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Post by dmaineah on May 20, 2017 12:26:42 GMT -5
Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE BAbip tOPS+ sOPS+ 2017 Totals 41 40 171 147 21 37 16 0 4 19 0 0 23 40 .252 .357 .442 .799 65 5 1 0 0 3 0 .320 100 118
Last 7 days 5 5 22 19 4 4 1 0 2 3 0 0 3 6 .211 .318 .579 .897 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 120 125
Last 14 days 11 10 47 38 7 7 2 0 2 7 0 0 9 14 .184 .340 .395 .735 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227 85 97
Last 28 days 23 22 94 79 12 16 5 0 3 11 0 0 15 21 .203 .330 .380 .710 30 3 0 0 0 1 0 .236 78 90
Last 365days 151 127 528 475 55 112 29 0 22 63 1 0 45 120 .236 .313 .436 .748 207 10 8 0 0 6 2 .270 86 101
Time to add Sam Travis to the 40 man roster & call him up to platoon with Moreland?
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Post by jimed14 on May 20, 2017 14:26:19 GMT -5
They would probably only think about it if they ever faced LH starters but that is not happening this season for whatever reason.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 22, 2017 10:12:10 GMT -5
As we discussed on the pod and I've said here, I'm not a big fan of using 3 roster spots on 1B/DH-only guys.
Moreland's probably not as bad as his numbers over the past month and not as good as his numbers the first 3 weeks. I'm ok with .252/.357/.442 from that spot in the order, personally, if everything else is clicking.
Another point Ian made on the podcast (why am I giving this stuff away? Go listen yourself, you moochers!) is that calling up Travis to play on the short side of the platoon is probably a disservice to his development. It's probably better to have him playing every day in Pawtucket rather than playing 1 or 2 times a week in the majors unless Moreland REALLY craters.
Now, if Moreland gets hurt, Travis is up the next day. Maybe even Hanley too, I bet.
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Post by mandelbro on May 22, 2017 12:35:45 GMT -5
As we discussed on the pod and I've said here, I'm not a big fan of using 3 roster spots on 1B/DH-only guys. Moreland's probably not as bad as his numbers over the past month and not as good as his numbers the first 3 weeks. I'm ok with .252/.357/.442 from that spot in the order, personally, if everything else is clicking. Another point Ian made on the podcast (why am I giving this stuff away? Go listen yourself, you moochers!) is that calling up Travis to play on the short side of the platoon is probably a disservice to his development. It's probably better to have him playing every day in Pawtucket rather than playing 1 or 2 times a week in the majors unless Moreland REALLY craters. Now, if Moreland gets hurt, Travis is up the next day. Maybe even Hanley too, I bet. The Sox don't manage very aggressively. That's not necessarily a Farrell thing, it's like bunting, they just don't do it. But I'd think that if Travis came up, he wouldn't just be the short side of the platoon. You're having trouble with lineup length. A team like the Rays would pinch-hit Travis for your 3B or C if you're behind, then shuffle the chairs accordingly. I just don't think Travis' numbers in AAA warrant a promotion, personally. Need to see him either control the strike zone really well OR hit for pop. On the balance of the season to date, he's done both at a satisfactory level, but neither at an "I'm gonna do this in the bigs" level. Definitely glad he seems back on schedule after his knee injury.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 22, 2017 12:44:26 GMT -5
As we discussed on the pod and I've said here, I'm not a big fan of using 3 roster spots on 1B/DH-only guys. Moreland's probably not as bad as his numbers over the past month and not as good as his numbers the first 3 weeks. I'm ok with .252/.357/.442 from that spot in the order, personally, if everything else is clicking. Another point Ian made on the podcast (why am I giving this stuff away? Go listen yourself, you moochers!) is that calling up Travis to play on the short side of the platoon is probably a disservice to his development. It's probably better to have him playing every day in Pawtucket rather than playing 1 or 2 times a week in the majors unless Moreland REALLY craters. Now, if Moreland gets hurt, Travis is up the next day. Maybe even Hanley too, I bet. The Sox don't manage very aggressively. That's not necessarily a Farrell thing, it's like bunting, they just don't do it. But I'd think that if Travis came up, he wouldn't just be the short side of the platoon. You're having trouble with lineup length. A team like the Rays would pinch-hit Travis for your 3B or C if you're behind, then shuffle the chairs accordingly. I just don't think Travis' numbers in AAA warrant a promotion, personally. Need to see him either control the strike zone really well OR hit for pop. On the balance of the season to date, he's done both at a satisfactory level, but neither at an "I'm gonna do this in the bigs" level. Definitely glad he seems back on schedule after his knee injury. Agree that if he came up, he wouldn't just be the short side of a platoon, but that was the suggestion made, which was why I was responding to it. I just don't know how you would do that without literally handing him the job though - it'd be different if he were the LHH and you could sit him against lefties to get Moreland in the lineup on the short side. As for the numbers, I think the suggestion is made because he's .344/.398/.511 with 3 HR, 8 BB and 10 K since 4/22 in 23 games (98 PA). So in that time, if you buy into the "shaking the rust off" narrative (I do), he is both hitting for some pop and controlling the strike zone. Compare to .139/.244/.306 with 1 HR, 4 BB, 15 K in 10 games (41 PA) before that stretch. You could argue, actually, that the pop has been there (the ISOP is consistent), but he just wasn't hitting in the more general sense.
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