July 28, 20214 yr 16 hours ago, EloyJenkins said: honestly if he has trimmed down by 10-15 pounds (which it looks like), he could be serviceable and the way he ran tonight...he looked flat out athletic for the first time in a Sox uniform. I am very conflicted. Vaughn in RF is an absolute no go though. so this is gonna be an interesting ride the next month. Why is Vaughn a "no go" in right field, he has the arm for 3B and and shown he is below average but serviceable in LF. This is a franchise that had Jermaine Dye with a -30. defensive value in right field.
July 28, 20214 yr 22 minutes ago, beautox said: Why is Vaughn a "no go" in right field, he has the arm for 3B and and shown he is below average but serviceable in LF. This is a franchise that had Jermaine Dye with a -30. defensive value in right field. He was incredibly slow getting to the ball out there. They were running on him at will.
July 28, 20214 yr 9 minutes ago, fathom said: He was incredibly slow getting to the ball out there. They were running on him at will. i am not opposed to giving him some time out there, but DH just makes so much more sense come playoff time and getting engel/sheets platoon out there.
July 28, 20214 yr 13 minutes ago, fathom said: He was incredibly slow getting to the ball out there. They were running on him at will. Frank Howard had a ten year stretch where he had -20 dWar and was STILL +40 WAR. I don't love the idea of Vaughn being the full time RF...but I think his fielding will not cost nearly as many runs as his hitting will create...especially when Robert is back covering 3/4 of the outfield by himself. Still Cali's passion of getting lefty Joe Gallo to help this year and next before Cespedes is ready while working with VAughan/Eloy/Sheets/Abreu combo for LF/iB/DH is the best route.
July 28, 20214 yr I think this problem of having so many good hitters that it is hard to play them all is rather fun.
July 28, 20214 yr 19 hours ago, 102605 said: Great game for Eloy but am I the only one not wanting him to get too confident out in LF? We don't need him doing something that gets himself hurt again. Like running into another wall. Not one out is worth getting hurt again!
July 28, 20214 yr 19 hours ago, poppysox said: Give it a week and I bet Vaughn can handle it. He's an athlete and puts the work in. He can’t be worse than Goodwin or Sheets in RF.
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