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Jose really staying on the ball.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Sep 22, 2017 -> 08:18 PM) WOW...not too many MLB 2B can make that play! That was sweet... He would have had a fast runner as well, that was the really impressive part. He got to that ball in a hurry.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 22, 2017 -> 08:18 PM) Benetti >>>>>> soxtalk posts about Benetti meh.

wow, what a f***ing play by Moncada.

How is Jason still doing stuff like "what makes Lopez' change as good as it" with Stone? Come on dude, if you want to inform the viewers what makes a good change after two seasons on the job YOU SHOULD BE ABLE. Just makes it hard to take him seriously when he's still asking baseball 101 stuff to Stone. He either is ignorant or meek. Take your pick.

Surprised nobody else posted this. Quite a long article but worth reading when you get some time. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/magazine...=www.google.com

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 21, 2017 -> 10:08 PM) Can you guys believe a fan (me) doesn't even know our draft position at all? I have no idea where we currently rank or where we will pick in draft. Don't care one iota. Can u imagine how different we are on the spectrum? I would rather win tonight than get the No. 1 pick over the No. 2 or 3. Don't care bout that. well, rick hahn disagrees.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 21, 2017 -> 09:41 PM) Astros should be embarrassed dadgummit.

What's going on? Why are they not LOSING?

QUOTE (hi8is @ Sep 21, 2017 -> 03:12 PM) Yea - but as you know, these young special types typically have a tendency to push their complete rise in a 1 to 3 year window. If TA is good (and Sox are picking up his two team options) and Turang is a top prospect, say top 10 in MLB, but is still 3-4 years away then the Sox can flip him for whatever they need to make a pennant push. I just really like the idea of drafting a top SS prospect. Those are rare and guys like Beer frequently drop into the 8-20 range. Sox aren't going to be picking top 3 again in 2019 if things go well next year development wise.

QUOTE (oneofthemikes @ Sep 21, 2017 -> 10:51 AM) Brice Turang gets my vote. Super high ceiling prep SS that projects to stay there long term. Struck out ONCE in 101 ABs last season. I'll be watching both he and Jarred Kelenic very closely this coming season. Yea I know there is a thread for this but Turang intrigues me the most.

damn, got him on the higher than high. Usually moncada won't chase those.

Nice Yolmer, takes a good pitch right down the line.

Yea Matt Davidson sucks. LOL, wimpy calling him out.

I've been down on TA but he's come on very strong this last 35 odd games. Hopefully he can carry this into the offseason and next year.

What a beautiful fundamental play by TA and trusting his arm! Earlier in the year he was rounding that ball off and making silly, careless errors. On that one he got his hat over the ball, squared, and fired. No need to charge those so hard.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 08:23 PM) That's wild. I'm kinda surprised his wRC+ is so high. Elevated because of baserunning then? It's elevated because he has an absurd isoD of .109 (walk rate is 12.8%) and a very good (for a 22 year old 2B) iso of .198. For perspective, Avi has an iso of .171 this year. Kid hits the ball hard and he takes his walks. He's going to be a star. He has already surpassed my expectations for his rookie year. I was hoping he'd hold his own, maybe slash like 250/300/400, and then we'd hope for a league average or better bat next year while playing a solid 2B and finish around 3 WAR. Well, it looks like he might be ready to put up 5 WAR next year. That would be pretty f***ing amazing.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 09:08 PM) Avi removed from the game for some reason not yet apparent.The Mighty Hanson now batting 5th . One of the major reasons I'm against signing Avi long term is his health. Seems like he's always battling something.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 09:01 PM) It worked! Such a sweet swing by Yoan. I can't wait to see him grow and develop and then just terrorize the league and division in his prime. I'm thinking the Tigers, Twinkies and Royals are really going to get sick of him over the next 3-5 years. Indians might win enough not to let it bother them.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 09:00 PM) Ha it worked ! Yolmer walk and Moncada HR !!A laser beam shot. Wow.

Sox gonna get no hit tonight or what? Seems like the club is ready for fishing season.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 12:56 PM) So Melky in his age 32 season hitting .284, 17, 79 and has good advanced stats. Never been one of my favorites until this season when he stayed in the game despite getting hit in the face with a ball. I won't blast him because except for the BA he has Avi-like numbers but in this message board world, Melky is certainly beloved by Sox fans while a younger guy like Davidson who is trying to figure it out is not so loved. Although the poster who started the thread did praise him for his perseverance and putting up some decent numbers in his first season. So I'm assuming we all want Melky back even at 33? Cause that's a guy we like, right? I guess if he were to get too much money he'd be hated on the board and we'd want no part of him, but I'm assuming everybody is thinking 2 years about 5-6 million a year which is OK in Sox fanland. His advanced stats suck. He has -.1 fWAR, mostly because he's one of the worst defensive outfielders in baseball. B-Ref has him at exactly 1 run above replacement, so it's not like fWAR is under-rating him. If you don't like those stats his OBP is a poor .325 (Yolmer can do that) and he has made an absurd 12 errors in the corner OF spot. That is Avi circa 2015 bad.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 11:39 AM) Moncada has his average up over .240 and a .769 OPS with a majorly upward trend. Obviously, these are all coming off his recent terror but great to these flashes. He's put up a 1.5 WAR in 43 games. Small sample size, but over 162 games that would be a 5.6 WAR. Lots of reasons to be excited about Yoan. Yessir!

Why are they wasting an AFL spot on Covey again?

missed this thread, merge please.