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Post by dmaineah on May 15, 2019 18:56:48 GMT -5
He finally gets a hit & runs himself into an out. He's always finally hitting something hard or getting a 6 hopper through that's going to turn it around for him & then reverts back to who he is. A bench player, defensive replacement, 4th outfielder, someone who does not start, an up & down player,someone you call up when there is an injury, someone you hype up & trade
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Post by dmaineah on May 15, 2019 18:24:53 GMT -5
With Nunez back & Holt on the way Chavis should go to the Outfield. An Outfielder is what the team needs most. There are plenty of Middle Infielders in the system for 2B, Nunez, Holt, Lin, Hernandez, Chatham....The team (when healthy & moving forward) needs another Outfielder who can hit, not another 2B 🤣🤣🤣 Omg you never give up. Why should I when this is the obvious decision that needs to be made. Chavis to LF, Mookie to CF, Benintendi to RF & Nunez at 2B. All the moves make the team better overall. The defense doesn't suffer like most fear & the offense is better. Those who believe otherwise are wrong.
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Post by dmaineah on May 15, 2019 18:10:07 GMT -5
Cora needs to get over his love affair with JBJ & park his butt permanently on the bench. Better yet DD should take the decision out of Cora's hands & send JBJ packing. Can't believe Sox fans have to continue to put up with this stupidity. Chavis needs to go to the Outfield & Nunez at 2B.
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Post by dmaineah on May 14, 2019 20:30:09 GMT -5
Just got home from work & turned on the game. So very happy to see JBJ is exactly where he belongs...on the bench
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Post by dmaineah on May 13, 2019 15:33:16 GMT -5
He's had a total of 114 ABs so far this year. He is 9 for his last 56 with 23 strike outs. It's been long enough. Time for him to find a permanent seat on the bench or (preferably) accept an assignment to AAA. Make the Outfield Chavis, Betts & Beni & play Nunez at 2B & call up Chatham. Man don't you get tired of being wrong all the time? Oh I'm SO right here. You just don't want to admit it
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Post by dmaineah on May 13, 2019 15:07:11 GMT -5
He's had a total of 114 ABs so far this year. He is 9 for his last 56 with 23 strike outs. It's been long enough. Time for him to find a permanent seat on the bench or (preferably) accept an assignment to AAA. Make the Outfield Chavis, Betts & Beni & play Nunez at 2B & call up Chatham.
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Post by dmaineah on May 13, 2019 8:51:42 GMT -5
With Nunez back & Holt on the way Chavis should go to the Outfield. An Outfielder is what the team needs most. There are plenty of Middle Infielders in the system for 2B, Nunez, Holt, Lin, Hernandez, Chatham....The team (when healthy & moving forward) needs another Outfielder who can hit, not another 2B
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Post by dmaineah on May 8, 2019 20:00:24 GMT -5
What kind of throw was that JBJ?
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Post by dmaineah on Apr 29, 2019 19:18:22 GMT -5
Bogaerts pays back Loreano
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Post by dmaineah on Apr 29, 2019 18:44:13 GMT -5
Twice he's up in the count 0-2 but he walks them, then the double play doesn't get turned (it was hit hard enough) ....pathetic
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Post by dmaineah on Apr 25, 2019 13:06:49 GMT -5
They should both be promoted. No reason to keep either of them down. Miller (SS) & Tobias (2B) in AAA are both non factors & if Lin was to be sent back down he should be playing a utility role 2B, SS, 3B, CF To answer your previous post, I've seen Fitzgerald and no he shouldn't be promoted. Time for our yearly "one successful month does not mean a player needs to be promoted" chat. Guys need to go around a league multiple times, have pitchers/teams adjust to them, then adjust to the adjustments. For example, I saw Fitzgerald have an 11-game hit streak end on Saturday's second game when he struck out twice and grounded right into a shift 3 times. I'm not sure if other teams are employing the shift Frederick was using, and it's possible the dude just had a bad game, but if all it takes is a shift to stop him right now, he needs to learn how to adjust to that. That's a prime example of what I mean with the adjustments game. For what it's worth, he did look good and caught one scout's eye along with Duran, but there was a sizeable gap between Duran and Fitzgerald for me, and neither looked like they needed to be promoted immediately. When we jump right to "he needs to be promoted" whenever a guy has a little bit of success, it brings down the level of discussion here and makes it matter less when it IS time to have that discussion. Let's try not to jump the gun on these guys. Excitement is good. Being completely unreasonable, not so much. Not buying what you're selling. Miller & Tobias are nothing more then organizational depth not prospects. Move Chatham & Fitzgerald both up and let them continue their development & make their adjustments there.
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Post by dmaineah on Apr 25, 2019 9:27:17 GMT -5
He’ll be 25 in June. Late comer to the organization. Good offensive stats. Can’t see him pushing Chatham off SS in Portland , though. Second base may be his future. They should both be promoted. No reason to keep either of them down. Miller (SS) & Tobias (2B) in AAA are both non factors & if Lin was to be sent back down he should be playing a utility role 2B, SS, 3B, CF
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Post by dmaineah on Apr 25, 2019 3:53:49 GMT -5
Anyone seen him play yet?
Promotion to AA coming soon?
