The Red Sox placed second baseman Christian Arroyo on the 10-day IL with a right hamstring strain this morning, as noted by Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe. Boston recalled infielder Bobby Dalbec to take Arroyo’s spot on the active roster. No timetable has been announced for Arroyo’s return.
The move continues a series of injury woes in Boston’s infield that dates back to the offseason, when it was announced that shortstop Trevor Story would undergo elbow surgery and miss much of the 2023 campaign. Since then, the Red Sox have traded for Adalberto Mondesi, who has yet to make his club debut, and signed Yu Chang, who was placed on the IL with a fractured hamate two weeks ago after posting a slash line of just .136/.174/.341 in 17 games prior to the injury.
Arroyo, who will celebrate his 28th birthday at the end of the month, has endured struggles of his own in the early going this season, posting a .257/.295/.365 slash line that’s 23% below league average by measure of wRC+ in 79 trips to the plate this season. Recently, he had begun to cede his regular playing time at second base to Enmanuel Valdez, who has slashed a solid .343/.361/.514 (137 wRC+) in 10 games since taking over for Chang on the roster. With Arroyo on the shelf, Valdez should have plenty of runway to make the case for himself at second base going forward in Boston.
Dalbec, 28 in June, figures to serve as the backup infielder behind Valdez and shortstop Enrique Hernandez. Dalbec has primarily played first base throughout his career, though he has experience at all four infield spots. A fourth round pick by the Red Sox in the 2016 draft, Dalbec made his MLB debut in 2020 and got off to a torrid start, with a 151 wRC+ in 23 games during the pandemic-shortened season. Since then, however, Dalbec has slashed just .229/.293/.437 (95 wRC+) with a worrisome 34.1% strikeout rate in 254 games at the big league level.
Yeah like Dalbec is really gonna help at middle infield 🙁
Nick should have mentioned since April 20th Arroyo is hitting .458/.500/.708 for a phenomenal 1.208 OPS
I know Dalbec is a righty, but going with him when David Hamilton has been tearing up AAA and actually plays SS/2B is an annoying choice
I don’t know the answer. Is Hamilton on the 40 man roster? if not, that likely explains it. As for Chang, he had a couple of big hits and played decent to solid short. He definitely was more important in the limited time he played than what the article suggests.
dewey – Of course he is!
mlb.com/redsox/roster/40-man
roiste – Completely agree! It’s awful how they are treating Hamilton, and certainly not in the best interests of the ML team.
I think Hamilton has to show he can stay hot for more than a month. He started off like this last year and then was mediocre for months before finishing hot at the end of the year.
Hamilton has only gotten 124 ABs at AAA. If they really needed him, they bring him up. But they really dont. They have Kike and Chavez, and no open roster spots ATM.
I think you mean Valdez instead of Chavez.
Lol, yeah.
roiste – Hamilton is hitting .311 the highest of his minor league career in a small sample size of games. Dalbec has the great stats for two half seasons in the majors which suggests he has the skill to do it again, he simply needs to perform. His defense is as good or better than Kiki at SS and vastly better than Devers at 3B so the defense argument doesn’t fly if you let the other two butchers play.
Hamilton is a Cora guy. He has a relationship with him so he will get preferential treatment if he is promoted to the majors. Bloom probably is aware of that and if you want to win the last thing you want is more nepotism by Cora. It’s bad enough they have to play a sub .240 life time hitter and the worst 3B in Red Sox history defensively but how many more obstacles need to be created against this over performing team? Dalbec is the smart move. They should play him at 3B not SS but he is flexible enough to play either. He won’t be great but he won’t be worse than what’s there now. His hitting is the key. If he gets hot like so many other players playing way over their skill levels he’s a scary good power hitter. If guys like Arroyo, Duran and Valdez can play well beyond their skills why not Dalbec?
That genius rsmith thinks there’s a Chavez on the red sox he’s probably thinking of Mike Chavis who was traded years ago what a tool
Remove – I mute rsmith so I didn’t get to read it. Good to see nothing has changed with his baseball knowledge!! hahaha
KD – I think I muted him too, because I never see his posts. LOL!
KD – Where do you get two halves from? LOL!! He’s had one, second half of 2021. I don’t think you’d count a .707 OPS the second half of last year.
But hey, if he plays in Hotlanta at least there will be a nice cool breeze whenever he takes his three swing strikeouts. ;O)
I don’t expect Hamilton’s offense to be anything better than average (which would be a great outcome), it’s the defense for me. With Chang and Arroyo out, we’re down to zero healthy guys on the active roster who can actually play shortstop, and that’s a big concern for me
Hurt it running all over Falter
Valdez will get the reps at 2b. for the next few weeks. Longer if he keeps up the good play. Dalbec will be emergency backup, late inning D at first or third, and a bench bat to hit against lefties. Enjoying the heck out of this run they’re on. The remaining month is for the most part against sub .500 teams. Pity that Arroyo can’t seem to stay healthy.
Bob – Glad you have so much confidence in Dalbec defensively and offensively! LOL!!!
I like your optimism, but you must be looking at the wrong schedule. The remainder of the month is not easy at all.
2 road games against the best team in the NL (Braves)
3 road games against the star studded Padres (2 games out of 1st)
3 road games against the loaded with stars Angels (1 game out of 1st)
3 road games against the DBacks (0.5 games out of first)
Only the 6 games against the Cards and Reds should be a cakewalk.
FPG – Don’t be beating up Dalbec. He’s had two excellent half seasons and that means he has the skills just needs the consistency. Those skills rate out better than most of the other Red Sox players that are hot for the moment.
I think having a guy who has done it at the MLB level makes more sense than a guy in the minors because he knows Cora.
KD – I appreciate your loyalty to Dalbec, he’s a good man and so are you.
Did you see the announcers ragging on Cora again yesterday? They didn’t beat around the bush, they said it was stupid pulling Houck and bringing in Bleier to face Schwarber … and they are right, it was!!! They said the game would have gone down to the wire and been winnable if Houck was allowed to stay in the game.
I really do hope Valdez keeps performing. I would love to seem him take over 2nd permanently.
DBH – Does that mean you want Story gone, or do you think he’ll be able to play SS until Mayer arrives sometime next year?
I don’t expect Story to return before the break. When he does return, I would play Story at short until he could be traded for a shortstop, even if is a bad trade swap. If not, then either dh or 1st for Story, trade Dalbec and a prospect for a ss
Story ain’t getting traded any time soon.
Well duh he’s out for probably the season
DBH – I’m surprised you don’t like Story at 2B, he did very well there last year … not counting the weak arm of course, but that doesn’t matter as much at 2B.
His bat plays, most scouting reports worry about his D though.
