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Post by Soxfansince1971 on May 19, 2024 14:35:34 GMT -5
Grissom is batting .137 with an OPS of .311, so at what point do you send him down just to clear his head and stop pressing?
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Post by LoneStarSox on May 19, 2024 14:38:49 GMT -5
Wow Ceddy!
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Post by cdj on May 19, 2024 14:40:06 GMT -5
Grissom is batting .137 with an OPS of .311, so at what point do you send him down just to clear his head and stop pressing? Now, and I’d call Valdez back up Let Grissom get his strength back. You can tell he’s a good athlete, that play he converted last night on the flip was pretty remarkable. Most people are probably getting trucked by the runner. Just needs to put the weight back on and get into a groove
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Post by soxin8 on May 19, 2024 14:48:26 GMT -5
If you're not watching this game, you will want to catch the highlights for this Ceddanne play at ss.
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Post by cdj on May 19, 2024 14:49:13 GMT -5
Hamilton has officially won me over
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Post by benogliviesbrother on May 19, 2024 14:51:34 GMT -5
Hamilton has officially won me over Might be the 2nd base solution for this year. Or, at least, the next month or so.
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Post by asm18 on May 19, 2024 14:54:55 GMT -5
Hamilton has officially won me over At the very least, he should be getting some run over Grissom if Hamilton is going to play better. This is a Statcast/batted ball data question - Connor Wong poked a dribbler to the right side of the infield for a hit with Cardinals shaded him to pull. He clearly was trying to do that - but absent Statcast knowing the defensive alignment it gave the hit an xBA of .140. Is there a way Stat-cast accounts for this? Connor Wong’s Statcast page isn’t super impressive - but it feels like he’s had so many “hit ‘em where they ain’t” base knocks this year that seem like a skill as opposed to just luck.
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Post by shagworthy on May 19, 2024 15:05:56 GMT -5
Hamilton has officially won me over Might be the 2nd base solution for this year. Or, at least, the next month or so. Even I, as curmudgeonly as I feel have to admit, he's looked a hell of lot better @2b, and he's making solid contact. I think now is the time to send Grissom down to get right, and that might include giving him about a week off from baseball just to be in the weight room and to clear his head. It may not be a long term solution, but you have to play the hot hands. I'm not entirely sure why Romy was PH for by Smith, even though Smith did doink a hit. I'd like to see more of Romy, less of Grissom and Smith, until Hamilton and Romy crater production wise. We can't have this many holes in our lineup and just hope on a whim that it will somehow turn around.
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Post by shagworthy on May 19, 2024 15:09:11 GMT -5
Also want to point out, because this seems to happen regularly with edge guys, that when someone is breathing down their neck for playing time, they seem to suddenly snap into form. How many times has Dalbec had like 2-3 games when it was clear he was facing the end of the road where he suddenly can hit the ball again? I'm still eh on Hamilton, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt right now because Grissom as the alternative just looks overmatched right now.
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Post by Guidas on May 19, 2024 15:20:10 GMT -5
Great win!
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Post by bishop on May 19, 2024 16:47:05 GMT -5
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Post by pappyman99 on May 19, 2024 17:04:52 GMT -5
The Red Sox should extend Pivetta. Maybe he'd be more open to something now that he's had an injury scare? Ehh is it prudent to extend an SP coming off an arm injury scare that will be 32 when the extension starts? Also for someone with overall mild success? I think QO and use that money to lock up Houck, and Crawford would be more wise here
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Post by philsbosoxfan on May 19, 2024 17:10:15 GMT -5
Roku signal was crystal clear here.
Teel is my top prospect but not so sure he's our primary catcher of the future.
3 WOW defensive plays, Duran, Rafaela and a Cards outfield dive.
Not so sure about the triple ruling for Duran. Sun yes but the ball hit Arenado's glove dead center.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on May 19, 2024 17:12:06 GMT -5
Maybe he'd be more open to something now that he's had an injury scare? Ehh is it prudent to extend an SP coming off an arm injury scare that will be 32 when the extension starts? Also for someone with overall mild success? I think QO and use that money to lock up Houck, and Crawford would be more wise here Or move him at the deadline.
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Post by rhswanzey on May 19, 2024 17:22:26 GMT -5
Seeing a guy get nine games of “spring training” while losing weight has to make you wonder if a longer rehab window is something MLBPA would ever consider tweaking. Like, it would be nice to at least have an extended ramp up period for players who haven’t already been in MLB during the season. Would the MLBPA grant an extra 10-15 days of rehab window in the Grissom/2023 Story situation if those additional days counted as accruing MLB service time?
