Look at Ray Ray Run

Glad to see you also think Murakami and Colson are similar to Mantle and Marris. Explains a lot.

Definitely understand your point, but Aaron Ashby is not a starter and Soriano is a monster.

Having an opinion is not the same as caring. It's honestly fascinating how taking non controversial positions (like if you have one of the the best shortstops in baseball, he should play shortstop) here at soxtalk lead to the same 3-4 people defending the stupidity and talking about how unhappy you must be for not supporting clearly dumb choices. As stated earlier, if Getz and Veneable started batting Mune and Colson 8-9, the same few posters would be defending it for lineup flexibility... no matter how clearly wrong something is, some will justify and defend.... and then victimize.

What a heater this guy is on!

So he never said that. Got it, glad we could agree. Also, he's the best SS of the lot, so he should stay there since that's the most valuable spot. Glad we cleared that up. You don't bat your best hitter 9th just to add lineup flexibility

Sox gonna start batting their pitcher instead of DH and we'll hear how they're out of the box thinkers.

It's not out of the box to play your best defender at a less valuable position. Just like Getz wasn't actually right about acuna being a switch hitter.

You think a kid who had played 12 games of 3rd base in his life, and every other game at SS, doesn't want to start everyday in the big leagues at SS? I know you love to spin everything, but please show me him claiming he wants to play elsewhere? Here's an actual quote from him When asked if he enjoyed playing third more than imagined, Montgomery paused, smiled and said, “I enjoy being in the lineup.” Being a good solider, while the Sox dick him around with something he's earned 100%.

Care? I haven't cared in a long time. You don't have to care. It's simply dumb, not optimal, and disrespectful to a kid whose earned his name written in dirt behind ss. As I said. No other team would do it.

You play, on average, 6 games a week. 4 out of 24 is 1 out 6. Did the VPN break your calculator too?

Roch is a top 5 defensive SS in baseball guaranteed? Color me skeptical. No point in going on about it. Sox do something obviously stupid, and it doesn't count or matter i guess.

You really don't get it.

You don't move around elite defensive shortstops or centerfielders off their spot. And yes, 4 out of 24 games is once a week. It's absurd. No other team would do that with an elite defensive shortstop.

Could you imagine KC moving Witt to third once a week, or St Louis or the Mets doing it with Lindor and Winn? Obviously not.

Neither murray or acuna are better defensive shortstops than montgomery. There's only two shortstops in baseball that have graded out better than colson since he was called up last year. He's one of the best defensive players in the MLB. Not starting him at ss everyday is fing malpractice

Not just good, dude is elite and the Sox keep starting him elsewhere lol.

I thought I was the biggest and most consistent Colson believer in Soxdom. This guy's got him as Mickey Mantle! No one wants a silver medal, but I'm conceding gold to that!

Ill say, if the Mantle and Marris comment wasnt bait, it's an all-timer.

Love what Mune is doing and I always thought it was possible that the skills wouldn't deteriorate between leagues because that's how some players are - they play up to the competition. That said, I really think we're getting a little out in front of our skis here. As noted in the other thread, he's swinging and missing at nearly half the off-speed pitches he is seeing IN the zone. While "he's figuring out American pitching," hitting is a reactionary skill (which is why people can play up more than in other spots) but pitching is very strategic. Meaning, pitchers are learning about him and how to attack him. I need to see him adjust to what the league throws at him before I'm extending him for 10 years. His contact rate is literally in the 1% percentile. In the past decade, here are the players who have had a qualified season with a whiff rate of 40+%: Keston Hiura (2020), Miguel Sano (2020) , Luis Legend Robert (2020), Joey Gallo (2018), Javy Baez (2021). 2020 and the shortened season having 3 of the 5 points to how noisy the stat can be in smaller samples. Those seasons weren't all bad seasons, but it's a very high risk profile with not a lot of sustained success over a long period. Mune is at 41.7% right now. He's got to continue to get better too, which is funny to say for a guy who is mashing.

Fun watching some actual big leaguers! Obviously this team still sucks, but it's fun to see Colson, Mune and the Ant Man do some work. Schultz was always going to be a stud, never a concern there. I still find it fascinating that even when things are going well, they're still making bone headed decisions like constantly playing Colson at a position that isn't short stop despite him being an elite defensive SS. Feel better about my 68 win prediction than I did a couple weeks ago where it looked like maybe that would be a pipe dream. Our positive group hiding and covering their eyes and, apparently, keyboards during tough times and then coming out of the woodwork after a couple wins is kind of sad!

One interesting observation is concern was around the fastball velocity with Mune, but he's mashed fastballs. He's swinging and missing at nearly 50% of off speed pitched in the zone. Will be interesting to see how the league adjusts to that and how he adjusts back.

That Sacramento park is coors light.

Colson and Mune. When they hit, we roll. Love it.

Its april 21st. Long way to go.

Can you help me understand why it would be a good thing to trade a 26 year old who is mashing and successful? This obsession with trading for more assets has become a disease.