DBH – I think we all hope what you hope but his numbers don’t suggest that will happen. If he can reverse his trends, it’s possible.
KD – Excellent post!! It’s so true, people forget Story’s numbers have drastically declined across the board for three straight years. Sure he might be able to reverse the trend, but we all know many others such as Panda never did.
Me2 – am thoroughly enjoying it although I wish bloom had traded for a less brittle shortstop. I hope Devers gets hot and pitching stays healthy
Elbo – Maybe it’s because Bloom likes peanut brittle?
Devers is 2nd in MLB in both Homeruns and RBI, and 3rd in Total Bases. I would be very happy even if he just maintains what he’s been doing.
Just wanted to reply and say that Fever Pitch is way off in saying you are “praising” Dalbec. I never got that notion at all, but of course Fever Pitch Guy all but likes to accuse.
I would’ve replied to him but he has me blocked. I’m still surprised people like his posts so much because all he does is complain and make baseless assumptions of others just to trigger them.
How in the world is this roster 21-14?
They’re good thats how. Stop drinking the Kool-Aid over at EEI.
You said the same thing about Milwaukee and Pittsburgh and each of them have lost 6 in a row genius
So losing 6 in a row automatically makes you bad team. Red Sox won 6 in a row, therefore theyre a good team. Thx for proving my point. You say the dumbest things.
No genius they are just not great teams like you claim the sox got swept at home by the pie rots so deal with it stop being a tool
dam – There’s been so many injuries on other teams, that’s the main reason along with a solid back end of the bullpen.
Can you imagine if Devers, Verdugo or Yoshida go on the IL for an extended period of time? The Sox would be totally screwed.
Everyone said they were done when Duval went down. They don’t have him or Story. It’ll be interesting when Rodriguez and Paxton join the team. The Sox have some impact players on their IL. Duran has been a pleasant surprise offensively and defensively.
lucky – Duval is nowhere near the same level as the players I listed. He had a great start obviously, but he has a long history of being injury plagued and when healthy being prone to long horrid slumps.
The problem is lack of depth, the Red Sox don’t have legit replacements waiting in the wings … we’ve seen that all year with the middle infield fiasco, right?
If Bobby Dalbec is the best they can call up, that says it all right there. It will be at least another year before guys like Mayer and Yorke can get called up and possibly help.
It really doesn’t say it all, but carry on.
Rodriguez stinks and Paxton has nothing left. On the other hand, Bill Lee is just three hours away and a spry 75.
FPG – Picking on Dalbec again!!! shame on you.
This whole what if scenario is wrong. Here are the real what-ifs:
What if Bogey was at SS, JD at DH, JT at 1B, Eovaldi throwing shutouts instead of Kluber and Vazquez catching instead of McGuire and Wong?
What would their record be if the destruction of the 2018 team wasn’t so nearly completed by Bloom in the off season. That’s the what if I think about every day!!! Still don’t have a clue as to why someone tears down a Championship team in their prime.
What if Duvall was not hurt? Hell, I say what if Mookie was in right!!!
I’m sure they miss Bogaerts but not at his current price tag. Wong is out producing Vazquez by a pretty good margin. Kluber has pitched much better his last 3 times out so we’ll see how he stacks up with Eovaldi later. Turner as an everyday 1B guarantees IL time and is better in the role he is serving.
The key for this team is getting the starting pitching on track and slowly but surely that has started happening
Ridiculous. A big reason the RS offense is top or near top of the mark? Is their depth. One look at the Y’s and their sub or near Mendoza replacements. Their anemic OPS. Valdez, Duran, Arroyo, Tapia, Refsnyder would be significant upgrades. And it’s no different for most other teams. Heck..Yu Chang would be a welcome addition for his D and his potential bat.
Jeesh. I come on here occasionally. And despite screams of Armageddon and a RS debacle team, and a GM that has ruined the RS for years to come? You just can’t let go of your anger and confess you’re just clueless compared to Chaim’s knowledge of roster building. We all are actually. Jeesh. Carry on.
KD, Fever et al are TROLLS and need to be ignored so a real discussion can be had.
Awesome!.
Tough to ignore they write 1000 word essays every time they speak, then several regulars interact with them, as if they are having a meaningful debate.
One has to be amused by people typing 1,500 words about which minor leaguer to promote for 10-14 days, without, you know, having a single clue as to what the strategy is.
It reminds me of the Faria signing. Faria is a guy that probably no one in here ever heard of, or ever saw. But it still generated 140 responses.
You know the Red Sox are playing good, when the biggest cry from the haters is who to promote for an 8 game stay.
Good Times.
Also someone typing 1500 words EVERY DAY about how the Red were going to be a 74 win team and then never mentioning it again once it becomes obvious they were wrong.
But he is just trolling, it’s up to everyone else whether they want to play the game or not
I intentionally pizzed FPG and KD off, and now they ignore me. So now I can trash them all I want and they cant see it. Its a Win Win.
milt – We can’t call Joely JRod, so what should we call him? Maybe ILRod?
See, the troll is right below me and cant see a word. Its Diabolical.
KD – Let us never forget, Cora took a defending 108-win World Series Champion and managed them so horribly they didn’t make the postseason.in 2019 despite the highest payroll in MLB!!!
Rsox – Vazquez currently has just a .580 OPS and 0.1 WAR.
Wong has a .772 OPS and 1.1 WAR.
McGuire has a .797 OPS and 0.1 WAR.
Credit where credit is due, Bloom trading Cora’s binky last year is one of the best things he has done. Twins already regret that ridiculous contract they gave Vaz.
I’m gonna ignore your thoughts on Kluber/Eovaldi. LOL
BTW – Eovaldi has now thrown 17 shutout innings over his last two games. We have always said, if he is healthy he’s an ace pitcher. And once again he’s proving it. Bloom was a fool to let him go.
Joe – Apparently you aren’t aware Faria pitched for a division rival from 2017-2019.
And he pitched in 6 games against the Red Sox.
“Faria is a guy that no one in here ever heard of, or ever saw”. – Joe ragging on Red Sox fans yet again. 🙁
Fool – Thank you for the laugh, as I’ve never heard of an often-injured .660 OPS player being called “a significant upgrade”.
Or a .675 OPS player who couldn’t do better than a minor league contract last offseason.
Or a .693 OPS player who has played for 9 teams since 2015.
But yeah, glad you view them as “significant upgrades” …. that is, until Bloom cuts them loose, at which point you’ll trash those exact same players. Because it’s what the Bloomers do.
I’ll take you at your word if you say you remember him.. I certainly didn’t.
FPG – It’s a recurring nightmare I have……. Cora managing. He even cheated and cost them 12 wins!!! Now that’s bad!!
FPG – I didn’t realize you are a Vazquez hater. I think you are looking at this all WONG!!! Sorry, been dying to use that one!!
