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Post by benzinger on Jun 13, 2021 9:55:32 GMT -5
Betts is having a very U.N.-Betts like year. The crazy part is this is true and he's still 6th in NL position player bWAR/13th in NL position player fWAR. Maybe that only proves how little the stats you listed actually mean?
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Post by benzinger on Jun 13, 2021 9:57:24 GMT -5
The crazy part is this is true and he's still 6th in NL position player bWAR/13th in NL position player fWAR. And of course, he is still Mookie Betts and we wish we had him. They’ll get 5 years of Verdugo for what Mookie makes this year. Mookie’s contract is absurd and I’m glad it isn’t on our books.
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Post by manfred on Jun 13, 2021 10:04:28 GMT -5
And of course, he is still Mookie Betts and we wish we had him. They’ll get 5 years of Verdugo for what Mookie makes this year. Mookie’s contract is absurd and I’m glad it isn’t on our books. Bettsintendi? .288/.347/.459 — 8 HRs, 27 RBIs .284/.342/.419 — 7 HRs, 30 RBIs Verdugo and Benintendi. Not a massive amount of daylight.
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Post by benzinger on Jun 13, 2021 10:21:45 GMT -5
They’ll get 5 years of Verdugo for what Mookie makes this year. Mookie’s contract is absurd and I’m glad it isn’t on our books. Bettsintendi? .288/.347/.459 — 8 HRs, 27 RBIs .284/.342/.419 — 7 HRs, 30 RBIs Verdugo and Benintendi. Not a massive amount of daylight. Verdugo 1.3 WAR. Benny .9 WAR. Verdugo also makes $650k this year(making him one of the best values in the game). Benintendi makes nearly 10x that amount.
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Post by benzinger on Jun 13, 2021 10:23:18 GMT -5
Nice to see Kikè and his .287OBP are back in the leadoff spot today! This is all because of the compromising photos he has of Cora from their younger days.
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Post by congusgambler33 on Jun 13, 2021 10:25:31 GMT -5
Disappointing game. Was hoping for a quality start and that the bats would hit a pitcher who has been so-so this year. Instead, Pivetta puts them in an immediate hole (more annoyed about somebody getting on in front of Vlad Jr than giving up the HR to Vlad Jr. I think that guy is going to win the triple crown this year.) And that's been going on all year. The script has been the starting pitcher puts the team in the hole, then walks a tight rope to keep the game from getting out of hand, and then the dormant offense scrambles back to life and gets in the game, and then eventually finds a way to pull it out. That seemingly has happened more times than not. But then there are days like yesterday when the starter puts them in a hole and the offense isn't game to scrambling back. And lately the holes have been getting bigger by mid innings. Richards, Pivetta, and Perez who had been pitching so well (some might say much better than expected) are now struggling (or at least for Perez it was one horrendous start), so now I'm a little concerned about the rotation holding up, especially when E-Rod is also struggling as well. It's putting a lot of strain on the overachieving bullpen, and on days the Sox don't come back or lose one of their key four players to injury/day off, it highlights the amount of glaring holes in the lineup. I'm like others in that I really don't want to see Marwin Gonzalez get so many damn ABs or have a leadoff hitter who flat out cannot get on base. Vazquez, surprisingly, hasn't shown the pop he has in the past couple of years, either. Dalbec, at least, has had much better looking ABs, and I keep hoping that Renfroe finds a way to keep this up while I wonder if Franchy, despite killing AAA pitching, gets another shot somehow, and if he did, would he ever prove to be more than a AAAA player? The Sox have been awesome this year and as great as they've been, I don't think they've picked up a full game on TB in more than a month at any point. The Sox have been a consistent .600 team but they're losing ground to Tampa who's been an .800 team over the past month. TB can't keep playing .800 ball, can they? And the Sox can't keep spotting the other teams the early lead (sometimes multiple runs) and expect to keep coming back constantly, despite 3 holes in the lineup, and win 60% of the time, can they? For the Sox, the best thing they can do soon is get X back (sit down Marwin), get to the off-days, and beat up on the KC Royals because the Orioles aren't on the schedule for a little while. And bring up Jarren (take a seat Kiké).
I can only say that TB has been playing more inferior teams than the Sox have. In the last 4 series TB has played NYY,Tex,Wash,and now Baltimore. They split with NY, while the Sox played Houston, NYY,Houston and now Toronto. they swept the Yankees at their home and had that Monday game that threw a few things off against Miami. they haven't had a day off forever and i believe they finally get one on Thursday. they really need one. the most disappointing aspect of the last few games is the pitching has taken a nosedive starting wise. Eight straight poor pitching performances. Marwin gonzales is hitting the worst I have ever seen and he should hit the bench for awhile until he figures something out. he is not helping the offense and they need help on offense if the starting pitching doesn't pick up. Terrible command has crept in and they are facing teams that take full advantage of mistakes. Teams that put the ball in play regularly (Houston,Toronto) cause them fits. We knew this would be a tough part of the schedule and yet they have come through it decently overall so far. Cora is not worried, so i am not either.
