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    May: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins

    Seven walks in those games. I'd have to deep dive to see if those walks were close and late.
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    May: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins

    Just a note on Devers. Since Opening Day, he has three homers and 10 rbis. The three homers and five of the rbis were in 12-2, 8-0, and 9-2 victories. Two others were when they were down by five runs very late in the game. Again since Opening Day, in one and two run games he's 9-40 with ONE...
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    Sox to trade for Garrett Cooper, Pablo Reyes DFA’d

    They can play infield for a few games or even a week and not be completely incompetent. Kind of like.......those other guys I mentioned.
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    Sox to trade for Garrett Cooper, Pablo Reyes DFA’d

    Stop being ridiculous. "None should be on an active roster"? How many teams are rolling out five-tool guys off the bench? They're role players for a reason - they have one or two strengths and serious flaws otherwise. The 2018 team - the best in history - had Holt, Swihart, Lin, and Hanley...
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    Beat the Cubs today Avril 28

    What the fuck are you talking about? He had one awful game and has been great otherwise. Tonight he allowed two absolute fart hits before a bad pitch, then easily got the next three hitters.
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    Red Sox sign RHP Chase Anderson

    Tough to pin today ENTIRELY on Anderson. Sure, he walked three, but more shitty defense hurt him. If McGuire handles that strike three, he's out of the inning and it's a completely different game.
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    March/April: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins

    The bullpen is better than you think. It's 5th in FIP, 4th in xFIP, and 2nd in bb/9. The issue is the 12th-ranked BABIP, which of course goes back to the dreadful defense. Over 33% of the runs allowed have been unearned, and 18% of the earned runs allowed (nine of them) scored during an...
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    If you were a ballplayer...

    I had colleges scouting me in high school as a center fielder/speedy pain in the ass leadoff hitter. Wrecked my knee running winter track and missed nearly all of my senior year. Still got a scholarship from a D3 college but the knee never really healed and I was never the same, especially...
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    March/April: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins

    Blaming Weissert for that home run last night isn't fair. He made a good pitch down and in. That was just great hitting by Santander, and 332 feet to right field is an out in many parks.
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    Wave of mutilation: The latest injuries

    Then put him on the IL. With the 10-day IL now available, there's no reason to "give a guy a few days" and shorten the roster in the process. Tonight was Exhibit A of what happens. It's April. Let him heal.
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    MLB Mount Rushmore

    Ruth Mays Cobb Bonds
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    4.6 - Angels in the Outfield

    Seriously? They're 8th in runs scored in the AL despite playing entirely on the west coast and 44% of their games against arguably the best pitching staff in the AL. How about we ease up on the small sample size overreaction?
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    The Fenway Park Experience

    As Kate McKinnon said "I stray from the pack", but I absolutely detest the MBTA and avoid it all costs. It's partly that I don't enjoy being packed like a sardine into a small trolley that wasn't designed to handle that mass of humanity. It's also partly from a time where both the MBTA...
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    3/30 - The Road Trip: Game 3

    Martin may be "Mr. 8th inning", but when the 7th and 9th inning guys are unavailable, there needs to be flexibility. You save him for the best opppsong hitters. Wasting him on the 8-9 hitters in a tie game in the 8th inning on the road is an egregious misuse of resources.
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    3/30 - The Road Trip: Game 3

    They're on the west coast facing perhaps the best pitching staff in the league and without Devers the last two games. I'm not sure how many other teams would have a different result.
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