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Post by hammerhead on Jun 18, 2019 21:29:51 GMT -5
JBJ is the best defensive CF I have ever seen
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Jun 18, 2019 21:29:58 GMT -5
JBJ .... We are seeing it all this series....great Red Sox baseball !!!!!
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Post by chrisfromnc on Jun 18, 2019 21:30:46 GMT -5
Oh my gosh.
That is so so so much harder to do than he made it look. He’s at a dead sprint going right at the fence to make that catch. JBJ is a freak!
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 18, 2019 21:31:02 GMT -5
Brasier looks like a different pitcher yesterday and today...and holy crap, JB freaking J 1 pitches 9 strikes. If I saw that right, JBJ bobbled it a bit after the catch but ended up with the spectacular catch anyways.
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Post by jimed14 on Jun 18, 2019 21:31:38 GMT -5
Oh yeah, and Price's removal wasn't injury related. I imagine they're just giving him a bit of a mid-season break which they'll probably do with everyone to keep them fresh.
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Post by bosox on Jun 18, 2019 21:31:41 GMT -5
JBJ has made enough of those types of plays that I could watch an hour long highlight reel with popcorn and a drink.
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Post by telson13 on Jun 18, 2019 21:31:45 GMT -5
Don’t look now, but Colten Brewer is starting to look like a “guy.” Take away a few abysmal early appearances, and he’s been pretty damn good. Still walks too many and gives up a bit of hard contact, and idk if his HR suppression is real, but they may have found something. He's had a nice run his last 7 appearances, but I wouldn't trust him just yet. Probably just depth for now at this point, which works. If Brewer is your first shuttle guy, then you're okay. The Sox still need another impact arm. A closer type would be ideal. Will Smith, Edwin Diaz, Kirby Yates, Felipe Vázquez, Ken Giles. Get one and you might be talking repeat in 2019. You would be shortening games on top of adding to the soon to be great rotation when Eovaldi gets back (unless he ends up in the bullpen). Would also love to see Derek Dietrich here to replace Nunez too. Giles would be real interesting. He has control left but probably costs a 45-50 FV guy and a 40+. Idk if SD will part with Yates for a reasonable return, since they’re on the verge of contention. Same for Diaz, who the Mets spent a LOT to get. I fully agree re: Brewer, in that I don’t think he’s someone they can lean on yet. But the trend is encouraging, and I think he’s better than a shuttle arm. 95 CU is a helluva pitch, and his CB use/location has gotten better. I’m wary of spending much more prospect capital unless it really moves the needle and for multiple years. At some point, you have to trust that what guys are doing is real. Statcast backs up what Workman and Walden have done. Hembree’s peripherals are out of line with his ERA, and he’s brutally FB-heavy, so there’s some regression cooked in there. But he’s basically their fifth ‘pen arm, which feels about right. Line up the *performances* of Barnes, Workman, and Walden against any other top-3, and they’re pretty solid. You might not like the track record, but we all know how volatile relief is. Trading for an arm doesn’t guarantee you get what you hope. And with Brasier throwing a bit harder and commanding better, it looks like they have a good fourth arm. I suppose they could use one more simply based on innings volume, to test guys, but you’ll need a pretty excellent arm to genuinely move the needle.
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Post by jimed14 on Jun 18, 2019 21:33:13 GMT -5
Brasier looks like a different pitcher yesterday and today...and holy crap, JB freaking J 1 pitches 9 strikes. If I saw that right, JBJ bobbled it a bit after the catch but ended up with the spectacular catch anyways. Yeah it was in the heel of his glove. What amazed me is that he didn't even slow down heading into the wall, it didn't seem like.
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Post by chrisfromnc on Jun 18, 2019 21:34:55 GMT -5
Remy is wrong. It’s a clean catch.
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Post by hammerhead on Jun 18, 2019 21:35:08 GMT -5
Remy is retarded if he thinks that ball touched the wall
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Post by Oregon Norm on Jun 18, 2019 21:37:06 GMT -5
Relievers with a little a lot of help from their friends.
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Post by jimed14 on Jun 18, 2019 21:37:47 GMT -5
Remy is wrong. It’s a clean catch. Remy is retarded if he thinks that ball touched the wall That last view showed it clearly did. It wasn't a catch.
