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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 23, 2015 13:31:50 GMT -5
Just checking, but does anybody here really think that Dustin Pedroia getting traded at any point soon has even a 0.0001% chance of happening in reality? If at all once his 10-5 rights kick in? I'm kind of amazed that there is six pages of talk about a theoretical trade that has virtually no chance of happening. This times 100 for a dozen reasonable reasons, that anyone who follows the sox and pedroia and knows what type of player he is and character with his contract etc etc etc
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 23, 2015 13:29:38 GMT -5
The problem is not pedroia. The problem is no pitching! And you don't see any kind of possible connection here? Pedroia is clearly not the Pedroia everyone clings to. He is not. The team clearly has issues. Then it's logical to take a declining player whose perception appears to be better than actually is. In the very least explore trading him to see what's available. By the time this team is a serious contender again he clearly will not be a main cog, therefore use him and any other asset you have that may speed up that process. That's very basic. before his hammy his offense was bounced back. Not bouncing back. It was back, and save for a few dumb errors early he's been pretty stellar on d for the most part. There is no decline there. He may not run as much. But he is past his "decline" of last year already.
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 21, 2015 20:53:34 GMT -5
May be a dumb comment, how are those earned runs for johnson?
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 14, 2015 17:49:05 GMT -5
I would love the Santana route, but I feel like something has to be done internally. To fix 3 positions to get to first base. I know you know. Hanley I feel, has to eat his pride and play 1st or third for a year and have Pablo possibly at first, unless you're willing to see these contracts put to less use than they can be. I wish Nap would just turn it around but I believe his offseason is affecting him
La Roche for maybe extreme short term. I like, and wish the names and numbers were right for guys like Brandon Belt or Mitch Moreland. I'm a big believer in average or better defensively with some pop but good obo skills at first. It's too much to try and get a miguel, jose abreu, goldy etc. Our first baseman doesn't have to hit 30 and be right handed for me. If he can play d and held Xander and whoever is at third out. Also first at fenway is important because liners down the rf line can easily be triples
Lots of jibberish in there but I like your santana idea or moving hanley/Pablo to first.very generic and vanilla. But I dont see shaw being a starter or sam travis more than some good trade fodder.
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Post by m1keyboots on Jun 25, 2015 13:48:14 GMT -5
Playing JBJ in right field is kind of ridiculous, so I fully expect John Farrell to do it. Care to explain? I think it's a perfectly fine move. I don't think Betts CF/Bradley RF is much worse production-wise than Bradley CF/Betts RF, and the couple runs you'd maybe lose are offset by the fact that, since Betts projects to be a first-division starter but is new to CF, you want him getting as many reps in CF as possible; conversely, because Bradley might be a 4th outfielder on a good team, you want him getting reps in the outfield corners. I said this before and you rightly changed my mind with getting Mookie (who is I would consider well above average) the reps. Jackie just spoiled some of us so much with the howitzer and the magic carpet ride.
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Post by m1keyboots on Jun 25, 2015 13:42:51 GMT -5
The o's announcers, Thorne and Palmer are literally giddy about how quickly thay unraveled. Palmer I believe, "predicted" a bomb for JJ hardy 3 times during the at bat. Anyways, is it just me or does anyone else miss Manny a little bit in left? Seems like no one can play the wall anymore
That unraveled*
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Post by m1keyboots on Jun 24, 2015 21:15:04 GMT -5
De Aza: diving head first is soooo stupid. It's not faster and that's how you get hurt. Edit: I feel like it should not have to be explained to professional baseball players. And yet they still do it. I believe he saw Davis behind the bag and instinctively dove. The guy made it to the majors diving to first. Some guys learn that way, especially faster guys. I really have no problem with someone like De Aza doing that after seeing crush Davis standing and walking towards you 4 feet behind the bag...
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Post by m1keyboots on Jun 20, 2015 1:22:58 GMT -5
eye test say slightly above average. Metrics agree depending on the metric. The jump to average alone is thrilling to see
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Post by m1keyboots on Jun 16, 2015 17:46:49 GMT -5
If I wasn't in love with brock, I'd want him traded while his value is so high.
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Post by m1keyboots on Jun 16, 2015 16:48:58 GMT -5
Hard to hit it harder than Ortiz did right there. minus a couple hit streaks with multi Homer games, 5 game stretches of 3 or 4....David has looked the same as last year. Not as good as 2012 Papi, or the slightly lesser 2013 version but still raking at times
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Post by m1keyboots on Jun 16, 2015 16:47:18 GMT -5
Hits with risp??
