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Post by benzinger on Jul 10, 2022 19:21:35 GMT -5
This is so stupid. When the Red Sox were great in 2018, it was because they had a whole bunch of great players. With these Yankees it's Jose Trevino, Nestor Cortes, Michael King, Matt Freaking Carpenter... Judge, Stanton, Cole, and a bunch of journeymen are gonna win 110 games. Agreed. Before the season, I joked that Cashman was assembling the 2017 all-star team. This was only reinforced with the addition of Carpenter. But this lineup is just full of patient professional hitters. They are all a pain in the ass. But the REAL secret is that their pitching has been otherworldly this year. Chapman has been the worst guy on the staff.
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Post by julyanmorley on Jul 10, 2022 19:24:03 GMT -5
Quick, if you guys turn it to ESPN2 you can hear Billy Crystal, Michael Kay, Alex Rodriguez and Bucky Dent all at once
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Post by wkdbigsoxfan on Jul 10, 2022 19:24:17 GMT -5
Sox have a 285 XBA and 000 babip
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Post by notstarboard on Jul 10, 2022 19:24:49 GMT -5
This is so stupid. When the Red Sox were great in 2018, it was because they had a whole bunch of great players. With these Yankees it's Jose Trevino, Nestor Cortes, Michael King, Matt Freaking Carpenter... Judge, Stanton, Cole, and a bunch of journeymen are gonna win 110 games. Agreed. Before the season, I joked that Cashman was assembling the 2017 all-star team. This was only reinforced with the addition of Carpenter. But this lineup is just full of patient professional hitters. They are all a pain in the ass. But the REAL secret is that their pitching has been otherworldly this year. Chapman has been the worst guy on the staff. 100%. They've also had decent luck with injuries, especially given their geriatric roster. I wouldn't be surprised if that starts biting them down the stretch, but we'll see.
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Post by incandenza on Jul 10, 2022 19:26:01 GMT -5
This is so stupid. When the Red Sox were great in 2018, it was because they had a whole bunch of great players. With these Yankees it's Jose Trevino, Nestor Cortes, Michael King, Matt Freaking Carpenter... Judge, Stanton, Cole, and a bunch of journeymen are gonna win 110 games. Agreed. Before the season, I joked that Cashman was assembling the 2017 all-star team. This was only reinforced with the addition of Carpenter. But this lineup is just full of patient professional hitters. They are all a pain in the ass. But the REAL secret is that their pitching has been otherworldly this year. Chapman has been the worst guy on the staff. Their lineup is full of a bunch of hitters who by all rights ought to suck or be hurt.
Gallo's keeping it real at least.
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Post by TearsIn04 on Jul 10, 2022 19:26:02 GMT -5
Does 2 years at $10M/year get it done? How about 3 years at $25M?
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Post by notstarboard on Jul 10, 2022 19:27:00 GMT -5
ESPN can you stop distracting our players? I'm all for things that grow the game, but interview him on the bench
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Post by Guidas on Jul 10, 2022 19:35:50 GMT -5
Welcome to the majors, Kaleb Ort.
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Post by TearsIn04 on Jul 10, 2022 19:36:15 GMT -5
ESPN can you stop distracting our players? I'm all for things that grow the game, but interview him on the bench Especially the OFers. They need to put all their focus into chasing the rockets the MFYs keep hitting.
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Post by julyanmorley on Jul 10, 2022 19:39:53 GMT -5
No, I don't think we have to resign my least favorite player Christian Vazquez
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Post by redsox43 on Jul 10, 2022 19:41:35 GMT -5
Quick, if you guys turn it to ESPN2 you can hear Billy Crystal, Michael Kay, Alex Rodriguez and Bucky Dent all at once I'm sure that's a non biased great baseball conversation about the Red Sox and Yankees.
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Post by cheers on Jul 10, 2022 19:44:26 GMT -5
Welcome to the majors, Kaleb Ort. Gotta love guys who grind away until they are 30 to get a taste of the show.
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Post by station13 on Jul 10, 2022 19:44:38 GMT -5
Does 2 years at $10M/year get it done? How about 3 years at $25M? That might not even close to getting a starting catcher who hits modestly well.
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Post by bosoxnation on Jul 10, 2022 19:51:32 GMT -5
Does 2 years at $10M/year get it done? How about 3 years at $25M? I think 2 years 18-20 mill gets it done. 3-25 would be perfect.
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Post by station13 on Jul 10, 2022 19:52:14 GMT -5
Is Story oblige to swing at anything and everything low in the dirt?
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Post by TearsIn04 on Jul 10, 2022 19:55:27 GMT -5
Does 2 years at $10M/year get it done? How about 3 years at $25M? That might not even close to getting a starting catcher who hits modestly well. Yeah, you're probably right. He's had a >100 OPS-plus in three of the last four years (counting this year). He's quietly putting together a nice RS career.
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Post by cheers on Jul 10, 2022 19:55:53 GMT -5
Is Story oblige to swing at anything and everything low in the dirt? Taking a look at his non-Coors career stats. This is who he is...
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Post by notstarboard on Jul 10, 2022 19:58:01 GMT -5
Is Story oblige to swing at anything and everything low in the dirt? Taking a look at his non-Coors career stats. This is who he is... Pretty much every Rockies player has ugly road splits and pretty much all of them improve away from Coors after they leave. The ball moves differently at altitude, so they get used to that, and then they get wrecked when they have to face sea-level movement.
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Post by notstarboard on Jul 10, 2022 19:59:56 GMT -5
What a terrible decision to bunt there and what a terrible play to not get an out.
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Post by radiohix on Jul 10, 2022 20:07:16 GMT -5
JD Martinez season is looking awfully similar to last year: Hotter than the surface of the sun for a month then average to a tick above average for the major part of the year (which is bad for a bat only DH). He’s costing himself some iron.
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Post by cheers on Jul 10, 2022 20:07:23 GMT -5
Taking a look at his non-Coors career stats. This is who he is... Pretty much every Rockies player has ugly road splits and pretty much all of them improve away from Coors after they leave. The ball moves differently at altitude, so they get used to that, and then they get wrecked when they have to face sea-level movement. I genuinely hope you are 100% correct.
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Post by wkdbigsoxfan on Jul 10, 2022 20:08:28 GMT -5
So the Yankees have managed a 1300 ops out of Matt carpenter and had him bunt for a hit on a 3-1 count against a dude in his second career appearance, and it worked. What kinda fantasyland are they living in
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Post by greenmonster on Jul 10, 2022 20:09:51 GMT -5
A ball is hit to Judge in the middle of his interview.....ohh wait, it was filmed before the game and didn't distract him at all
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Post by taiwansox on Jul 10, 2022 20:09:57 GMT -5
So the Yankees have managed a 1300 ops out of Matt carpenter and had him bunt for a hit on a 3-1 count against a dude in his second career appearance, and it worked. What kinda fantasyland are they living in They’re living like the ‘07-08 Patriots, we can hope
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Post by bosoxnation on Jul 10, 2022 20:10:13 GMT -5
That might not even close to getting a starting catcher who hits modestly well. Yeah, you're probably right. He's had a >100 OPS-plus in three of the last four years (counting this year). He's quietly putting together a nice RS career. B/R has him projected 2-16. I think you’re pretty close honestly. Bogaerts 8 years 240 projected. Just realized Swanson is a FA. He’s projected 6-108. That would be steal. Trae Turner is projected 8-264 and Judge 8-304. I wonder if we haven’t locked up Bogaerts because Turner and Swanson being FA. I wouldn’t mind either of those 3 guys at SS.
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