If the season was 36 games long I think your point would be valid but since we are at roughly 20% of the season and a career utility catcher and another career utility catcher out performing a guy who put up many good years for the Red Sox means NOTHING. Flukes are flukes and we right them off as such when the activity doesn’t match the skill set.
Vazquez was a good catcher for Boston. He had a bad year and lots of good years. I see nothing positive in bad mouthing a guy who loved the team so much he tried to get back to them despite the GM slapping him in the face with yet another horrendous trade.
Even if Vazquez never plays good again, you can’t erase all he did for the Red Sox and that should be respected.
And what are you a new tool or an old tool with a different name
no they should be called out for their BS so that eventually the mods will do something about them.
Naw. I don’t mute people because I think it’s worthwhile when they get called to the carpet for their BS takes.
Also many of the posts in this thread are just people praising each other back and forth on their ludicrous takes. basically like they are kissing up to each other to try and rally support for their lost cause.
basically like they are kissing up to each other to try and rally support for their lost cause.
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Some of that is a little weird. I mean saying “Fantastic Post!!!” every time someone posts something?
KD17 –
This whole what if scenario is wrong. Here are the real what-ifs:
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What if Bloom doesn’t sign Yoshi in the left field, Turner – at DH, doesn’t get for Mookie – Verdugo and Wong, Diekman doesn’t exchange on McGuire, Benintendi doesn’t exchange for Winckowski and Cordero, Red Sox would have such results to date:
X.Bogaerts (SS) “San Diego” ($25.45m AAV) – 34G; 127AB, 6HR, 3SB, .283AVG, .843Ops, +138Ops, +1.4WAR
better what:
K.Hernandez (SS) ($10m AAV) – 25G, 85AB, 3HR, .200AVG, .600Ops, +60Ops, -0.1WAR plus Y.Chang (SS) ($0.85m AAV) –
11G; 36AB, 3HR, 1SB, .167AVG, .615Ops, +65Ops, +0.4WAR.
J.D.Martinez (DH) “Dodgers” ($10m AAV) – 23G; 88AB, 4HR, .250AVG, .840Ops, +121Ops, +0.2WAR, 30.6%SO (high career), 6.1%Walks (below than career), .306OBP (below the average).
April 28, 2023 Los Angeles Dodgers placed DH J.D. Martinez on the 10-day injured list retroactive to April 25, 2023. Lower back tightness worse what:
J.Turner (DH-1B) ($10.85m AAV) – 26G; 101AB, 1HR, 2SB, .277AVG, .750Ops, +110Ops, +0.2WAR, 13.4%SO,
10.2% Walks (higher than middle), .360OBP! plus M.Yoshida (DH) ($18m AAV) – 9G, 30AB, 1HR, .333AVG, .850Ops, +130Ops, +0.4WAR, 10%SO, 20%Walks!, .400+OBP!
C.Vazquez (C) “Minnesota” ($10m AAV) – 24G; 78AB, .231AVG, .580Ops, +64Ops, +0.1WAR, +0.2dWAR, +1Rdrs,
6A, 9/2 SB/CS – 18%CS!, 200 Inn. worse what:
C.Wong (C) ($0.72m AAV) – 25G, 74AB, 3HR, 1SB, .257AVG, .772Ops, +106Ops, +1.2WAR, +1.1dWAR, +7Rdrs, 16A, 8/8 SB/CS – 50%CS!!!, 191 Inn. plus R.McGuire (C) ($1.23m AAV) – 20G; 55AB, .345AVG, +0.1WAR, -0.3dWAR,
-3Rdrs, 4A, 20/1 SB/CS – 5%CS!, 127 Inn.
A.Benintendi (LF) “White Sox” ($15m AAV) – 32G; 126AB, 4SB, .270AB, .649Ops, +79Ops, +0.1WAR, -0.1dWAR, 0Rdrs, 271.1Inn.
0Rdrs, 271.1 Inn. worse what:
M.Yoshida (LF) ($18m AAV) – 20G; 82AB, 5HR, SB, .317AVG, .950Ops, +155Ops, +0.7WAR, -0.3dWAR, -3Rdrs, 175Inn.
J.Winckowski (P) ($0.72m AAV) – 13G; 23.0 Inn, 17H, 4ER, 1HR, 5Walks, 18SO, 1Save, .220AVG, 1.57ERA, 3.13FIP, 0.96WHIP, .535Ops, +1.0WAR.
M.Betts (RF) “Dodgers” ($25.42AAV) – 27G; 98AB, 3HR, 1SB, .260 AVG, .830Ops, +121Ops, +1.0WAR, +0.2dWAR, +1Rdrs, 3OA, 192.0 Inn.
A.Verdugo (RF) ($6.3m AAV) – 35G; 137AB, 5HR, 3SB, .307AVG, .883Ops, +137Ops, +1.4WAR, +0.1dWAR, +2Rdrs, 1OA, 1DP, 289.0 Inn.
I understand that it young season.
I can say of the subjective point of view of that stuck to before a season.
The place of the appointed forward looks better 2022, copula of catchers Wong – McGuire better than copula of Vazquez – Plawecki 2022, Yoshida only in defence Benintendi yields however far excels him at an attack and already won the rank of player of week at the beginning of May, Verdugo enters him into the bloom ( if to take into count that he played 2022 with the broken finger on the left leg can become competent leader of Red Sox and to realize the potential, I don’t think that he will win MVP but to fight for ten the best it is fully been in strength ), Winckowski also presents a surprise after a not quite successful debut in 2022, he changed the arsenal – added to speeds 2 miles on the fastball from 93-94 miles he sits now on 95-96 miles and limited a hard contact in this season.
Undoubtedly the Achilles heel of this command – SS.
On this position Red Sox doesn’t get even a middle production as in an attack so in a defensive.
Bogie – Lots of interesting facts but I think I missed the point.
Lets remove the data for a moment to better understand your points.
You think Verdugo is better than having Mookie? Interesting. Not many people in their right minds would agree with you but if the first 5 weeks of a league average player out weighs multiple all-star appearances, a MVP, several golden gloves and a WS Ring …. then we aren’t on the same page.
If you want to pit JD and JT I would take JD because of all he’s done for the organization and he’s 3 years farther from the end of his career than JT.
If you want to count Wong for ANYTHING then your understanding of baseball is limited. He’s a back-up who has had a short hot streak. He basically sucks and has since Bloom acquired him, just like Downs.
Verdugo is streaky and is riding a hot streak but has been league average since he arrived and will likely finish the year at league average.
Benny was an all-star and put up a 120 OPS+ last year despite the challenges of being traded to the Yankees in the middle of a pennant race. That’s 18 points higher than Verdugo in 2022. Lets wait until September to draw conclusions in their comparison. I am confident Benny will win.
