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5/16-5/18 Red Sox @ Royals Series Thread
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Post by ajs1994 on May 18, 2016 21:44:25 GMT -5
Rutledge is now sporting a .591 babip on the season. I think it's sustainable.
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Post by benogliviesbrother on May 18, 2016 21:53:51 GMT -5
Rutledge is now sporting a .591 babip on the season … Rutty is gritty, and gritty players make their own Babip.
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Post by DesignatedKyle on May 18, 2016 22:19:59 GMT -5
Rutledge is now sporting a .591 babip on the season. I think it's sustainable. maybe Rutledge himself is one of the BABIP gods we always talk about he certainly has godly hair
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Post by larrycook on May 18, 2016 22:23:21 GMT -5
Nice win! Price is throwing the ball so much better than earlier this year,
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Post by FenwayFanatic on May 18, 2016 22:26:55 GMT -5
Really don't feel too bad about 1/3 here on the road. The afternoon loss today wasn't so good but the Royals pen is tough.
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Post by Don Caballero on May 18, 2016 22:36:13 GMT -5
Nice game by Rutledge and nice job by Farrell resting his players on a double header on the road against the defending champions. No complaints there.
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Post by ericmvan on May 18, 2016 23:46:59 GMT -5
It's now 379 PA in MLB since Bradley's late July recall and insertion into the starting lineup. He has a 150 wRC+. That would rank 7th in MLB, 2015-2016. Even including his struggles as a part-timer before the final callup, he ranks 22nd (minimum 350 or 400 PA) with a 137 wRC+. wRC+ since JBJ's callup: 182 Ortiz 150 Bradley 136 Shaw 130 Betts 130 Bogaerts 129 Pedroia
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Post by telluricrook on May 19, 2016 0:03:41 GMT -5
Still cant get over having 1st and 3rd and 0 outs and 3-0 count and not being able to score a run in the first game but at least the bullpen only had to pitch 1 2/3 innings in the double header.
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Post by Guidas on May 19, 2016 7:13:30 GMT -5
Great win!
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Post by mandelbro on May 19, 2016 7:40:50 GMT -5
If Brock Holt is a starting player, it's as a second baseman on a second division team at best. He's an incredibly valuable utility guy. Rusney, ground balls galore and all, would be a better bet right now in left field. A substantial defensive upgrade at the very least, with far more power potential. I don't understand this at all. Brock Holt isn't some kind of liability in the field. He's a net neutral at worst by any measure. Career UZR/150 of 3.5. 1 error in 880 innings. He has a track record of being a league average bat, and can safely be expected to finish with a .280/.330/.380 or so line as the .256 BABIP sorts itself out, which should be something like 97 wRC+. He runs the bases well which has been a hallmark of this team. It's not exciting but its better than awful, which is what we've been given to expect from Rusney. Rusney is a catastrophe on offense. He's lost at the plate. He's lost on the basepaths. Basically a DH when you factor in the outs he runs into. Too slow out of the box to get an infield hit and a lost cause stealing bases. His whiff rates and contact rates are scary high and low, respectively. His batted ball profile is a mess. 64% grounders, 12.6% line drives, and he's a RH pull hitter. Is Castillo really THAT much valuable than Holt at left field? He can't even hit in Pawtucket.
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Post by jrffam05 on May 19, 2016 9:02:35 GMT -5
If Brock Holt is a starting player, it's as a second baseman on a second division team at best. He's an incredibly valuable utility guy. Rusney, ground balls galore and all, would be a better bet right now in left field. A substantial defensive upgrade at the very least, with far more power potential. I don't understand this at all. Brock Holt isn't some kind of liability in the field. He's a net neutral at worst by any measure. Career UZR/150 of 3.5. 1 error in 880 innings. He has a track record of being a league average bat, and can safely be expected to finish with a .280/.330/.380 or so line as the .256 BABIP sorts itself out, which should be something like 97 wRC+. He runs the bases well which has been a hallmark of this team. It's not exciting but its better than awful, which is what we've been given to expect from Rusney. Rusney is a catastrophe on offense. He's lost at the plate. He's lost on the basepaths. Basically a DH when you factor in the outs he runs into. Too slow out of the box to get an infield hit and a lost cause stealing bases. His whiff rates and contact rates are scary high and low, respectively. His batted ball profile is a mess. 64% grounders, 12.6% line drives, and he's a RH pull hitter. Is Castillo really THAT much valuable than Holt at left field? He can't even hit in Pawtucket. I have to agree with this. I didn't like starting Castillo in AAA on opening day because it was reactionary, but year to date he has not done anything to suggest he should be on the MLB roster. Holt/Young isn't ideal in LF, but without forcing a move it's the best option we have.
