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Post by ajs1994 on May 31, 2015 15:10:24 GMT -5
This defense is atrocious
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Post by charliezink16 on May 31, 2015 15:10:58 GMT -5
Second error made by Sandoval on the transfer. I love his defensive abilities at the hot corner but it's apparent that he needs to work on that.
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Post by jrffam05 on May 31, 2015 15:11:10 GMT -5
Wasn't infield defense suppose to be a strong point this year?
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Post by jmei on May 31, 2015 15:11:18 GMT -5
I mean, what can you even say? These are good defenders making bad plays.
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Post by benogliviesbrother on May 31, 2015 15:11:28 GMT -5
Do the Dodgers need a 3rd baseman? Will throw in a LF too.
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Post by mgoetze on May 31, 2015 15:12:48 GMT -5
Do the Dodgers need a 3rd baseman? Will throw in a LF too. I'm pretty sure the Dodgers don't need a DH.
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Post by ray88h66 on May 31, 2015 15:15:43 GMT -5
I mean, what can you even say? These are good defenders making bad plays. Just no way to explain this. And frankly, the sox should have more errors this year. The scoring has been kind.
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Post by atzar on May 31, 2015 15:16:09 GMT -5
I know Kelly is pretty out of favor on this board this week, but there's nothing wrong with the way he's pitching today. Generating a bunch of empty swings and crap contact.
20 extra pitches in that last inning.
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Post by mgoetze on May 31, 2015 15:18:10 GMT -5
I know Kelly is pretty out of favor on this board this week, He is? Guess all the posters I blocked were pretty unanimous.
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Post by ajs1994 on May 31, 2015 15:18:35 GMT -5
I know Kelly is pretty out of favor on this board this week, but there's nothing wrong with the way he's pitching today. Generating a bunch of empty swings and crap contact. 20 extra pitches in that last inning. Actually like what he's doing today. Command is still an issue, but he's mixing in his secondary pitches with some effectiveness. Think his approach has been much better today.
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Post by charliezink16 on May 31, 2015 15:24:26 GMT -5
Still trying to learn more about BABIP after Boston's struggles w/ it this season. Found this little article to be interesting. The writer concludes that a significant drop in BABIP may not be random if it's accompanied by an increased in Pull%. Mookie Betts has the 34th highest Pull% increase from 2014 to 2015 (5.6%) while Dustin Pedroia, the only other Sox player with an increase, ranks 64th (1.6%). If you play with the numbers there and sort by Pull% decrease or BABIP change, there isn't too strong of a correlation so this article may just be a case of selection bias, but it's still worth noting.
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Post by soxcentral on May 31, 2015 15:26:31 GMT -5
It's stunning that Delino DeShields still plays Major League Baseball.
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Post by atzar on May 31, 2015 15:28:15 GMT -5
Still trying to learn more about BABIP after Boston's struggles w/ it this season. Found this little article to be interesting. The writer concludes that a significant drop in BABIP may not be random if it's accompanied by an increased in Pull%. Mookie Betts has the 34th highest Pull% increase from 2014 to 2015 (5.6%) while Dustin Pedroia, the only other Sox player with an increase, ranks 64th (1.6%). If you play with the numbers there and sort by Pull% decrease or BABIP change, there isn't too strong of a correlation so this article may just be a case of selection bias, but it's still worth noting. How much of that negative correlation is explained by the Ortizes of the league hitting into defensive shifts, though?
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Post by mgoetze on May 31, 2015 15:29:50 GMT -5
That's a typical unspectacular single to center that JBJ might have taken away there.
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Post by Oregon Norm on May 31, 2015 15:36:20 GMT -5
Man, you don't want to pitch Betts there. He absolutely kills stuff on the inside part of the plate, cleans them out.
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Post by jmei on May 31, 2015 15:39:49 GMT -5
Ortiz with a few very encouraging at-bats the last couple nights. That long fly out is a wall-ball double in Fenway, and he's done a better job of going the other way since his return.
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Post by atzar on May 31, 2015 15:42:31 GMT -5
Just another piece of junk that gets recorded as a base hit.
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Post by TearsIn04 on May 31, 2015 15:44:13 GMT -5
I mean, what can you even say? These are good defenders making bad plays. Not really. Panda is -12.2 UZR/150 this year and only 1.7 for his career. X was -3.7 last year and -.4 this year. Even Pedroia is -.4 this year.
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Post by mgoetze on May 31, 2015 15:45:11 GMT -5
Typical slide that to anyone who has not seen baseball before looks like it's clearly intended to injure the guy on the other team, and instead he hurts himself. Baseball can be really stupid sometimes. Good thing they cleaned up the home plate collisions and these slides into 2nd should be next.
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Post by mgoetze on May 31, 2015 15:46:46 GMT -5
Rusney showing the other guys how it's done.
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Post by benjaminbuttons on May 31, 2015 15:47:30 GMT -5
90% chance Castillo hurt himself on that dive
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Post by jmei on May 31, 2015 15:47:29 GMT -5
Flashing some of that athleticism.
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Post by Oregon Norm on May 31, 2015 15:48:15 GMT -5
Typical slide that to anyone who has not seen baseball before looks like it's clearly intended to injure the guy on the other team, and instead he hurts himself. Baseball can be really stupid sometimes. Good thing they cleaned up the home plate collisions and these slides into 2nd should be next. I don't really think it was intended to injure Bogaerts, only to disrupt him. As you say, however, it didn't do Belte much good.
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Post by jmei on May 31, 2015 15:49:47 GMT -5
I mean, what can you even say? These are good defenders making bad plays. Not really. Panda is -12.2 ZR/150 this year and only 1.7 for his career. X was -3.7 last year and -.4 this year. Even Pedroia is -.4 this year. I mean, one player being on pace for being 14 runs worse defensively than his career mark (Sandoval) and another being on pace for 11 runs worse defensively than his career mark (Pedroia) is pretty much the definition of good defenders making bad plays.
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Post by TearsIn04 on May 31, 2015 15:55:12 GMT -5
Not really. Panda is -12.2 ZR/150 this year and only 1.7 for his career. X was -3.7 last year and -.4 this year. Even Pedroia is -.4 this year. I mean, one player being on pace for being 14 runs worse defensively than his career mark (Sandoval) and another being on pace for 11 runs worse defensively than his career mark (Pedroia) is pretty much the definition of good defenders making bad plays. I meant they're not good defenders this year who are just making bad plays today. And X is just plain bad this year and last.
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