Guessing what Yoshida will do is pointless. It’s his first season facing MLB pitching and soon teams will have a book on him and he’ll have to adjust to the holes they found in his hitting. Once that happens we’ll know more about whether Yoshida can do anything more than hit .275 with an OBP of .350. We’ll also find out if his early power is legitimate or a fluke. The MLB created a situation for runners that allows for a bad base runner like Yoshida to steal bases. That’s the MLB over compensating to bring fans who don’t like baseball to baseball games. The fans won’t last and at some point the ridiculous rules about pick-offs will be reversed back to normal baseball. Then we’ll see Yoshida with no steals as expected.
Winckowski is a set-up man so if you are suggesting trading a starting outfielder that made the all-star team for a set-up man is a good deal, you may need to attend Baseball 101.
Last, I can’t tell if you are trying to say you’d rather have Kiki than Bogey but if you are, you’ll be attending remedial Baseball 101. That’s utterly ridiculous.
So, I struggled to understand your points related to all your data but it appeared you were arguing that the team is better off thanks to Bloom.
Not good with acronyms so I’ll spell it out. I’m shaking my head in disbelief.
KD17 –
Hey, man don’t be such salted, you read between lines and give out invented for actual.
You read a post not attentively.
I never talked that Verdugo better what Betts or Kike better what Bogey.
I laid out statistical data on May, 10, 2023, if these players were in our command instead of present they helped as though.
I understand that you give the contribution of Vazquez, JD, Benintendi, but now not 2018 year, passed already 4Y’s.
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1. C.Vazquez (C) “Minnesota” (3/$30m, $10m AAV)
Vazquez never ignored a beating catcher except for 2011, where he did 18 HR’s for Greenville (A full) and 2019 year of 23 HR’s after Red Sox (“juicy ball”), Cristian no longer did the two-digit numbers of HR’s, he was anymore famous the defence and catching of theft of bases, but alike these skills with age began to go down.
After departure from Boston of his number became worse :
2022 Red Sox – 84G; 294AB, 83H, 20Double, 8HR, 1SB, 18BB, .282AVG, .759Ops, +109Ops, +2.2WAR, +1.3dWAR,
+9Rdrs, 30/16 SB/CS – 30%CS, RAA (+11), WAA +1.1, 643.1 Inn., ISO .150.
2022 Houston Astros – 35G; 104AB, 26H, 3Double, 1HR, 2CS, .250AVG, .585Ops, +67Ops.
2023 Minnesota Twins – 25G; 80AB, 18H, 3Double, .225AVG, .566Ops, +61Ops.
Second half 2022/ First quater 2023:
60G; 184AB, 44H, 6Double, 1HR, .238AVG, .575Ops, +64Ops, -0.1WAR, +0.5dWAR, +3Rdrs, 25/5 SB/CS – 16.5%CS, RAA (-7), WAA (-0.8), 434.0 Inn., ISO 048.
If you want to count Wong for ANYTHING then your understanding of baseball is limited. He’s a back-up who has had a short hot streak. He basically sucks and has since Bloom acquired him, just like Downs.
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C.Wong (C) ($0.72m AAV, min.)
2018 – A (Adv) 22Age, 102G, 383AB, 103H, 20Double, 2Triple, 19HR, 6SB, 2CS, .269Avg, .830Ops
2019 – A+/AA 23Age, 111G, 423AB, 119H, 24Double, 7Triple, 24HR, 11SB, 3CS, .281Avg, .877Ops
2020 – N/P COVID
2021 – AAA 25Age, 50G, 199AB, 51H, 13Double, 8HR, 7SB, 1CS, .256Avg, .730 Ops
2022 – AAA 26Age, 81G, 323AB, 93H, 20Double, 15HR, 7SB, 3CS, .288Avg, .838 Ops
MLB – 59G, 135AB, 32H, 10Double, 1Triple, 4HR, 1SB, 1CS, .237AVG, .717 Ops, +94Ops, (+1.4WAR), (+1.0dWAR), +5Rdrs, 26/12 SB/CS – 32%CS
C.Wong 2023( C ) – 25G; 22GS; 16GS; 74AB ( 81PA ) 19 H; 6 Double; 3 HR; 5 Walks; 1Sb; 1Cs; 22 SO; .257 AVG; .772 Ops; +107Ops; (+1.2 WAR); (+1.0 dWAR); +6Rdrs; 191.0 Inn.; 16 A; 3E ( 2 Catcher Interference) ; 8 SB/ 8 CS; 50%СS; RAA (+9), WAA (+0.9), starting catcher – W/L 14/8; 126 – 97 runs ( +29 D ).
I would like to express gratitude GM of Dodgers A.Freedman for this player, although it early to arbitrate in a transaction ( Betts vs Verdugo, Downs, Wong ), but I want to mark a that fact is talks about that Dodgers is able to develop.
Look at depth of catching in Dodgers 2019:
W.Smith – № 6 debut (2019), drafted 1st (32) 2016, A.Barnes – reserve catcher, D.Cartaya – №2 (2019), sign IFA 2018, K.Ruiz – №10 (2019), sign IFA 2014, C.Wong – №14 (2019), drafted 3rd (100) 2017.
Wong was on the diagram of depth only on a 5th place doesn’t talk about that he bad catcher.
Smith and Ruiz passed him in development , Cartaya was appraised higher as international prospect, Barnes is a reserve of MLB.It is necessary to take into count a that fact, that Wong skipped 2020 year in development and must begin him in double АА, I think that in 2021 he was early sent in triple AAA, he got an injury and that season went out. In 2022 Connor productively worked above all aspects of game, he brought down the percent of SO to 22.5. I’m surprised by a that fact that his hit instrument was estimated below the average – 40Hits. A question stood during the spring training who will be a basic catcher in 2023 – McGuire, Alfaro or Wong and, I’m very glad that he proves the game as in a defensive so in an attack that he is the basic catcher.
You must put question to itself, whether Vazquez costs 10 million for a present production or you want to pay to him after 2019 and one third 2020 year, he for a career is a player below the average on 16 percent (career +84Ops) and his defence gets worse with age, in August, 33.
On some reasons Sale didn’t want that Vazquez was his of catcher and preferred to give up S.Leon.
Eovaldi also had the personal catcher in the person of Plawecki, Kevin was considered although bad protective catcher, but with him at Evo ERA was below what with Vazquez.
After passing to Houston he was spare catcher of Astros.
For the present production of Vazquez, I wouldn’t pay 10 million in a year.
Wong well manages a pitching personal, marked it and Eovaldi when he gave up a ball to Connor last year in a match against Toronto.
