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Post by m1keyboots on Aug 1, 2018 4:45:31 GMT -5
Man, Brian Johnson and Nate Eovaldi against the Yankees in huge series. And Price seems to be legit against everyone but. Sigh. Their lineup is a video game lineup complete with oversized players and extreme strikeouts.
Hopefully Swihart never hits third again and Xanders hand is ok.
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 26, 2018 8:14:25 GMT -5
Only time will tell but with the Sox going all in for this season I think it is a good move. At the least it seems like this guy can end up being a beast out of the bullpen. He could end up being very valuable to the Sox this year where as Beeks was not going to be. If he eovaldi can come out of the pen and blow guys away then I'm all for it, and as another poster suggested Nunez being a terrible Defender, there was Heavy talk about Brian Dozier or possibly wanting to go to the sox Edit although, all of this is just gossip from the likes of Eric Burns and Dan plesac. However, I'll take it over certain Boston Sports writers. They seem to want the Red Sox to lose so bad they might as well be working for the Yankees
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 26, 2018 8:12:33 GMT -5
Perhaps I'm being picky, but constant meltdowns and arm injuries playing for lesser than teams and the lack of a put-away pitch doesn't excite me much. Especially with teams like the Cardinals possibly shopping, possibly Pittsburgh and Oakland. Two good starts followed by a complete meltdown doesn't excite me for our playoff run. Here's to hoping Joe Kelly can teach him how to make a fastball move even just a little bit We're talking about Jalen Beeks here not Sidd Finch. Also, I doubt if the A's are shopping, they are as close to catching the Yankees for a wildcard as the Yankees are to the Red Sox. There's going to be a lot of competition for the likes of Fiers, Happ and Harvey. I also haven't seen any mention of Cardinals or Pirates starters in the trade rumors which means they are going to have to be overwhelmed (like the Mets) to trade one of their starters. This is all in good fun but I saw a few days ago ivan Nova was on the Block as well as Felipe Vasquez and krick. They mention the Cardinals as more of if they lose some more games then they might be out of contention contacts. If that makes any sense. Although I never mentioned sidd Finch or beeks, I'd be happy with either of them as number five starters if we didn't have the depth Edit for a $900 phone, the talk text technology sure leaves a lot to be desired
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 26, 2018 7:17:24 GMT -5
If his clothes line straight fast balls can be hittable b Al teams bad, and good I don't trust him any more than I would trust Brian Johnson. Then again this is why Dombrowski is paid the big bucks. I would have rather have gotten more of a "winning" pitcher That's good because Brian Johnson has been pitching like a #3. Perhaps I'm being picky, but constant meltdowns and arm injuries playing for lesser than teams and the lack of a put-away pitch doesn't excite me much. Especially with teams like the Cardinals possibly shopping, possibly Pittsburgh and Oakland. Two good starts followed by a complete meltdown doesn't excite me for our playoff run. Here's to hoping Joe Kelly can teach him how to make a fastball move even just a little bit
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 26, 2018 7:12:11 GMT -5
That's the most emotion I've seen from porcello. How soon we forget him side suplexing Kevin Youkilis. I'll give you that, well played sir. Subconsciously I put no-hitters and championship series aside from everyday rainouts in the dog days of July against Baltimore
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 26, 2018 7:10:06 GMT -5
If his clothes line straight fast balls can be hittable b Al teams bad, and good I don't trust him any more than I would trust Brian Johnson.
Then again this is why Dombrowski is paid the big bucks. I would have rather have gotten more of a "winning" pitcher
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 24, 2018 9:59:42 GMT -5
Whole Baltimore series may be rained out. Not looking good. That's the most emotion I've seen from porcello.
