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Interesting that Cora misses a game, and Vazquez gets appointed pinch-skipper -- not Varitek. Could be the big guy really doesn't want to be in charge of (or blamed for) a team that has still lost more than it's won. Would he be interested as the heir apparent? Does the front office even consider him managing material? Saturday is the one-third mark of the long season (and Memorial Day is a week early this year). It may still be May, but that's a large slice out of any pie. -
Relatively new big leaguers? Neither is a nibbler, both are confident in their stuff, and they're not afraid to go after batters. Dobbins leads all Sox starters in lowest BB9 at 1.4. Next is Buehler 2.4, and Fitts 2.6. The rest of the rotation: Giolito 2.7, Crochet 3.0, Newcomb 3.3, Houck 3.5, and Bello 5.5 (really?).
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Typo on my part -- I meant emjittered and emskittered (while listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd). Mayer and Anthony can't wait to become big leaguers -- and wealthy ones at that... But their agents can, and are probably targeting six years from now when their clients could become kajillionaires on the free agent market. Six years may seem like nothing to old posters discussing young athletes not yet in their prime. But consider that six years ago Roman wasn't even old enough to get his driver's license. Marcelo was, but his age required he stop driving by 11 PM each night, lest he face penalties of community service, fines and suspension of license. Waiting for the call in Worcester right now may like Walker Buehler sitting in a classroom, watching the clock tick backwards.
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Initially, 2B. When I saw KC practicing at 1B, and Mayer at 2B in Woo, my immediate thought was that was the most logical path to get Marcelo in The Show without causing more clubhouse rifts... but once he's established, it also makes it easier to replace Story at SS -- maybe by midseason, if they finally do get a real first baseman.
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A two-month sample may be only one-third of a season to baseball fans, but to top prospects that's like one-sixth of an entire calendar year! (I was going to post more about RBIs, but when I tried I couldn't repeat myself). Might they be getting bored in the minors? Could they possibly see better pitches to hit in the majors? And worst of all: are they becoming embittered young men, disillusioned that their love of the game has been betrayed by the control-minded business department...
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The sooner they're up here, the sooner pitchers can write books on their weaknesses, and Fatse and Co. can buy the Cliff Notes to study up for midterms. Can't do much worse than lead the league in strikeouts like the Red Sox current shortstop. Somewhere in a front office conference room, an assistant vice-president is arguing that Mayer and Anthony are Boston's best pair of prospects since Moncada and Benintendi were each rated #1 overall... another Asst. VP just said neither is going to Cooperstown, or even the Red Sox Hall of Fame... a third just replied guys they were traded for might be: Sale, Wink (Mustache HOF).
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The first and last lines of your post sum everything up. Front office may not invest in any more significant reinforcements because it's becoming apparent this year's roster isn't good enough to spend any more resources on it.
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He had a great arm, too. Could overthrow third baseman and catchers with equal inaccuracy.
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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?"
