vilehoopster

Simple way to check this. Were the Sox last in baseball at throwing out base runners two years ago when McCann was the primary catcher? Again, last in baseball. still haven’t heard comment on passed balls stat.

There is truth to that. But doesn’t a catcher tell a pitcher to throw to 1st? Certainly, our pitchers deserve blame but not all the blame. Again, last in baseball. And let’s talk passed balls/ wild pitches.

Sorry but have to get back on Grandal topic. You can quote war or whatever stats you want, but Grandal is absolutely horrible on defense, horrible. This didn’t become clear until we heard other announcers beyond Steve and Jason not just telling the management line. Didn’t I hear, pretty sure I did, that this year Sox were last in the majors in both passed balls and wild pitches (in other words, pitches in the dirt that Grandal didn't block). Last in baseball. Also, didn’t I also hear that Sox were worst in majors at throwing out base stealers. Pretty sure I heard that too. Now I know pitchers have to hold runners close, but still most of that is still on the catcher. Last in pass balls/ wild pitches and last in throwing out runners, last; but yet somehow according to war or some other stat, Grandal is a good defensive catcher. How is that possible? When we complain about bad trade or signings, signing Grandal and chasing out McCanns has to be near the top.

If Goodwin sees any action whatsoever in the playoff, I am going to freak out at my TV. He's triple threat awful: with the bat, with in the glove and on the bases.

Fucking DFA Goodwin!!!

Can we please DFA Goodwin. I am so sick and tired of seeing him come up during important at bats and, again, doing what he did tonight, a shit ground out. He had that one walk off, so that makes him . . . . 1 for 100 in big at bats this season.

Did the TV feed turn down the crowd noise so that the boos for Keuchel wouldn't sound so loud? I think so, the volume of crowd noise dropped suddenly as the boos came up.

Seriously, is Keuchel's contract over after this year, or does he still have another expensive year left with the Sox?

Don't the Sox have to pay Keuchel 17 million next year??

My name is Kimbrel and my manager hurt my feeling because he took me out the last time I pitched, even though I couldn't find the strike zone. I am so sick and tired of Kimbrel. The real Kimbrel wasn't the one who was pitching for the Cubs earlier this year, it's the one who has got blasted for the last two years before this one, the guy the Cardinals embarrassed in the season ending series. He is the worst.

I am so sick of Moncada. And people keep justifying him because of his defense. I just don't see it. That bunt attempt to day was so clearly an error. It got out to him and he should have gotten it on one bounce, for a major leaguer, that was an easy out. How many times this year has a friendly home scorer given hits for Moncada (and Anderson) on clear errors? A ton. And if anyone mentions his war, I'll puke.

The Sox would be insane to trade Vaughn, insane. I would be bet anyone that Vaughn is going to become, AT LEAST, a .290 guy with 25 home runs a year for the next 15 years or so years. It's especially insane to trade him ffor someone as violable as a reliever who can be great for one or two years and then become terrible, cough . . . . cough . . . . Bummer.

I just realized Vaughn is up to 10 home runs already. There is a very real chance he’ll reach 25 home runs this year, his first year with only 55 games, 205 at bats in the minors. Just phenomenal.

At least .280 +, at least and with the 25 to 35 homers. Any talk of trading Vaughn is insane. With all the great bats in the Sox line up, I think Vaughn will quickly become THE bat in the line up, more than Eloy, more than Robert, beyond Anderson, anyone.

Is Stone saying what, at least, 90% of the people on this board are saying: That whether he likes it or not, Eloy has to accept that he's going to be a DH and maybe some 1st base so that he doesn't get hurt anymore. Stone is being honest. Is that "lay(ing) in to Eloy"? I don't think so.

Great, so for tomorrow's game, that's at least one total non-bat in the line up.

Remember what Eaton did for Washington in the World Series? I do. I think we definitely want him around and healthy for the playoffs.

Well, for God’s sake, quit going. Or least for Yoelqui’s sake. But really, that’s a drag. You go to see a prospect, twice even, and he stinks up twice. And even worse is that he was awesome the last few games before the one you went to.

We never used the word “panic”, you did. Don’t put words in our mouths to cover up that you were wrong. There was nothing in the tone of posts/ questions that implied we were even slightly worried. We assumed CORRECTLY that there must be a reason why he wasn’t playing in the outfield, and we were correct. Come on, stop the semantics BS and admit we were right.

Ha !!!! So I and "The Kids Can Play" were correct: there was a actual reason why Yoelqui wasn't in the outfield. We both expressed questions about why he was not playing in the outfield and only DHing. We were told to not "piss ourselves" and to "slow the roll on the panic". According to southsider2k5 there was no specific reason he wasn't in the outfield; he just needed to "settle in", or we just needed to "Give the kid a few days before pissing (ourselves)", or he was "walking into guys established in their spots". So southsider2k5, admit it; we were right. Yoelqui not being in the outfield was for a very specific reason: a sore shoulder, not just to get him acclimated or whatever BS reasons you gave. Come on, admit it: we were right, and more importantly, you were wrong.

For the discussion about bringing Burger up and playing him at 3rd. Would it really be that difficult for him to be, at least, as good at Moncada at D on 3rd. And I'm not just talking about this 1st inning. How many errors or should have be called errors does Moncada have this month alone. Seems like more than three or four.

Is this game on regular TV, one of the ESPNs or something?

Especially for a guy, who for some reason, can’t play in the outfield for a single A team.

Yes, he did !!

Agree with this guy 100%. He has been killing us. IL him or whatever, but you can't put him in games we're trying to win. Let Burr or Fry or both replace him. If we're really trying to win the division and hang on until we get our outfielders back, you can't put him out there in a tight game. He's had more than enough chances to show he's coming around to his old form, and it obvious he's NOT coming around. So go with someone else, anyone else.