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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Rafaela's listed at 5'10, 165 - but sports teams always exaggerate those dimensions. Most small players don't stay buff by throwing bowling balls around all winter, like Mookie Betts. Fans may just have to accept that Ceddanne has to swing from the heels to have a chance to hit a baseball far. It's really more a testament to his talent that he cranked 15 home runs in the majors like year, and at least 20 in each of his two previous minor league seasons. Anyone who makes the big leagues has elite hand-eye coordination to some extent. But all these prospects try to homer their way into promotion, because the longball is a big separator. Anthony, Campbell, Mayer, even Teel, had huge swings last year. Now that Grissom is raking, there's another guy knocking on the door. Four doubles in one game is a novelty, but the fact he also hit one out of the ballpark boosts his status -- especially now that he's taking reps as a righthanded-hitting first baseman...
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    At least he hit a homer in the Major Leagues before Philly thought it a good idea to sign him (turn your head and cough, Yoshida).
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    One expectation that the front office may be intentionally deceiving the fanbase about: injuries that severely depleted the swings of Boston's two main power hitters last year are totally healed and no longer an issue. Any adult who has ever played any sport regularly -- even at a rec league level -- knows that nagging injuries never go away entirely; we just have our good days and our bad weeks. Athletes are still capable of competing at anywhere from 50-75%, but no one is ever 100% again after about age 25 (in the testing era). Batters who hurt their core like Casas in the very motion that makes them good, or continually traumatize their shoulders in such a violent motion like Devers trying to pull, may never be as good again (it hurts my shoulders just watching Raffy swing and miss). Pro hitters constantly adjust, and Casas and Devers have shown they can produce by containing their contact to the opposite field. But it appears they're just not interested in too much of that...
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nowadays, it may be piece work. For batting coaches, every hit is worth a dollar. Swings and misses are only 50 cents. But every out not wasted on bunting a ghost runner to third is a five-dollar bonus.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    As is often the case, the team that ends the season may have different faces (and arms and legs) than the one that opened the season. If there is an October... '04: Cabrera, Roberts, Mienkietwicz '07: Ellsbury, Lester, Bobby Kielty '13: Bogaerts, Koji, Peavy '18: Pearce, Eovaldi, Kinsler '21: Schwarber, Sale (really?)
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We can't bring up a 20-year old kid now. His longball power could ruin the Red Sox batting order for life!
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Some posters say it's way too still early to make any significant changes, but the Rockies just fired hitting coach Hensley Muelens. Colorado batters have more strike outs than any other club but one... but we know Boston has had two more games full of K opportunities. Still mystifying how the Rox are below the Sox in HRs and Slug -- is there climate change in Denver... or maybe late storms blowing in at Coors?
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Let's also keep in mind that all those last place finishes put the Sox in a position to draft better players the past half decade. None of those young prospects are stars in the majors yet -- but Monegro struck out 9 in 4 IP in frozen Hartford last night.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    AC says the hottest hitter. Gotta take cara these kids, right?
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ya, and while a few of those wins were entertaining, it sure seems like more of the losses were exitaining (as in: fans heading for the exits, or leaving the big screen room, or at least changing the channel). A couple things that have to happen in the next 142 for a postseason stretch drive: 1. quality winning streaks that propel the Sox to a record that's lands between five to nine wins better than break-even 71-71; 2. legitimate recruits at the deadline that will supply both depth and a spark to the rotation and/or bullpen, clubhouse and roster to finally end the most ugly, underrated problem with this franchise since 2021 -- giving up and going through the motions. Legitimate recruits are players who are good this year, and not used-to-be, or might-be-again next season after rehabbing a current injury. And if the front office thinks there's really a chance this summer, such acquisitions will require more painful transactions.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That was a great bullpen win, and not just because everyone knew it would be a Whitlock night, and he rocked. It was also a defining moment for Weissert (the Betts trade keeps on giving), and Slaten gave Chappy a break. Was Slaten talking to himself on the mound, or issuing subtle threats to batters and umps? Either or, when a guy's stuff is that efficient, it makes for an intimidating at bat...
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    From someone who was at the game, Bello's fastball sat at 97-98, and he could dial it up whenever he wanted a strikeout. But it looked like he was intentionally throwing as many breaking balls as possible by design, without concern for the results. Mastering those pitches may be the last step before he's back -- the arm is ready.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's still.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In an interview that never was, Casas insists his BACS and BASAM aren't any worse than any of his teammates. Key: BACS = Batting Average on Called Strikes; BASAM = Batting Average on Swing And Miss.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No one gives extensions to babies past 12 years, because once they hit 13, they all opt of any semblance of sanity and transform into total psychopaths.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Why? Because he's never thrown a single pitch in an MLB game for the Red Sox, who are paying him $50 million? At least Paxton came back years later and had a good month... before he broke down again... and before the Sox traded to get him back... before he broke down again again. Bello, age 25, signed longterm, is the key to stabilizing the rotation.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's still now.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "Cronin... was one of the main perpetrators" Yawkey loved Cronin, who refused to sign Jackie Robinson and Willie Mays. Many of the GMs who took over after him came from the same Good Ole Boy Network.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sure -- you can subtract my Joe Kerrigan and Ron Roenicke, if I can delete your Torre and Speaker. Cronin the Red Sox racist GM who never signed or hired blacks was one of the main perpetrators of decades of suckitude in Boston baseball.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But superstars never make the best managers (especially superstar batters). Ted Williams got Manager of the Year once because he helped some poor hitters become average, but he hated pitchers too much to be a good skipper. Instead, Dick Williams, a career .260 hitter, was a Hall of Fame manager. So was Sparky Anderson (one MLB season as a second baseman) and Earl Weaver (none), and someday Terry Francona -- who was described by Bill James as "a worthless player." Tito was worth way more than Bill.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    When Houck first came up nasty, there were TV split screens showing how he was a righty Chris Sale. It was because of the slider,
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'd just like to see Devers use the whole-field approach consistently. Do you think he knows that only 28% of his career hits are pulled? Raffy career hit splits, according to bb-ref: pulled 303, middle 574, oppo 200. Stats are similar for homers, with only 34% pulled: 69 pulled, 100 middle, 32 oppo.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A Roman or- I mean: toga, toga, toga! (dang, new nickname)
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sox have to promote the hard-hitting Anthony soon -- if not, he could ruin some of those younger players for life!
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    My Little Leaguers were always prepared for the games. Last night one of them said -- when Duran lobbed a throw to second base while two men scored -- "If I did that, my coach would pull me right of the game."
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