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Post by bettsonmookie on May 19, 2024 17:37:52 GMT -5
Ehh is it prudent to extend an SP coming off an arm injury scare that will be 32 when the extension starts? Also for someone with overall mild success? I think QO and use that money to lock up Houck, and Crawford would be more wise here Or move him at the deadline. If he’s pitching like this over the next 2 months, he will be looking at major money. If they can get $45M/3, great. But I think those days are long gone and he has priced himself higher. Also, Kutter and Houck are pretty much locked up already. An extra team option year or two in exchange for some cost certainty would be nice, but doesn’t make sense to add guaranteed years to arms for 4+ years out. Injuries happen. The way Breslow has ID’d ‘diamonds in the rough’ so far, (Slaten, Criswell, etc.) - I would love to see what he could do selling high on a couple of impact rentals like Pivetta and TON.
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Post by bluechip on May 19, 2024 17:51:55 GMT -5
Or move him at the deadline. If he’s pitching like this over the next 2 months, he will be looking at major money. If they can get $45M/3, great. But I think those days are long gone and he has priced himself higher. Also, Kutter and Houck are pretty much locked up already. An extra team option year or two in exchange for some cost certainty would be nice, but doesn’t make sense to add guaranteed years to arms for 4+ years out. Injuries happen. The way Breslow has ID’d ‘diamonds in the rough’ so far, (Slaten, Criswell, etc.) - I would love to see what he could do selling high on a couple of impact rentals like Pivetta and TON. The pitching market was so inconsistent and messy this past offseason, I have no idea what he is going to get.
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Post by Soxfansince1971 on May 19, 2024 18:39:06 GMT -5
Seeing a guy get nine games of “spring training” while losing weight has to make you wonder if a longer rehab window is something MLBPA would ever consider tweaking. Like, it would be nice to at least have an extended ramp up period for players who haven’t already been in MLB during the season. Would the MLBPA grant an extra 10-15 days of rehab window in the Grissom/2023 Story situation if those additional days counted as accruing MLB service time? All true, but Grissom is not out of options…., so he could have been simply option him to Worcester at the end of his rehab. I get that Valdez was not hitting, but Grissom needs to go to AAA now at least. The Red Sox should use Hamilton and Romy as starters at this point.
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Post by GyIantosca on May 19, 2024 20:59:18 GMT -5
I'm so impressed with Smith when he gets up. They way he puts the ball on the ground to 2b. The bonus is he can vary to 1b too. Amazing
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Post by Soxfansince1971 on May 19, 2024 21:20:52 GMT -5
Maybe he'd be more open to something now that he's had an injury scare? Ehh is it prudent to extend an SP coming off an arm injury scare that will be 32 when the extension starts? Also for someone with overall mild success? I think QO and use that money to lock up Houck, and Crawford would be more wise here There are not many starting pitchers that are NOT coming off arm injury scares… Pivetta has been excellent the last couple years, and he is one I would keep (along with all the other starters the Red Sox have which are all under 30).
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Post by asm18 on May 19, 2024 23:15:24 GMT -5
I'm so impressed with Smith when he gets up. They way he puts the ball on the ground to 2b. The bonus is he can vary to 1b too. Amazing Dom Smith has 6 RBI in his last six games.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 20, 2024 9:47:23 GMT -5
Seeing a guy get nine games of “spring training” while losing weight has to make you wonder if a longer rehab window is something MLBPA would ever consider tweaking. Like, it would be nice to at least have an extended ramp up period for players who haven’t already been in MLB during the season. Would the MLBPA grant an extra 10-15 days of rehab window in the Grissom/2023 Story situation if those additional days counted as accruing MLB service time? All true, but Grissom is not out of options…., so he could have been simply option him to Worcester at the end of his rehab. I get that Valdez was not hitting, but Grissom needs to go to AAA now at least. The Red Sox should use Hamilton and Romy as starters at this point. And for what it's worth, the "rehab assignment" is just the period of time when you can play in games at an affiliate. That doesn't include working out in Fort Myers, etc. It's not like you go from the couch to a 20-day rehab assignment, after which you better be ready. That said, maybe make it 20 days excluding off days?
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Post by asm18 on May 20, 2024 10:34:38 GMT -5
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 20, 2024 10:57:07 GMT -5
My guess, not checked, is the OPS is probably misleading given the boom-or-bust nature of the offense so far. If they score a ton of runs in a few games then yeah, the season numbers will look better but the offense isn't that good on a game-by-game basis. Something like how Rafaela is leading the team in RBI with 23 but 7 were from the one game he went off.
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Post by nomar on May 20, 2024 11:02:07 GMT -5
My guess, not checked, is the OPS is probably misleading given the boom-or-bust nature of the offense so far. If they score a ton of runs in a few games then yeah, the season numbers will look better but the offense isn't that good on a game-by-game basis. Something like how Rafaela is leading the team in RBI with 23 but 7 were from the one game he went off. They should be using ERA+ and OPS+ which would make Boston’s pitching even more impressive, but would show the offense as league average. But even doing that, I agree that the streakiness is buoying their offensive stats because they’ve been feast or famine.
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