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Post by yuchangclan on Mar 28, 2024 16:56:20 GMT -5
Mookie-Ohtani-Freeman are 5-7 with 2 HR’s, 2BB’s and 5 runs scored, so far, today. Have we ever seen a 1-2-3 punch this good before?
Side note: Mookie also has made an error as SS.
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Post by notstarboard on Mar 28, 2024 16:57:12 GMT -5
I still can’t fathom how projections and Vegas projected the Yankees over the Os for the division? Lineups not even comparable, Os dominate 1-9, rotation Os are pretty good especially if Rodriguez takes the next step Bullpen even without Bautista the Os are still dominate Judge and Soto are a pretty OP combo... NYY is more top heavy, but I also think they have a good chance to be better overall. Projections think NYY's lineup is probably better too.
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Post by manfred on Mar 28, 2024 17:15:38 GMT -5
Mookie-Ohtani-Freeman are 5-7 with 2 HR’s, 2BB’s and 5 runs scored, so far, today. Have we ever seen a 1-2-3 punch this good before? Side note: Mookie also has made an error as SS. I was just coming to write that. I can’t think of a more fearsome three -headed monster at the top. Wild.
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Post by yuchangclan on Mar 28, 2024 17:18:50 GMT -5
Mookie-Ohtani-Freeman are 5-7 with 2 HR’s, 2BB’s and 5 runs scored, so far, today. Have we ever seen a 1-2-3 punch this good before? Side note: Mookie also has made an error as SS. I was just coming to write that. I can’t think of a more fearsome three -headed monster at the top. Wild. Three first-ballot Hall of Famers all in their prime..in a row. I can’t really think of anything else like it. Dodgers are must watch TV.
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Post by julyanmorley on Mar 28, 2024 19:43:33 GMT -5
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Post by taiwansox on Mar 28, 2024 22:38:51 GMT -5
I want this in the books, I predict the Rays finish last this year. Really bearish on them this year, lots of room for regression, pitching voodoo doesn’t seem as likely this year
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Post by cdj on Mar 29, 2024 0:26:17 GMT -5
I want this in the books, I predict the Rays finish last this year. Really bearish on them this year, lots of room for regression, pitching voodoo doesn’t seem as likely this year Wander stuff ripped their soul out The only guy they ever shelled out for…the present and future of the franchise…gone in the blink of an eye because he likes middle schoolers
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Post by bluechip on Mar 29, 2024 0:37:05 GMT -5
I was just coming to write that. I can’t think of a more fearsome three -headed monster at the top. Wild. Three first-ballot Hall of Famers all in their prime..in a row. I can’t really think of anything else like it. Dodgers are must watch TV. 2003 Red Sox? Nomar, Manny, Papi. Obviously one of them made the HOF, but that was a fun year and a scary lineup.
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Post by wcsoxfan on Mar 29, 2024 1:15:05 GMT -5
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Post by taiwansox on Mar 29, 2024 1:45:04 GMT -5
Three first-ballot Hall of Famers all in their prime..in a row. I can’t really think of anything else like it. Dodgers are must watch TV. 2003 Red Sox? Nomar, Manny, Papi. Obviously one of them made the HOF, but that was a fun year and a scary lineup. And your 8/9 hitter Mueller won the batting title lol
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 29, 2024 5:36:51 GMT -5
Wander Franco's suspension extended through June 1st For now If they ever let him play again it’s a disgrace. The MLB is already way too lenient with domestic abuse, but this is even worse. The game of baseball is way bigger than these guys and doesn’t need them in the slightest. I wish they’d start sending a clearer message via lifetime bans. I believe under the current policy, MLB just does this administrative leave suspension until whatever other legal process is compete, then imposes is own suspension. I think they're not allowed to do it for an indefinite period so they have to just pick some length of time in order to have the flexibility to then act if something does come down.
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Post by Guidas on Mar 29, 2024 7:03:05 GMT -5
Great Win!