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Post by justen on May 19, 2016 9:09:56 GMT -5
I don't understand this at all. Brock Holt isn't some kind of liability in the field. He's a net neutral at worst by any measure. Career UZR/150 of 3.5. 1 error in 880 innings. He has a track record of being a league average bat, and can safely be expected to finish with a .280/.330/.380 or so line as the .256 BABIP sorts itself out, which should be something like 97 wRC+. He runs the bases well which has been a hallmark of this team. It's not exciting but its better than awful, which is what we've been given to expect from Rusney. Rusney is a catastrophe on offense. He's lost at the plate. He's lost on the basepaths. Basically a DH when you factor in the outs he runs into. Too slow out of the box to get an infield hit and a lost cause stealing bases. His whiff rates and contact rates are scary high and low, respectively. His batted ball profile is a mess. 64% grounders, 12.6% line drives, and he's a RH pull hitter. Is Castillo really THAT much valuable than Holt at left field? He can't even hit in Pawtucket. I have to agree with this. I didn't like starting Castillo in AAA on opening day because it was reactionary, but year to date he has not done anything to suggest he should be on the MLB roster. Holt/Young isn't ideal in LF, but without forcing a move it's the best option we have. Agreed. Rusney has all the physical attributes necessary to be a star in the bigs. But Holt is genuinely a baseball player with real-er baseball instincts. At least in my mind. You're going to get more good AB's from Holt. And I also agree that with just a bit more seasoning, Castillo probably would have payed better defense (no excuse not to really). But I want the baseball player on my roster who as you've all said, offers more flexibility. It would really be nice though, if Castillo could hit at least .260, steal some bases, and play some plus defense as a starter. Holt turns into a serious weapon off the bench at that point. Hurry up Benny!
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Post by jmei on May 19, 2016 10:58:17 GMT -5
If Brock Holt is a starting player, it's as a second baseman on a second division team at best. He's an incredibly valuable utility guy. Rusney, ground balls galore and all, would be a better bet right now in left field. A substantial defensive upgrade at the very least, with far more power potential. I don't understand this at all. Brock Holt isn't some kind of liability in the field. He's a net neutral at worst by any measure. Career UZR/150 of 3.5. 1 error in 880 innings. He has a track record of being a league average bat, and can safely be expected to finish with a .280/.330/.380 or so line as the .256 BABIP sorts itself out, which should be something like 97 wRC+. He runs the bases well which has been a hallmark of this team. It's not exciting but its better than awful, which is what we've been given to expect from Rusney. Rusney is a catastrophe on offense. He's lost at the plate. He's lost on the basepaths. Basically a DH when you factor in the outs he runs into. Too slow out of the box to get an infield hit and a lost cause stealing bases. His whiff rates and contact rates are scary high and low, respectively. His batted ball profile is a mess. 64% grounders, 12.6% line drives, and he's a RH pull hitter. Is Castillo really THAT much valuable than Holt at left field? He can't even hit in Pawtucket. I think you're being hard on Castillo. His career contact rate in the majors (77.9%) is not much worse than league-average (78.8% last year), and his aggressiveness helps him avoid strikeouts because he's putting balls in play early. He's certainly made his fair share of baserunning mistakes, but he has excellent raw speed, and baserunning instincts are the kind of thing you'd expect him to improve over time. He's slow out of the box, but he makes up for it with that raw speed and a batted ball profile (lots of pulled ground balls) that is conducive to infield hits, and his career infield hit percentage (9.3%) is better than league-average (6.6%). He hits lots of ground balls, which hurts his ability to hit for power, but he also basically never hits infield fly balls (career 1.7%; league-average is 9.5%) and should hit for a high BABIP. His 94 wRC+ in Pawtucket this year isn't great, but it isn't terrible, either. Using a 50/50 mix of Steamer and ZiPS, Castillo is projected for an 85 wRC+ and Holt is projected for a 90 wRC+. That's a small enough gap that Castillo's superior defense might put him out ahead. Of course, the other factor is that the role available is LF versus RHP, which means Castillo gets hurt by platoon splits while Holt gets helped. But, at the very least, it's a conversation worth having.
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Post by jimed14 on May 19, 2016 13:07:42 GMT -5
If Castillo is in the mix, you don't need to compare him to Holt as much as you have to compare both he and Holt to Rutledge and Hernandez.
The Red Sox have played 41 games so far. Bogaerts, Betts, Shaw, JBJ, Hanley and Pedroia have appeared in 39 or more games with Shaw and Betts playing every single game. Holt's job should be to give guys a day off every couple weeks. This isn't a great situation and it will be ugly when there is a DL stint or players start to wear down.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on May 19, 2016 20:30:22 GMT -5
Baltimore lost so we're back to percentage points.
I believe Craig has been injured but he's back now. Don't count out Craig as a LF option. (Yeah, I know).
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Post by sox fan in nc on May 20, 2016 9:43:13 GMT -5
Craig went yard yesterday (3-run jack). 2 for 2 + BB. Bring him up. Just kidding (for now).
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