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 23, 2018 4:24:39 GMT -5
Just what they needed. A low stress quick outing for Chris Sale. Whatever they did with Thornburg worked today. I'd like to see some consistency with it but he certainly made quick work of them. Don't know if it was because it was garbage time or his stuff was that good, but it seemed like his control was a lot better. Can't say the same about Joe Kelly who still looks like a mess, falling behind hitters. He got a gift from the umpire. JBJ has continued to swing the bat well over the past month which is quite helpful. A good series. Hopefully they can take 2 of 3 from Baltimore. If they can sweep they'd finally crack the .700 winning pct which is extremely hard to do this time of season. Maybe they can even come away with an Orioles LH reliever by the end of the series. Man, .700 is hard to do after the first two weeks of the season. Their record is so good it's almost flying under the radar. Knock would knock wood knock wood. Even guys like mad dog on the MLB Network are running out of excuses as to why the Red Sox continue to win. Last month it was "they haven't played anybody and the Yankees are playing all the good teams". Last week "the Redsox must be the luckiest team in terms of health in the history of baseball". The other day he flat out alluded to maybe the Redsox being the "evil empire" For some reason in my flawed brain these comments warm my soul deep
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 23, 2018 4:15:38 GMT -5
JBJ will be LOLing at the haterz all the way to the WS MVP. Let's build the Jackie war wagon Edit: this horse has been beaten to a pulp, but the narrative of him hitting the ball hard and getting no results has seemed to go on for 3 months now. Some of those hits are dropping recently. He must have swigged Jobu's rum somewhere along the way because this is getting ridiculous. His slash line is only going up incrementally because he's consistently hitting the ball hard it seems every at bat. Also he can still go get it with the best of them. I wonder how long it would take even for the haters to notice the difference between him and someone like benintendi in Centerfield once Jackie is gone
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 21, 2018 8:28:06 GMT -5
Hembree warmed up in the 6th and was used in the 7th against lousy hitters, so it's hard to know how much to make of that.
What they could do is mix and match him, Thornburg, Brasier, and Workman in the 7th based on their matchup projections, while trying to get Kelly back on track in low leverage. Meanwhile, they can see if one of the quartet seizes the 7th.
Folks are probably surprised to see that Kelly has actually been above average in consistency and less inconsistent than Barnes (according to the simple metric I cooked up earlier), but that's because you notice the bad outings of a guy who is streaky more than those who scatter them. Inconsistent and streaky is probably better than inconsistent at random. If they can get Kelly back into his good groove, he's a valuable guy.
Meanwhile, with Holt likely out for a few days, I wonder whether they'll send Poyner down and select Phillips. They can move Pedroia to the 60-day DL.
Better yet, there's no reason not to trade for Dozier right now.
Personally after seeing Kelly freeze 4 or 5 hitters now with a changeups (basically a decent Sinker from a starter, movement and velocity wise) my trust level has gotten higher with him. Of course it's not like my opinion matters much to the team. However, when he's throwing strikes with those two breaking balls and can drop in the off speed every now and then he becomes a much different pitcher than the 99 to 101 "here it is hit it type" I'm just happy the Redsox haven't gotten trigger Happy and splurged on guys like Sergio Romo, or Soria for Bullpen help. It would be nice to see if Thornburg can work out his issues and solve the problem that way, because Soria although he's saving games has looked so average this year, and I don't think 90 mile an hour to siemers with the odd cutter and curveball are going to do the job against lineups like the Yankees or Astros. It would be nice to see them add a guy like Keone Kela or Diekman. Guys with velocity, put away pitches and no problem throwing strikes. What a catch by JD last night!! I stand corrected that his defense is below average in right field. Edit I understand your thought process with Brian Dozier, especially with the green monster however watching twins games it just seems like he's hunting mistakes and has become more of a liability than ever if we're going to trade for him as a rental and give up some prospects. Maybe a guy like Yolmer Sanchez who will be have issues with playing time next year with mung Kata and Matt Davidson in front of him who can play third? Lefty or switch hitting type?
