Seems like it was contagious, hopefully they got the host.luckysox said:I heard he pulled his ability to hit. It's a tough injury.
AB in DC said:Why wouldn't Rodriguez just take Nava's roster spot?
I was not impressed by the first few swings I saw Peguero take. Pulling his head and doesn't appear that he has any chance of hitting anything.AB in DC said:Does anyone really think Carlos Peguero is a better option than Nava right now??
bosox79 said:No one in this thread has said to get rid of him and you were the first person on the get rid of Craig bandwagon.
AB in DC said:Does anyone really think Carlos Peguero is a better option than Nava right now??
Plympton91 said:Or maybe the reason he's started out so poorly is because he's, you know, actually been playing hurt.
It never ceases to amaze me how this Board will search for any and every excuse for some players' failure to produce and want them to get 19 chances to prove they really do suck (ehem, JBJ), and then when a player who actually has produced regularly goes into a prolonged slump, they immediately jump to, "He's lost it; get rid of him."
Actually, people are down on Nava and patient with Bradley due to recency bias. In almost the same number of plate appearances, nava was just as bad at the beginning of last year. He then proceeded to hit ~120-130 wRC+ over the final~330 plate appearances.glennhoffmania said:
People aren't down on Nava and more patient with Bradley because of some irrational personal bias. It's based on common sense. Your blind spot for Nava is what never ceases to amaze a lot of people.
EricFeczko said:Actually, people are down on Nava and patient with Bradley due to recency bias. In almost the same number of plate appearances, nava was just as bad at the beginning of last year. He then proceeded to hit ~120-130 wRC+ over the final~330 plate appearances.
Not to pick on you, but some of the posting on here is going beyond the pale bad. Nava is 32 not 33 and has a career 107 wRC+ in ~1500 mlb plate appearances. His walk and strikeout rates are within his career norms, suggesting that one should expect him to regress to his career's mean.
We should certainly be patient with Bradley, but he should be getting regular at-bats, preferably in AAA. A 157 wRC+ looks really nice in 120 PA, and its great that his strikeout rate is down to 15 percent, but he's not walking much and his line is very BABIP heavy.
A la Middlebrooks who was playing with a major back injury etc and was grilled for not playing winter ball. This off-season he worked out and slept. His numbers are better. Not much but better but pseudo promising. The catch here, I know, is that the Sox don't have the luxury of waiting like some other clubs. <\endhijack>.Plympton91 said:Or maybe the reason he's started out so poorly is because he's, you know, actually been playing hurt.
It never ceases to amaze me how this Board will search for any and every excuse for some players' failure to produce and want them to get 19 chances to prove they really do suck (ehem, JBJ), and then when a player who actually has produced regularly goes into a prolonged slump, they immediately jump to, "He's lost it; get rid of him."
If you throw away any players worst 80-100 PA stretch during a year, they'd all look considerably better.MakMan44 said:He actually had a 115 wRC+ in the second half last season, starting with a 122 wRC+ in 74 June PAs. The only reason he ended up with a 100 wRC+ at season's end is because of a horrific March-May (11 PAs in May).
I guess all I'm trying to point out is that if you ignore his start last season, because 80 or so PAs is a really SSS, you have 3 straight years of a very solid player who's making peanuts. I'm willing to be a little more patient at this point, he's shown he's useful.
Every player has shitty stretches. I only said that to argue that Nava was an above average player for 3/4s of last season.bosox79 said:If you throw away any players worst 80-100 PA stretch during a year, they'd all look considerably better.
Who did that? Someone(ghoff) simply referred to the full season numbersMakMan44 said:And if that's all you point to, all of them are going to look like shit.
Removed that, you're right and it doesn't really fit what I'm trying to argue anyway.Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat said:Who did that? Someone(ghoff) simply referred to the full season numbers
glennhoffmania said:Look I'm not trying to shit on Nava. I simply don't understand the obsession a couple of people seem to have with him. But all PAs matter so ignoring the first two plus months and then claiming he was very solid from June on doesn't change the fact that overall he's basically been an average offensive player. Average doesn't mean bad, but it also doesn't mean very solid.
Corsi said:
Pete Abraham @PeteAbe 2m2 minutes ago
Appears #RedSox have activated Daniel Nava and optioned Deven Marrero.
Why not Nava at 1B, drop the corpse of Mike Napoli on the scrap heap, then have Holt platoon with both Sandoval and Nava against LHP, giving the two of them some opportunities against LHP to show that dropping switch hitting is producing better results?TheYellowDart5 said:
It really is a shame that Nava can't hit lefties at all, because he and Holt could probably form a decent platoon at first base or he could make Victorino expendable in right. I guess if De Aza gets moved, he could become the lefty half of that platoon in right, but as is, he's in for a lot of long days and nights on the bench. Makes me wonder why the FO didn't just DFA him; he doesn't really have a role right now.
That said, Holt has essentially no split this year between hitting lefties and righties, so maybe a Holt/Nava platoon could work? Seems unlikely, though.
Nava was back to switch hitting during his final few rehab games.Drek717 said:Why not Nava at 1B, drop the corpse of Mike Napoli on the scrap heap, then have Holt platoon with both Sandoval and Nava against LHP, giving the two of them some opportunities against LHP to show that dropping switch hitting is producing better results?
Oh, great.soxhop411 said:“@jcmccaffrey: Nava worked a lot with Gedman in Triple A on fixing his swing.”
Hank Scorpio said:Nava could very well be the starting 1B vs RHP from here until further notice.