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Post by jmei on Apr 5, 2023 14:18:00 GMT -5
I think they were like 54-43 with Story in the lineup last year or something like that Couldn’t have been from him… Story was on a 3.6 fWAR pace last year and his replacements (Arroyo, Yolmer Sanchez, Jeter Downs, Yu Chang, Jonathan Arauz) were awful. We're setting up for a similar story (sorry) this year around.
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Post by jmei on Apr 5, 2023 14:15:01 GMT -5
Wait, Youk just said control = getting the ball in the strike zone, and command = getting the ball to hit a spot. This has not been my understanding for the last... decades of my life. I thought control = getting the ball to go where you want it to go, and command = getting the ball to do what you want it to do (e.g., to get a curveball to dive or a sinker to sweep or whatever). Have I had that wrong this whole time?
Yes, you are wrong. The scout definition is that control = throwing strikes and command = putting the ball in a particular location. See, e.g., here (and you can just Google around for other examples): www.espn.com/mlb/insider/news/story?id=6455271
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Post by jmei on Apr 5, 2023 14:09:33 GMT -5
Bad decision by Casas to try for the runner at third. Bad throw by Yoshida. Bad decision by Devers not to cut off the throw. Bad decision by Chang to not cover third. Bad execution by Wong not to block the throw at home. Bad catch/tag by Devers. Sigh.
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Post by jmei on Apr 5, 2023 14:07:42 GMT -5
Disastrous series of defensive plays there.
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Post by jmei on Apr 5, 2023 11:00:30 GMT -5
Eh, he tried to call time at the same time that he was being called for a violation. There are some minor wrinkles to be worked out still but not sure this is one of them. As far as I can tell, there’s been near-universal acclaim on the pitch clock rules, including from players, so I suspect it’s hear to stay.
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Post by jmei on Apr 4, 2023 21:15:31 GMT -5
If we get beat by Tucker corner threes, I’ll live with that. What do you think is up with Tatum's game? He was just weirdly bad tonight. He still gets infected with Kobe-itis from time to time. It’s also a long season and this game doesn’t really matter for them so I’m not too worked up.
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Post by jmei on Apr 4, 2023 21:13:13 GMT -5
This isn’t a team with a lot of margin for error, so this start is not encouraging even if they’re missing half the rotation.
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Post by jmei on Apr 4, 2023 21:10:52 GMT -5
If we get beat by Tucker corner threes, I’ll live with that.
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Post by jmei on Apr 4, 2023 20:56:37 GMT -5
Derrick White is so, so good. I honestly think he might be their fourth best player.
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Post by jmei on Apr 4, 2023 20:45:52 GMT -5
Yoshida has already reached on like 5 errors this year. It's been bizarre. He puts a lot of balls in play, so it’s not totally random. (But it’s mostly random.)
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Post by jmei on Apr 4, 2023 20:30:45 GMT -5
Tough BABIP game for the hitters.
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Post by jmei on Apr 4, 2023 20:11:30 GMT -5
So they lose out on the draft pick potential by not having him on the opening day roster, watch him pitch one bad start in AAA and then promote him before they gain the extra year? He's filling in for an injured Kyle Bradish. I don't know what the rest of their rotation depth looks like they may not have another palatable option. Could also be that this is a spot start and they're planning to send him down for long enough to get the extra year.
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Post by jmei on Apr 4, 2023 18:35:37 GMT -5
sigh
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Post by jmei on Apr 4, 2023 18:27:30 GMT -5
Yoshida now with one strikeout in 21 PAs (4.8%).
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Post by jmei on Apr 4, 2023 18:22:32 GMT -5
I was sure that Devers flyout was gone.
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Post by jmei on Apr 4, 2023 10:45:45 GMT -5
Corey Kluber made Dan Szymborski's 2023 pitcher bust candidate list ( link):
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Post by jmei on Apr 4, 2023 10:13:56 GMT -5
Their defense is sneaky bad. Of their current position players (bench included), does anyone other than the catchers project to be solidly above-average for their position? Kiké in CF and Verdugo in LF maybe, but those aren't their regular starting spots. Maybe Arroyo and Casas as well. But at best, it's a lot of question marks, and at worst, it's a bunch of butchers playing out of position. They're not awful anywhere, at least. And if one or both of Mondesi or Story come back, then they have a potential alignment of Excellent SS, Decent 2B, Kiké in CF, Duvall in RF, and then suddenly they're above average at every position but 3B and LF. Plus their backup plans (Tapia, Chang, Turner at 1B) are a LOT better than last year, when they had guys disastrously out of position (Franchy at 1B, Arroyo in RF).*
It may be bumpy for the first month or two, but if it turns out to be a real problem they should have the resources to solve it.
*Fun fact: last season the Red Sox as a team were -13 OAA; Franchy at 1B and Arroyo in RF alone - in a total of 470 innings - were -11. Add in Arroyo's -2 in 72 innings at 3B and you can account for 100% of their below-average defense last year.
Eh, I think there's more defensive downside risk than you're suggesting. Each of Devers and Verdugo has had a -5 OAA or worse season in the last three years. Folks were penciling in Yoshida as a DH because of his defensive scouting reports in Japan. Hernandez is playing SS full-time for the first time in his career at age 31. Duvall is playing CF full-time for the first time in his career at age 34. The line between "below average" and "awful" is pretty thin and any of those guys could have a flukily bad defensive season.
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Post by jmei on Apr 4, 2023 8:08:14 GMT -5
Their defense is sneaky bad. Of their current position players (bench included), does anyone other than the catchers project to be solidly above-average for their position? Kiké in CF and Verdugo in LF maybe, but those aren't their regular starting spots. Maybe Arroyo and Casas as well. But at best, it's a lot of question marks, and at worst, it's a bunch of butchers playing out of position.
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Post by jmei on Apr 3, 2023 21:07:13 GMT -5
Steal here?
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Post by jmei on Apr 3, 2023 21:03:24 GMT -5
Well, the bullpen did their job again.
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Post by jmei on Apr 3, 2023 20:51:12 GMT -5
Love some patience back in the heart of the order.
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Post by jmei on Apr 3, 2023 20:40:16 GMT -5
Not great that the bullpen is stressed enough on game 4 that arguably your worst reliever is pitching the eighth in a one-run game.
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Post by jmei on Apr 3, 2023 20:28:32 GMT -5
I will, however, take a (small) victory lap on the âKiké is a bad defensive SSâ take.
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Post by jmei on Apr 3, 2023 20:20:57 GMT -5
I was very pleasantly wrong about Duvall.
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Post by jmei on Apr 3, 2023 20:20:32 GMT -5
Doesn`t matter, it`s their`s and they can do what they want with it. If it’s a valuable HR ball(like Judge’s 62 HR ball, for example), I am not giving it back for a couple signed bats. Sorry. That’s a lottery ticket for the fan. If it’s Milt Cuyler’s first HR ball, yeah, he can have it back. This one isn’t Judge 62 but you figure they can get at least a couple hundred bucks for it on eBay. In which case why would they give it up for nothing? The team should at least give them something for it.
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