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Post by voiceofreason on Oct 12, 2021 16:19:48 GMT -5
"wasn't even top 30" Out of how many players was he not top 30? I mean really guys do you remember how bad he was to start the season? From May on he was better than JD and we are going to say he had a fine season. He had a fine season for an established very good player. For a guy that Bloom got for nothing and nothing was really expected from he had a great year. Just like Kiké did. Renfroe is a big reason why the Sox are in the playoffs. He single handedly won games down the stretch. He can be my Rt, fielder for the next few years. Right. From May 26 Renfroe hit .274 .335 .551 .886; overall he did a great job in the toughest RF in baseball, played a few games in CF to help the offense, and had 16 assists, many of them improbable and clutch. And a lot of that praise and "all-star talk" came when he was hitting .290 .351 .583 .934 from May 26 to Sept 8, which put him in the group with Xander and Raffy. (.211 .268 .421 .689 from Sept 10 to the end, and now not much of a threat in the ALDS) I know you can't just throw out the first six or seven weeks, but only nine OF in baseball had an OPS of .870 or higher; tenth was the Dodgers RF at .854. Even counting his bad start his OPS was .816, 13th in mlb, just ahead of Arozarena (yes, I know it's relevant that OPS overvalues his power and under-penalizes his modest OBP) I think he developed as a hitter this year. I think they had him working on his approach and it worked. He didn't start hitting for power until a bit later. He first improved his plate discipline and upped his average a lot before actually hitting for power. I would not be surprised if he was even better next year, building on what he learned this season. I think I read him mentioning they wanted him to focus on hitting the ball to center. I know his defensive metrics are actually bad but more time in Fenways RT fd should help. Pretty damn good for a #6 hitter in the order.
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Post by soxaddict on Oct 13, 2021 1:21:58 GMT -5
Perhaps someone already put the figures out there but assuming the sox don't non tender anyone and these arbitration projections are correct. Where would that leave the sox in terms of payroll going into free agency? These numbers seem to be in redSoxpayroll on twitters spreadsheet and he has them at 178.75 million. RosterResource - Team Payroll
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