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Mar 29, 2024 8:58:32 GMT -5
2003 Red Sox? Nomar, Manny, Papi. Obviously one of them made the HOF, but that was a fun year and a scary lineup. And your 8/9 hitter Mueller won the batting title lol Mueller won the batting title hitting 8th in the lineup. The 9th hitter tied for the lowest batting average on the team, among regulars, at a respectable .273, and bashed 25 homers and knocked in 85 runs, 1 of 8 guys on the lineup to reach 85 RBIs. I'm talking Jason Varitek. The 2003 Red Sox had the scariest and most lethal lineup that I remember the Sox having. I would say, and Gerry might agree with me, that the best offense they ever had was the 1950 edition where the Sox batted collectively as a team over .300 and exceeded 1000 runs. The best offense I've seen in my 40 plus years as a fan was the 1999 Cleveland Indians who had table setters like Kenny Lofton, Omar Vizquel, and Roberto Alomar for the big boppers, Jim Thome and pre-Boston Manny along with other strong hitters like Dave Justice, Richie Sexson, Travis Fryman, and Sandy Alomar. Off the top of my head I cant recall if Harold Baines was on that team or not. I think Will Cordero was. The team was so loaded they didnt have room for a young Sean Casey and they traded him to Cincy for Dave Burba because they lacked pitching. That team scored over 1000 runs and an injured Pedro Martinez snuffed them out in the playoffs. That's how great Pedro was on his prime.
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Post by incandenza on Mar 29, 2024 10:11:05 GMT -5
Say, what's up with Brandon Belt? He had a really good season last year (albeit with some worrisome peripherals), FG crowdsource projection 1/9.5, and as near as I can tell there aren't even any rumors about his potentially signing with a team.
Same question re: Clevinger but I do recall at least a couple rumors with him.
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Post by yuchangclan on Mar 29, 2024 11:28:30 GMT -5
And your 8/9 hitter Mueller won the batting title lol Mueller won the batting title hitting 8th in the lineup. The 9th hitter tied for the lowest batting average on the team, among regulars, at a respectable .273, and bashed 25 homers and knocked in 85 runs, 1 of 8 guys on the lineup to reach 85 RBIs. I'm talking Jason Varitek. The 2003 Red Sox had the scariest and most lethal lineup that I remember the Sox having. I would say, and Gerry might agree with me, that the best offense they ever had was the 1950 edition where the Sox batted collectively as a team over .300 and exceeded 1000 runs. The best offense I've seen in my 40 plus years as a fan was the 1999 Cleveland Indians who had table setters like Kenny Lofton, Omar Vizquel, and Roberto Alomar for the big boppers, Jim Thome and pre-Boston Manny along with other strong hitters like Dave Justice, Richie Sexson, Travis Fryman, and Sandy Alomar. Off the top of my head I cant recall if Harold Baines was on that team or not. I think Will Cordero was. The team was so loaded they didnt have room for a young Sean Casey and they traded him to Cincy for Dave Burba because they lacked pitching. That team scored over 1000 runs and an injured Pedro Martinez snuffed them out in the playoffs. That's how great Pedro was on his prime. Those Indians teams were absolutely loaded. I think the 1999 team produced the most runs, but the 1995-1996 teams with Albert Belle batting cleanup were the scariest IMO. They actually had Thome batting sixth and Manny batting 7th(!!) when the 1995 season started. I’ve never seen a lineup like that. And you are right. They had so many great moving parts throughout the 90’s like Eddie Murray and Matt Williams and Dave Winfield. It was just endless. Meanwhile, they were producing guys like Richie Sexson, Jeromy Burnitz and Brian Giles(and Sean Casey who you mentioned) who couldn’t even get on the field for them initially and would have been regulars just about everywhere else. The Indians just couldn’t produce enough pitching! Amazing that they never won it all.
