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Post by gerry on May 25, 2024 12:43:22 GMT -5
Listening to what David Hamilton said about his using his off days in the cages to improve at bats (which seems to be a fact) was inspiring. This could be beneficial to little rafffy as well.
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Post by gerry on May 23, 2024 14:58:13 GMT -5
I can’t see any downside to having the bats of Devers and Casas hitting behind, for example, Grissom, Hamilton, Rafaella, Duran.
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Post by gerry on May 23, 2024 14:47:33 GMT -5
They need the rest!!! Coming home triumphant. Looking forward to this series.
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Post by gerry on May 23, 2024 11:48:07 GMT -5
Magic computer. lol.
ONeill, who was tearing it up, likely owes his shortfall to the damage from running nose first at speed into Raffies head. I believe he, and Grissom, are still in hospital mode, and will surpass their projections when fully operational.
Rafaella, a rookie playing multiple positions who was supposed to start the year in AAA, along with Abreu, Grissom, Hamilton, is learning MLB. I would be surprised if they don’t all exceed projections long before they reach their ceilings.
IMO projections are made on input which is provided without patience. Wong’s first full MLB season was last year. Wow has he figured it out. Not to mention Duran and rookie Abreu. Patience is often more valuable than projections. Sorry for the rant. Spent too much time in boardrooms listening to projections lacking the patience and “what ifs” which reality requires.
Edit. Projections are very valuable. They are just projections though
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Post by gerry on May 23, 2024 10:59:30 GMT -5
Could just be the additions to Duran’s great speed and hustle (Rafaella, Hamilton, Grissom and the persistence of Abreu, Wong, ONeill) just naturally allows, even mandates taking advantage of this unique gathering of talent?
We had recently been wondering if all of Grissom, Hamilton, even Rafaella needed more time in AAA. These guys are emerging, albeit unevenly, all at the same time. What a gift.
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Post by gerry on May 23, 2024 2:34:26 GMT -5
As Refsnyder just said, this team has become fast and it’s making a difference. It’s not just Duran or even Duran and Rafaella. Suddenly (and surprisingly) it’s Duran, Rafaella, Hamilton, Abreu, O’Neill, Wong, Grissom. I bet Story would love to be part of this. So many doubles and triples. Exciting. Fun. Just like everyone predicted.
And these same guys have improved the Defense, which improves the already great (also just as predicted) pitching. Baseball is a hoot.
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Post by gerry on May 22, 2024 1:17:00 GMT -5
O'Neil going through a very rough patch. Is it possible he is still working thru concussion related issues? Trying to play through something? It seems likely to me.
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Post by gerry on May 20, 2024 2:25:13 GMT -5
So, potentially, without any other signings, the 2025 rotation could include: Bello Crawford Criswell Fitts Giolito Houck Pivetta Whitlock Winkowski[ ?
Dang! That would be amazing! Thank you Bailey & Co.
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Post by gerry on May 19, 2024 2:39:50 GMT -5
The constant element of losing winnable games in 2023 fashion is the manager. Tired of it.
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Post by gerry on May 18, 2024 11:11:47 GMT -5
Manfred. Amen. They held their own in a month + without, or without effective play from, an injured starting 1b, 2b, 3b, SS, LF, OF, DH, 4 of 6 SP and several RP. They are expected to be in 1st place? At the same time Duran, Abreu, Wong, Casas, Ref, maybe Cedanne (who was supposed to be in AAA), Criswell and others emerged; as has pitching in general; and top prospects are near ready. This is as frustrating as it has ever been but also as hopeful. There will soon be desirable problems like overcrowded positions. Sure, pick up a star if possible by trading away depth, but iMO the problem isn’t talent, it’s more than 16 injuries and issues to that talent. Some of them weird like O’Neil’s Concussion, Grissom’s debilitating flu just as he finished rehab, Casas’ cartilege, Masa’s enlarged hand, Giolito’s ST, Whitlock’s recent deja vu. Frustrating loss of real talent just as other real talent emerges.
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Post by gerry on May 17, 2024 12:07:18 GMT -5
Or maybe, at this stage in his development, (he was supposed to need additional time at AAA before the season began) he just needs positional stability and consistency rather than being used in a utility role. Just a thought.