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Post by telson13 on Jun 18, 2019 21:37:55 GMT -5
the thing about Christian Vazquez is he's good I completely misread him in the offseason. I really thought he’d settle in as a 1.5-2 WAR player, but his bat has come alive and his defense, removed from surgery, is getting back to what he was renown for coming up. He’s having just a terrific year. I’m ecstatic to have been wrong on that particular call. He’s making his contract look like an absolute bargain.
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Post by jimed14 on Jun 18, 2019 21:39:17 GMT -5
the thing about Christian Vazquez is he's good I completely misread him in the offseason. I really thought he’d settle in as a 1.5-2 WAR player, but his bat has come alive and his defense, removed from surgery, is getting back to what he was renown for coming up. He’s having just a terrific year. I’m ecstatic to have been wrong on that particular call. He’s making his contract look like an absolute bargain. I can't believe that of all the stupid contracts the Red Sox have given out, that was one that was singled out for criticism.
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Post by chrisfromnc on Jun 18, 2019 21:39:19 GMT -5
Remy is wrong. It’s a clean catch. Remy is retarded if he thinks that ball touched the wall That last view showed it clearly did. It wasn't a catch. I’m not seeing what you see. It’s in the palm of his glove, near the “pinky” of the glove.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Jun 18, 2019 21:40:24 GMT -5
the thing about Christian Vazquez is he's good I completely misread him in the offseason. I really thought he’d settle in as a 1.5-2 WAR player, but his bat has come alive and his defense, removed from surgery, is getting back to what he was renown for coming up. He’s having just a terrific year. I’m ecstatic to have been wrong on that particular call. He’s making his contract look like an absolute bargain. You and me.....a lot of folks. Happy to be wrong also.
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Post by hammerhead on Jun 18, 2019 21:41:18 GMT -5
Remy is wrong. It’s a clean catch. Remy is retarded if he thinks that ball touched the wall That last view showed it clearly did. It wasn't a catch. Nope there was black leather between the ball and the wall. It's an optical illusion. If he trapped it gravity would have taken the ball to the ground. Look at the Gif
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Post by dirtdog on Jun 18, 2019 21:41:20 GMT -5
JBJ is the best defensive CF I have ever seen Modern day Paul Blair.
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Post by telson13 on Jun 18, 2019 21:43:07 GMT -5
I completely misread him in the offseason. I really thought he’d settle in as a 1.5-2 WAR player, but his bat has come alive and his defense, removed from surgery, is getting back to what he was renown for coming up. He’s having just a terrific year. I’m ecstatic to have been wrong on that particular call. He’s making his contract look like an absolute bargain. I can't believe that of all the stupid contracts the Red Sox have given out, that was one that was singled out for criticism. I thought it was a solid deal, but mostly because I thought it would make him traceable, because it cooks in a lot of excess value. At $4M AAV, that’s backup money (0.5 wins/season). So even at 1.5 WAR/year, you’re talking $25M excess and a pretty good prospect. But thank god they didn’t trade him. He’s AS material this year.
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Post by chrisfromnc on Jun 18, 2019 21:44:48 GMT -5
How does anyone ever hit Workman’s curve?
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Post by jimed14 on Jun 18, 2019 21:45:20 GMT -5
That last view showed it clearly did. It wasn't a catch. Nope there was black leather between the ball and the wall. It's an optical illusion. If he trapped it gravity would have taken the ball to the ground. Look at the Gif I know I just saw it on a much different angle than the original views. He held his glove against the ball against the wall and then let it roll into his glove. I'm absolutely positive about it.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Jun 18, 2019 21:46:31 GMT -5
Sit.....that elbow thing was bush.
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Post by hammerhead on Jun 18, 2019 21:48:07 GMT -5
Nope there was black leather between the ball and the wall. It's an optical illusion. If he trapped it gravity would have taken the ball to the ground. Look at the Gif I know I just saw it on a much different angle than the original views. He held his glove against the ball against the wall and then let it roll into his glove. I'm absolutely positive about it. Well your absolutely positively wrong
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Post by kevfc89 on Jun 18, 2019 21:49:15 GMT -5
walks and K's...it's never boring when Workman's on the mound
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Post by jimed14 on Jun 18, 2019 21:50:13 GMT -5
I know I just saw it on a much different angle than the original views. He held his glove against the ball against the wall and then let it roll into his glove. I'm absolutely positive about it. Well your absolutely positively wrong Ok. I don't have access to it to see again. Did you see the last much different angle after which they said nothing else about it?
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