I did this prognosis yet to the series against Toronto last week:
Connor Wong will be at least in three of prizewinners on Gold Glove and he will make off a year with plenty of extra-base hits what Vazquez.
Can save this post for proof.
If you want to pit JD and JT I would take JD because of all he’s done for the organization and he’s 3 years farther from the end of his career than JT.
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2.J.D.Martinez (DH) 2023 “Dodgers” ($10m AAV).
I already brought statistics over of this season for JD and I won’t recur.
He already is on IL two weeks with the same aching pains in a back that disturbed him in a past season.
Personally for me he doesn’t look a player even 2021, if to take into count that he plays the only appointed forward his production must be higher what 4 HR’s at 88 AB.
And his repetitive injury – it a large red flag that talks about that stick to from him a little rather even for 10 million.
I don’t want to pay for a player that one third of season will conduct in an infirmary and to look two one third of season as Martinez deletes more than 30 % (high career).
Verdugo is streaky and is riding a hot streak but has been league average since he arrived and will likely finish the year at league average.
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3.A.Benintendi (LF) 2023 “White Sox” (5/$75m, $15m AAV)
Dugie played with the broken finger on the left leg more than 2 months in a past season that resulted in a decline as in a defensive so in an attack and you didn’t even say not a word about it.
You compare Verdugo and Benny, Alex the best player now and he is the leader of this command.
Force of Benintendi disappeared and defence in this season doesn’t look blameless.
I don’t want to pay outfielder without force 15 million in a yearduring five years for remembrances 2018 year, he wasn’t a that player since.
Guessing what Yoshida will do is pointless.
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4.M.Yoshida (LF/DH) 2023 “Red Sox” (5/$90m AAV)
A bad player can’t make effective series out of 16 matches in succession.
All winter read that contract of Yoshi it is an albatross, but his discipline and hit instrument are very well carried in MLB – very glad that persons who hate wrong.
Any day of week, I will take the contract of Yoshida above the contract of Benintendi.
Winckowski is a set-up man so if you are suggesting trading a starting outfielder that made the all-star team for a set-up man is a good deal, you may need to attend Baseball 101.
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5.J.Winckowski (P) 2023 “Red Sox” ($0.72m AAV)
Winckowski changed the arsenal – added to speeds 2 miles on the fastball from 93-94 miles he sits now on 95-96 miles and limited a hard contact in this season.
You and about this fact nothing was mentioned, that Josh had changed the arsenal and looks in this season completely another pitcher.
Player, that once got on Match of All Stars doesn’t do him a star player on all career, you not known probably, Lol.
KD – I don’t hate Vaz, I appreciate his contributions especially in his younger days. Cora kinda ruined him, allowed him to get into bad habits and be lazy and arrogant etc.
I totally agree! The season is still young, things can change. But you hafta admit the Mookie trade isn’t looking as bad right now with Dugie and Wong having breakout seasons thus far. Wong is only 26 so him still improving is not really a surprise.
What an embarrassing loss tonight! I’m glad it was by more than one run though, otherwise that ballgirl would have been to blame. I know they always have the young girls in full uniform because it’s cute and whatnot, but if they aren’t paying attention to whether it’s a fair ball or foul ball then they shouldn’t be in that job. They are there to do a job, it’s not a hard job but does require focus. She’s probably the daughter of somebody in the front office though, which means she will get to keep her job. Such is life.
Joe – You seem to think this place is run like pre-Elon Twitter, but it’s not. People have the right to *gasp* disagree with you, as long as they don’t use vulgarities or personal attacks while doing so.
And since you mentioned it, how ’bout that Nate Eovaldi! Another 8 2/3 shutout innings, including just 1 Walk and 3 Hits to go along with 12 K’s. Longest shutout streak in MLB as he hasn’t given up a run in 28 2/3 innings. His ERA is now down to 2.70 and he’s consistently throwing well over 100 pitches a game … he’s the last of the workhorses! Too bad Bloom, who had access to Nate’s medicals, didn’t want to bother extending him. Boston’s loss is Arlington’s gain.
Joe – No need to be jealous, I have complimented you at times. If you put a little more effort into your posts and make them a little more interesting like KD does, you’d receive more compliments.
Fever, it really is those 3 bats, plus the catchers are oddly productive, and the bullpen keeping any lead it’s given. None of the starters have anything near an acceptable ERA but somehow this team keeps winning games. Who needs Story or Xander or JDM?
Not sure what EEI is the other guy mentioned. Will have to google
ohyeadam – Simple answer is the Red Sox need Story, Xander and JDM. They are what many refer to as “all-stars” not league average players so out of their characteristic bad play that things can’t be explained.
Every team needs all-stars rather than HOT bad players.
dam – WEEI is the Red Sox flagship radio station, and they do a tremendous job of covering games and providing insight without being total John Sterling Michael Kay homers.
KD – Awesome post, I totally agree the Red Sox need Xander and a healthy JDM!!!!
WEEI is where all the Hate Mongerers get their marching orders. Known fact: Angry People are more dedicated listeners who listen more intently. They listen more often and concentrate more because they’re mad. So they create controversy where there is none, just to boast ratings in their favored demographic (bitter old men). How else do you explain so much anger with a fans of a team that won 4 WS in 20 years and the last one won just 4 years ago. You do know the average team wins 1 WS every 30 years right? Yet, only in Boston is a 3 year wait to rebuild a contending team cause to burn it all down.
Theyre basically the Dark Side of the Force.
Fever Pitch Guy
Red Sox opened a season without Whitlock, Bello and Paxton in a starting rotation, without Mills and J.Rodriguez in bullpen, without Story and Mondesi in infield.
G.Whitlock (SP) – March 30, 2023 Boston Red Sox placed RHP Garrett Whitlock on the 15-day injured list retroactive to March 27, 2023. Right hip surgery.
B.Bello (SP) – March 30, 2023 Boston Red Sox placed RHP Brayan Bello on the 15-day injured list retroactive to March 27, 2023. Right elbow inflammation.
J.Paxton (SP) – March 30, 2023 Boston Red Sox placed LHP James Paxton on the 15-day injured list retroactive to March 27, 2023. Right hamstring strain.
W.Mills (RP)- March 30, 2023 Boston Red Sox placed RHP Wyatt Mills on the 15-day injured list retroactive to March 27, 2023. Right elbow inflammation. Boston Red Sox transferred RHP Wyatt Mills from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list.
J.Rodriguez (RP, LHP) – March 30, 2023 Boston Red Sox placed LHP Joely Rodríguez on the 15-day injured list retroactive to March 27, 2023. Right oblique strain.
T.Story (SS) – February 16, 2023 Boston Red Sox placed 2B Trevor Story on the 60-day injured list. Right elbow ulnar collateral ligament repair.