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Post by m1keyboots on Jun 16, 2015 16:19:48 GMT -5
I stand by this. By no means has our pitching been great. But I'd still take miley for three years, (knock on wood) and even jKelly, and buch. It's the offense that's been unbearable to watch. Stagnant and eye test wise un clutch. One man's opinion
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Post by m1keyboots on Jun 16, 2015 15:34:49 GMT -5
I know its early, and despite the 3 ball counts I like the way miley is going after people today.
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Post by m1keyboots on Jun 6, 2015 15:21:14 GMT -5
For a guy that changed clubhouse cultures, changed coasts, changed leagues, and went from a baseball ish town to a crazy psycho, live and die on the next pitch baseball town..... I think pandas doing okay
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Post by m1keyboots on Jun 4, 2015 15:19:02 GMT -5
I love that Guerra trusts his arm so much. He knows he has it, but also only uses it when he knows he needs to. I'll admit I've only seen him a couple of times, but with that, highlights, etc I like how quick his release is too, from different angles as well. If that bat continues and dubon stays duboning...and Yoan aybar. Yeesh.
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Post by m1keyboots on May 28, 2015 20:54:23 GMT -5
I would have to put it out there. Who didn't expect something like this through 6 innings with rodriguez's stuff/commamd? Then again I'm not ready to give up on key yet. Masterson was a train wreck. Kelly has had 4 outing where he's put it together or been great worth it to me for 900,000.
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Post by m1keyboots on May 24, 2015 18:40:24 GMT -5
For what it's worth, scouts have always called Light's fastball very straight and noted that hitters get a good look at it (i.e., he has little deception). It's important to keep in mind that just because he throws hard doesn't necessarily mean his fastball is a legit weapon. Ah, an important reminder. Hunter Strickland in the playoffs can attest to this phenomena. So, maybe you're onto something there guidas. In any case, would be nice if he could put it together to have another bullpen weapon. This is true, but hunter has had measures of success at the major league level with his extremely straight 4 seamer. The playoff explosion and some lag from that since have hurt him, but if I remember correctly he was pitching well down the stretch for them? Even as an 8th inning occasional closer relief? I could be wrong. But nothing wrong with light being a 6th/7th inning guy with that kind of velocity and potential in his breaking ball in those lower leverage situations
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Post by m1keyboots on May 16, 2015 23:22:43 GMT -5
...now if we could only morph Vasquez defensive abilities into Swihart's fearlessness of getting to 2 strikes ( no hate on eithers d or stick ) that being said, I think wins like this are far more beneficial to players pschye in my very crappt opinion. Fighting out a win with a couple solo bombs from the big bats and otherwise scootching runs across. Moreso than the starter going 6 and giving up 5 and we plate 15. Great outing by porcello. Great situational pitching by Farrell (yes I'm biased towards layne), and Koji worKS his voodoo magic again
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Post by m1keyboots on May 16, 2015 23:16:24 GMT -5
People seem to be hating the bunt. it moved Brock over, and he scored the winning run. With no base hits after that. All statistics and sabermetrics analysis aside. The bunt that move the runner provided the winning run. I love to go into statistics and show winning percentages based on certain plays and why managers decisions are wrong, just as much as the next guy. Fact remains. Leadoff double. Hit by pitch. Ground out. Sac fly... Win. when a team is hovering around 500 and struggling to score runs, I can dig some small ball and not poop all over John Farrell every time he does something like this. It ain't like our offense is setting the tesseract on fire right now. John Farrel 1, Soxprospects 2939393 it seems. Credit where credit is due, and good for Bogey for gettin it down, and Mooks for fighting off some pitches, bc until theres the slide back to the mean, I'll take some approaches like this, personally. Truth be told, I look forward to the summer when the office is clicking on all cylinders. I agree with you re: the bunt. Most times it's a terrible play. It's like the old saying goes. If you play for one run that's all you're going to get. In that situation, the Sox were playing just for that one run and that's what they got. I'm not implying that when you bunt that's an automatic run, but the point is that bunting obviously kills the big inning and when you average it out you'd score far less many runs that if you don't bunt, but I don't think it necessarily hurts the chance to get one necessary run, and if the guy at the plate isn't lighting it up, and Bogaerts isn't, it makes sense to try it. I think it was the right circumstance to try the bunt. Meanwhile it was good to see Kelly pitch well. He's got the raw materials to work with. It's been a good week for the rotation. Buchholz pitched better. Porcello struggled some, but he's still a decent pitcher. Miley kept the A's off the board despite allowing a lot of base runners, and Masterson won't be starting anytime soon. These are all good things. I couldn't stand the Masterson signing when it occurred. All I could think was they brought back the wrong former Red Sox pitcher. Hopefully Wright will be able to keep the Sox in the games. I'm giving you all the credit for Porcellos outing today