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Post by dmaineah on Apr 25, 2019 3:48:40 GMT -5
Chatham should be promoted to AAA
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Post by dmaineah on Apr 24, 2019 12:22:17 GMT -5
I'd like to hear from everybody; as of today, 4/24/19, you're in charge. What do you do?
1) I send JBJ to AAA. If he refuses the assignment, I bench him & look for a trade.
2) I send Brewer & Lakins to AAA, waive Thornburg & keep Hernandez & Velazquez in the pen.
3) I make Chavis my everyday LF & live with the learning curve. I move Betts to CF & Benintendi to RF.
4) I add Shawaryn to the 40 man roster & call him up to be the #5 starter until Johnson is back
5) I make Lin my everyday 2B until Pedroia is back
6) I re call Travis for the bench until Nunez is back
7) If JBJ has accepted his AAA assignment I add Chatham to 40 man & call him up for the bench until Holt is back.
8) I do not bring back Pedroia until he is playing everyday and he has used up his total allotment of rehab playing days
Starters (5); Sale, Price, Porcello, Rodriguez & Shawaryn
Pen (7) Barnes, Brasier, Workman, Walden, Hembree, Velázquez & Hernandez
My line up (9); Betts, Benintendi, Bogaerts, Martinez, Moreland, Chavis, Devers, Vazquez, Lin
Bench (4) Leon & Pearce with Travis & Chatham until Holt & Nunez return. Hopefully JBJ accepts his AAA assignment & forces his way back & a decision has to be made between him and ?
That's what I do as of today
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Post by dmaineah on Apr 24, 2019 10:36:25 GMT -5
At this point, offer Kimbrel a contract at one year at 10-12 million. The season is on the line at this point. You really have zero margin for error here. If you're out of it by July, you trade him for whatever you can get by then anyways. You tried to get cute with this dumb plan of bad bullpen arms. It isn't working. Get Kimbrel a job. Get him some of his value back so he can try this all over again with no QO attached. I cold be mistake but isn't there a rule that says; you can not trade a player, that was a free agent, that you signed, until a minimum of 6 months has passed from the date the contract was signed?
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Post by dmaineah on Apr 24, 2019 10:29:40 GMT -5
The freaking pitchers have to hit spots and pitch well. It's not like I could go out there and pitch well just because Sandy Leon is catching. If only there was some way to get Pitchers some practice time to get ready before the games counted. Cora could of really used that to help the staff.
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Post by dmaineah on Apr 20, 2019 19:28:17 GMT -5
Doesn't seem likely.
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Post by dmaineah on Apr 18, 2019 23:18:23 GMT -5
I have to add that we have Castillo, who is by far and away the perfect 4th OF, just wasting away in AAA. Not going to happen over money, but he's been Rock solid for years now. The crazy part is he could very likely earn his contract if given a chance. Not crazy to think he would be a 1 war player. The teams salary is the only reason why he is not on the active roster the past 2 years. If not for the team being up against it he would be active getting the bulk of the playing time at one of the corner Outfield positions with Mookie in CF. And yes JBJ would be the 4th OF.
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Post by dmaineah on Apr 18, 2019 23:02:52 GMT -5
If Holt isn't ready Lin needs to be called up. Erasmo Ramirez needs to be sent back down.
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Post by dmaineah on Apr 18, 2019 22:56:50 GMT -5
Chavis should be playing the Corner Outfield spots as well as 3B & 2B. The active roster needs another outfielder & someone who can hit.
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Post by dmaineah on Apr 18, 2019 22:44:20 GMT -5
With Bogaerts locked up and Pedroia hobbling the Sox should have Chatham start seeing time at Second Base and maybe even Center Field. If he keeps hitting it be nice to have him ready as a utility player along with Lin & Chavis.
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Post by dmaineah on Apr 12, 2019 3:32:55 GMT -5
They've had 2 great opportunities to trade JBJ, when he was in AA & after the 2016 season. Now he has no value as a trade candidate. He has an option left. He should be in AAA. Mookie (not Benintendi) should be in CF. Benintendi should be in RF. Martinez, or Holt or Travis or Lin or yes, even Nunez, Moreland or Pearce should be playing LF. Chavis should have been playing LF in the Minors since last year with am eye on bringing him up at some point this year. But, as long as JBJ is on the Active Roster...he should start. He should be sent down. But he won't be. If he had any value he should be traded. But he doesn't, so he won't be. So here he is, in the big league's unable to lay a bunt down against the shift hitting routine 5 hoppers to the second baseman over & over & over. It's just sickening. What a waste of a 25 man roster spot.
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Post by dmaineah on Apr 11, 2019 21:56:37 GMT -5
Like clockwork. smh And have you ever seen Chavis play the outfield? Maybe while they're at it, they should remove Chris Sale, Nathan Eovaldi, E-Rod, Rick Porcello, and David Price from the rotation.
Just like a clock, if you keep saying every minute that it is 8:35, eventually it will be 8:35. Someday Jackie Bradley will go into a slump, and he won't break out of it. The Decline comes for us all, Base Ball men and civilians alike. And when it does, dmaineah will be here to tell us all "SEE! I TOLD YOU IT WAS 8:35!!" It's telling the way you both avoided answering the question asked.
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Post by dmaineah on Apr 11, 2019 21:13:08 GMT -5
This is ridiculous. What is Cora doing here? No one is warming. Saving his arms for extra innings incase they tie it up in the bottom of the 9th
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