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Post by soxfansince67 on Jul 7, 2019 9:05:27 GMT -5
The offense is certainly starting to click on all cylinders, with an improvement in situational hitting (the eye test, anyway... advanced stats are not my thing). Team batting average, runs, it's all there. If Mookie and Benny really are reigniting and Marco and Holt get the regular ABs ( instead of he who shall not be named)...
It's then on the starters going deeper and the pen stepping up....and the team playing better against the best. Feeling encouraged.
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Post by incandenza on Jul 7, 2019 9:51:01 GMT -5
Red Sox sure do score a lot of runs these days.
Also they're 42-28 since the 6-13 start - .600 ball, 97-win pace. They seem to keep gravitating back to that level, wavering between a 95- and 100-win pace since the lousy start. Of course because of the lousy start they would only figure to end up at 91 or 92 wins if they keep it up for the rest of the season.
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Post by jimed14 on Jul 7, 2019 12:41:30 GMT -5
Remember when people thought that Vazquez' extension was terrible?
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Post by soxfansince67 on Jul 7, 2019 12:41:36 GMT -5
My guess is we are not missing Swihart.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 7, 2019 12:41:45 GMT -5
At least Vazquez has been a good hitter this year.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 7, 2019 12:42:36 GMT -5
Remember when people thought that Vazquez' extension was terrible? It's amazing how a juiced ball can make a contract look good.
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Post by chrisfromnc on Jul 7, 2019 12:44:58 GMT -5
More juiced this year, the baseball or CVaz? 😀
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Post by jimed14 on Jul 7, 2019 12:45:03 GMT -5
Remember when people thought that Vazquez' extension was terrible? It's amazing how a juiced ball can make a contract look good. The ball was juiced last year and he hit .207 with 3 HR. He obviously has improved more than just the juiced ball. He's also tied for 2nd in MLB for catcher fWAR, not including that HR.
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Post by chrisfromnc on Jul 7, 2019 12:46:59 GMT -5
I think they take the juiced balls out when Mookie bats.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 7, 2019 12:49:54 GMT -5
It's amazing how a juiced ball can make a contract look good. The ball was juiced last year and he hit .203 with 3 HR. He obviously has improved more than just the juiced ball. He's also tied for 2nd in MLB for catcher fWAR, not including that HR. He's made improvements for sure, but Vazquez hitting over 25 homeruns this year is probably a anomaly if MLB deadens the baseball next year. They probably won't though.
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Post by incandenza on Jul 7, 2019 12:52:01 GMT -5
Remember when people thought that Vazquez' extension was terrible? It's amazing how a juiced ball can make a contract look good. wRC+ is scaled to league average so it should account for any juiced ball effects; he's gone from 42 last year to 118 this year.
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Post by jimed14 on Jul 7, 2019 12:52:18 GMT -5
The ball was juiced last year and he hit .203 with 3 HR. He obviously has improved more than just the juiced ball. He's also tied for 2nd in MLB for catcher fWAR, not including that HR. He's made improvements for sure, but Vazquez hitting over 25 homeruns this year is probably a anomaly if MLB deadens the baseball next year. They probably won't though. All catchers are hitting the same ball so it really doesn't matter how juiced the ball is when comparing them. He's one of the best catchers in baseball regardless of the ball.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 7, 2019 12:58:45 GMT -5
The Tigers pitching has been terrible in this series. No wonder why the Sox are scoring 10 runs a game now.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 7, 2019 13:14:41 GMT -5
Price continues to be the best the Sox have. Good thing he didn't opt out last off-season.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 7, 2019 13:34:51 GMT -5
Marco just saved Devers from an error.
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Post by atzar on Jul 7, 2019 13:35:01 GMT -5
What an athletic play by Marco.
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Post by jimed14 on Jul 7, 2019 13:35:29 GMT -5
Marco just saved Devers from an error. Gee, I wonder if Nunez would have had that...
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 7, 2019 13:38:55 GMT -5
Marco just saved Devers from an error. Gee, I wonder if Nunez would have had that... Why did you take that as a negative? That was just a blank statement comment.
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Post by jimed14 on Jul 7, 2019 13:39:44 GMT -5
Gee, I wonder if Nunez would have had that... Why did you take that as a negative? That was just a blank statement comment. Why do you take that as an argument? Was just saying that there was no way in hell that Nunez would have made the play Marco did.
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Post by coachmac on Jul 7, 2019 13:43:31 GMT -5
With Price having 86 pitches through 4, it looks like another long game for the bullpen. Barnes probably won't go for a 4th consecutive game. Need some more runs
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Post by soxfan511 on Jul 7, 2019 13:45:20 GMT -5
Marco looks impressive. Way more so than Nunez
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 7, 2019 13:46:16 GMT -5
Marco does everything well on a baseball field. He isn't versatile defensively (second baseman only), but he's such a positive to a team.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 7, 2019 13:50:19 GMT -5
Xander continues to be the best short stop in baseball this year.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Jul 7, 2019 13:51:20 GMT -5
When you say Xander....I say All-Star !!
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 7, 2019 13:53:04 GMT -5
When you say Xander....I say All-Star !! Where ya been Jerry?
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