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Post by congusgambler33 on May 1, 2022 14:27:11 GMT -5
Story can opt out after this year for all I care.
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Post by benzinger on May 1, 2022 14:27:28 GMT -5
Not sure anyone should be surprised. We went into the season with JBJ as a starting OF. I know everybody likes him, I do as well, but he is barely, if maybe not even, a ML player at this point. Certainly should not be an everyday player. I don’t like him. I was upset to see him come back(especially with his absurd contract).
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2022 14:28:22 GMT -5
Trying to decide what my blood sacrifice will be for this team to turn things around
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Post by benzinger on May 1, 2022 14:32:20 GMT -5
The Red Sox have 12 HR’s as a team this year. Anthony Rizzo has 9.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on May 1, 2022 14:34:46 GMT -5
Not sure anyone should be surprised. We went into the season with JBJ as a starting OF. I know everybody likes him, I do as well, but he is barely, if maybe not even, a ML player at this point. Certainly should not be an everyday player. I don’t like him. I was upset to see him come back(especially with his absurd contract). he has carved out a pretty good ML career. I am not even blaming him, he deserves to play out his contract. I blame the FO completely. Even if there is/was a chance that he can finish strong this season, it would purely circumstance. There was no reason for him to be put in this position.
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Post by jimed14 on May 1, 2022 14:37:32 GMT -5
The Red Sox have 12 HR’s as a team this year. Anthony Rizzo has 9. I bet 8 of them are 350 feet or less.
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Post by benzinger on May 1, 2022 14:43:56 GMT -5
I don’t like him. I was upset to see him come back(especially with his absurd contract). he has carved out a pretty good ML career. I am not even blaming him, he deserves to play out his contract. I blame the FO completely. Even if there is/was a chance that he can finish strong this season, it would purely circumstance. There was no reason for him to be put in this position. I always liked his defense a lot. He was huge in the 2018 playoffs, too. He’s just not an everyday kind of player any longer. He never should have been put into that position this year. I stated several times that he was the worst player in all of MLB last year(and didn’t even get any argument to that statement). He’s a defensive replacement/4th OF at this stage. Nothing more. All that said, he’s not even the biggest issue on this team.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on May 1, 2022 14:44:41 GMT -5
Fire sale. This team is cooked.
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Post by congusgambler33 on May 1, 2022 14:45:03 GMT -5
4 of those homeruns by Rizzo were pop flies in Yankee stadium.
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Post by manfred on May 1, 2022 14:47:15 GMT -5
Reds are on if you want to turn during delay. Their starter made it 2/3 of an inning, 6 runs. Awe inspiring.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on May 1, 2022 14:47:57 GMT -5
the Rizzo shade is just our roster self loathing. Really, he is perfect for that ballpark. I am not gonna give credit to MFY, but the amount of posts about the length of his homeruns is head scratching. i would take any of those right now.
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Post by benzinger on May 1, 2022 14:48:24 GMT -5
4 of those homeruns by Rizzo were pop flies in Yankee stadium. Fenway Park is the Grand Canyon now?
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Post by redsox04071318champs on May 1, 2022 14:49:41 GMT -5
4 of those homeruns by Rizzo were pop flies in Yankee stadium. So they don't count or they count for less?
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Post by incandenza on May 1, 2022 14:50:51 GMT -5
The Red Sox have 12 HR’s as a team this year. Anthony Rizzo has 9. I bet 8 of them are 350 feet or less.
414 389 410 380 363 346 378 327 415
He had an xBA of .632 on these 9 homers.
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Post by congusgambler33 on May 1, 2022 15:01:19 GMT -5
4 of those homeruns by Rizzo were pop flies in Yankee stadium. Fenway Park is the Grand Canyon now? You can it a screaming line drive into the wall at Fenway that would be out in most parks. the wall takes away a ton of homeruns
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Post by redsoxfan2 on May 1, 2022 15:02:14 GMT -5
4 of those homeruns by Rizzo were pop flies in Yankee stadium. Even so, instead of historically bad 1B offense, I'll take a solid bat and take away those soft pop fly home runs from the Yankees. The other hitters on that team have the same advantage as him and aren't hitting as many as he.
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Post by sarasoxer on May 1, 2022 15:45:08 GMT -5
Think positive. If JD gets/remains healthy, we only need 5 more bats to fill out the lineup. It's not impossible....is it ? (ducks)....
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2022 16:10:05 GMT -5
Wonder if the Nats would trade Bell this early.
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Post by jimed14 on May 1, 2022 16:10:24 GMT -5
the Rizzo shade is just our roster self loathing. Really, he is perfect for that ballpark. I am not gonna give credit to MFY, but the amount of posts about the length of his homeruns is head scratching. i would take any of those right now. They would all be outs for the Red Sox.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on May 1, 2022 16:12:59 GMT -5
Maybe a long long long delay to think about things is what they need.
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Post by jimed14 on May 1, 2022 16:13:32 GMT -5
4 of those homeruns by Rizzo were pop flies in Yankee stadium. Even so, instead of historically bad 1B offense, I'll take a solid bat and take away those soft pop fly home runs from the Yankees. The other hitters on that team have the same advantage as him and aren't hitting as many as he. Clearly, Rizzo and the entire Red Sox team will continue at their same pace all season. Rizzo will wind up with more HR than the entire Red Sox team. No way will anything change.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on May 1, 2022 16:15:30 GMT -5
Even so, instead of historically bad 1B offense, I'll take a solid bat and take away those soft pop fly home runs from the Yankees. The other hitters on that team have the same advantage as him and aren't hitting as many as he. Clearly, Rizzo and the entire Red Sox team will continue at their same pace all season. Rizzo will wind up with more HR than the entire Red Sox team. No way will anything change. Clearly, Red Sox production at 1B will be greater than Rizzo by the end of the season.
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Post by kjkramer on May 1, 2022 16:22:16 GMT -5
Great job Valdez
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Post by manfred on May 1, 2022 16:23:36 GMT -5
Maybe they can regroup after the… er… never mind.
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Post by kjkramer on May 1, 2022 16:23:59 GMT -5
Must have been a hell of a clubhouse talk by Cora during the rain delay. Team came out fired up. What a joke.
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