hankchifan

These A- ratings are a bad joke. TLR may get an A for clubhouse harmony but certainly not for in game managerial decisions. With the Sox talent most any MLB manager would have been successful. Hahn cannot get an A for the stupid Kimbrel trade and not bringing in a competent RF at trade deadline like Atlanta did with 4 very good outfielders.

Adam Duvall just hit a grand slam in game 5 of the World Series. He hit 38 homers during the season. He was acquired from the Marlins mid season for a journeyman catcher. He would have looked pretty good in RF for the Sox. While our FO was having wet dreams with Kimbrel, Atlanta was picking up 4 good outfielders relatively cheap: Duvall, Soler, Pederson and Eddie Rosario ( hitting 426 in the postseason). Great job Hahn!

I liked that he didn’t strike out much and put the ball in play when we needed contact.

Happy to see Stan Bowman finally leave as Blackhawks GM after 10 years. Could we also see Hahn joining Bowman in a Greyhound bus out of town with a one way ticket, picking up TLR on the way as well. Hahn really screwed up mid season acquisitions and TLR threw in the towel on HFA , over did the resting, and mismanaged in game decisions. Sox had a .500 record the second half of the season with our big guys back during most of that period. Somebody needs to be accountable.

As far as the Braves are concerned , their front office did a much better job in mid season acquisitions than the Sox FO. Four players in their World Aeries starting line up are very effective Mid season acquisitions, and all can play RF: Adam Duvall, Eddie Rosario, Joc Petersen and Jorge Soler. We could have used anyone of them for our RF position. Our FO dropped the ball adding relievers and no RF, which were available and affordable. The proof is in the pudding with Atlanta in theWorld Series and the Soxplayinggolfand watching TV at home.

We sure could have used Narváez, Semien and Avi this season. They would have covered our weaker spots at defensive catcher, 2B and RF.

Another guy our FO may have missed is ALDS MVP Astros Yordan Alvarez, a Cuban defector. Thought we had these type of guys cornered with Abreu and others. This guy is pretty awesome hitter and a lefty. He was signed by the Dodgers and traded to the Astros, which LA admits now was a mistake.

Braves out performed the Sox FO this season, trading for Jorge Soler, Joc Pederson, Eddie Rosario and Adam Duvall. We could have used just one of those four for our RF need. Wished we would have traded For Rosario with Cleveland instead of Cesar. Rosario is hitting a ton in the NLDS.

Probably dumping salary. Sox could have offered more for Duvall. But I am sure our FO was drooling over getting Kimbrel from the Cubs, and took their eyes off the ball of the more important need for a RF position player.

Watching DodgersBraves game 4 th game. Adam Duvall hit a home run, sacrifice fly, and robbed Lux of a homer in CF. Imagine if we would have traded for Duvall with the Marlins, instead of Kimbrel, with his 38 homers and 53% fly ball rate highest in the majors, playing RF on an everyday basis, instead of Goodwin, Leury, Vaughn and/or Sheets. We need to make better trades!

Absolutely right. Last in the AL in average # of runs per opportunity while being first in number of opportunities is unacceptable.

Just watched the Astros successfully hit and run with Brantley hitting and Altuve running. It is not a dead art. We have speed in TA, Robert, Moncada normally hitting ahead of Abreu, the leading DP hitter in the majors. It should be a no brainer to hit and run whenever feasible with Abreu at bat.

It is more like cronyism that nepotism. TLR is not related to JR, but he is his crony, good ole boy buddy.

Agree. He gets the ball up in the air often. Lefty power and can also play the outfield. Cubs were stupid to let him go.

Schwarber would have been a good addition. Lefty power, could play outfield and DH. Postseason experience. Iglesias would have been better than Cesar. Most any deal would have been better than the Kimbrel deal,

Right. My bad.

One player never mentioned is Adam Duvall for RF. Maybe the Dodgers would trade him. He has the highest fly ball rate in MLB - 53%, a major Sox need, plus 38 homers and led the NLin RBIs. Down side is average .228, righty, and 33 yrs old. Food for thought.

The Red Sox are hitting a lot of homers and not many double plays, so they don’t need to hit and run. On the other hand, White Sox hit a lot of ground balls and hit into many double plays, and Abreu has led the majors in double plays hit the last three seasons. So hit and running with Abreu at the plate makes sense.

I played baseball through college many years ago and hit and run was an integral part of the game then. Hit and run forces the hitter to focus more, puts pressure on the defense, opens holes in the infield, avoids double plays, can put a man in scoring position.. With the Sox high ground ball hitting rate and double play hitting rate, it makes more sense particularly with Abreu at the plate. A guy getting thrown out at second is better than a double play. What is your opinion?

We wish.

Red Sox are beating the crap out of the Astros with three grand slams in 2 games. Sox will need to get more balls up in the air next year or and/or hit and run more to stay out of double plays.

Or hit into double plays.

Astros shut down Red Sox in the 9 th with the shift.

Chris Sale not looking good tonight against the Astros.

Agree we gave out two young promising players for an aging expensive rental that ended up pitching one inning in the playoffs, and sucked during the regular season. The best trade would have been staying pat and not make the trade. We already had a closer. FO wants to be cute at times and they screw things up.