R.Mondesi (INF) – March 30, 2023 Boston Red Sox placed SS Adalberto Mondesi on the 60-day injured list. Left knee surgery.
A.Duvall (OF) – April 10, 2023 Boston Red Sox placed LF Adam Duvall on the 10-day injured list. Left distal radius fracture. Duvall got a injury before series with Rays, when his bat was hotter.
C.Martin (RP) – April 13, 2023 Boston Red Sox placed RHP Chris Martin on the 15-day injured list.
Right shoulder inflammation.
Z.Kelly (RP) – April 13, 2023 Boston Red Sox placed RHP Zack Kelly on the 15-day injured list. Right elbow inflammation.
April 16, 2023 Boston Red Sox transferred RHP Zack Kelly from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list
M.Yoshida (OF-DH) – from 14 April – skipped 4 games against Tampa and Angels.
G.Whitlock (SP) – April 28, 2023 Boston Red Sox placed RHP Garrett Whitlock on the 15-day injured list retroactive to April 25, 2023. Right elbow ulnar neuritis.
Yu Chang (INF) – April 25, 2023 Boston Red Sox placed SS Yu Chang on the 10-day injured list. Left hamate fracture.Playing the SS began to be stabilized in defence and the bat of Chang was heated to the injury.
K.Crawford (P) -May 5, 2023 Boston Red Sox placed RHP Kutter Crawford on the 15-day injured list retroactive to May 4, 2023. Left hamstring strain.
21.2 IP, 13H, 3ER, 2HR, 1Walk, 18SO last 6 games to the injury.
C.Arroyo (INF) – May 7, 2023 Boston Red Sox placed 3B Christian Arroyo on the 10-day injured list. Right hamstring strain.
Last 7 Games – 18 AB, 8H, 2Double, HR, 7RBI, 2Walks, 3SO, .444AVG, .1222 OPS!!!
To date they without Whitlock, Crawford, Paxton, Rodriguez, Mills, Kelly, Story, Duvall, Mondesi, Chang, Arroyo and conduct this command 21-15.
Bogie – Of all the players they are missing…. which are all-stars recently?
So my question is =
Can a team be better off by missing specific league average players and have other league average players replace them? If so, is it fair to complain about injuries to league average players?
KD17 –
Story is a star player, Crawford brought in the considerable deposit, to the injury and enters in 10th of the best players of Red Sox in this season, Martin was injury, that brings in the contribution to bullpen, Duvall, that brought in the deposit at the beginning of season.
You name Wong a sediment player and Connor now very well gets along at a pitching personal, he isa protective catcher number 1 in AL, leads on assists (16), has 50% of catch thefts of bases, leads in dWAR with ( +1.0), Rdrs ( +6) in AL.
You complained that Red Sox doesn’t have star players, I hurry to distress you:
Devers is a star player, Sale is a star player, Turner is a star player, Jansen is a star player, Story is a star player, Yoshida is a future star player.
You can’t have star players on all positions, therefore you need to relax and enjoy this season and to leave off to be salt.
If you communicate on facts that be successive in everything.
Fortunately the starters haven’t been quite as bad as we had expected. They have been able to hold opponents to 3 or 4 runs through 5 innings, and the hitters have scored enough runs to win. The bullpen has done exceptional work if you throw out Ort and Brasier, and has held most leads. While the starters need to get better, there are some positive signs.,
ray win – If you take a look around baseball scoring is up and pitching is down. The baseball may be juiced like in 2019 when all kinds of offensive records were set. The SPs can’t be judged by normal standards with the overall run production in the MLB. The offense is a perfect example of why SPs around baseball are having off years from an ERA and WHIP standpoint. The Red Sox are currently hitting so far over their expected hitting (4 or 5 standard deviations greater!!) and they aren’t alone. Pittsburgh, Arizona and many other “bad” teams are performing way above expectations offensively. Thus, pitching is down and what looks like bad numbers from the Red Sox starters are not really bad when you consider all of baseball. The double edged sword is if offensives slow down and SPs improve, I believe the improvement by the pitching staff will be very good but the drop off in the hitting could be monumental.
Very interesting season so far with many, many anomalies across baseball.
@KD, you may be right about the ball. That will mean a 4 era is the new 3 era
DBH – Yep. The elite pitchers usually have sub 3.00 ERAs and WHIPs below or at 1.00. The tier 2 SPs used to have 3.00 to .3.30 ERAs and 1.10 to 1.15 WHIPS and the bottom half of the rotation guys were .3.30 to .3.65 and 1.1 to 1.25 WHIPs. I think it’s fair to bump up the Tier 3 guys by half a point in the ERA and the Tier 2 guys probably less maybe .25 and the the elite should stay below 3.00 and 1.00.
For the Red Sox, Sale is the only elite guy and I believe he will meet the 3.00 and 1.00 criteria once he’s had 10 starts and completely gains his old control back. He’s looking great but he needs more consistency in hitting his locations. Nate Eovaldi to me is a Tier 2 guy and Kluber is not. That’s why departing with Nate who wasn’t expensive was a bad move. I think Houck, Bello, Crawford and Mata all have legitimate chances of developing into elite starting pitchers and I think Whitlock if used correctly will be the equivalent of Hader when Milwaukee used him as the stress guy and had a different closer.
The stress guy role is so critical to saving SPs from losses when they struggle after the 4th inning. The key is leaving everyone on base and Whitlock proved he could do that as well as anyone. Too bad Cora and the front office have such short memories.
Whitlock stopping the bad innings then the 2023 bullpen taking over would make leads hold up when the offense goes in the tank as it surely will at some point this season. It’s the best bad streak buster a team can have….. A GREAT STRESS INNING GUY.
DBH – It’s the new rule changes.
Pitchers having to rush their delivery and having balls called against them for clock violations.
Running game a much bigger factor now with the extra large bases and limit on pitcher pickoff attempts.
Pitcher roster limit down to 13.
Banning of the shift.
All those rules help each team’s offense.
Boy oh boy. The fact that Bobby Dalbec is even an option of any kind at this point is a sad situation. I know the injuries keep piling up, and the options are very limited, but it may be time to trade for a GENUINE middle infielder.
Solaris – I think they are trying to hold off until somebody – ANYBODY – returns to health, whether it be Story or Mondesi or Arroyo or Chang. They had two chances to acquire Iglesias, and passed on him each time … that shows their mindset.
FPG, you are dead on about Iglesias. I was going to post about that, but you beat me to it. LIke I asked in preseason, did he slap somebody’s mother or steal somebody’s pudding from the fridge?
DBH – Nepotism by Cora. He wants Kiki to be the man so his good buddy can stick out his chest with pride. Cora doesn’t care about whether Kiki is a AAA or AA player, he’s going to keep pushing him as SS until he’s fired.