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 17, 2018 15:25:12 GMT -5
.362/.450/.698 Dude is 5’8” and weighs probably 175, and **he’s slugging .698**. He looks like a 40/30 candidate if he stays healthy. And Trout’s fWAR lead is shrinking. Crazy MVP race this year with Mookie (my pick as of today...missed time aside, his numbers are just too insane), Trout (who’s on pace for a career year as a guy whose every year is just about anyone’s career year), Jose Ramirez (that’s 5’9”, 165 lb .299/.400/.630 Jose Ramirez), and Fransisco Lindor (if not for Simba and his ridiculousness, the best defensive SS in baseball and...25 HR?!). To say that the league could have 4 9-WAR players and an outside shot at 4 10s? Good Lord, does AL baseball have some young stars right now. Still say Mookie’s the man, though. At least for one glorious year... also, mookie is among the league leaders in balls that should and most of the time fall for hits that he hasn't gotten despite his high babip. Here's to looking for there is any way we can sign mookie for relatively cheap considering, and to keep that core of benintendi, mookie, Xander, JD and even Devers. Because, at this point mookie is worth more than Machado and Harper on the free-agent market and I just pray to God he doesn't ask to break the bank. The core of our team the youth and defense is our foundation, with j d Martinez a lesser extent Mitch Moreland and the veteran catching even though it's a little bit depleted are our strengths. Either way, like in the current Sports Illustrated it feels nice to see all these players, coaches and otherwise pungence praise mookie as taking multiple steps forward while also having Room to Grow. Knock on wood. More pressing is maybe a starter and if Thornburg can get healthy however that core will be what keeps us around and very competitive for 3 or 4 years coming Long lives our right fielder who steals bases at a higher percentage and is a better base runner believe it or not, with more upside for offensive potential oh, and is a significantly better outfielder.
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 15, 2018 17:38:26 GMT -5
We're going to trade for Matt Harvey, aren't we? Yeap. Sounds right. What a blow this Eduardo injury is to this rotation. The Sox just lost their second best starter all year. Now we don't even know if he's even going to come back or be any good when he comes back. I'd suggest getting on the horn to see if Omar Daal has been keeping his arm in shape
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 6, 2018 20:09:51 GMT -5
Maybe it's just me, and obviously I'm biased. But this version of Chris Sale seems like the best pitcher/starter in the game. Who is better than the version of him at 100 mph? The version of him that doesn't give up runs. Oh, relax. It's the Royals, top 5 in every swing metric there is. They go up and down hacking. OK my bad. This version of him right now, but in the last 5 games where he didn't give up any runs after an error. Did I tiptoe around enough to avoid the sarcastic responses?
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 6, 2018 20:06:05 GMT -5
Maybe it's just me, and obviously I'm biased. But this version of Chris Sale seems like the best pitcher/starter in the game. Who is better than the version of him at 100 mph?
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 6, 2018 20:04:05 GMT -5
Guys, this is 6 starts in a row that Chris Sale is coming right out the gate pumping 98-100 on 0-1, 2-0 counts.
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 5, 2018 12:59:36 GMT -5
why, just because he's a lefty ? He has no options. Yeah it'd be nice to have a hard throwing lefty in the bullpen. You could always option Velazquez. He was at 91-95 in DC. I'm all for lefties, but we have better options from the right side. If we go lefty I think it should be Felipe.
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 3, 2018 14:38:34 GMT -5
How Lindor, ramirez or arenado aren't on that list. I understand Muncy and Aguilar missed about 100 abs....but jeez
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 3, 2018 14:36:48 GMT -5
I've never actually watched Scherzer pitch. He's nasty Didn't see him start twice against the Sox in the 2013 ALCS? He's elite....but watching every start the last 3 years. There are far less 96-98. And much more 92,94. He doesn't have the same movement and his breaking pitches aren't as nasty (as per fangraphs vertical and horizontal movement). He labors more, and hi's slider isn't what is was 2 years ago. I'm nitpicking...but just one man's 3 year observation He's a bulldog....but just sayin... Also. Mookie with a blast and an OF assist a jesus harpers home park...
