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Not much of a point. Of course he is thats why he's available. Thank you CPT. Obvious. Looked like you were making some kind of point about the pitching depth since that's what you wrote .

By limiting the spending JR is eliminating that $10M per year player that has only a slightly better chance of being productive than the $3M player. Mid-level spending often results in poor production if you're signing once productive players who are aging out. JD Martinez would've have likely been in that category but no one signed him. I'm trying to figure out if people here would be happier if JR allowed Getz to spent $50M more on players this year when it might mean only 10 more wins in a year when you want the best shot at the 1st draft pick. Apparently there's not enough money to spend on infrastructure and players. Isn't that the way it's always been with JR ? The only reason why he'd once in a while spend more is because it went to player payroll while infrastructure/ player development, scouting etc. lost out.

Are you making a point or waiting until the consensus of the majority weighs in before you choose a side ?

Aka Doogie

If hard hit percent meant as much as they say the Sox might be the 19th best offense in MLB. You'd think if you were always hitting it hard at people you'd move an inch closer to the plate.an inch farther away , change your feet around a bit , open stance a little, close it a little, feet wider apart or closer together. Defenses have you pegged You have to be willing to adapt your stance in different situations depending on the type of pitcher you're facing. Didn't a decent amount of hitters used to do that with small things like moving their hands on the bat, moving up and down in the box. Don't have a lot of hitters adapting depending on the pitcher while pitcherd always adapt to individual hitters strengths and weaknesses. Don't know how well those things ever got covered by the press. Anyone know of any players in particular who were known for that. Pete Rose maybe ? Tony Gwynn, Wade Boggs , Rod Carew ?Mightve been more common with players who were more contact oriented. Isn't that what the Sox are preaching ?

Me too, thought it had a little more loft / lift /la

Taylor predictable K against that pitcher. Mariners best road record in baseball.

So the 2 HRs in a week not withstanding.. you do know Elko hit one 101 too and hasn't K'd ?

Williamson 2 hits with a combined exit velocity of about 85.

Who has been this game ? Some hard hits balls weren't finding open fields .

Lol chill.

Gas can

I posted thought the starting pitching had a chance to be a strength when a lot of people were worried that losing Crochet and Fedde was a sure "they will be worse than last year" verdict.

The NFL would've overturned it 😋

He s 22 and a smart hitter.He won't be slappy for long.

Are you losing sleep over those guys ?

I love that tag by Rojas. Let the ball travel into the runner. He caught it on Taveras' back. You don't lose precious micro seconds catching it then moving your arm/hand to the runner. Same thing applies on plays at the plate . Catch it as close to the plate or runner as possible.

Sox are 19th with hard hit in baseball. 40.2%

My 1st thought was you were speaking French " la story". Then launch angle showed up 2nd 😋

I think he wanted to make sure to keep Polanco from thinking about taking 2nd. That one by Elko almost drifted out like I was suggesting earlier.

A bit of hard luck for Martin, a chopper ,a bloop and 1 legit single.

Martin no hitter woo !!

Blowing out to right. Seems like that could help our 9 hitter.

123 for Martin in the 1st , K & 2 GO .

None of those other guys got it back after leaving so far. Maybe it was just their injuries permanently damaged their abilities . Not sure what to think about Anderson. His whole life spiraled down and he had a lot to do with that. Strange to draw a conclusion that the blame lies with the organization just because multiple players failed approximately the same time. They all had multiple difficulties . Do you think in other organizations they wouldn't have self destructed ? Maybe they just couldn't handle being rich and famous or their body's and minds betrayed them. Wouldn't be the 1st time egos and/ or injuries ruined once promising careers.