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Post by dirtdog on Sept 6, 2022 18:53:50 GMT -5
The nice thing about Casas have some hits and a HR is that it is under belt and hopefully he can just relax and play now.
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Post by greenmonster on Sept 6, 2022 18:57:22 GMT -5
Meanwhile, Casas just chillin out, eatin a banana. Cool dude. I wonder how he does his Sun Worship Yoga routine while playing in a dome
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Post by ericmvan on Sept 6, 2022 19:02:27 GMT -5
xBAs on the Rays' 5 hits last inning: .250, .250, .870, .110, .290 And an average exit velo of 63.3.
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Post by cdj on Sept 6, 2022 19:15:05 GMT -5
Sigh. Poor Bobby will never live down that terrible throw by Story will he? Never gonna live that atrocious footwork down, no
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Post by greenmonster on Sept 6, 2022 19:16:12 GMT -5
Was that Ryan Brasier's brother who caught Casas' HR?
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Post by station13 on Sept 6, 2022 19:18:22 GMT -5
Bogaerts WPA suffers a lot. He just doesn't do much with runners on.
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Post by station13 on Sept 6, 2022 19:24:54 GMT -5
how much has Bloom donated? Is there a bonus for such thing as avoiding a sweep?
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Post by benzinger on Sept 6, 2022 19:27:11 GMT -5
I always think it's lame how they try to con fans out of potentially valuable souvenirs. That's the first career HR by Casas; for all anyone knows he might end up in the Hall of Fame some day. And there's no intrinsic reason to think that ball is worth more to Casas than it is to whatever fan caught it. Like, Casas is around major league baseball stuff all the time; there's no reason to think he does or should make that ball into a fetish-object or whatever. Whereas for the typical fan that's as close as they'll probably get to that aura. (Which is exactly why catching even foul balls is a fun little part of the ballpark experience for fans.) Anyway, more power to whatever fans choose not to play along with it. That's your little piece of history, guy who caught the ball - enjoy it! Or sell it to someone else who will! Interesting take. I guess you have to be willing to play the long game as a fan. The guy who caught Ken Griffey Jr. or Mike Trout’s first HR ball almost certainly got screwed. But most of the time, even if it’s an all-star player like an Alex Bergman, how much is his first HR ball really worth? And what if it’s a stiff like Franchy’s first HR ball? The fan usually gets some cool stuff like a bat autographed by the whole team or a game-worn jersey or great tickets to a couple games. I would bet this deal works out for the fan most of the time and I think that’s really the whole point of the practice anyway.
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Post by benzinger on Sept 6, 2022 19:30:30 GMT -5
Weren’t some on here clamoring for Bazardo a while back? Be careful what you wish for, folks.
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Post by radiohix on Sept 6, 2022 19:34:15 GMT -5
Weren’t some on here clamoring for Bazardo a while back? Be careful what you wish for, folks. It’s certainly not me! From the 40-man roster thread I would've promoted German over Bazardo. I'll always take the guy with the livelier fastball whem it comes to bullpen arms.
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Post by benzinger on Sept 6, 2022 19:38:42 GMT -5
Casas reminds me of Nick Johnson a bit in terms of his size and appearance. Hopefully he has better luck staying healthy than ol’ Nick did.
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Post by station13 on Sept 6, 2022 19:40:50 GMT -5
Is there a bat we can sign to hit in the middle of this order? It has been a problem for all year.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Sept 6, 2022 19:53:55 GMT -5
We are seeing why the Texas series was meaningless. We can beat bad teams but cannot beat good teams.
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Post by cdj on Sept 6, 2022 20:01:51 GMT -5
0 tool Doogs is inching closer to .300 by the day
Imagine if he had even average luck in that first month+
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Post by station13 on Sept 6, 2022 20:04:00 GMT -5
The only way Devers is out of a slump is to face Gerrit Cole.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Sept 6, 2022 20:08:10 GMT -5
Rays fans do not deserve this team. 8000 fans to watch a team that is shouting distance of the MFY. Team can't possibly last much longer in what is clearly NOT a baseball town.
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Post by benzinger on Sept 6, 2022 20:08:14 GMT -5
0 tool Doogs is inching closer to .300 by the day Imagine if he had even average luck in that first month+ Over 1.0 WAR with a bullet, too! Sky’s the limit!!
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Post by cdj on Sept 6, 2022 20:16:03 GMT -5
0 tool Doogs is inching closer to .300 by the day Imagine if he had even average luck in that first month+ Over 1.0 WAR with a bullet, too! Sky’s the limit!! 0 tool Doogs at wRC+ of 106 and climbing, not bad for 0 tools Probably at 115-120 if he got appropriate luck at the beginning of the season
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Post by soxfansince67 on Sept 6, 2022 20:19:28 GMT -5
That was a waving the white flag game - all of 6 hits, 10 Ks, lots of 0-fers.
Fangraphs have us at 0.3% chance of sneaking in.
I predict the rest of the season could be real, real ugly.
I think we'll end up with 75 wins.
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Post by xdmo on Sept 6, 2022 20:26:49 GMT -5
I'll take any Sox losses to get New York in a wild card spot.
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Post by incandenza on Sept 6, 2022 20:27:27 GMT -5
If the season ended today, the #2 WC team would be the Mariners and they'd have to play Tampa Bay. The #3 WC team would be the Blue Jays and they would get to play Cleveland.
Wonder if we see teams actively trying to lose in the last few games of the season. It's such an advantage to be the 3rd wild card rather than 2nd.
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Post by bosoxnation on Sept 6, 2022 20:40:45 GMT -5
The fact that Pham is still batting first just shows you how lost Cora is this year. The guy is a strike out machine. You don’t bat them first. He’s a 6 hitter at best.
Vedugo X Devers Story Casas Pham
should be our 1-6
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Post by foreverred9 on Sept 6, 2022 21:44:24 GMT -5
If division record decided the draft order... we'd have the number 2 overall pick.
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Post by benzinger on Sept 6, 2022 22:35:51 GMT -5
Over 1.0 WAR with a bullet, too! Sky’s the limit!! 0 tool Doogs at wRC+ of 106 and climbing, not bad for 0 tools Probably at 115-120 if he got appropriate luck at the beginning of the season A corner OF with no power, no speed and no arm who doesn’t play particularly good defense, either. If you want to find a stat to get excited about, be my guest. I can’t join you in the celebration for Verdugotendi.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Sept 6, 2022 22:36:33 GMT -5
It's too bad the Twins every year seem to just forfeit against the Yankees. Would be nice to see them collapse. Unfortunately, the wrong NY team appears to be poised for embarrassment.
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