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Post by m1keyboots on May 15, 2015 3:02:53 GMT -5
Per fangraphs *
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Post by m1keyboots on May 15, 2015 3:02:11 GMT -5
He's obviously the headliner here. I wouldn't do it, especially with Xander's improved defense. For all the complaints of his lack of hitting, he's really not far from being an average hitter at SS right now even with as bad as he's been. And there is so, so far between what he is now and his ceiling. Huh, yeah, he's right about average. go figure. That said, he hit .395/.452/.474 through April 17 (with good BABIP luck at .455) and has hit .178/.231/.274 since (.207 BABIP). The overall line has come down to being league average, with the issue being that it'll continue to go down if he doesn't get straightened out. he's been better on defense, but that's still league average or a slight tick below. If he's a hole in your lineup for months at a time, that's a problem. But I digress. I'm sure you know this, but as pee fangraphs, troy said he would retire rather than be moved off shortstop, and both defensive metric rating system have them rated poorly defensively or far below as of yest. Granted SSS, and his pedigree not included. Obviously he would not turn down the one hundred and twenty million dollars. An aging, seemingly declining, injury prone, disgruntled superstar playing a position we have no idea if he would be able to handle (that's a stretch I realize), in a new league away from coors and the nl West doesn't seem like a move Cherington would make. Of course we've all been caught holding that bag. (Hanley)
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Post by m1keyboots on May 15, 2015 2:51:39 GMT -5
People seem to be hating the bunt. it moved Brock over, and he scored the winning run. With no base hits after that. All statistics and sabermetrics analysis aside. The bunt that move the runner provided the winning run.
I love to go into statistics and show winning percentages based on certain plays and why managers decisions are wrong, just as much as the next guy. Fact remains. Leadoff double. Hit by pitch. Ground out. Sac fly... Win. when a team is hovering around 500 and struggling to score runs, I can dig some small ball and not poop all over John Farrell every time he does something like this. It ain't like our offense is setting the tesseract on fire right now. John Farrel 1, Soxprospects 2939393 it seems. Credit where credit is due, and good for Bogey for gettin it down, and Mooks for fighting off some pitches, bc until theres the slide back to the mean, I'll take some approaches like this, personally.
Truth be told, I look forward to the summer when the office is clicking on all cylinders.
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Post by m1keyboots on May 14, 2015 1:11:11 GMT -5
Yeah, I guess I failed to make it clear that I thought it was exceptionally dumb to have Bradley bunt there. My point was more that there are times when it is ok to bunt. Not then, but there are times. Times include: - bunting for a hit because the batter has wheels and the INF is back. - tied game or down 1 in the 9th with man on 3rd and 1 out or less, and the batter has a below league ave OBP or has been mired in a slump AND knows how to properly bunt. That's stll a safety squeeze, though. - a bunt to beat the shift. Those are the three I could think of that weren't completely gross. A bunt to break up a no-no
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Post by m1keyboots on May 13, 2015 13:53:22 GMT -5
Moncada hasn't hit at any level and Has disappeared in the field, where is P Abraham when you need him.
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Post by m1keyboots on May 11, 2015 21:17:35 GMT -5
I am not the biggest clay fan. But is it just me or did the guy get no calls, frustrating to watch. Also, I love mooks in center, and want him to develop. But if you have possibly the best defensive center fielder in the game, why leave him in rf? I feel like if Jackie doesn't hit right away him chasing down bullets in center is the thing that keeps his confidence. Edit for some spelling and other ppl already saying the same thing about clay Mookie has turned into a good CFer, but how many reps has he had in RF? It's very possible that Mookie in CF and JBJ in right is the superior defensive alignment (i.e. JBJ is more superior to Mookie in RF than he is in CF) ... besides, JBJ is likely going back to AAA when Castillo is ready, so it's better to leave Mookie where he is. I think selfishy, having played cf in hs and adult leagues...JBJ just spoiled me with his range and *accurate* cannon. I actually agree with everything you said. I'd love to see Jackies bat come to a level where he is a starter, but we dont see enough offensively to put himself ahead of Rusney or Mookie on any depth chart. Mookie has made strides, according to the eye test (and defensive metrics), but I can't be convinced that mooks is a better defender in cf. Biased admittedly. Just feel like its a waste to be forced to miss out on sublime defense. Mooks advancement in cf has eased the transition, and I just hope castillos Cuban gold glove translates to right when he's called up .
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