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Post by gerry on May 16, 2024 1:30:14 GMT -5
FYI re:Ted. My kid brother was hustling “bug juice” as a vendor on Ted’s last day. Too few fans in the stands to see the great one. My bro made little $$ that day but saw the game, understood it’s significance and still tells the tales. Lucky him. Except for having to lug that mostly full steel canister of koolAid on his back all day. Lol. Edit. Zarex, not KoolAid
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Post by gerry on May 15, 2024 11:48:17 GMT -5
Wild is the word. Ironic too. I clearly remember the certitude here (my own included) that this team desperately NEEDED two or three new SP’s to compete because this team WILL hit. Baseball.
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Post by gerry on May 9, 2024 23:28:44 GMT -5
Off the top of my head remembering Boggs, Ellsbury, Duran who suddenly blossomed.
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Post by gerry on May 9, 2024 23:21:57 GMT -5
Bless may be far away but Refsnyder is here, and deserves to be, for another while. So subtract Bleis for now and add Ref. Same wonderful problem of a crowded OF.
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Post by gerry on May 6, 2024 10:32:13 GMT -5
Seriously impactful injuries have forced these Sox into a fluid state; a need to evolve, to change, to become. Because this is simply not the same team that opened the season. IMO the players, coaches and FO have responded well and been interestimg to watch as they struggle to stay relevant. And they have indeed become relevant.
Even with Rafaella at SS, an O’Neill, Duran, Abreu, Refsnyder OF has become a winner in so many ways. Hard to believe that the pipeline promises more of the same.
Agree on the development of Casas and Valdez but also shoutouts to the ever improving D of Rafaella and Bobby D; and Short should continue the upward trend. Now we have an IF of Cooper, Grissom, Devers, Rafaella, Smith, Hamilton. Amazing.
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Post by gerry on May 4, 2024 17:42:50 GMT -5
You can read his explanation for chasing that pitch over in Masslive. Glad we got him.
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Post by gerry on May 4, 2024 10:05:51 GMT -5
Normally such a test could be beneficial, certainly in the long term. But IMO is unnecessary and unwise in a short term with 90 pitches into 0-1 game and without having his best stuff. Not a good time to experiment. Experiments should not so easily cost a game.
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Post by gerry on May 3, 2024 13:51:30 GMT -5
True, Eric, but as 2023 ended we were all hoping, even fairly confident in a rotation which, in addition to Crawford, Pivetta and Bello might include a Yonamoto, Imanaga, Montgomery or Big Maple. Most believed Houck, Whitlock, Winck and Schreiber would be the core of an awesome Pen for years.
Only a few foresaw an awesome ‘homegrown’ rotation of Bello, Pivetta, Crawford, Whitlock and Houck. What a happy outcome.
BTW no one foresaw the potentially happy outcomes of Criswell, Uwasawa, Fitts and others.
Life is good, even though we never quite understand it.
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Post by gerry on May 3, 2024 11:40:24 GMT -5
With Pivetta coming back, other IL stints wrapping up, Uwasawa, Kelly, Ref on the team, and Grissom, Smith, Cooper, Jones having replaced Perez, Valdez, Dalbec and an injured Yoshida, it seems heading to Atlanta with at least a 20-15 record is expected for this resilient team Jones? fixed. Thank you. It’s early here and no coffee yet.
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Post by gerry on May 3, 2024 11:25:03 GMT -5
With Pivetta coming back, other IL stints wrapping up, Uwasawa, Kelly, Ref on the team, and Grissom, Smith, Cooper, Short having replaced Perez, Valdez, Dalbec and an injured Yoshida, it seems heading to Atlanta with at least a 20-15 record is expected for this resilient team
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Post by gerry on May 1, 2024 8:30:46 GMT -5
Hopefully this group of pitching gurus Breslow is putting together remains an integral component of the long term pitching core we see developing before our eyes.
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Post by gerry on Apr 29, 2024 22:21:50 GMT -5
The other side of that are guys like TON and a bunch of rookies like Rafaela, Bernardino, Abreu who are doing alright. We shall see soon.
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Post by gerry on Apr 29, 2024 12:02:13 GMT -5
With no options he is likely gone. Which means either Hamilton or Valdez remains? Both have options and, unlike Reyes, neither are versatile. At least Bobby D can back up several positions.
Waiting for the next cleat to drop.
Edit: If he were versatile Hamilton could theoretically add to the 2024 speed element, but as Eric implied he isn’t likely running for fellow SS Rafaella nor Duran, O’Neill, Grissom, Abreu, even Wong or Refsnyder. It’s a rare good running Boston team.
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Post by gerry on Apr 26, 2024 15:19:34 GMT -5
True. But re: the post I responded to, howzabout the Cubs
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