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Post by nomar on May 2, 2024 19:13:15 GMT -5
I’m not sure how to feel about him. Not totally sold on his pop, and he chases, but he doesn’t K much and is a good athlete. Definitely prefer him by leaps and bounds to Honeycutt.
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 22:54:47 GMT -5
Horrible news. He was mashing
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 20:58:28 GMT -5
Derrick White is quickly becoming an all timer for me.
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 20:57:32 GMT -5
Are we still doing the Jarren Duran concern trend or should we do TON concern for this week? Roman Anthony needs our help
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 20:22:42 GMT -5
I love seeing Wong do this, but gotta pump the breaks a little bit when the man is rocking a 1.3% walk and 37% chase rate. There was 1 qualified hitter in the entire MLB last year with a walk rate under 4% and a wRC+ over 100. Only 20 games though, I'm sure he'll walk more, he was at 5.5% last year. Also he doesn't even need to be an average hitter to be a valuable player (as long as he can clean up the pitch blocking a little bit). Definitely agree that this isn’t sustainable by a longshot, but it’s good for him to see him hitting the ball hard and having success at this level. Plus, I’ll take all the offensive luck I can get at catcher before Teel arrives.
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 20:15:20 GMT -5
You should be banned for this lol Lol yeah not gonna lie after reading that I was like uh not my best
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 20:08:06 GMT -5
Pressure is off let’s see some insurance bombs
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 20:06:42 GMT -5
Kutter gonna retake the MLB WAR lead when the spreadsheets update 7 IP is nice but the FIP and xFIP won’t be anything special tonight. Still, obviously another good performance irl
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 19:50:18 GMT -5
I’m not sure I can recall a better play by a Red Sox catcher on a ball in play
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 19:27:16 GMT -5
Duran back up to 114 wRC+ in a hurry after the below avg dip I get a big s*&t eating grin when he gets on his horse. He really looks like a tailback that just found daylight. Yeah he’s got Pacheco energy on the basepaths
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 19:16:56 GMT -5
Wally came to play tonight
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 19:07:28 GMT -5
1-8 w/ RISP through three innings. Very Red Sox. Second to last in clutch this year per Fangraphs
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 18:57:52 GMT -5
Raffy getting a cheap double? Be still my beating heart
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 18:56:27 GMT -5
Weird challenge and weird technical
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 18:45:46 GMT -5
Getting really hard to find something Abreu isn’t good at Yeah starting to think we got a star for rental Vazquez As if getting to stop watching him run the bases wasn’t enough
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 18:42:55 GMT -5
Getting really hard to find something Abreu isn’t good at
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 18:28:13 GMT -5
Blue is helping us so far
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 18:22:29 GMT -5
Over 40% of his career fly balls are to opposite field which will serve him well at Fenway at least.
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 13:43:56 GMT -5
Cora said he is the DH when he returns (but also gave no timetable)
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 13:29:34 GMT -5
I definitely want to see Cooper for the most part. Unless they see a real reason why Smith would fare better against the opposing SP, just start the better hitter.
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 12:50:46 GMT -5
Hes an upgrade over Bobby Bombs. Dom Smith has been called a lot of things over his career, but “upgrade” is new. Congrats on this historic day Dom
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 11:31:32 GMT -5
I was pretty surprised to see Pablo go the other day, so adding a replacement for him makes sense (at least until Romy returns). I guess they had just given up on Pablo. His glove was bad and the one thing he did on offense (limit Ks) was no longer there this year either.
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 10:37:15 GMT -5
Ahbram Liendo with a leadoff HR. I love his name so a breakout would be doubly as nice
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 10:35:25 GMT -5
They've worked with the 49ers, Rams, and Eagles in the NFL. Also the Mavericks and Wizards in the NBA.
I imagine they went through the Wizards and said they can let everyone go, let AI run them, and still improve.
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Post by nomar on May 1, 2024 8:08:54 GMT -5
I really scoffed at a lot of the optimism when Bailey was brought in since my original opinion was pitching coaches can have some impact on a staff but their impact generally isn't all that large of a factor. I feel like at this point I stand corrected, Bailey has pretty clearly had a large impact on the staff. I'm not going to bash Dave Bush like many on here have been doing but it certainly is night and day right now. Whatever happens with Cora after this season I would consider it a must to retain Bailey whether that is a promotion to manager if it opens up or just keeping him as pitching coach, I'd give him a nice raise at this rate if I was them though. Bailey has been great but I’m sure Willard and Breslow have had a big impact too. Those 3 minds all working in unison will be a beautiful thing. I hope the org keep on ponying up when the former two inevitably get big money thrown at them.
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