radiohix
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Post by radiohix on May 23, 2018 14:11:33 GMT -5
This is awesome
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Post by Guidas on May 23, 2018 14:23:17 GMT -5
Still trying to understand why Nuñez gets the start at 2nd over Holt vs. RHP.
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Post by wildsox on May 23, 2018 14:26:19 GMT -5
I expected Leon to get the start given how well he caught Price last time out
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Post by Guidas on May 23, 2018 14:41:40 GMT -5
I expected Leon to get the start given how well he caught Price last time out Leon is better with just about every pitcher on the staff than Vazquez.
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Post by kevfc89 on May 23, 2018 15:11:31 GMT -5
Yea; just can't understand why we don't see more Moreland/Holt in for Hanley/Nunez...Nunez has given us nothing and regularly hurts our pitchers in the field. It's getting a little annoying.
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Post by wildsox on May 23, 2018 15:34:05 GMT -5
Yea; just can't understand why we don't see more Moreland/Holt in for Hanley/Nunez...Nunez has given us nothing and regularly hurts our pitchers in the field. It's getting a little annoying. I wonder if they are giving Nunez playing time now because they know he’ll be relegated to the bench as soon as Pedroia returns. Moreland fo Hanley should happen more though
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Post by voiceofreason on May 23, 2018 15:34:42 GMT -5
I agree. Plus he's useful for multiple innings. If you wanted to really get creative, with 3 catchers on the roster, you could bring in a new catcher with Wright too to hopefully mitigate the effect that switch would have on the starting catcher. But yeah, starting Wright would just be... starting a starting pitcher. Using Wright for 1 inning kind of defeats the purpose of using him, no? To me, the best way of doing the 1-inning starter thing would be a very top-heavy lineup (the Angels were perfect in this respect) with guys with heavy splits. By the way, MLB.com's page for Mike Trout says his nickname is, and I quote, "Kiiiiid". WTF? m.mlb.com/player/545361/mike-trout The idea would be to have the starter go thru the lineup twice then have Wright go thru the lineup once, he could do that twice a week. In a vacuum you could rotate the starters thru shorter stints once every 2 weeks. Obviously it wouldn't work all the time but maybe you really try to use it from August on to save wear and tear and still get good results.
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Post by GyIantosca on May 23, 2018 15:46:56 GMT -5
How is Nunez no going on the dL? Now is the time. He can get better for the end of the season. I can wait to get Peter energy. I think this break is going to be good for him. I know he had no choice.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on May 23, 2018 16:02:42 GMT -5
How is Nunez no going on the dL? Now is the time. He can get better for the end of the season. I can wait to get Peter energy. I think this break is going to be good for him. I know he had no choice. From Alex Reimer's article on WEEI, "Infielder Eduardo Nunez, who’s battled a knee injury since last season, also won’t be placed on the disabled list upon Pedroia’s return, per Cora. The skipper says he’ll make sure to give Pedroia plenty of rest, meaning Nunez will continue to have an important place on the team." Unfortunately Nunez is not going on the DL.
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Post by jimed14 on May 23, 2018 16:12:20 GMT -5
How is Nunez no going on the dL? Now is the time. He can get better for the end of the season. I can wait to get Peter energy. I think this break is going to be good for him. I know he had no choice. From Alex Reimer's article on WEEI, "Infielder Eduardo Nunez, who’s battled a knee injury since last season, also won’t be placed on the disabled list upon Pedroia’s return, per Cora. The skipper says he’ll make sure to give Pedroia plenty of rest, meaning Nunez will continue to have an important place on the team." Unfortunately Nunez is not going on the DL. An important place on the team as the well-below replacement level super utility player that can only play one position at an average level who has a .256 OBP and .355 slugging %. I don't get how much crap that Vazquez and Leon get when Nunez is the worst player on the team using both statistics and the eye test. I'd rather have Holt, Swihart and Lin playing over him. Nunez should be DFA'd.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on May 23, 2018 16:25:37 GMT -5
From Alex Reimer's article on WEEI, "Infielder Eduardo Nunez, who’s battled a knee injury since last season, also won’t be placed on the disabled list upon Pedroia’s return, per Cora. The skipper says he’ll make sure to give Pedroia plenty of rest, meaning Nunez will continue to have an important place on the team." Unfortunately Nunez is not going on the DL. An important place on the team as the well-below replacement level super utility player that can only play one position at an average level who has a .256 OBP and .355 slugging %. I don't get how much crap that Vazquez and Leon get when Nunez is the worst player on the team using both statistics and the eye test. I'd rather have Holt, Swihart and Lin playing over him. Nunez should be DFA'd. Nunez doesn't get as much crap because it's clear that he's struggling because of his injuries. It's not hard to draw a line of when Nunez was good and when Nunez has been bad. So if Nunez has the excuse of being bad because of injuries, what's Vazquez's and Leon's excuse? That they're mediocre/lousy players? A healthy Nunez is a useful player, although he was never good at 2b, but he was never this bad last year. A healthy Nunez is the best righty bat off the bench and can give Pedroia and more effectively Devers time off. Devers is a young kid who can use on occasional rest from time to time, especially against tough lefties. A healthy Nunez could even DH against a tough lefty if the Sox were sitting JBJ and had JDM in LF and Hanley at 1b. And healthy, he could pinch-run as well. Speed off the bench. I think the Sox best solution is to DL Nunez and let him heel that knee of his and hope he comes back like he once was because this version of Nunez is awful on both sides of the ball. If he could be the version he was last year that's a useful player. That's what I'd do, but then again if it were up to me Swihart would have more than 2 innings behind the plate and however few ABs he has. So my opinion is completely worthless.