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Post by yuchangclan on Mar 29, 2024 11:44:46 GMT -5
Three first-ballot Hall of Famers all in their prime..in a row. I can’t really think of anything else like it. Dodgers are must watch TV. 2003 Red Sox? Nomar, Manny, Papi. Obviously one of them made the HOF, but that was a fun year and a scary lineup. This is a great call. That’s the best Red Sox lineup I’ve ever seen and it had and the closest they’ve ever come to the Betts, Ohtani, Freeman trifecta for sure! Meanwhile, the Yankees were trotting out Jeter, ARod, Sheffield, Giambi(and even Matsui) in those days. We know Jeter is in the HOF. ARod and Sheffield are slam dunks under different circumstances. That Yankees lineup was absolutely terrifying. Other than Albert Belle(mentioned in the previous post), Sheffield was probably the most menacing and scary to face that I can recall. I’m also thinking of the Mariners when they had ARod, Griffey and Edgar Martinez. That’s not a bad 3-headed monster. The Texas Rangers also had some absurd lineups in the 90’s-early 2000’s as well(again featuring ARod!) with the likes of Juan Gonzalez(borderline HOF), Palmeiro(slam dunk HOF normally), Irod(HOF), Canseco(Borderline), Will Clark(borderline), Ruben Sierra & more.
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Post by incandenza on Mar 29, 2024 16:39:10 GMT -5
Jose Alvarado gave up 8 ER in 2023. He gave up 5 today.
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Post by vermontsox1 on Mar 29, 2024 17:46:12 GMT -5
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Post by James Dunne on Mar 29, 2024 17:57:50 GMT -5
Say, what's up with Brandon Belt? He had a really good season last year (albeit with some worrisome peripherals), FG crowdsource projection 1/9.5, and as near as I can tell there aren't even any rumors about his potentially signing with a team. Same question re: Clevinger but I do recall at least a couple rumors with him.
Belt was bad in 2022 and his strikeout rate got significantly worse last year, up to 34.9% (career 24.6%). He got bailed out by a .370 BABIP, but nobody's paying that kind of money for a DH/1B to flip around that kind of regression at 35. He still puts up professional ABs and there might be enough power there for him to deliver like a .230/.340/.440, but it's not a profile that teams have been valuing. I actually think a decent, above-average hitter is a much better use of the DH spot than a mix-and-match approach that many teams seem to be using now, but that's just not the reality of how rosters are being put together right now.
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Post by julyanmorley on Mar 29, 2024 18:26:51 GMT -5
The Pirates really gotta give up something to dump Brubaker making $2 million + a team option year when his last year before TJS he put up 2 WAR?
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Post by ematz1423 on Mar 29, 2024 18:33:20 GMT -5
The Pirates really gotta give up something to dump Brubaker making $2 million + a team option year when his last year before TJS he put up 2 WAR? Feels like the type of move a team that's $24M under the luxury tax would have been looking into but nope guess not.
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Post by sxfan on Mar 29, 2024 18:43:48 GMT -5
Jose Alvarado gave up 8 ER in 2023. He gave up 5 today. RedSoxStats brought up the idea of bringing in Slaten over Jansen yesterday in the ninth. Kind of the idea I can get behind. I'm hoping Dombrowski pays the price on Jansen, either dollars or a decent prospect. Get something and not lose a step at the closer position, Slaten is supposed to have the upside of a closer.
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Post by James Dunne on Mar 29, 2024 18:49:50 GMT -5
Yesterday's game (early season, on road, close game, bullpen "rested") was the exact type of situation where it makes sense to use multiple relievers, including the high-leverage ones, in short stints. Also, it worked. It is baffling to me that people have an issue with it.
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Post by julyanmorley on Mar 29, 2024 18:51:35 GMT -5
That's the swing of a guy that needs exactly 20 more days of minor league development
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Post by sxfan on Mar 29, 2024 18:58:00 GMT -5
Jackson reminds me of his dad, from the left side. Relaxed stance and then his hands just explode. I guess Jackson has a younger brother that's even better than him in college also.
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