hankchifan

One of the biggest surprises of this season is hit and running/trying to steal with Robert with Abreu at the plate. Robert is 5 for 5 and we have avoided the dreaded Abreu double play ball which hurt us last season. That was my biggest peeve with TLR last season. Kudos to TLR this season for the adjustment.

My bad, I meant for today’s game. If we had kept Madrigal, we would not be dealing with Leury so much. That Kimbrel trade was a bummer. We didn’t need him. We needed a RF.

Vince Velasquez, so it is not a sure thing.

He is just Cardiac Liam at this time. Fortunately he has only blown 1 save. Proves that it ain’t over until is over.

Leury should be hitting 9th until he gets himself straightened out. Vaughn is a slugger.should not be hitting 9th.

Isn’t he also a Scott Boras client?

No big surprise. Doubling down on not going for a needed RF at the trade deadline, and spending all those resources on a closer that we did not need. Our FO has its priorities wrong.

Tigers are being very aggressive. Could be tough competition for the Sox in the Central, particularly if we don’t improve.

Looks like we are reeling a sardine not a big tuna.

Are the Sox in the mix for anyone? Looks like we are staying pat.

Duvall also has won the Gold Glove. Miami practically gave him away. Where was Hahn while the Braves were making all these OF acquisitions on the cheap?

I beg to differ that Vaughn had an impressive 2021. His performance with RISP was certainly not impressive.

Good thing about Duvall besides his 38 homers last season, is that he has the highest fly ball hitting rate in MLB , over 53%. Sox needs that in our homer friendly park, and to balance our high ground / double play hitting guys.

At least we will not have Goodwin patrolling RF next season.

Hahn should be in the running for worst GM of the season.

Doubling down on the original mistake of trading for him in the first place, when we already had a closer and needed a RF instead.

Should we change the name of the team to the Chicago Cuban Sox? If we add Soler to Abreu, Moncada, Grandal and Robert, we would have a majority of 5 Cubans in our starting line up.⚾️????

I was only arguing for only one of the three (Duvall, Rosario or Soler) for RF mid season acquisition to add more pop and stabilize our RF merry go round.

Also Soler is certainly better defensively than Goodwin. And a 40 homer candidate at our hitter friendly park.

The scrap heap Braves outfielders led the Braves to a World Series win. Duvall had the highest fly ball hitting rate in the majors plus 38 homers, a great need for the Sox. He was traded by the Marlins for a journeyman catcher. Soler had 48 homers two seasons ago. Rosario can play RF and is a lefty. The Braves scrap heap outfielders defense can’t be much worse than Goodwin, Sheets or Vaughn’s defense. The cost of these outfielders were lower than Bryant or Marte.

Hahn gets an F on RF. Soler, Duvall, Rosario andPerderson, all acquired by Atlanta mid season can play RF are better than all on the list above. They were all obtained on the cheap.

Right on, if our FO would have gone for Soler or even Duvall, instead of Kimbrel, we probably move on to the WS. Braves won scoring a lot runs and many homers, many from the newly acquired Soler, Duvall and Rosario. Astros pitching turned out to be mediocre after all. Kimbrel pitched one inning in the postseason. Think we should go for the three headed monster of Eloy, Robert, and Soler in 2022.

Jorge Soler just hit a monster 3 run homer in game 6 of the WS. Man, Soler would have looked great at RF for the Sox. Imagine the three headed monster of Eloy, Robert and Soler. Soler hit 48 homers in KC a couple of years ago. I am sure he would have been cheaper than Kimbrel. Our FO dropped the ball on our RF need.

Won’t happen with 20th century mgr TLR. It is also a TLR unwritten rule to shift.

They must have been dumping salary.