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Post by voiceofreason on May 23, 2018 16:30:51 GMT -5
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Post by braziliansox on May 23, 2018 16:36:55 GMT -5
Im a bit scared that Cora is trying to not hurt his buddies feelings (Nunez and Hanley). It makes so much sense to sit Hanley given his contract situation.
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Post by wildsox on May 23, 2018 17:18:06 GMT -5
From Alex Reimer's article on WEEI, "Infielder Eduardo Nunez, who’s battled a knee injury since last season, also won’t be placed on the disabled list upon Pedroia’s return, per Cora. The skipper says he’ll make sure to give Pedroia plenty of rest, meaning Nunez will continue to have an important place on the team." Unfortunately Nunez is not going on the DL. An important place on the team as the well-below replacement level super utility player that can only play one position at an average level who has a .256 OBP and .355 slugging %. I don't get how much crap that Vazquez and Leon get when Nunez is the worst player on the team using both statistics and the eye test. I'd rather have Holt, Swihart and Lin playing over him. Nunez should be DFA'd. I loved what Nunez brought to the table last year and was ecstatic when we re-signed him thinking about how good he would be over a full season. Now I can’t stand looking at the lineup when he’s in it. I can’t believe how much worse he’s gotten even with the knee injury. He’s an easy out and never works the count to make the pitcher work. Not much needs to be said about his defense.
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Post by wildsox on May 23, 2018 18:16:24 GMT -5
Hanley loves the double plays
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radiohix
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Post by radiohix on May 23, 2018 18:16:30 GMT -5
Hanley Ramirez probably doesn't understand the concept of launch angle, his GB% for the month of May is 58.7%, playing him behind 2 high OBP guys in Mookie and Benintendi is asking for GIDP. In fact he shouldn't be even playing. Why Cora why?
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Post by kevfc89 on May 23, 2018 18:17:22 GMT -5
Hanley has mastered the art of weakly grounding out to second base
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Post by station13 on May 23, 2018 18:23:35 GMT -5
#noto497
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Post by bosox on May 23, 2018 18:33:42 GMT -5
Im a bit scared that Cora is trying to not hurt his buddies feelings (Nunez and Hanley). It makes so much sense to sit Hanley given his contract situation. And it makes sense given that Moreland is hitting well and a righty on the mound. It's going to be a frustrating night if the ump keeps calling outside pitches strikes.
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Post by jimed14 on May 23, 2018 18:59:59 GMT -5
An important place on the team as the well-below replacement level super utility player that can only play one position at an average level who has a .256 OBP and .355 slugging %. I don't get how much crap that Vazquez and Leon get when Nunez is the worst player on the team using both statistics and the eye test. I'd rather have Holt, Swihart and Lin playing over him. Nunez should be DFA'd. Nunez doesn't get as much crap because it's clear that he's struggling because of his injuries. It's not hard to draw a line of when Nunez was good and when Nunez has been bad. So if Nunez has the excuse of being bad because of injuries, what's Vazquez's and Leon's excuse? That they're mediocre/lousy players? A healthy Nunez is a useful player, although he was never good at 2b, but he was never this bad last year. A healthy Nunez is the best righty bat off the bench and can give Pedroia and more effectively Devers time off. Devers is a young kid who can use on occasional rest from time to time, especially against tough lefties. A healthy Nunez could even DH against a tough lefty if the Sox were sitting JBJ and had JDM in LF and Hanley at 1b. And healthy, he could pinch-run as well. Speed off the bench. I think the Sox best solution is to DL Nunez and let him heel that knee of his and hope he comes back like he once was because this version of Nunez is awful on both sides of the ball. If he could be the version he was last year that's a useful player. That's what I'd do, but then again if it were up to me Swihart would have more than 2 innings behind the plate and however few ABs he has. So my opinion is completely worthless. Why would Nunez necessarily get healthy on the DL? He already tried not having surgery all winter.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on May 23, 2018 19:02:33 GMT -5
6k's in 3 innings. If we get this version of Price against the MFY's the rest of the way, that would a nice advantage
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on May 23, 2018 19:07:01 GMT -5
Jeez Hanley.......WTF ?
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Post by Smittyw on May 23, 2018 19:08:43 GMT -5
See what David Price is capable of when he stops playing Fortnite at the ballpark? [/shaughnessy]
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Post by kevfc89 on May 23, 2018 19:12:41 GMT -5
another game of awful umpiring
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Post by kevfc89 on May 23, 2018 19:17:05 GMT -5
at least Price is benefiting from it too, striking out Adames on a ball 5 inches off the plate
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