Cora’s funny about favorites. We all watched Brasier pitch when he shouldn’t have. We all watched Robles pitch when he shouldn’t have. Now we get to watch Kiki butcher SS when he shouldn’t be playing. The guy just went on a very hot streak and now is batting his normal .240. That means his next cold streak will take him back under .200. I’m shocked Cora isn’t batting him lead off!!! Your questions about Iglesias are legit!!
They had two chances to acquire Iglesias, and passed on him each time
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Technically, 30 teams have had an opportunity to sign Iglesias, and 30 teams have passed.
I wanted Iglesias too, but turns out we’re fine with Chavis. Blooms smarter than all of us.
Joe – I don’t know what’s worse:
1) You not realizing the Marlins signed Iggy during the offseason
2) You not realizing the Padres signed Iggy a couple weeks ago.
3) You not realizing that leaves only 28 teams passing twice.
LOL! I knew he was with the Padres, since I had looked that up. I didn’t remember TB.
But just so everyone is straight on what you are trying to say, you think Bloom made a mistake not signing him, even though no one else would give him a major league job?
Joe – Yes, because the Red Sox are trying to contend for a playoff spot and they had a desperate need for a solid SS.
I cannot think of another team in similar circumstances. Who else has three SS on the IL?
Arroyo = Jed Lowrie 2.0
Back in the day if you didn’t have an Arroyo, you settled for Hydrox.
Not saying Dalbec is crummy, but……..
Lol- Great context
Strange though because Arroyo played the whole game last night. Hamilton should have gotten the call as a true middle Infielder but Dalbec’s ability to play all four Infield spots must have factored in the decision to bring him up instead
Rsox – I agree, Cora views any player who has played multiple positions “versatile” and therefore valuable … even if they are God-awful defensively and can’t hit their way out of a paper bag. Danny Santana, Franchy, Marwin … the list goes on and on. Cora and Bloom don’t know anything about proper roster construction.
I don’t understand why the front office doesn’t see how thin (and weak) the middle infield is. Even more mind blowing to me is that they seem to be doing NOTHING about it.
I just don’t get it.
DBH – All I can think is the front office doesn’t want a situation where Story, Mondesi and Arroyo are all healthy midseason and then they have a numbers crunch. My hunch is Hernandez will settle in as the 2B once Mondesi or Story return, but expecting any of the injured infielders to return and stay healthy is wishful thinking IMO.
I guess we should at least be grateful that Arauz and Jack Lopez aren’t still starting games for the Red Sox.
I had forgotten about Arauz. He and Jose Peraza were terrible at 2B in 2020
Rsox – I don’t know how I had forgotten about Peraza, as he was Bloom’s first-ever Red Sox acquisition.
Yep …. Bloom’s first overpay too, $3M for a guy coming off a .631 OPS season and it was a so-called “versatile” player who couldn’t play ANY position well. And of course he hasn’t played in the majors since 2021.
Peraza
Marwin
Santana
None of them in the majors anymore … nice job Bloom!
Lol a worrisome like dude has a clue
If I’m David Hamilton I’m pissed what does he have to do to get the call. He’s on the 40 man and he has destroyed AAA so far plus he brings the element of elite speed on the bases. It just makes no sense to me what does this guy have to do to get the call.
Bruin1012 – He’s got a small sample at AAA and it’s far above his norm so it won’t last. Calling him up now when he’s on the verge of dropping 50 or more points in AAA as pitchers get a book on him is silly. He’s a lifetime minor league player based on skills. BEST CASE – sometime in the next few years when he masters AAA pitchers he could be a back-up called up for injuries on the MLB team. That’s his career upside unless something dramatically changes because his college career and minor league career screams below league average player with great speed.
David Hamilton hit really well in AA the later the season got he was old for that league but he has hit even better with much better plate discipline he looks very good both offensively and f defensively this year. The key thing is he can play short and second and he has blazing speed which is important in todays game if he can get on at the big league level which might as well see. We already know what Dalbec is going to do he’s going to strike out at least Hamilton brings blazing speed to the table.
Dalbec is up to be the utility 1b, 2b maybe ss and is already on the 40-Man. He will only be here for 2 weeks. — Theres not a clear cut place for Hamilton, unless you ship Valdez back down. Why not leave things as they are. Remember Hamilton only has 107 ABs at AAA.
Bruin1012 – Dalbec brings colossal power. If he Ks he can’t hit for power and Hamilton can’t steal first base. Pick your poison. Dalbec has MLB experience and Hamilton has limited AAA experience.
I live in Texas and when Hamilton was at UT he was nothing to write home about. Known for not being a good hitter but had great speed so he played. Not a ringing endorsement. Got eaten alive in the Cape Cod league.
Hit .250 at AA in 2022 and his best hitting was against weak teams. His fielding percentage in the minors at SS is almost as bad as Rafael Devers’ lifetime, minor league percentage or Devers’ major league fielding percentage. .950
I’m not seeing him as anything beyond a Mondesi type pinch runner when Mondesi was young. No glove, no bat just speed. He hit .250 at AA a year ago. That hardly sounds like a guy that is ready to take the leap. 28 games in AAA is about half of spring training. Small sample size to suggest he’s really improved off the full season .250 in AA.
Evaluating Dalbec and Hamilton makes for an easy decision. Dalbec.
1 – MLB experience
2 – Able to play multiple positions
3 – When hot his Isolated Power ranks with Devers and has exceeded it during previous seasons
4 – Another bad fielding SS? Dalbec plays SS as well as Hamilton, Kiki, etc.
Mondesi is the only player on the team that can play decent SS other than Story and Story may not be able to make the throws going forward. Hamilton belongs in the minors or if the team wants to waste a spot on a designated runner, then put him in the majors.
Way too many variables for us mere mortals. I’d like to see Hamilton at some point, but Dalbec can also spell Casas, Devers, and if JT is limping, he can give him a day off.
I think the flexibility of Dalbec for the next two weeks will trump Hamilton’s speed and fit at 2nd.
I need to correct the 2 weeks, I said eariler. Its only 10 days and only 8 games in those 10 days.
So for 8 games:
– Sox would need to waive a guy off the 40-man.
– Bench a middle infielder (Valdez?)
– All for a guy with only 107 ABs at AAA
Makes no sense, just wait for a better reason.
Hamilton is already on the 40 man they don’t need to waive anyone.
Don’t have to bench anyone. I was just saying bring him up instead of Dalbec. At the very least he brings blazing speed. Hamilton is also more of SS/2nd basemanbetter defensively.
I don’t care how many AAA at bats he has I would rather see him up pinch hitting and especially base running then Dalbec.