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Post by manfred on Jun 13, 2021 10:28:14 GMT -5
Bettsintendi? .288/.347/.459 — 8 HRs, 27 RBIs .284/.342/.419 — 7 HRs, 30 RBIs Verdugo and Benintendi. Not a massive amount of daylight. Verdugo 1.3 WAR. Benny .9 WAR. Verdugo also makes $650k this year(making him one of the best values in the game). Benintendi makes nearly 10x that amount. Didn’t you dismiss WAR above?
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Post by jimoh on Jun 13, 2021 10:54:29 GMT -5
Lineup out: Dalbec at 3b!
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Post by cdj on Jun 13, 2021 11:12:12 GMT -5
I aspire to find something in my life that I love as much as Robbie Ray loves allowing bombs. That’s passion
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Post by cdj on Jun 13, 2021 11:38:07 GMT -5
They DFA’d Brennan for Ryan Weber? eh
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Post by dyoungteach on Jun 13, 2021 11:41:42 GMT -5
They DFA’d Brennan for Ryan Weber? eh Eh is right. We witnessed the Weber show last year. And he hasn’t been great in minors. Don’t understand this mess show of a move
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Post by shagworthy on Jun 13, 2021 11:43:54 GMT -5
They DFA’d Brennan for Ryan Weber? eh Eh is right. We witnessed the Weber show last year. And he hasn’t been great in minors. Don’t understand this mess show of a move It's an extra arm. Brennan threw 40 pitches last night, so he wouldn't be available again. Hopefully Weber doesn't have to throw a single pitch.
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Post by Guidas on Jun 13, 2021 11:48:39 GMT -5
They’ll get 5 years of Verdugo for what Mookie makes this year. Mookie’s contract is absurd and I’m glad it isn’t on our books. Bettsintendi? .288/.347/.459 — 8 HRs, 27 RBIs .284/.342/.419 — 7 HRs, 30 RBIs Verdugo and Benintendi. Not a massive amount of daylight. And they could've had Benintendi for Kiké's salary plus $1M...
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Post by Guidas on Jun 13, 2021 11:49:55 GMT -5
Eh is right. We witnessed the Weber show last year. And he hasn’t been great in minors. Don’t understand this mess show of a move It's an extra arm. Brennan threw 40 pitches last night, so he wouldn't be available again. Hopefully Weber doesn't have to throw a single pitch. So is the strategy here to bring up guys for short term stints who are so awful, when they're DFA'd they won't get claimed? And this is supposed to help the MLB club? Really? Shrewd.
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Post by benzinger on Jun 13, 2021 11:53:33 GMT -5
Verdugo 1.3 WAR. Benny .9 WAR. Verdugo also makes $650k this year(making him one of the best values in the game). Benintendi makes nearly 10x that amount. Didn’t you dismiss WAR above? Only because it was used to suggest that Mookie’s actually been fantastic this year when all he’s really done is walk a lot and play great defense.
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Post by benzinger on Jun 13, 2021 11:56:56 GMT -5
Bettsintendi? .288/.347/.459 — 8 HRs, 27 RBIs .284/.342/.419 — 7 HRs, 30 RBIs Verdugo and Benintendi. Not a massive amount of daylight. And they could've had Benintendi for Kiké's salary plus $1M... Kikè has been a mess, but at least he’s versatile. He wasn’t necessarily signed to be an OF. I’d rather compare Benintendi with Renfroe. That’s more of an apples-to-apples comparison.
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Post by Guidas on Jun 13, 2021 12:09:52 GMT -5
And they could've had Benintendi for Kiké's salary plus $1M... Kikè has been a mess, but at least he’s versatile. He wasn’t necessarily signed to be an OF. I’d rather compare Benintendi with Renfroe. That’s more of an apples-to-apples comparison. Well, they have Marwin. and Santana, so Kiké is just over-paid overkill.
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Post by Guidas on Jun 13, 2021 12:21:13 GMT -5
The pitching staff is starting to look like everyone thought they’d look before the season started.
Are we looking at second time through blues, or a true regression?
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Post by nomar on Jun 13, 2021 12:21:54 GMT -5
To think just a week ago Martin Perez had almost convinced people he wasn’t bad
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Post by jkfer98 on Jun 13, 2021 12:24:29 GMT -5
Wow what a mess
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Post by Guidas on Jun 13, 2021 12:27:18 GMT -5
I mean the starters lately have not even given the offense a f-ing chance.
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Post by Guidas on Jun 13, 2021 12:28:04 GMT -5
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Post by cheers on Jun 13, 2021 12:28:15 GMT -5
At least he only threw 26 pitches. Maybe we can enjoy three more innings of this flavor of awesome.
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Post by jkfer98 on Jun 13, 2021 12:28:44 GMT -5
They DFA’d Brennan for Ryan Weber? eh Today’s exactly why they did this - they just need someone to eat innings with all these terrible starts. The consequence of bad starting pitching!
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Post by cdj on Jun 13, 2021 12:30:28 GMT -5
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