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Post by James Dunne on May 4, 2021 18:44:28 GMT -5
If Devers can't play and Cordero isn't good enough to play then the bench is Plawecki, correct? They're playing with a one-man bench so that they can pitch Austin Brice and Philips Valdez once a week? You’re not wrong, but the positional flexibility of Hernandez, Gonzalez, Arroyo and Verdugo does mitigate it somewhat. I get what you're saying, but part of the advantage of positional flexibility is that it enables you to carry a bench guy or two who don't have that. Like "we can carry a Steve Pearce because we have Brock Holt and Eduardo Nunez who can slide around the field" is of limited utility if you don't have that backup who necessitates moving everyone else around the field. "We're going to slide Renfroe into right field even though the bat's a little soft because he's good at it defensively and it lets us get another bat in the lineup" is fine. "We're going to slide Renfroe into right field because the other choice is the backup catcher" is bad roster management.
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Post by incandenza on May 4, 2021 18:44:57 GMT -5
Kiké leading off, Renfroe, and no Devers... this lineup looks like a bowl of puddin' against righties. Sorry, this was a typo. Meant to write "Kiké and Renfroe will both get on base in a 4-run first inning."
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Post by Guidas on May 4, 2021 18:47:44 GMT -5
Nice inning.
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Post by manfred on May 4, 2021 18:49:25 GMT -5
Tigers look like a threat to the ‘62 Mets.
Add: the question to me: will the Tigers score four runs in the series?
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Post by soxinsf on May 4, 2021 18:59:03 GMT -5
Tigers look like a threat to the ‘62 Mets. Add: the question to me: will the Tigers score four runs in the series? Yes.
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Post by nomar on May 4, 2021 18:59:41 GMT -5
Come on Pivetta this is a minor league lineup
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Post by manfred on May 4, 2021 19:02:14 GMT -5
Tigers look like a threat to the ‘62 Mets. Add: the question to me: will the Tigers score four runs in the series? Yes. The second two are the hardest. In all seriousness, this is as bad a team as I can remember. The test shouldn’t be beating them... it should be destroying them.
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Post by Don Caballero on May 4, 2021 19:06:26 GMT -5
THE VERDUGOD
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Post by nomar on May 4, 2021 19:06:43 GMT -5
I want to see shameless, merciless stat padding tonight!
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Post by manfred on May 4, 2021 19:07:38 GMT -5
I was just thinking that it is odd to shift dramatically against Verdugo since he seems so capable of going opposite field.
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Post by Guidas on May 4, 2021 19:07:38 GMT -5
Oppo for Verdugo.
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Post by soxinsf on May 4, 2021 19:09:16 GMT -5
Come on Pivetta this is a minor league lineup Sox starting pitching at all levels getting hit early today. Pivetta. Houck. Politi. Also Ramirez. Guess we better draft best pitcher available.
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Post by Guidas on May 4, 2021 19:10:54 GMT -5
Woe - that was a rocket by X.
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Post by soxinsf on May 4, 2021 19:11:20 GMT -5
Come on Pivetta this is a minor league lineup Sox starting pitching at all levels getting hit early today. Pivetta. Houck. Politi. Also Ramirez. Guess we better draft best pitcher available. It is batting practice. Bogey!!!
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Post by jkfer98 on May 4, 2021 19:11:26 GMT -5
Extend that man!
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Post by TearsIn04 on May 4, 2021 19:12:50 GMT -5
Give that man an extension! (Unless his demands are unreasonable and meeting them would be a bad biz and BB decision. In that case, trade him and never look back.)
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Post by manfred on May 4, 2021 19:13:00 GMT -5
I have a theory: MLB, not satisfied with suspending Hinch for cheating, decided the real punishment would be managing this Tigers team. That will learn ‘em.
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Post by Don Caballero on May 4, 2021 19:17:43 GMT -5
Marwin says yeah bro you can totally have too much of a good thing.
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Post by kevfc89 on May 4, 2021 19:24:26 GMT -5
I just checked Miggy's Fangraphs page and I didn't realize the production was so bad for a while now. Starting in 2017 he's totaled -0.2 fWAR....yikes. He's signed for two more years with vesting options in '24-25.
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Post by wildsox on May 4, 2021 19:27:23 GMT -5
Now if Pivetta can just work on being efficient
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Post by nomar on May 4, 2021 19:31:09 GMT -5
I just checked Miggy's Fangraphs page and I didn't realize the production was so bad for a while now. Starting in 2017 he's totaled -0.2 fWAR....yikes. He's signed for two more years with vesting options in '24-25. And compared to Pujols he’s a bargain
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Post by nomar on May 4, 2021 19:32:00 GMT -5
These are the type of games where Renfroe, Dalbec, etc can potentially loosen up and gain some confidence at the plate. Good to see Renfore grab a two bagger.
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Post by Coreno on May 4, 2021 19:32:54 GMT -5
𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘵! ^
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Post by Coreno on May 4, 2021 19:33:30 GMT -5
Kiké the OBP machine
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Post by redsoxfan2 on May 4, 2021 19:38:37 GMT -5
I like these games against Boston College, but I thought that was only in early March?
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