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 3, 2018 14:31:53 GMT -5
Judge throught a half season has had moore homeruns go off his glove, or be brought back in for run scoring doubles or triples than any player in any season since 2002
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 2, 2018 11:22:06 GMT -5
I look forward to listening to FP Santengelo make vague distinctions between Jesus Christ and Bryce, how Max Sherzer is better than Chris Sale "not only that his pitches are better, but his heart". Also enjoyed how he threw shade on Mookie Betts size and strength a couple years ago (I think mooks stole two bases at once in that game), saying "he doesn't have a baseball body"
I like homers, guys like Hawk are fun to listen to. This isn't just a DC-sox thing, FP routinely says cringe worthy borderline hateful things about anyone. There's a difference between Hawk and FP I can't put my finger on. Maybe sincerity? Obnoxiousness?
Also I feel like Jerry and Eck are relatively unbiased compared to a lot of guys. Which is cool, IMO
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Post by m1keyboots on Jun 25, 2018 13:07:03 GMT -5
Stealing signs. He's a former Cardinal so this adds a little more pleasure in beating him and him being a bitter loser. Ahh yes from last season and all that crap. Gonzales is a junk baller. I don't know why he's surprised to see a lineup hit him harder the second tine through the order. What a moron. Man. Return to the back of Seattle's rotation, you slightly harder throwing version of Omar Daal. Edit: like someone says, because a 90 mpH fastball in the heart of the plate to Moreland is usually unhittable... high fastballs to Devers, Mookie/Benintendi I guess just missed the memo.
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Post by m1keyboots on Jun 24, 2018 15:47:50 GMT -5
Sale's best start of the year. I feel like this was one of the most fundamentally sound games the Sox have had all year. In the 5th inning when the Sox needed a fly ball to score on a sacrifice fly, they did so to perfection. The 100 mph on Sale's last pitch was beast mode too. That reminded me of his start in Yankee Stadium last year where he came out the gate throwing up or 90s and ended the game throwing fastballs by Aaron judge and Gary Sanchez. It was around the All-Star break if I remember correctly.
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Post by m1keyboots on Jun 24, 2018 13:57:05 GMT -5
He's not the only one. Apparently May 2016, late 2015 and whichever the other hot stretch that all rank among the 15 greatest hot streaks of the last 25 years (as per fangraphs article, I think 150 at bats was the minimum) never happened, or don't matter when a guy is slumping. For 6 mil with elite defense I would think it's OK to hold out hope. It is OK. But his situation was a little more complicated, IMO. First, his struggles couldn;t be hid, because all the other bottom of the order struggles. Second, he wAS getting beat regularly on average fastballs in the middle/inner part of the plate. It was as bad as I can remember seeing. It is a tough call. You're surely right about that, about the way it was happening. Sometimes with three average fastballs in a row, guessing at pitches etc. To me and I've admitted bias due to personal reasons, but it looked like it started with fouling some of those fastballs off. Which turned into working decent counts, then hitting balls hard and having a bit of bad luck. Some people will never warm to a guy like Jackie. I can understand that given the inconsistencies and his agent. Edit. I'm not sure if anything can be as bad as his first 2 call ups. I mean at least he was stealing bases and popping the occasional home run during the first 2 months.
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Post by m1keyboots on Jun 24, 2018 13:42:10 GMT -5
Finally, 2 of JBJ's line drives fell in. Your belief In JBJ finally is rewarded. He's not the only one. Apparently May 2016, late 2015 and whichever the other hot stretch that all rank among the 15 greatest hot streaks of the last 25 years (as per fangraphs article, I think 150 at bats was the minimum) never happened, or don't matter when a guy is slumping. For 6 mil with elite defense I would think it's OK to hold out hope.
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Post by m1keyboots on Jun 24, 2018 13:36:15 GMT -5
Benintendi is a joke in center field. I'm a bit biased...but when people are commenting "oh we can just deal JBJ and Benintendi is above average in center we'll slide him over, blah blah" sometimes I feel like swearing on the forum. I'm too gutless to do it, but it crosses my mind.
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