You want to bring him up from a place where he’s getting regular ABs just to do a little pinch hitting for 8 games? So 8 ABs, maybe 12 if he gets a start. Then send him back down. Do you feel the Red Sox offense needs that kind of help? That wont stunt his growth if he goes 0-12. I disagree.
Bruin1012 – I’m confused about your first comment.
Putting him on the 26 man roster is the spot I was talking about wasting. Why comment on the 40 man roster? I assumed everyone knew he was on the 40 man roster.
Hamilton is NOT a good defensive player. Have you looked at his fielding percentage at SS in the minors? .950 isn’t quite Devers but it’s bad. He is a ONE dimensional player as I pointed out. When Mondesi was 19 KC put him on the roster to simply steal bases. That’s the ONLY role I see for Hamilton until he improves his defense or starts hitting better.
If you don’t care if a player has proven himself competent at hitting AAA pitching that’s fine with me but I do believe promotions should be earned. He hasn’t earned one. Once again, if you want to waste a 26 man roster spot on a guy with ONE skill that seems like a bad decision when you have an experienced power hitter who can play multiple positions as well as the speedster can play one position.
Personally, a speedster doesn’t really help the MLB team but Dalbec replacing Casas still makes sense because Casas is in the majors without earning it and it shows. At least with Dalbec you have a guy with experience and the upside potential to put together a hot streak that will help the team. Casas only provides potential since he’s never done what Dalbec has done twice.
I was responding to Rsmith KD who did state the Red Sox would have to waive someone from the 40.
Ignore KD he is a TROLL.
Bruin1012 – I mute him that’s why I was confused. Thanks for the explanation.
don’t ignore him. Keep calling out his BS so that something will actually be done about it.
you mute everyone who doesn’t agree with you. It’s pretty standard.
At this point Dalbec should be DFA’d. We already have Casas and Turner, there’s no logical spot for Dalbec. He’s a void in this lineup.
They could get a couple of fringy prospects for him.
At this point, it would be worth it. If we traded him two years ago, we could’ve gotten more.
The Red Sox have the fourth best record of any team in baseball. Two of the teams with a better record are in its division. They are playing the toughest schedule in baseball, and all you Bloom Derangement sufferers can do is whine and moan. Get a life!
Toughest schedule what a tool
What a great response!
So much data and so many numbers!
Just for fun, how about explaining, using real data, why you think someone is wrong, before calling them a tool.
FWIW, BR shows them having the second toughest schedule in baseball, you tool.
I already did that genius multiply opponents wins as of right now times number of games played against them white Sox is one team that had stronger schedule and all smith could come up with is rpi what a tool
This is what you responded to:
“PKCasimir
They are playing the toughest schedule in baseball, ”
Okay, technically the RS have only the 2nd toughest schedule, but otherwise PK is spot-on correct. And since you knew that the WS had a tougher schedule, then you must have known that PK was right.
So what’s the point of calling him a tool? Am I missing something?
It’s too soon to know which teams are good this year the tool is counting pie rots as a strong opponent what a tool
It’s too soon to know which teams are good this year
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SOS is a technical term, not a subjective term. It can change, but some of our opponents will increase their winning % and some will decrease their winning %.
You should just accept that Baseball Reference says we have the #2 SOS. Assuming you don’t want to write to BR to tell them to change their methodology.
PKCasimir – How can you conclude anything about the schedule?
Nothing is normal!!! PIT is beating up good teams. COL has spent time ahead of the Dodgers. MIL was fantastic and now they aren’t. BOS sucked and now they are hot. If you can tell me what rating system you used to conclude it’s the toughest schedule or even a tough schedule please elaborate.
BOS got swept by the Pirates and swept DET who then went on a tear and beat a bunch of good teams. Then TB swept BOS and BOS then won 3 series against LAA, MIN and MIL all division leaders at the time. Then they lost a series to BAL who they beat at home the first series of the year. Just when you think you have an idea of who is good and who isn’t BOS beats CLE and sweeps TOR.and beats PHI on the road.
To make things even more confusing, each time a good player goes down the Red Sox somehow get better. Logic has to be thrown out the window. Nothing logical is happening in baseball. Good teams are playing bad, bad teams are playing good …. DOGS and CATS living together!!! Total Chaos.
So if the schedule is in fact tough, congrats to the Red Sox. If it’s easy, congrats to the Red Sox. I’m just hoping some sanity returns to the game and the good teams start playing good and the bad teams start playing bad. I hate watching baseball through some perverted prism!!!
Pie Rots have lost 7 straight
Remove – That could be the Red Sox in 6 games. That’s how unpredictable this season has been so far.
Bleier, brasier, and Littrel aren’t cutting it! Bloom should make a real trade or call up a double A guy like Drohan or Guerrero who at least have good stuff. Today was ridiculous
Bloom’s BFF – Once again so wrong that your website ID makes perfect sense.
Dalbec is the only AAA player who has had success at the MLB level. He’s the logical choice and since defense is NOT a priority on this team he’s still better at SS than Devers is at 3B and Kiki is at SS. It’s all about whether he can click like so many of the other under performers that are flourishing at the moment. If a guy like Valdez or McGuire or Wong can get hot there is no reason to think Dalbec can’t. If he does, his skills dwarf that of the other hitters I listed.
I guess you could say you pulled a Bloom with your ridiculous comment about Dalbec!!! hahaha
Who had May 7 in the pool? Arroyo makes the first of his regular trips to the DL.
Franmil Reyes just got DFA’d. He fits the Bloom profile for acquisitions. After many years of being a good hitter he had a sudden drop off in 2022. KC picked him up and he makes no sense for a young team like KC but he makes sense in Boston. He adds outfield depth and a power bat if the team can fix whatever is broken. Other than 2022, he’s been a consistently good hitter. He certainly makes more sense than Hamilton and frankly he’s an upgrade from Duvall if he can regain his normal performance level prior to 2022.
he makes sense in Boston. He adds outfield depth and a power bat if the team can fix whatever is broken.
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The RS outfield is Yoshida, Duran, Verdugo Refsnyder & Tapia. He wouldn’t start over any of them, and since 5 outfielders is the magic number, one would have to be cut.
In addition, Reyes isn’t really an outfielder. He’s had only 24 starts in the outfield between 2019-2023. and 271 starts at DH.
Ignore KD he is a Troll. He is setting up a claim that Bloom missed out if Reyes has a hot streak with a new team. His only themes are Cora/Bloom are bad and therefore any player they sign is the wrong move.
don’t ignore him. Keep calling him out for his trolling and BS. Eventually the mods will have to do something about it.
I doubt Reyes gets a major league deal. But he is probably worth a peak on a minor league deal by someone.
3 out of 5 against Philly & Atl, on the road. Well done.