Wednesday, April 21, 2010
A steal per inning
The Sox gave up nine steals yesterday! You kiddin' me? Only a handful of teams have done that in the last 60 years. There is no way that the Sox can contend if they cannot throw out a runner. I am certain that they will go 0-18 against the Rays this season. The Sox are very lucky that they have Ellsbury. I think if Ellsbury were on a different AL East team he would steal 70 bases in the 18 games against the Sox alone. Of course, it is not all the Catcher's fault. However, it is clear that V-Mart and V-Tek suck at throwing runners out. Let's get the best available defensive catcher we can find. I am not sure if the solution is in the minors. Isn't there a guy named Exposito? Perhaps, Paul Bako. He has thrown out 31% of runners in his career. Not bad. Maybe they could trade for a Molina. Let's say they do get another Catcher. Move V-Mart to first and Youk to third. What do you do with Beltre and Scutaro? Beats me. If Beltre is the best defensive 3B why can't he play short? Does anyone ever move from third to short.......I don't think so. I wonder how he would fare? This will never happen, but I bet he could play it pretty well. Scutaro would be back into a platoon role.
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I like this stream of consciousness style at the end. I was half expecting you to start questioning whether you turned the oven off this morning.
ReplyDeleteAnd here we have the fatal flaw in the Red Sox's "defense first" approach to this season: sure, having infielders with better range and arms--and solid outfielders--will cut down on batters' bases, but the catchers will give those bases right back. There are singles and there are doubles, but against the Red Sox a single is really something in between. That will add up (it already has). A team without a good defensive catcher cannot be said to be a good defensive team; thus, the Sox are not a good defensive team, and they are weaker offensively than last year. What does this mean? It means third place.
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