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He had a great arm, too. Could overthrow third baseman and catchers with equal inaccuracy. -
When I think of range -- not as a label for a metric -- there are some plays that don't result in outs that definitely help a defense, and even victory. Example: base-loaded and two outs, the shortstop dives to stop a grounder from reaching the outfield. He can't throw out the batter at first, but only one run scores instead of two because he kept the ball in the infield. Is there a stat for that, or is this one of those deeds that won't show up in the dWAR Room?
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Now you're just speaking out of your veracity.
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If only Mayer wouldn't keep repeating driving in a run a game the whole season so far -- 40 RBI in 40 games -- then we wouldn't care that's he's a better all-around infielder than everyone in Boston except Bregman.
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Personnel is obviously a problem, but here are two miserably faulty Red Sox approaches: 1). pitchers throwing more breaking pitches that cause more contact so bad defenders have to make more plays. 2). batters trying to hit every ball in the air, even at the expense of nightly rally-killing strikeouts. Acquiring Crochet and Chapman were good moves because strikeout pitchers don't pitch to contact. Signing Bregman was obviously good, because he's a star batter who can actually field. You can't replace most of the others all at once, especially high-paid busts under contract, but you can change approaches #1 and #2 with coaching mandates... especially the latter -- because professional hitters with hand-eye coordination elite enough to get them into the majors can all handle a bat with two strikes, choke up, get closer to the plate, and shorten their swings to make. freaking. contact.
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And not be forgotten in Devers' first full season in 2018: his game-winning pinch-hit single in the 9th inning of World Series Game Five in LA... Cora was a genius back then when all his pinch-hitters came through, but now that guys aren't delivering so much, he's a pleb like the rest of us.
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So it's only the pitching, hitting, fielding, and running.
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A Realistic View of the 2025 Red Sox: Part II
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
What it will say: the current group of veteran players is not good enough collectively. The Big Three isn't going to win the World Series in their first year. But playing three prospects this highly-rated by the industry is a step in the right direction. Many rebuilding teams understand that relying on younger players will have its ups and downs, but are willing to pay the price to develop a core of contenders. The current version of the Red Sox is going nowhere anyway -- not with this bullpen. Andrew Bailey had a good reputation as a pitching coach before Breslow hired him, but most of his top relievers for half a decade were under 30 or not stamped with expired best-by dates. The Sox traded for and extended its ace starting pitcher. Do they really want to waste this year, and maybe even another year of Crochet, by waiting to promote Anthony and Mayer, and enduring their inevitable struggles and adjustments to the majors? -
Article: Trevor Story Needs To Head To The Bench
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to Alex Mayes's topic in Talk Sox Front Page News
I referenced previously that Story's early production came off a lot of hanging offspeed pitches. The problem is can't hit fastballs anymore. bb-ref breaks down batter's splits vs. what it calls Power/Finesse Pitchers. Power pitchers are in the top third in the league in strikeouts plus walks. Finesse guys are in the bottom third. Story is batting .337 vs. Finesse. But vs. Power, he is .086: 3-for-35 with 17 Ks. -
It was a trick play: "Raffy, run three-quarters of the way to second and stop, so you can get tagged out before Duran scores... with our clean-up batter in the box (because we really don't have anyone who can clean up)."
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Crochet may not be a pig like Merloni says, but he's a beast.
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Anything is better than bright yellow shirts. Green seems more connected to Fenway for some reason.
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Campbell took reps at first base?
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My view on any sample: it happened. Sox fans should savor Ceddanne, instead of rooting for a minor leaguer to replace him. If Rafaela has an entire good season, but then regresses and fades away, then what -- One Year Wonder? Consider two other recent Boston outfielders, who each had one All-Star season and won one Gold Glove... Jackie Bradley: regarded by many as one of the Red Sox' top centerfielders in a sample size that spanned 11 years. Career WAR 16.6. Andrew Benintendi: also a key cog in a world championship, which his manager says they couldn't have won without him. Career WAR 15.9 in 10 years... and still active. Rafaela, 24, could outdo both -- but even if he doesn't, enjoy watching his accomplishments. And it's still a crime Anthony isn't in Boston already because the front office cares more about a 6th year of control that doesn't concern 99% of MLB players and their original teams.
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Not every out is the same, and anybody who says "an out is an out" is not a Red Sox fan actually watching the games, especially at the ends of games. Baserunners can advance and even score on ground-outs, fly outs, even foul pop-outs. But strikeouts suck to watch, and suck the life out of rallies. The only person on offense that a K advances is the batter taking the walk of shame back to the dugout.
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Burly, Hairy, Whoa. Blood, Sweat, Fears. Sixty-two million dollars.
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And you're setting all your Sales in the direction of the blowhards in the front office. No need for fossil fuels tonight. Just fossils like me watching...
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"They're on pace to rejoin the rotation right after the Trade Deadline -- they'll be better starters than any we can acquire," President Kennedy will say in July... "There's always a fine line between competitive and incompetent," CBO Breslow will spew, "and it lies in prefixes and suffixes. When you analyze the core semantically, it's all about compet." Red Sox Analytics Dept. report: "Research shows back when starting pitchers expected to throw complete games that Williams and DiMaggio had higher career OPS facing starters the 4th time, compared to their 1st, 2nd and 3rd at bats. Since our batters can't hit bullpens in late innings, we'll emphasize taking more bad swings early to keep starters in games as long as possible." "Just gotta get better at takin cara these kids," said Cora. "Right?"
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As for the bullpen, have to agree with Cora; need better execution. But forget about lethal injections or firing squads. Lock them in a movie cinema and force them to watch the big screen projecting continuous loops of Red Sox batters trying to move the ghost runner in extra innings. If that doesn't do it, force each reliever to stand in the batter's box without helmets, elbow pads and shin guards, and face all the other guys from the pen. In the very least, they'll all hop around with broken toes from dirtball sweepers and won't be able to escape getting swallowed by ground crew tarps the next time there's a rain delay.
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Or it could've happened at the end of last season, in offseason training, in Spring Training, or for more established $300 million dollar types, Spring Feigning.
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It's possible he may be adjusting to some nagging physical issue that prevents him from using the old stance. Ballplayers are never 100%, and always play hurt, but unless they end up on the IL, aches and pains remain undisclosed to the public (lest a merciless foe finds a way to exploit them).
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My cousin the pitcher used to say when he walked the leadoff batter that we should just let him circle the bases and score -- because they do 99% of the time anyway. And then he could start fresh again with no one on.
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Greatest catch ever! Teammates conspire to rob HR...
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Abreu.
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Send Duran.
