that or if Abreu is really blossoming into a star, then a top 6 of Anthony-Durbin-Abreu-Contreras-Duran-Story -- because no matter what, Cora wants a LRLR order.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's a problem they didn't solve all winter... as many of me, myself and I said all offseason. Maybe they can draft, develop and lock up one with a team-friendly longterm extension soon (because he ain't in the minors) -- and we already know they don't want to pay market prices for an established free agent bat.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Masa has zero hits and strikeouts but still leads the Sox in On Base %! But they should get rid of him so there's less men on base? Worried about team Ks? Batting your best hitters at the top of the order so they get up the most is a sound strategy if they're good, but so far that sound is whoosh... because our two biggest whiffers bat #1-2. Actually, half the lineup has averaged at least one strikeout per game, but in the grand scheme of the American League, only three teams have struck out less than Boston. Unfortunately, no team in the AL East has struck out more, and Toronto and Tampa are the two best contact clubs in the league. Good times never seemed so mediocre -- so far, so far.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was at Saturday's game when Ward stole third, while the pitcher, third baseman and shortstop all just stood there looking at each other. Other positives: decent long relief from Samaniego, clutch hits by Gasper and Delay, HR by Romero. I won't name the negative, a guy who my son said looked like the worst player on the field. Hints: struck out four times swinging, and hit a double that the centerfielder misjudged, but almost got picked off when he tripped over the bag... in the outfield, bounced a throw home that nabbed a runner, then bobbled a single and lost it off his throwing hand as another run scored... finally, misjudged a flyball but recovered with a last-second lunge over his head sideways to catch it. Eeegads.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Duran wasn't even leaning when he got picked off. They weren't even sending him -- your best base-stealer, the potential tying run, to get him into scoring position on a club that obviously is going to struggle to score this year. But don't worry, in the next week the Sox are bound to face a pitcher who has nothing and rack up one blow-out win so posters can argue, "Look, they average 5 runs scored per game!"
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This is a good point, especially in cold-weather games. On the other hand, good batters make adjustments the more they see starting pitchers. In the days before bullpens became a weapon, it's no surprise that legends like Williams and DiMaggio had their highest career OPS in their 4th at bats vs. starters. But this series was an NL Central series. Boston's two new imports from that division -- and only offseason additions to the batting order -- Contreras and Durbin, went a combined 1-for-27. Perhaps Cincy and Francona's familiarity with them led to an effective game-plan to handle the pair. And no, signing Geno Suarez wouldn't have made much difference for the Red Sox, since then he'd never get to face Weissert. I'm not making fun of the Central, because Milwaukee has been a very good team this decade. But the fact is it's been 10 years now since an NL Central club was in the World Series.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Certain posters -- mostly uncertain -- meet in secret Zoom calls to share websites like merriam-webster.com/thesaurus, rhymezone.com and rollingstone.com to prepare for new threads with one goal in mind: "Don't let notin beat you!"
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yes, they can if Early throws a complete game... ...(the plan was to save Oviedo as long man for Suarez' start).
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Dunno -- after playing and watching for over half a century, I just need qualitative data to notice when pitchers, managers and teams pitch around a feared hitter to get to the next guy. A lot of times, I was very close to the action -- like in the on deck circle (because often the next guy was me).
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In any inning -- because a leadoff walk is almost guaranteed to score every time. When my cousin pitched and fell behind the first batter, it became a major stressor. All he could think about is Don't walk the leadoff man! If he did, it got to the point where my cousin would point at the guy when he reached 1st and just wave him around... so everyone could start fresh.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The key to Anthony's batting success -- not on base percentage -- is going to be to find really good protection from whoever hits directly after him, most likely 2nd in the order. Because if Anthony starts maiming defensive players, like when he almost killed Sal Stewart Thursday, then he's not going to see many good pitches to hit. A good #2 batter, say a .300 hitter or .500 slugger, can make the difference between Roman leading the league in hard-hit balls vs. just hard-hit rate.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They both had historic seasons, and even Cora said Judge was clearly the MVP. My point was that if I didn't know their names, for two guys with similar offense (not just HRs and RBIs, but Raleigh was 2nd in runs and walks, 4th in OPS), that I'd subjectively give an edge to the catcher. Before WAR even existed good catchers on winning teams often got their share of MVP votes by expert observers. My first year as a fan was 1968 when pennant winner Detroit's Denny McLain was the unanimous AL MVP. His catcher Bill Freehan finished 2nd, presumably for helping McLain win 31 games. In retrospect, Yaz led the league that season with 10.5 WAR and finished 9th in the voting... but he wasn't even the Red Sox MVP, as Hawk Harrelson had big hits all year and finished 3rd. When I played D3 our centerfielder was drafted because scouts liked his arm and his wheels - two tools you can't teach. But our catcher was voted team MVP. He hit about .250.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I knew I could count on a numbers person to jump all over that post. Here, let's delete "wild card" and "first place" and call them two great teams! Now... again... on a great team: a catcher who hits 60 home runs -- and all the other things he does to make them great -- is way more valuable than an outfielder who hits 60 home runs. Seriously.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If I didn't know their names and you asked me who's more valuable between two great hitters -- an outfielder who maybe gets to make one play an inning on a wild card team, or a catcher involved in every single pitch for a club that comes in first place -- it's not even close.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mike Timlin made fun of my son when they took a pic together.👍 Bronson Arroyo... only started 293 more MLB games and threw 1,847.1 innings after leaving Boston 👎
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    An all-time great offseason may be Theo Epstein's first in 2002-03 when he acquired Todd Walker, Bill Mueller, Kevin Millar and David Ortiz. He also added Brandon Lyon off waivers and a year later traded him for Curt Schilling.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But wearing stripes means something -- that uniform design was introduced in New York in the 1820s for prison uniforms.
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