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Id rather see Moncada finish the minor league season and go to fall ball and play 3b. He needs as many reps as he can get. There will be plenty of time next year for Moncada. Im betting that they will be very protective of him and will not be as aggressive as they were with Benni...
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DD seems to like Moncada Devers Groome and Kopech...Devers may be expendable with Moncada at 3b now. With the way hes been hitting there would be a LOT of Gms looking to make a trade with Devers involved. Not sure who may be had on the MLb roster...would Shaw be available with Hanley at 1b and Pablo/Moncada possible at 3b? Swihart seems like a perfect trade candidate next July after hes built his value back up behind the plate a few months in AAA. Unless theres a GM that still views his value as very high. Sam Travis and Mauricio Doubon may be two more names that could go. Travis needs to prove his knee is ok first and Doubon is killing AA and continues to up his value at SS. Brian Johnson would have more value to us right now as depth with Owens looking more and more like a change of scenery candidate. Whatever happens, there is certain to be a different look come 2017 with the top 10 prospects. Beside possibly Devers, 1-5 may not change too much IMHO.
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Getting him back for a playoff run will be very important. We can work him in slower and not have to thrust him into every game with Young available to us now. Were going to need that LH bat...
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Vaz with some good numbers in AAA .271 .352 .379 His OPS isnt going to be a lot higher than low 700s because hes more a line drive hitter and not much power. If you look at all his minor league numbers, after an adjustment at each level he hit plenty good enough. There was a noticable difference in AA when they asked him to work more on offense since his D was already MLb ready. It frustrates me when everyone says he cant hit. He can and he will...will he be a big offensive guy? No, but he will be a good MLB hitter. Maybe not good enough for some folks, but plenty for me to go along with the elite D, game calling, and framing. It will be fun to watch Vaz and Leon next year.
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Farrell overuses his guys in the pen. How many f***ing times have i seen someone warm up twice only to not be brought in. Or he just goes to the same guy until his arm falls off...anyway, Barnes is about toast it seems. Taz IS toast and should not throw another pitch. Hopefully Koji can come back strong and Buch/Zig can lock down one of the 7-8 innings, although I Wish Buch got another start. Another Farrell pitching mistake IMHO.
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Either one. Buch was looking good and both of those two had crappy outings.
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Clay Buchholz - Is he worth the 2016 option?
southpaw777 replied to Slasher9's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
A swingman for 13m? I think we could do much of the same for cheaper. If Clay isnt in the rotation, the 13m option really doesnt make sense... -
Latest news is he wont be able to start BB activities for a couple weeks, which will make it very difficult to get back before the end of the year. No minor league games will make it harder. At least its nothing major and we should have him for the playoffs, if we make it in...
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Clay Buchholz - Is he worth the 2016 option?
southpaw777 replied to Slasher9's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Am i the only one that wanted to see clay start another game? I thought the pen did him good. He looked a lot better and I figured maybe they rode that for at least one more start to see if he had a nice one month run in him... -
Henry and Werner had a big part in wanting to make a splash with Panda and Hanley. They were a big part of Crawford as well. Its just as much their fault as it is the GM. Do you really think they didnt have anything to do with it? Before DD came here this ownership and FO constantly stuck their noses in baseball operations. I highly doubt DD would have agreed to come here if they were to continue it. So The good thing is at least we now know what everyones role is.
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Personally, I think if he doesnt make it to the big game hes gone. Bottom line...no WS appearence, no job.
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I dont think they will either in Boston, but to get any value out of him he needs to work on his catching skills...he absolutely needs work. He only became a ft catcher AFTER the Sox drafted him so its no surprise, to me anyway, that his D is lacking. Bottom line. Theres no OF position open and his D as a MLB catcher is a liability right now. I believe he can be at least a decent backstop with a good stick. That still has value. Just needs to reps, and he can do that in Pawtucket.
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No way hes our everyday catcher next year, and maybe ever...i seriously think he recovers, goes back to AAA and works on his D behind the dish because its terrible. Then I think he may be in a trade. They have to build his value back up as a catcher first though. I would bet that we have Leon and Vaz next year as our catchers.
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Buch was fine in the pen and looked a lot better when he got beack in the rotation. I think the pen did him good. Now personally, I would have left him in the rotation...had a feeling we were gonna see some more good pitching from him...
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You know im not big on defensive metrics. Ive watched every game and Hanley doesnt hurt us at all defensively...Hes made a couple blunders, sure, but for his first year hes done well. No denying that. like I said, he doesnt hurt us and isnt a liability. Shaws offense so far doesnt warrant a ft position there. Although Hanley is having a bit of a down year with the bat and was out with a shoulder issue last year, Id still choose him over Shaw just based on history offensively and how well hes done his fist year at 1b with the glove...right now, to me, Shaw is a bench guy for 1b/3b. Although i believe they should just have kept him in at 3b and let him work through his struggles and the adjustment he needed to make...the Sox can sometimes be a bit impatient with young players like they were with Xander at SS in 2014... Do you think if they left Shaw alone at 3b he would have worked through things? I do. At least if they let him work through it he couldve upped his value in a trade. Now he looks like a bench player when im no so sure he is.
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Agree with Shaw and Moncada. I still like Hanley at 1b and maybe DH some of the time, but def not a FT DH. Not sure that we NEED to get another corner guy. We dont have to put Hanley there, and really shouldn't..Im curious to why you think we should when hes been pretty damn good there?
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Leading off the bag and then a jump the wrong way when the ball was hit. Rookie mistake. It happens. Your right though...its not Pedeys faullt. No structural damage so thats good news for the kid...hopefully back before the seasons out. Just Please dont frigging rush him back too early...
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Benni will be back at least by 2017..Moncada has looked really good at 3b, almost looks natural. Made a couple nice diving stops already. A little winter ball then ST and we'll see where hes at...
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Swihart isnt too good to be a backup seeing hes not good enough defensively to be a starter yet...maybe one day he will, but his time behind the plate cost this team runs. He wasnt that good yet. Maybe after a year in AAA taking every rep, but I wouldnt throw him behind the plate in Boston as a starter right now. No way.
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Right on the 15day DL and im guessing it will be the 60 real soon. Didnt look good. Hopefully im wrong and the second MRI shows nothing major...this completely sucks.
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Yee, that was him... he was also beaned in the melon his first eyar with the organization so hes time in the org. Has been pretty eventful...i liked him better than Owens too, so im hoping he can help the team down the stretch because Owens is a friggin mess and looks like a deer in the headlights...
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I imagine he has a couple years before the decision is made on him. Id like to see him carry it through next year first. Get some consistency, although hes been pretty consistent so far this year. Now, if the same hapoens with Vaz regarding his bat, then you will have the two best all around catchers in MLB on your team....not bad.
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I still think Shaw should get more regular time. His first real struggle and he gets benched? I would have let him work through it a bit more...but thats just me. Shaw is a talented and smart ballplayer whom I believe would have worked through it if given the chance. They are young men in this game and will go through a learning curve. You cant really find out what and who they are until they go through it. Hill has been a waste overall. We have enough offense to carry a guy or two who are struggling...
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Hopefully the LT is up past 200m by that time. Unfortunately two of the Bs are represented by Boras. Not that we cant deal with that, but the fact he really likes his guys to get to FA. My hope is that at least one of them signes early for that security. I really think Betts and Bogey are ahead of JBJ on the priority list for the team, although Im sure theyd love to lock them all up for the next 10 years...first thing is to clear some wasted payroll. Some tough decisions to be made in the next couple years.
